A.S.C. Dance.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1942, Page 2

A.S.C. Dance.

The A.S.C. held a very successful and enjoyable dance in the Masonic Hall last night, there being a large attendance. Sgt. Rowe was M.C. and music was supplied by F. Pool’s dance band. Supper was provided. It is intended to hold these dances every fortnight. Extras were played by Cpl. K. Nettlefold. Profit from Racecourse Farm. One of the most successful features of the Waikato Racing Club’s operations during the last year has been its farming activities. Large numbers of cattle and sheep are grazed and fattened on its racecourse at Te Rapa, and the buying and selling of stock resulted in a net profit of £642 to the club for the year. Remedial Treatment of Soldiers. “The previous instructions regarding compulsory remedial treatment have been suspended,” said the Minister of Defence, Mr Jones, last night, “and the whole question is now under review. In all cases where soldiers have refused to undergo remedial treatment and who, in consequence, are liable to prosecution, directions have been given for any pending or contemplated proceedings to be withheld.” Conference Abandoned. There will be no annual Dominion conference of the League of Nations Union this year. It was originally scheduled to take place in Wellington today and tomorrow. The secretary, Miss M. P. Ahern, said last night that branches had been circularised and as a result it had been decided, because of travelling restrictions and other wartime difficulties, not to hold the conference. Use of Horsefloats. “A large amount of capital has been invested by the proprietors of horsefloats, while racing itself provides considerable revenue, and I therefore consider that while racing is permitted, a restricted horsefloat service . should continue,” said the No. 1 Licensing Authority, Mr Phelan, after a tour of the Auckland district, “Racing should be centralised as much as possible,” he added. “For instance, in the Auckland district it should be permitted only at Te Rapa and on the Auckland courses, to which patrons will be able to travel by rail and boat. . While I am unable to guarantee that horsefloats will be provided for those courses, I feel that were the racing fraternity to give effect to this suggestion serious consideration would be given to the question.” Shockingly Lax Morals. “I am deeply perturbed at certain moral and spiritual tendencies in our country, and I want to commend this move initialed in our city,” said the Mayor’ of Christchurch, Mr Andrews, when appealing for the support of citizens to the Movement for Moral Reform. “I am particularly perturbed about the shockingly lax morals of many of cur young people,” continued Mr Andrews. “In my position I am made aware of gross immorality even among boys and girls of school age, and I am gravely concerned for the future of our nation if this tendency is not curbed. I am not suggesting that Christchurch is worse or perhaps even as bad as other cities, but the facts remain that these evils exist and they must be drastically dealt with if we are to build up a virile and healthy nation.” Once in Concentration Camp. Heinrich Susman, the Austrian skiing instructor, who was killed in an avalanche on the slopes of Mount Cassidy, near the Temple Hut, in Canterbury ,last week, came to Nevz Zealand three years .ago. He was a doctor of law in Vienna and was on the staff of an anti-Nazi newspaper. When the Nazis occupied Austria, the staff of the paper was arrested, the manager was shot, and Susman, with others, was thrown into a concentration camp. He was an inmate of the camp . for about a year. He would not speak ■ of his experiences in the camp, except to say that one year in the camp had ; taken two years off his life. Through the efforts of his friends in New Zealand, Susman was successful in hav- . ing his wife brought to this country - from India. She had been interned 1 there as an alien and joined her husband in New Zealand about 18 months ■ ago. She is also from Vienna, and is a j doctor,