Henare Haukore Taratoa

? EjandY TODAYt ) GERMANY TODAY FROM the general morass of pre-, sent-day Germany Bavaria stands out like a large island of fairly dry, fertile, and habitable land. It has its worries and its grumbles. but it lives, and lives by present standards! --not only German but European standards-tolerably welL. What is more, it feels, probably rightly, that it could still live tolerably well if the rest of Germany went under. This is where the dangers of Bavarian politics begm. The British-American federalist; policy fits it like a glove. Other German lands and provinces were puzzled by their new statehood, an unsolicited, often an unwanted gift; Bavaria grasped it with both hands. On the other hand, the zonal front iers, the territorial amputations, the destruction of foreign trade, the dis mantlings, all these stunning blows which inflict mortal wounds on the rest of Germany, have somehow missed Bavaria. An agriculturally rich, almost self-supporting land, Bavaria could watch them and shrug its shoulders. It had to take in some homeless Silesians and Sudeten Germans, whom it treats rather shabbily. For the rest, it is almost untouched; it *its pretty. The Bavarian luck becomes even more evident if one compares Bavaria not with the rest of Ger many, but with Austria. Bavaria is very much the same type of country as Austria-about the same size, the same number of population, similar landscapes, similar politics, a similar economy. But while Austria has been quartered, heavily occupied, and in the Russian zone practically strip ped naked, Bavaria has been left whole and undisturbed; its mild and benevolent American garrison makes no difference. Bavaria is today much more of a liberated and' restored country than Austria. Unfortunately, such luck amidst misery easily brings out some less pleasant qualities. At first it is ex hilarating to see the wealthy, flourish ing Bavarian villages, in which not only the people, but even the cattle have a smooth and well-fed look. But unfortunately, there is some-i thing rather too smug and smarti about the Bavarian peasantry. They get a little too rich on the general misery. I was repeatedly told by towns-people that they no longer sell food for cigarettes (nobody would; dare offer them marks) but want to see valuables. Also, there is something unlikable about a men-i tality which welcomes the black marketeer as a guest (there is quitei a little tourist season going on in the Alpine resorts) but shows the doorl to the refugee. One must go to Munich to realise the whole impotence of Frankfurt. The bizonal administration there may pass directives and make plans; all that is just paper. But that smug new peasant republic here-that is a piece of reality. Bavaria, like Austria, has praL-1 tically no Communists, but there are! all shades of opinion, from a pink! London socialism to black Spanish reaction, wrestling with, each ,other for immediate control of the coun in the approved downright local Iltitick By SEBASTIAN HAFFNER manner. At the recent Christian Socialist Party conference fisticuffs were barely avoided, the people con gregated in the street outside the meeting hall to listen to the hilarious row, and the local bishop afterwards declared that never again would he permit so undignified an assembly in his diocese; all this is funny per haps. but still the real stuff of politics. Nor can one escape the fascina tion of the protagonists: the bearded Kulturminister Hundhammer, look ing and acting black clericalism and The Karlsplatz in Munich in the days before the war. blue-and-white separatism, or his opponent, the suave Dr. Muller, once Goerdeler's liaison officer at the Vatican; the Hitlerian mass orator Loritz. who caught world -headlines by arresting the Nuremberg widows, is now awaiting trial on charges of blackmail and embezzle ment, but still giving interviews de claring that he wilL of course, ;e Prime Minister within two years; the dignified, shrewd present Prime Minister Ehard: his Socialist chal lenger, the youthful, energetic von Knoerringen. back from an instruc tive London exile: They are all figures of flesh and blood, while! German politicians elsewhere so often seem just shadows. Is it, per haps, all the difference of a few hundred calories? Von Knoerringen suggested al more serious explanation. Between telephone talks, in which he wasp busily and cheerfully preparing the fall of the Government (indeed it resigned a few days later), he ex-i plained to me that Bavaria, for some' reason, had been for many years now the test-tube of German poli tics. Hitler had been a figure of Bavarian politics before he steppedl on the German scene, the Munich students' revolt bad preceded the; larger revolt of July 20, and now- "look again: Our politics have crys-4 tallised before general German Spolitics have; we had our Christian Democratic-Social Democratic Co alition, towards which people else where are only now groping, a year. ago; and we are now having the crisis of that coalition, which else where, too, will have to be fought: out later on. We are the experi menters. Somehow we may be quite worth watching." There is something in what he said. Whether or not she is on the' right road. Bavaria is certainly! ahead of the rest of Western Ger many, politically as well as economi-I cally. If she avoids the pitfalls of! a sterile and egostistical separatism, she will be able to make a consider able contribution to future German history. After alL with Prussia gone and Austria out, Bavaria is now the premier German country. (Next atidcle: Nremberg). By "ACACIA" LATE November and early De-1 cember are busy periods for followers of the dahlia cult. To the amateur it might be pointed out that this lovely flower of the autumn likes rich soil and plenty of mois ture at the roots during the hot season. The best preparation for dahlias! is double digging incorporating any-i thing calculated to retain moisture, afford nourishment and humifyi quickly. If procurable, strawy, stable manure is best, but lawn! Clippings and the like are valuable. The position should be a sunny one as shaded sites produce weak plants and poor blooms. Worst of" all is a situation near tall trees, the roots of which come up to rob the dahlia bed of its food. It is essen tial to give sandy soil body by add-1 ing leafmould, compost, animal ex creta, and to supplement these by af slow acting, mild manure, bonedust (if procurable). Heavy land should be broken up, adding lime and sand in addition to plant foods already indicated. The lime should be dug in a few weeks! before planting. It sweetens soil, makes heavy land more porous and plant food more readily available. December is probably the besti planting month as the blooms will then arrive at the beginning of autumn and so miss the hot winds. An occasional dosage of liquid, manure will greatly benefit the plants. Plant the tubers three to tour l inches below with the shoot point ing upwards. As the plants are rather bfittle, drive in, before plant ing, tall thin stakes and plant close! up to the stake. Too much water: before the roots have developed has: a tendency to rot the tuber. A goodi watering at planting time, however, must be given to settle the soil. Put the stakes in rows at least three feet apart, with a like distance;? between the tubers to allow ample, sunshine reaching the plants. the' surface soil should be regularly hoed I but at a shallow depth. When 18in. high, mulch with stable manure or • grass and pinch off the tops above' the third set of leaves to promote 4 stooling. The plants appreciate an I occasional watering of the foliage, during the evening. 1 While the dahlia is a gross feeder. I it can be given too much manure: and the corollary is sappy growth I and coarse. indifferent blooms. In- I crease the watering as flowering ap-! preaches, and it is then that a fort- I nightly application of liquid manure ! will give maximum results. A. E. Cranasto Contrator, 21 Bennett-stait, Perth, B5331, and B3019. Lawns should receive at tention and topdressing now. Esti mates gladly submitted for the lay-out of lawns, gardens, tenni. courts, motor runs. cement. gravel and bitumen surface with modern equipment. 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XEtLoURNE: 287 Collins Street. ?DELAIDE: T. & G. Building ?aissasn: A.,LP. Building. PraT,: 156 St George's Terrace. noeBAr: 82 Collins Street Also Wellington. Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin. NEw ZEALAND, end ronrDO, hNEW TOSE:, MOThREAL, PAtRS, COLOMBO and SINGAPORL, . V, Perth Boys' School MR. JOHN K. Ewers. before making authorship his profes sion, was on the teaching staff of Perth Boys' School and one of his labours of love was to prepare the story of its first hundred years (1847-1947). with a background of the history of education in Western Australia. He entered into the spirit of this work enthusiastically and, as was to be expected. the accomplish ment at his hands is most creditable. His fine literary work has been well backed up by all the resources of the WA. Government Printer, no expense having been spared in paper or production. In addition to the historical references, the names of students in the centenary year are given, and the giants of the past are accorded due credit. W. Dacres Williams (1847-1853) was the first headmaster. Pictures of Messrs. W. J. Rooney (1896-1900), Wallace Clubb (1901-L903). James A. Klein (1903-1904), J. Parsons (1905 1910), E. Harris (1912), C. W. Hadley (1910-1912). R. E. Potts (1937-1943) and of other head masters, including the greatest of them all (Mr. T. C. Chandler. 1913-1936) and Mr. C. A. Glew (who took over in 1944) are also given, together with contemporary staffs in some instances. It is desired that this volume should find its way into the hands of all old boys-and the new ones. Among The Churches IE Anglican Archbishop ot Perth (the Most Rev. R. W. H. Moline) will attend a garden party at Mundaring at 3 o'clock today to ;meet the people of the hills district. He will celebrate Holy Communion at Perth College Chapel tomorrow at 7.30 a.m. At II am. he will preach at St. George's Cathedral. At 3 p.m. he will preach at the annual festival at All Saints. Upper Swan. and at 7.30 p.m. he will ad minister confirmation at St. Mary-s. .South Perth. On Tuesday he will administer confirmation at St. Luke's, Cottesloe. for the parish and St. Hilda's Girls' School at 8 p.m.. and also on Wednesday at St. Patrick's. ML Lawley, at 8 p.m. On Thursday he will leave by .iir tor Melbourne to attend the Bishops' Conference and to take part in the church centenary cetes brations. The Day of Remembrance will be observed in Wesley Chur.h, Perth. tomorrow. In addition to thei morning and evening devotions a service of remembrance will be anld at 3 p.m.. when an address will be given by Mr. G. Yates. M.L.A., and the Perth Philharmonic Society will Ising. At the evening service Rev. J. Green will preach on "UJ.S.A, U.S.S.R. and US." the divisional commander of the Salvation Army in Western Austr - lia (Brigadier W. D. Forbes) spent: most of the week addressing c-,an gelistic gatherings in the count. y. He was at Narrogin during laait weekend. at Collie on Monday. Bunbury on Tuesday and Waroona on Wednesday. On Thursday l'e visited Leederville for tihz three Sunday school anniversary services;l and on Monday night at a prize-i giving gathering he will distribute the awards. Tomorrow night a "citizenship service" will be held in the Church' of Christ. Bagot-road. Subiaco, in connection with the golden jubtlee celebrations of the Subiaco niunici pality. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Bath gate) and councillors will be pre sent The minister (Mr. A. G.1 Elliott) will preach and the choir1 will render special music. t Mr. A. E. Glassey, chairman of ithe Colonial Missionary Society and r ex-chairman of the Congregati-na' t!Union of England and Wales, left .IEngland this week for Australia ?nd I will arrive in Perth on Thursday !next for a tour of the Co'grega I tional churches in this State. ?n? State secretary of the Me.no dir Overseas Missions (the t,.v A b. .xon) will commence a tLu.r cf the Scuth-West tomorrow and will ! ho!J special missionary services at E?ul.lry, wvh n he will pre-.:..t a Sp./tarial story of modern nisi: n .ary enterprise. The Right Rev. Bishop W. Wynn Jones, who has succeeded Bishop Chambers in the bishopric of Cen tral Tanganyika, will be in Pertn from November 18 to November 24. His engagements include a pub lic meeting in the Burt Hall on Wednesday. November 19. and a missionary school at Le Fanu House His visit is being arranged by the Church Missionary Society. Per sons desiring further information should get in touch with the Bishop's commissary (the Rev. P. S. Law r;ence). 40 Napier-street. Cottesloe. The Christian Campaigners will 'hold a rally today in the Burt Hall. The afternoon session at 3.30 will 'be conducted by members of the W.A. committee of the Sudan In-: terior Mission. At the interval ses sion a new series of pictures of mission work in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan will be screened and the Rev.1 J. Wilson Brown. president of the, Baptist Union, will give a book re-! view. The speaker at the final ses sion at 7.15 p.m. will be Mr. S. McMillan, who shortly will return1 to Africa. The second half-yearly conferencei of the United Council of Christian; Women will be held in the Salva-' tion Army Fortress, Perth. next Wednesday. Sessions will be held from II a.m. to 1 p.m. and from! 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., with basket lunch.' The theme of the conference will be "World Community: Who Is My Neighbour?" The speakers will be the Dean of Perth (the Very Rev. G. T. Berwick), Mr. R. B. Sparks, and Mesdames I. Harwood and E. R1owland. IL Empire Letter NEW ZEALAND SURVEY FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT %%?ELLINGTON, Nov. 6.-Our Labour Day (last Monday in October) weather has become a traditional joke and it ran true to form this week. But rain and wind did not keep New Zealanders from their Labour Day racing. That weekend's racing saw them invest the record sum of £1,127,000 on the totalisators ,at 12 meetings. Champion jockey W. J. Broughtd n gave one solution to the question of who makes the most money at the races by riding last Saturday (second day of the Wel lington Club's meeting at Trent ham) winners of both classic events and both big handicaps. Over three days of the meeting he rode seven winners, four seconds r and two thirds to net winning own ers about £8,000 in stakes. a Sir Ian Hamilton, who died re Scently, always spoke affectionately of the Maori contingent which fought with the Anzac Corps on Gallipoli. P One special tribute he paid the r Maoris was to describe them as "descendants of the warriors of Gale Pa" (a "pa" is a fortified stockade). t Sir Ian showed great admiration for the humane battle qualities of Rawiri Pukirake, whose Maori war riors inflicted a disastrous defeat on t Imperial troops at Gate Pa, only t to fall in a later engagement at Te - Ranga in June, 1864. This war rior's body was recovered from the trenches and buried at Tauranga, the home of his forebears. Memorial gates commemorate him and depict a Maori warrior offering water to a s fallen Imperial soldier. Another great Maori warrior also - perished at Te Ranga. This was Henare Taratoa, on whose body was found a copy of the scriptural in j) unction. "If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink." f Pioneer Bishop Selwyn commemo I rated Taratoa with a stained glass window in Lichfield Cathedral, Staf t fordshire, England, which depicts I three men drawing water from a well ~at Bethlehem. No mention of Gate Pa would be complete without Heni Pore, daugh - ter of a Maori chieftainess and an Irish father. She fought as a man, Sand when one of her enemies, Col. I Booth, of the 43rd Imperial Regi t ment. lay wounded in an exposed I position, she crawled through the - palisade, dragged him to a safe place and gave him water to sustain him until the battle ceased and his com rades rescued him. She continued to fight for the Maoris. but later, accepting British r rule. fought for them against the - s~.vage Hauhaus. - When peace came she abandoned her musket and, being an attractive woman. married William Foley. hotelkeeper and publican. When he died she became a licensed inter preter and an authority on land 'titles. She lived till over 90 and many of her descendants reside to day -in the Rotorua district. Rnndolph ChmebiR Randolph Churchill has swept the country like a breath of fresh air (or hot air, depending on which opinion you accept of the two opposing fac-i tions his visit created). Within a few weeks he became embroiled with the watersiders, who, unsuccessfully challenged him to work among them: issued a writ forj libel against the Wellington Labour daily newspaper, based on an edi torial entitled "Randolph on Show." and criticised the newspapers gene Srally and also the people for lack ing the spirit of their pioneer fore bears. Those neither for nor against Mr. Churchill feel him to have been rather impetuous in his criticism of the country, about which he really knows very little. Others have sug gested that he should return home and aid his own country. He says he will be back in New Zealand in time for a hearing of the libel claim on December 10. Nezt Satwrday: Lter Fam a.di flgty Arte in Compass ..all" JjANS Holbein is often spoken of as the first great artist to body' forth his genius, occasionally, in thei painting of miniatures. But this isi a mistaken idea. The history ofl miniatures goes back a very long; way. The Romans used portrait miniatures for the frontispieces of manuscript books, and in the Chris tian Museum at Brescia there is a family portrait on a little disk of gilded glass which shows a motherl with her two children presented in! a way that anticipated Holbein by 1,000 years. Within a decade of the death of the incomparable Swiss his work was being continued by the great-1 est of his disciples, Nicholas Hil lhard, an Englishman of Devon. the fourth centenary of whose birth in 1547 is now being commemoratedt by an exhibition of his miniatures. gathered from all over Europe andi from New York and Cleveland, at the Victoria and Albert Museum. South Kensington. This is as it should be, for the art of the por 'rait miniature, like that of the lands-i cape in water-colour is a peculiarly1 English one. It was not until he came to England for the second! time, and became to all intents and jpurposes an English artist, that; Holbein laid its foundations, and !i By W.G.M. no other country could put forward a claim to rival the splendid series of English miniature painters that runs right on into the 19th century till the daguerrotype and the photo-, graphic print came in to satisfy the NICHOLAS HILLIARD. Self-portrait at age of 30. patrons' demauds more cheaply- though far less worthily-and drove! almost all miniature artists into other fields. Nicholas Hilliard was the nearest parallel in English life to the great Italian artists of the Renaissance, with their princely supporters, their' wide culture and erudition and their mastery of many arts. He could and did describe himself as gold smith and engraver and renowned hmner-"aurifaber et sculptor et celebris illuminator"-of Her Most Serene Majesty - Queen Elizabeth. His father was a Devonshire silver smith of first-rate talent. Nicholas was commissioned by the worship rul Gloriana not only to paint minis ture after miniature of her strange s?f--and we know from Hamlet's words what a demand there was for such Royal portraits in little-but to design and execute her Great Si.L It is likely enoruh that he SIR PHILIP SYDNEY. was responsible for some of the ex quisite jewelled settings in which his limnings of the Queen and her courtiers were mounted; and it is considered highly probable that he made the splendid Armada medal known as the 'Danger Averted" medal in 1589. He was an accom plished calligrapher, the inscriptions in gold on lapislazuli that ornament so many of his backgrounds have a strong fascination, and his very signature is as fine as the Queen's own. Like an Italian artist again. he wrote a treatise on "The Arte of Limning," in which he expounds his theories about art and life, and give?' he avows his admiration for Hol bein and for Durer, and he explains some account of his methods. In it his preference for a clear light fall ing on the sitter's face so as to avoid any excess of shadow. The most gifted of his pupils, the Huguenoti emigre Isaac Oliver, employed more' subdued colours and stronger modelling in his faces. Hilliard dis-! approved. "A picture having a iittle, shadowe weare to be borne withal for the rounding of it, but so greatly smutted or darkened as some use disgrace it, and is like truth ill told. " In his youth Nicholas felt an urge to use shadows freely, for the sug 'gestion of relief, but he was com pletely converted--and by none other than the Queen herself. The best light for a portrait, she told him, was the open air-where pre-i sumably she thought she looked her best. 'This Her Majestie's curiouse demand hath greatly bettered my judgment, besids divers other like questions in art by her most ex-i celent Majestie, which to speak or writ of weare fitter for a better clarke." "A Thing Apart." The Elizabethan age, full of fire,i poetry, brave venturing and high' emprise, was the Age of the Uncom-i mon Man. The art of the miniatur ist, wrote Hilliard, is "a thing apart I from all other painting or drawing and tendeth not to common men's use . . and is for the service of noble persons, very meet in smalll volumes to have portraits of them-' selves, their peers and any other." M1ost of his miniatures are only two inches in their largest dimension (painted on vellum and often pasted on cut-down playing-cards), but in thenir small compass Hilliard shows himself a consummate master. Gay, handsome, proudly friended, he thoroughly enjoyed himself. Of the artist's life at court, he noted: "It behooveth that he be in heart wise, as it will hardly fail that he' shall be amorous." And again: I "Good limners are commonly no misers, but liberal above their littel degree.... They are much given to practices, to find out new skills.. . to travel, and to confer with wise men, to fare meetly well and serve their fantasies." But alas! There is one face miss ing from the -Hilliard gallery of great Elizabethans, for which we should willingly barter any other. The lim ner to the Queen painted most of his brilliant contemporaries, but one crown felicity was denied him and us. He never counted among his sitters that industrious writer for the stage, that hard-working actor. even that prosperous retired gentle man of Warwickshire, Mr. William Shakespeare. India In Literature AS a publishing centre Bombay is establishing itself strongly andi books written and printed in India are now reaching Australia regu lady. They are a credit to the1 craft, their typography and binding1 at the hands of National Informa-i tion and Publications Ltd. beingI equal to the best productions from l the press in any English-speaking' country. I Most recent specimens of the work of these printers and publishers are Jof a factual nature. The most im portant is "A Survey of Indian His tory," by K. M. Panikkar. who is a a well-known author and student. Into this volume of 300 pages is compressed (with maps and illus trations) a summary of the 5.000 years of India's civilisation. In in-. troducing this book the publishers say: "Readers have always found In dian history a somewhat formidable subject, to be tackled only by such as had the patience of the scholar and the zeal of a missionary. 'The result is that India's past has been a closed book to all but the very few." Booklets dealing with sectional subjects are also issued under the comprehensive title of "Short Stud ies in Indian History," edited by Jagmohan Mahajan. Four of these are now available: "The Bahmani Kingdom" (H. K. Sherwani). "Shi vji" (S. J. Sharma), "Social and Religious Movements in the Nine teenth Century" (C. S. Srinivasa chari) and "The North-West Fron tier, 1843-1947" (Dharm Pal). .Three other books on India are available also (through National In formation and Publications Ltd., whose address is National House. Tulloch-road, Bombay) as follows: "Random Selections" (from repre sentative writings in the Indian Press), "Sheni and Vijanand," by U. K. Oza (which is a love story in verse), "Our Heritage," by Huma yun Kabir (a study of Indian cul ture from the earliest times), and "Conflict," by Aamir All (the col lege career of a young man in the days of turmoil). Music And Theatre By "FIDELIO" S 'Hi door, it appears from Thurs day's announcement, is not yet firmly slammed on the possibility of the Ballet Rambert coming to Perth, but it is idle to pretend that the prospects are rosy. The only satisfactory aspect of the matter is that the position of the British Coun cil, under whose "auspices" the tour is generally understood to be taking -_place, is now explained, and that the council is cleared of a certain stigma which, in some eyes, attached to it i.because of this State's omission from Jboth the Boyd Neel and Ballet Ram Sbert itineraries. This omission, as the supposed decision of an official British body whose task is to spread ?ppreciation of British culture throughout the Empire and the, world generally, appeared as a piecel of unwise and unjustifiable dis crimination. It is now clear that the council's role, in respect of the balleti _at any rate, is no more than that of benevolent natronage. the financial iburden of the tour and the responsi bility for its arrangements resting 1entirely on the Australian business interests concerned. ! According to a cable message ;from London Sir Laurence Olivier, .who will sail with his company fori Australia in the middle of February, said that they would appear for a fortnight's season in Perth before! jproceeding to the Eastern States. Choral music by Dvorak, Mozart. Bach and Schumann will be sung atj the first recital of the recentlyi formed West Australian Choral Society, to be given in the Perth Town Hall next Wednesday. This; society has about 70 members, who originally met together once a week to enjoy the singing of good choral' music. Mr. Eric J. Bray was the conductor. During the year the members invited friends to a musi-l cal evening and it was then decided' to give a public recital. Rehearsals were being held when Mr. Bray was transferred from Perth, and Mr. Arthur Buss agreed to take over. Assisting artists on Wednesday will be Irene Stancliffe, Noreen Edwards, Wendy Taylor, Joy Edgar and Stephanie James. Nora Coalstad will give a piano recital on November 18 in the Lady Onslow Hall, in aid of Girl Guide funds. Her programme includes Schumann's "Carnival Jest From Vienna," a Mozart sonata (in D IMajor). Bach's C Major organ Toc cata in Busoni's arranement, p by de Falla, Ravel, Smetana, Rhene-Baton and Dohnanyi, and a Chopin group of three mazurkas and the C Sharp Minor Scherzo. The Adult Education Board's syllabus for its school of music (a part of the Summer School to be held at Crawley during January) is framed on Lines similar to the one early this year, but has been de l signed to give more opportunity for active participation by the students. SIt includes a course of ten lectures tby Paul Schramm on "The Art of the Composer," in which that well - known pianist will discuss and play , works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, I Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, De I bussy and moderns. A course on "The Art of Singing" will be con ducted by Arthur Buss, covering technical and interpretative aspects, and a choral group will be formed. open to all who enjoy singing, even though inexperienced. Father Albert Lynch will have I charge of a violin course, and Messrs. A. I. Leckie and Edward Black will deal with the piano music ,of the A.M.E.B. examinations. In St. George's Chapel, Dr. C. Edgar Ford will give five lecture-recitals !on the organ and its music, in the course of which works by Bach and , Handel and French, English and SGerman schools will be played. One of Dr. Ford's subjects will be organ 'accompaniment. i For the Drama School the tutors will be Keith George (also exercis ing general supervision), Mrs. Molly ,Campbell. Mrs. Vernon Lyall. Lesly ,Elliss and Jean Tweedie. Subjects Sof study comprise acting methods (Mrs. Campbell), voice production (Mrs. Lyall), stage deportment, ges ture and mime (Miss Elliss) and one-act play study (Miss Tweedie and Mr. George). Mrs. Campbell will present a series of plays for children and puppet plays. Evening entertainments for the general public in connection with the Summer School include an open air concert by Schramm and Sol janic (January 10), a recital by Schramm in the Winthrop Hall (January 14) and a Repertory Club presentation of Rachel Crothers's play "Susan and God." After the school ends the Adult Education Board will sponsor an open-air con cert on January 31, with Schramm conducting a string orchestra, and Nora Coalstad (the solo part in a Bach concerto) and Marian Men delssohn contributing. On FebruaryI 13 and 14 Edmond Rostand's "Thej Fantasticks" will be produced by Molly Campbell in the Auditorium, and on February 26, 27 and 28 the Pleiades Club will be responsible for1 the musical comedy "Two's Afloat." THE SECURITY LOAN Comparison Of Quotas And Subscriptions The latest bank returns received at the Commonwealth Fourth Secur ity Loan office, show the following' amounts credited to the various dis-i 'tricts in the State, compared with; the allotted quotas. Each quota is given first and the amount credited is in parentheses. Metropolitan Area. SBassedean. £4,500 (£2.380): Bays ~water. 4500 c(£2,4100); Bedford Park, £1,500 (nil); Belmont Park, £4,000 (£5,550); Cannlnton, £5,000 (£3,870); Claremont, £20.000 (£10,430); Cottesloe, £17.500 ( £19.320); Fremantle, £75,000 ( £74,500); Guildford, £5.000 (£3.360); Hamersle, £1.250 (nil); Inglewood., £6.000 (£2,250); Lederrville, £5.,400, (£7.020); Maylands. £5,.500 (£3.660);, Melville-Btcton, £7,200 ( £10); Mid-i Iland Junction. £15,000 (£9,850); Mou-! man Park, £7,500 (£1,910); Mt.l Hawthorn, £5,400 (£950); Mt. Lawle.;, £22,000 (£22 380); Nedlands, £27.500, ( £6.000); North Perth, £7,500 ( £15.130); Osborne Park. £2.500 (£1,010); Peppermint Grove. £4,750 (nil); Scarborough, £2,500 (nill: South Perth. £22,500 (£8,940); Spearwood. £1 750 ( £120); Sublaco, £25.000 ( £28.140); Swanbourne, £2,750' (£2,670); Victoria Park, £15,000 ( £13.580); Wembley, £5,400 (£860). Country Districts. Albany, £f 15,000 (£23.700):; Armadale-Kelmscott, £5,000 (£3,710): Ajgusta-M.argaret River. £4,250 ( £1300); Balingup. £1500 (nil);; Ballidu-Wongan Hills, £2.000 (£1,820):1 Bencubbin-Mt. Marshall. £750 (nil); Ienger. £1.500 (£200): Beverley, £4,950 (£4,830); Boulder, £9,000 (9£5,150); Boranup. £800 (nil) Boyup Brook, £4.000 (£3,020); Brookton. £2,750 (nil); Broome, £1.000 (nil); Bridgetown. £5,750 (£10.120); Bruce Rock. £4,000 (£4,050): Brunswick Junction, £1,750 (£810); Bunbury, £15,500 (£18,230); Busselton. £7,500 ( £5;750); Calingiri. £2.000 (£200); capel. £2.000 (£100);: Carnamahb. £2.500 (£2,650); Carnarvon. £2.750 £3,270); Chittering. £1500 i(nil); Coolgardie. £1250 (£4,060); Collie. £10.000 (£6.,5l0); Corrigin, £3.750 (£1.050); Cranbrook, £1,600 ( £3.000); Cue. £3,000 (£380); Dan Idarragan. £750 (nil); - Dangln, £800 (£50); Dalwalltnu. £4.500 (£1;150); Dardanup, £2.750 (£50); Darkan. S£1.250 (nil); Denmark, £2.000 ,(£1.490); Derby £1,000 (nil): Don garra. £1,000 (nt; Donnybrook, £4.000 (£840); Dowerin, £3.000 ( £3.100; Dumblerung. £4,000 ( £990); Esperance, £1,000 (nil); Geraldton, £ 17,000 ( £ 17680) ; Gngin. £L000 (nil): Gnowanger?-p. £4.20 (£2.900); Goomalllng. £4,500 (nil): Gosnell?-Maddington. £4,500 ( £320); Greenbushes. £1.100 ( £100); Hall's Creek, £600 (nil); Harvey. S£6.000 (£3,180): Kalamunda, £3,750 ( £4.320): Kslgoorlie. £50.000 £ 38.870); Katanning-Broomehill. £11,500 £13.960); Kellerberrin. £5,500 (£2.190); Koionup. £2.750 (£200); Igondinin, £1,000 (£300): Koord,. £1.000 (nil); Kuln, £2.000 (£60); Kununoppin-Trayning. £2.250 (£6.000); Lake Grace. £2,750 (£10); Leonora. £2.000 (nil); Mandurab. £2.000 (£401: Manjimun. £10.000 (£4,400); Marble Bar. £750 ( £760); Marradong Boddington. £1.500 (nil); Meckering Cunderdln. £6.500 (£100); Meeka tharra. £1.750; (£100): Menzies. £500j (nil); Mkrredin. £7.500 (£2.110); Moors. £5.000 (£1,300); Morawa. £1750 ( £2.650); Mt. Magnet. £1.750 (£1850); Mingenew. £1.250 (£5.800); nMt. Barker. £7,000 (£4.790); Mukin budin. £1000 (£400); Mullewa. £2.500 (£1,400): Mundaring, £7,0001 ( £1.300); Nannup, £1.000 ( £100); ;Narembeen. £2.500 ( £700); Narrogin. £10.000 (£3.750); Norseman. £4,500 (£90); Northsm. £12,500 (£13.550); Northampton. £2.000 (£700); Nungarin. i750 (nil); Nyabing-Kent. £750! (nil): Onslow, £650 ( El;): Pereniorli £2,250 (nil): Pingelly. £2.750 (nil);, Piniarra. £5.500 (£3.750): Port Red-. hand., £1,000 (nil); Qualrading. £4,000 (£120); Ravensthorpe, £600 (nil);: Rockingham. £2.000 (nil); Sandstone., £500 (nil); Shsrk Bay. £750 (nil): Serpentine-Jarrabdale-Mundilong. £2.000 (nil); Southern Cross £3.000 (£10): Swan, £8.000 (nil); Tambellup. £1.060O (nil); Tammln. £2,000 (£1.000); Three Springs, £1.500 (£700); Toodyay. £3.000 (nil); Wagn. £5,500 (£13.220); 'Wandering. £700 (nil); Wanneroo. £1.750 (£30); Waroona. £3.000 £1L020); Westonia. £600 (nil): Wlckepin, £2.500 (£40); Williams. £2,000 (nil); Wiluna, £2.000 (£840); Wyal katchem, £3.000 ( £1.030); Wydham. £500 (£100); Yalgoo. £500 (nil); Yarloop. £2.000 (nil); York. £5.500 (£L1220). VISIT OF BRITISH COMMISSIONER Arrival In Perth Next Thursday The High Commissioner for the. United Kingdom (Mr. E. J. Wil-I liams) will visit this State from next Tuesday to December 4. The Pre mier (Mr. McLarty) said yesterday that Mr. Williams would arrive by air at Kalgoorlie on Tuesday. He would be accorded a civic reception on Wednesday afternoon and would arrive in Perth by plane at 1 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Williams's Perth engagements will include a call on the Premier on Thursday afternoon, a civic re ception in the Perth City Council Chambers at noon on Friday and a reception by the combined Chambers of Commerce and Manufactures thatl afternoon. On Tuesday, November 18, Mr. Williams will be the guest of the State Cabinet at a luncheon at Par-j liament House. During the after-1 noon he will visit Fremantle for a civic reception. On November 19 he will begin a tour of the South-i West and Great Southern districts, and will return to Perth on Novem ber 28. On November 30 he will set out on a tour of the districts between Perth and Geraldton. He will return to Perth on December 4 and depart for Canberra by air either that or the next evening. FIRE HAZARD IN COUNTRY How Carelessness Could Cause Disaster Mile upon mile of country roads were bordered with vegetation that was now drying off and would dur ing the next few months be a very grave fire menace to standing crops and bagged wheat in paddocks, said' the State organiser for Fire Preven tion Week (Mr. J. E. Watson) on his return to Perth from a country tour yesterday. He had discussed the bushfire problem with local government officials, volunteer fire brigades, foresters, farmers and others and all were very much alive to what could happen if fires were started in the heavily-grassed coun try. Mr. Watson said that harvesting' had begun in the Morawa, Perenjori and Mingenew areas. In view of the world food shortage it was es sential that every bushel in excess of ,our own requirements should reach the seaboard. One thing that might prevent this was loss of grain through fires that might occur during the next few months. All should take heed of the daily bushfire hazard broad casts and should remember when moving about or working in country areas, that the farm and forest land was, during the whole of the sum mer, a place where some careless, ill considered action could start a fire that might have disastrous conse quences. BOOKS RECEIVED "The Battle of the Gods," by Cuth O be Hall M.D. (New South Wales Book. stall Co. Ltd.) "Danner on the Map." by Allan Aldous P(F. W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd.. Mel bourne). 7/6. "'Dance Child-Dance!" by IIda Beeby (Patterson's Press Ltd.. Perth). Illustrated hy Morry Hertz. 15/. "'aji's Book of Malayan Nursery i Rhyes.. b A W. amllton (Illus trated by Nora Hamerton, music by H. A Courtney.) The Australaian Publish ins Co. Pty. Ltd. 12/6. "The Ritual of Higher Magic,." by Porse Morr-ah (Robertson and Mullen. Ltd.. Melbourne). 23/9. "Socal asd Religious Movements in the inetenth Century." by C. S. -rivaehariu (National Inlormation and Publications Ltd., Bombay). "The North-West Frontier, 1843-1947." byDharm Pal (National Information and Publications Ltd. Bombay). "Sheni and y . nand " by U. Na Oza (National Information and Publications ILtd. Bombay). "'hlvall," Short Studies in Indian "Hstory. by S. R. Sharma (National in formation and Publications Ltd., Bom bay). "'ur HerItage." by Huinasy n Rublr (National Information and Publications Ltd, Bombay). 'The Babmani Kingdom," by H. K. Skerwani (National Information and ,Publications Ltd., Bombay). "Achievement" the mustrated history of Bolls-Boyce Aero-Hogines (Rolls Royce Ltd.. Derby). "Oh. Promised Land," by James Street (Invincible Press Ltd., Sydney), 15/. "'Black Saga." by Peter Bourne (Hut-. chlnson and Co. Ltd., London). 12/6. "If Blood Shonld Stain the Wattle." by Ailsa Craig (Currrawong Publishing; Co, Sydney). 9/6. "Public Libraries in australia." b Lionel . 8 McColvln (Australian Council for Educational Research). ~. 1 EUROPEAN CHILDREN Inclusion In Fairbridge Plans Possible (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON (By Air Mail).-The possibility of orphaned and dis ;placed children in Europe being included in the Fairbridge plans of extension will be discussed by the London council of the Fairbridge Farm Schools early in the new year. I understand that the former general secretary (Mr. Gordon Green) is investigating the position in 'Europe and will make a comprehensive report to the council. A de tcision will be made upon the facts presented and the attitude of the local committees in Australia and Canada in the event of a decision 'Ifavourable to European children being reached. There are many thousands of or-7 phaned children in Europe, some of: them sound in health but dispirited and helpless. It has been suggested that numbers of these children should be brought to Britain and; there placed in a farm school similar, to those overseas. Whilst there they: would learl the English language, begin to understand the British way of life and become acclimatised to; British ideas. When thoroughly at: home with English and English ways they would be included with parties! of British children being sent to the overseas schools. Once in the Do-i minions, their status and oppor tunities would be identical with the British children. This is the idea behind the inves-' tigations being made by Mr. Green. If his inquiries suggest that the idea is practicable and provided there are no legal complications to prevent the. adoption of the children by the Fair bridge organisation, it is likely that the London council will decide to' begin in a small way and develop' the plan if it is found satisfactory. Mr. Green has already been abroad and will be going again. Present in dications are that not only is the idea: practicable but it would be most acceptable to the authorities. Whilst it is true that, even! if adopted and developed to the maximum by the London council, it would merely scratch the surface of the European problem of displaced and orphaned children, it is argued that it would be at least a tangible demonstration of goodwill which could inspire simi lar action elsewhere. There is no in tention whatever of 'allowing any European plan operating to the detri ment of British children. Anything done will be supplementary. Much will depend upon the anticipated im provement in the shipping position next year. When the chairman of the Lon don council (Sir Charles Hambro) and the two deputy-chairmen (Lord Scarborough and Mrs. Robert Wil berforce) arrive in Perth early in November, the placement of Euro pean children will be one of the potential developments to be dis cussed with the West Australian Government. Their attitude will be sought in an advisory capacity so that, in the event of Mr. Green re porting favourably on the European plan, the council will be aware of the reactions there. Fairbridge Farm Schools have acquired a property in Britain which is to be used for training personnel and acclimatising children to Fair bridge life, and to this property European children could be brought. It is also hoped that there will be a regular interchange of staff between Britain and the Dominions. "NO DECORATIONS" Career Of Gallant Man Recalled "The excellent article 'No Decora tions,' which appeared in 'The West Australian' recalls the career of at least one of the gallant men who were part of that 'hush-hush' force which did such wonderful work for Australia in the black days," the State organiser of the War Memorial Appeal Committee (Mr. T. C. Fairley) said yesterday. "Donald George Melbourne Matheson who, enlisting as a private although he had already held the rank of captain and wore the Mili tary Cross from World War I, rose, by sheer grit, to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the 3rd Cavalry Commandos and was killed in action at Bougainville on January 30. 1944. "Born in New Zealand, he stowed away as a lad with the Dominion forces in World War I and was accepted as a private. Later. a mining man in this State, he was able to fulfil all the qualifications required for enlistment in the special corps he entered in World War II. He could sail a boat, was a good swimmer, was used to aircraft flying, knew explosives and was of out standing physique. Failing to get away as a captain and being in a reserved occupation. he enlisted as a private early in 1940 and died for his country on a foreign shore. "This man," continued Lieut.-Col. Fairley, "is one of many who rest in foreign lands and in the depths of the ocean and whdse memory wei hope to perpetuate in the War Memorial extension appeal now be-' fore the people of W.A. There are nurses who went down in the Cen taur, and men who manned junks and other crazy craft to do battle with the sons of Nippon and who never returned. "Those who want to assist us in our undertaking to perpetuate the memory of these men should send their donations to the hon. treasurer at Anzac House or leave it with the cashier at the 'Daily News' office." Attitude Of R.S.L Stated ADELAIDE, Nov. 7.-The fede ral president of the Returned Ser vicemen's League (Mr. Eric Mill house, K.C.) said yesterday that the league would request that all ex servicemen who were still alive should receive decorations that were recommended by the American Government. Such recommenda tions were not lightly made and in every case were for outstanding op erational service. He would await the Minister's promised announce ment before commenting further. MAN DISAPPEARS FROM SHIP U.S. Deportee Believed In Auckland (From a Special A.A.P.-Reuters Correspondent.) AUCKLAND. Nov 7.-A de portee from the United States. Michael Charles Boyce (26). is miss ing from the liner Marine Phoenix. bound for Sydney. according to a message from the vessel. When the ship was leaving Auck land yesterday afternoon, a man who gave his name as Malcolm Boyle, of Wollongong, south of Sydney, fell from the deck into the harbour and was picked up ten minutes later by vehicular ferry: When the ferry re turned to the city, the chairman of directors of Devonport Steam Ferry Co. (Sir Ernest Davis) took the man under his charge and lodged him at a city hotel. The man dried and ironed the shorts and shirts he was wearing at the sailors' home and said that he hoped to fly to Sydney. It is understood that he engaged a taxi in the city last night giving an address in an Auckland suburb. Customs officers and police are con ducting inquiries. ENTERTAINMENTS On Wednesday the Metro changed Its programme and yesterday the Royal and Ambassadors screened new films. Revivals w!ere shown at the Grand. Capitol and His Majesty's while the current attrac tions at the Plaza,. "Carnegie Hall" (Marsha Hunt, William Prince, Frank McHugh) and Piccadilly, "Two Years Before the Mast" (Alan Ladd. William Bendix. Brian Donlevy, Barry Fitz gerald) continued for another week. Metre. On Wednesday the Metro screeneo "Dark Delusion." starring James Craig Lucllme Bremer and Jayne D adows. The story concerns a surgeon whose abrupt manner weakens his position in a large city hospital. He goes to a country township where he refuses to certify a girlinsane. R?isking his reputation. he attends the girl against the wishes of her father. "Brute Force," a prison melodrama began at the Royal yesterday. The plot hinges on a get-away conspiracy among inmates of cell R-17,?. and the fate of those engaged in it. Over the plot is the shadow of prison discipline, the feud between humane and sadistic wardens and third-degree methods of turning loyal comrades into informers. Ambassadors. "Three Little Girls in Blue." a teeh nicolour musical, starring June Haver. George Montgomery and Vivian Blaine was the main attraction at the Ambas sadors yesterday. The support was "?Dangerous MlloonaY CapitoL A revival of "Song of BSernadette."' starrlns Jennifer Jones. William Eytbe and Charles Bickford, was shown at the Capitol yesterday. Short subjects ro vided the support. Grand. The Grand showed revivals of "Angel With Dirty Faces" (James Cagney,. Humphrey Bogart. the Dead-end Kids: and "Down the Stretch" (Mickey Rooney, Patrilcia Ellis). His M*aesty's. The Drogramme at His Majesty's was "Girl in a Million" (SonJla enie. Don Ameche) and "House on 92nd Street" Signe asso, Lloyd Nolan. William bytbe). "White Fang." The Australian-Russian Society will present Russian-produced Jack London's "White Fang" at the Grand Theatre tomorrow night. Showing with this fl?m will be "Maly Day in Mosco w .194"