ITEMS OF INTEREST

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 49, 15 February 1944, Page 7

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Nelson's Anniversary

Tuesday was the 102 nd anniversary of the founding of the Nelson Province. The site of Nelson was chosen by a naval officer, Captain Arthur Wakefield, a brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the driving force behind the New Zealand Company. Captain Wakefield was, killed in an episode with the Maoris not long after the infant settlement had celebrated its first anniversary.

Are They Worth Pinching; ?

Human psychology has some curious aspects. For instance, the story circulates from Uime to time that watchmakers are making a fortune by removing the "jewels" froln watches sent to them for repair. Let. us apply a little cold logic to this statement. Watch ''jewels" are a composite crystal, used as a hard and unwearing seat for spindles and tiny watch crankshafts. They are usually bought by the several gross and their single value is about threepence. It would, cost about 12s to get one out of a watch and Noah was a boy when the last onq fell l out. And yet Ave heard a bloke say the other day that his "jewels" had been removed. Well ! Well!

Chocolate for the Forces

The. postal chocolate service 'o the New Zealand Forces overseas intro-| duccd by the National Patriotic Fund! Board recently has met with an instant response from the public. Postal money order offices are receiving the orders for chocolate, 21b of which in four blocks may be sent to any member of» the New Zealand Forces overseas for 5s Gd, including packing and postage, the responsibility for which is: taken by the board. Mr G. A. Hay den, secretary of the National Patriotic Fund 13oard, stated recently that he had been advised by the Post Office authorities that in the first five days after the inauguration of. the scheme approximately 5000 orders had been placed in money order offices throughout the country. The thousand orders a day or orders for 20601b of. chocolate a day was good going for a scheme newly started.