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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 29 July 1937, Page 8

Several areas of land have been purchased by the Government in Dannevirke to provide sections for the erection of at least 30 State houses.

An explosion in a. quarry at To Awamutu brought übwn 15,000 tons of metal for use on many road reconstruction jobs in that district. Ninety cases of gelignite and ten cases of other explosives were used in a tunnel 35ft in from the quarry fnce.

An announcement that arrangements had been made for the employment of at least 6000 men for a period of four months at full-time work with local bodies was . made yesterday by the acting-Minister of Labour, Hon. P. C. Webb, when referring to his recent tour ot the North Island, during which he conferred with local authorities with a view to obtaining work for able-bodied men now on sustenance.

•Giving a short review of the career of Professor E. R. Hudson, of Lincoln College, the speaker at a Christchurch Rotary Club luncheon, the president of the club (Mr A. E. Kincaid) mentioned that the professor had proved himself to be a champion shearer, both in Australia and New Zealand. Professor ..Hudson, accordingly, had shown that he had practical as well as theoretical knowledge of New Zealand's primary industries.

A remarkable instance of the musical talent of the Samoans was mentioned by Pastor A. G. Stewart, superintendent of Seventh Day Adventist missions in the South Seas, who was a through passenger to Sydney this week. While visiting Samoa recently he was entertained by a brass band attached to the native mission training school, the conductor of the band being ,a young man in the mid-twenties named Sione, who performed the feat of playing simultaneously two cornets, 'one a treble and tho other an alto. Both parts were played correctly and distinctly, with the ease of an accomplished cornetist. Sione had been performing this feat, said Pastor Stewart, for a number of years.

The first infantile paralysis case for three weeks was admitted to the Wanganui Public Hospital yesterday, the patient being a boy aged eight whose parents reside in Talbot Street, Wanganui East. With a view to arriving at a new name for its links at West End, the Palmerston North Golf Club conducted a ballot among members, with the result that the name “Awatapu” (sacred stream) has been adopted. This is the Maori name for the locality in which the links are situated.

The Poverty Bay provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union is not entirely satisfied with the name of the district and is taking preliminary 6teps towards having it changed. It is thought that there is a readiness, on the part of visitors in particular, to judge the district by its name without even bothering to see it, and the new name suggested is “Prosperity Bay. In the Supreme Court this morning the Chief Justice, lit. Hon. Sir Michael Myers, said that he endeavoured to arrange fixtures so that juries w e re not required to sit on Saturdays. The case before the Court was one of a series connected with the same occurrence so he proposed that the Court sit to-night to compensate for loss of time when the jury were awav for about three non re viewing a locality concerned in the hearing. _ ■ >:i “British fanning conditions have improved in the last two years; the profits are reasonable but no more handsome than they are in this country, remarked Professor W. Riddet, Director of the Dairy Research Institute, in addressing the annual meeting of shareholders of the Levin Dairy Company yesterday. The speaker said that m general, cost for cost, the British farmer was now as well off as the farmer in New Zealand.

Proposals that the Levin Dairy Company should support the compensated price compaign of the Farmers’ Union to the extent of making a contribution of Is per ton of butter manufactured were advanced at the annual meeting of suppliers of the company yesterday. There was considerable discussion on the matter and, after the motion had been amended to make it a recommendation to the directors to take such action, it was defeated by a somewhat narrow margin.

Explaining at a meeting of the Levin Dairy Co. shareholders, yesterday, that he had travelled up one coast and down the other in Britain, nearly going as far as Inverness, Professor Riddet, Director of the Dairy Research Institute, said that he had no difficulty in securing New Zealand butter. At Carnarvon he had seen a special advertising display featuring the New Zealand Fernieaf brand, and also New Zealand cheese. One could not say too much about the good work done in advertising in Great Britain by the former. Dairy Board and the Marketing Department.

“There is no rule of law which says that a jury must not convict on the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice but in practice a Judge should, and indeed it is his duty to, warn them to accept such evidence with caution,” commented His Honour the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, when summing up in a case heard in the Supreme Court at Palmerston North yesterday afternoon. His Honour stated that even where there was an acquittal it did not necessarily mean that there was not a suspicion. Though there might be a strong suspicion, that was not enough. There must be cogent proof beyond all reasonable doubt before a jury could convict. A striking fact connected with the annual meeting of shareholders of the Levin Dairy Company, yesterday, was the number of womenfolk attending. The proportion of women to men was much greater than at any similar meetings held in the Palmerston North district, a number of which are confined solely to men. The company issues a special invitation to the wives of suppliers and, judging bv their presence, the invitation is not regarded as purely a formal matter. Another feature of the meeting was the attendance of young men which was explained by the fact that an invitation had been extended to members of the Horowhenua Young Farmers’ Club. A tribute to the pioneers of New Zealand was paid by Mr F. W. Gilligan, headmaster of the Wanganui Collegiate School, when speaking at the Feilding Agricultural High High School Commemoration Day proceedings yesterday. “Of all the people in the history of the Empire who stand out ior their clear vision, 1 cannot believe that there is a more worthy body than the early pioneers of New Zealand,” he declared. “I think that their spirit was wonderful The fact that this country should have prospered so much in so short a time is a tribute to their courage and foresight. I quite agree that the development of New Zealand as a nation is a right and proper thing. New Zealand has to work out its own salvation and I do beg of those of the younger generation not to lose sight of the splendid ideals the pioneers fought for. Those ideals are the beacon lights of the British Empire and you cannot do better than follow them. The traditions and ideals which they stood for should commend themselves to every generation.”