A Welcome Gift

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 47, 8 February 1944, Page 8

A Welcome Gift

Acknowledging a cheque from the Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's .1511 ml Soldiers and Sailors Fund. ''Widow of a lilitulel Soldier" writes: "This was a great surprise to me, and the kindly thought of that kindly body of men affected me so that f wept. My husband and all my relatives are dead, and it is nice to feel that there are. kind people in the world who remember that 1 also am in it. The enclosure was a most liberal gift, but it was the ki'nd act that so appealed to me." —Wellington Kvening Post. Sensitive Touch -An employer who had an important Government contract was in urgent need of workers, but there was none apparently in his area, lie said the work was light and required little skill; in fact, he said, '"You could do it with your eyes s'nit." "All right," said the Ministry of Labour man. '"why not try some blind persons?" He did, and found to his surprise that on this partK cular job the sensitive touch of ihe blind made up for the lack of sight. In fact, in some respects, they were quicker at their work than sighted persons. Tlicy are still on the job., Tommy-guns for Rats Warfare on rats in Sydney has been mechanised. The handy men who Used to keep down these pests at their work-places are now on war jobs, and their places have been taken by women. The rat population is overrunning city buildings, so the official ratcatchers have had to improve their technique. Their n.iost effective weapon is h tommygun firing evandie. Six operators killed 11! rats in less, than half an hour in one city basement. "You can't miss," says one of them. ''Once you get a line on a rat he's dead." There is also a hand grenade containing insecticide. In three seconds it kill.s the. tleas which bite the rats which carry the plague — and so on.

PAYABLE LOVE STORY ''You see that girl? She's just got '2000 dollars lor a short love story.' - ' "Good heavens, that's a lot of money for a .short story. Did she sell the cinema right?" "No. .she told it to a jury." "REALLY?" Hostess: ''What a noise tho.se neighbours make! Listen to the children howling." Visitor: "But that noise is conn ing from your own nursery." Hostess: "Really? The little darlings must he enjoying themselves." PROVED IT "I believe." said, the cheery philosopher, <! tliat for evei'y single thing you give away, two will come back to you." "That's true," said his listener. "Last autumn T gave away my daughter, and now she and her husband have both come to live on me."