Local arid General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 81, 22 July 1942, Page 4

Local arid General

School Girl's Accident On Monday last a school girl from Oh ope Pixie Kola, fell clown a bank and dislocated her left elbow. She was admitted to the Whakatane Hospital and is now progressing well. More Rain Rain which developed yesterday afternoon, fell consistently throughout the night and was still falling this morning. The fall constitutes only the third substantial rain experienced this winter wliieh till mid July was considered one of the dryest anil mildest on record. A Mirror up to Nature Animals reflect their surroundings: their faces grow refined or stupid according to the people with whom they live. A domestic animal will ■become good or bad, frank or sl3 r , sensitive or stupid, not only accord-* ing to what its master teaches it, but according to what its master is. So That's How It Started "Tell it to the Marines" is not American slang as many people think, but British of honourable and ancient lineage. Its first written use was in Pepy's Diary, wherein the 17th century author reports that a Colonel of the Marines told King Charles II a wild tale of having seen fl3 r 'ing fish. "Henceforth," the monarch remarked, "whenever we cast doubt upon a tale that lackctli likelihood, we will tell it to the Marines." Pretty Adjacent A British submarine has a com- 1 mander known for taciturnity. On a dangerous mission recently they lay doggo on the bottom for three days in semi-darkness. For three days the commander never opened his mouth. As they surfaced they were attacked. Depth charges began to explode around them. Inside, men weic thrown about. The noise was shattering. Safe on the bottom again the commander spoke. "Pretty adjacent, what?" he said.

Control of Rubber In a further-gazette notice an official ell'ort is made to conserve "what is described as scrap rubber. The scrap rubber control notice specifies the types of scrap rubber which must lie salvaged and also prohibits the destruction of anj* scrap rubber. The items listed are comprehensive and exclude only vulcanite in the field of manufactured articles. The notice also prohibits the use of any motor vehicle tyre or tube or any other article whatsoever that is substantially made of rubber, except for the purpose for which it ay as originally made. ♦ Removal of Road Signs Traffic signs will not be removed in the event of an emergency without arrangements between the military authorities and the local representative of the Main Highways Board and the automobile association, said the chairman of the Automobile Association (Wellington). Mr E. A. Batt, reporting to a meeting of the council recently. Signs be removed by the Home Guard, but it was hoped that circumstances would permit this being done without damage. The Wellington Home Guard had been asked to prepare a list of signs for removal. Mr Batt added that in some military districts the authorities had already pressed for the dismantling of direction signs.

The Slav Mind There is an old and Avell-tried j.oke, in which one holds up the hand, depressing the two middle fingers with the thumb. It illustrates a sawmill worker ordering four pints of beer. Some one tried it again the other night in a company which included a Polish soldier Avho had not yet completely mastered the English language. He did not seem to understand, so a friend took him to one side and explained carefullj r . "Sawmill . . . circular saws . . . very dangerous . . . easy to have fingers cut o ( ff. . . . Sawmillcr having only two fingers indicates that lie wants four pints in the manner demonstrated. The Pole listened attentively and nodding as he each point; and when the explanation was finished he shook his head solemnly and t said: "How tragic.'" . '