ROUND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 250, 16 December 1940, Page 5

ROUND ABOUT

(By Aitehe!) , 1 - : "" ■ " .* ' ''The man (a dctective) said a newspaper reporter had seen her - with the women and tlie newspaper . reporters did not tell lies," —extract from the commission of inquiry sitting at Palmerston North. m * * r • f 1 ' "The commentary, whicli was re- , ceived half an hour ago, was the same as that given last night. Evidently the BBC have slipped."—Pro ■lessor Shelley, controller of broad- t ■ casting, at 9.14 p.m. on Wednesday - * 'Slipped,' did you say, Professor? And 'have' for a singular noun? ■ r » What do we pay you for? As :i friend of ours says, your job would • : - be well paid at £350 p.a., instead ot' £1500~or is it £2000? And his request is that-you read the news in < a more inspiring, and informative manner. He complains that you /' sound too much like the Head giving a speech on Prize Day. ; And while we address you, is it impossible to present. new news? The bulletins you" put over the air at 9 pan. each evening can be read in the morning papers, and often. London will give it 24 hours "before you. - x We mean, although jsrobably. ydu have heard this cry before, we <16 pay licences. And then the National Savings Account. Every.station, at. approxi- - . mately ten-minute intervals, gives a t progress result of the number of savings accounts opened. Propaganda is a good thing, we know, but like everything else, it can be over- - done. There is the case reported'of a radio enthusiast who, turning the knob, found twelve stations advising the people of New Zealand to save the pennies and the pounds would- look after themselves in ' 1945. Now;, would not twice a day be sufficient? And the air of drama Which you give it. Is it necessary?

General Metaxas has issued a stamp of new design to commemorate- the capture of Korea. Not to he beaten, Mussolini is to issue, a new design for return tickets,

We support those of the Einer- , gency Precautions Committee who thought that key men should be drafted to that scheme before the-.

Home . Guard if .their . services . were required by each. Apart from the - views expressed at the committee's: ' meeting it is our view that the Emer gency Precautions Scheme is just as essential at the present time as "s the Home Guard and more so when the permanency of the scheme • is considered. ■ MrL.'B. Savage really should not have made, the suggestion that the Fire Brigade should be incorporated in the Home Guard. And. the reason why he should not have done so is more obvious than the reason why he did. * a « • Cable: "Italian troops are racing for the coast." Another? "About half of the Italian main fleet lies ground - : ed at Taranto." These Italians must be amphibious. Their army is- 1 all at sea, while their fleet always makesa dash for the shore. \ ' "How pleasing it was to learn that ' several denominations were repre— - sentcd at a Ruatoki religious cercmony. It was said of them, 'they buried their differences.' Although Ave are aware that religion, and politics are two subjects avoided when possible, the natural question, or protest, is 'Should there be-differ-ences?' - 5: * ■ • • " * ''-V'-SI And so the Opotiki County Coun- . ell went the way of all good men and condemned the Rural Housing _ Scheme. While on this subject it is interesting to note that the Wliakatane County was one" of the first to adopt the scheme and was.also one of the first to drop it. As far as records go, Whakatane lead, the way., The Hon. W. Nash complains that he has only to mention a shortage oi: something or other and the rush sets in. The classic example, of course, Avas the silk stockings debacle. What would happen if he informed the House that income tax forms were in short supply? • * * • "This war is different.'' so they ssw ~ And the question is, >v li\ just what way?" «- The statement is made by Labour politicians. "This war is . . Perhaps it Is heenusct they power now and were viol last Uhkv