Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 165, 27 May 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Which Money Cannot Buy. Mr .Kedgeley, headmaster,, said ho had a second appeal to make to parents, when speaking at the opening of the new school on Friday afternoon. He asked something of them which money could not buy, he said, in asking parents to take an interest in the school. Only by that and their co-operation could it be made a good school. Cleanliness. In his address to the assembled children at the opening of the new Otakiri School on Friday, Mr M. F. Kedgeley, headmaster, stressed the importance of cleanliness. It was up to them, he said, to keep their new building clean, but more important, it was up to tliem to keep themselves clean —in body and mind. By the latter he meant, he said, that they should be honest, upright and never do anything of which they would not be proud. The Thrashing of an M.P. Referring to the large windows in the new Otakiri School, Mr F. W. Doidge, M.P., said that when he attended school the Avindows were neither as high or wide and he related how he was held by a window while the headmaster thrashed him. He said that one day he wished to go bird-nesting with some school mates, so he affixed to the door of the headmaster a notice which informed all that owing to the serious illness of that gentleman there would be no school for the day. Retribution came on the following day when the headmaster approached young Doidge in the class-room. The future M.P. waited not for the wrath to come —he made a dive for the window. "Unfortunately," said Mr Doidge, "I slipped and was only half way out of the window when the headmaster caught up with me. He pulled the window down so that it would hold me and there and then laid, it on with a will." BUILD UP YOURSELF to face winter's ills by taking Yim tablets made from Yeast, Iron and Malt. It is simply remarkable how Yim tablets transform worn-out, pale, thin people into strong, rich-blooded men and women. From F. G. Macklow and other Chemists.

The Wisdom of Woman. Newspapermen are supposed to know everything but not infrequently they have cause to extend their knowledge. Recently a BEACON representative had occasion to elicit information on a subject at a public gathering. He asked of the gentleman who was showing him round but the question nonplussed the guide and after sonie minutes of hard thinking, he said, "Wait a moment, I'll ask my wife. She'll know —she knows everything." She did too Health Through Sport. Mr M. F.Kedgeley, headmaster of the Otakiri School, said at the opening ceremony on Friday that it was extremely important for children to develop a sound mind in a sound body. For the formation of the latter, he said, there was no better method than sport. Hie appealed to parents to assist in supplying better playing facilities. "The public must pay," said Mr Kedgeley. "It might be said, 'Wait until the war is over.' I say, no. Now is the time for virile men and women and if these children are not wanted in the struggle they may be needed afterwards in the reconstruction." IF THREATENED WITH BALDNESS secure the wonderful Birmese Herbal Hair Root Compound. Birmese eliminates dandruff in three days and helps grow new hair in 30 days. "Have completely regrown my hair as a result of using Birmese," 1 writes C. G. North Canterbury. Only 5/6 d from F. G. Macklow, Chem ist.