ROUND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 128, 26 February 1940, Page 5

ROUND ABOUT

(By Aitchel) I suppose I should have quite a lot to say this week about the Centennial Show. 1 was too busy whilst there to notice anything at all startling or humorous so we will have to record a miss. • * * * An advertisement in Friday's BEACON reminds me (and you) that a third of the average person's lifetime is spent in bed. Seems funny when presented in that way. When you come to look at it we also spend at least another third in working. Then by the time yoa have allowed a further proportion for eating you will see how few hours are left for fun and frolic.i Of course there are those who enjoy sleeping; make a joke of work; laugh while they eat. But what of the married man? He has to allot extra time for bathing the baby, walking the floor at night, helping the .wife to wash dishes and wash clothes. Has to spend collective hours listening to his wife's ideas of other people, what the minister said in his sermon last Sunday, about Tommy's new pants, about the better men she could have married. Then again, he has to mow the lawns, weed the garden, go out and buy a loaf of bread, pe'el tlie potatoes, see that the milk doesn't boil over while mother is talking on the telephone. He is so tied up it is no wonder he sneaks off, closes the door, and peruses a 'Double-chart* for five brief minutes. Yet still they fall. What I was aiming at,, though, was to demonstrate that with a proportion of time given to all tßese activities, the married man does not ilive unless he can do .several jojbs at once. « m • m That may be the reason why u Rangitaiki farmer crossed swordgrass with ordinary grass, so t'ffat when the wind blows, his lawn cuts itself.. * at # « Chamberlain and Daladier ..... A L LIE S. Hitler and Stalin .... ALL L I E S. Just one 'U of a difference. c n * * Last night the Presbyterians of Whakatane farewelled the Rev. K. J. Watson. During his term in' Whakatane this min'ster has proved himself to be one of the padres in this or anj' other country and the boys in camp can count themselves fortunate that their spiritual needs are in his care. 5 hope that he excuses this reference as items offered in this column are not as a rule complimentary. * » * # The <i ranks, the potential criminals, and, in short,, all those with uneasy consciences must have suffered a severe nervous strain on. Thursday night. Never in history has this town seen such an array of law and' order as was witnessed at the Winter Show Hall on the occasion of the presentation to Mr and Mrs T. J. Cummings. What show would' a man have of evading that collective eagle eye and escaping with a bicycle, or giving a false fire alarm, or riding, Without, a red rear reflector? It was noticed that several people still under an income-tax obligation studiously avoided that part where sat a Commissioner, an Inspector, a Sub-Inspector, and seemingly swarms of constables. * ? * *

Whakatane may not be on th map at the Centennial Exhibition but various residents of the furthe corners of New Zealand present" a Thursday night's function can no\ pass on the good tidings as express ed by one speaker, who said, "I ha heard that Whakatane was an oul landish place, not fit to live in. am surprised because looking roun me I see quite a number of civilize people!" It Avas probably the report of th Borough Council's discussion o street meetings that gave rise to th impression. a * V « They tell of a recruit examine , who had a slightly sprained ankl The doctor thought he might <3 for the mounted, asked him if T knew anything about horses. R cruit cogitated. "Well, I Jba< them," he said.