"ENCIRCLEMENT"

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 54, 6 March 1945, Page 6

"ENCIRCLEMENT"

j The .solar system is composed Of mighty spinning spheres With -which our universe has spun For eons, encircled by the sun. The study of encirclement Reveals perplexing things— Ail iron collar for serfdom A golden crown for Kings: The diamond studded circlet Of engagements estaev Is supplemented by the ring Of wedded unity. M hen amid the cheers Jests' toasts and tears And guests of happy laughter The bridegroom wafts the bride away To live happy ever after. But many disconcerting truths Are hidden from their eyes Because where ignorance is bliss 'Tis folly to lie wise. Evil interests combine And form rings of. control To gain life's material dross And lose its golden soul. But. the. wise refiner slumbers not His eye watches the melting pot His hand controls the lire All that is impure to displace Until he can see his mirrored ..face In the gold of his. desire. 11. SERGANT.

Six Years' Road Deaths

For the. six years from 1939 to 1944 t inclusive 1083 persons were killed on the roads in New Zealand despite the fact that for most of the Avar period there have been drastic restrictions on the use of motor vehicles, said the Commissioner of Transport Mr C. L. to the Parliamentary Commission of Local Body Government. Three factors in road accidents were the road the road itself, and the vehicle. Of those the first completely dwarfed the other two and 90 per cent, of all traffic accidents were due to human error and failure. * Argentine Drought As a result of one of the worst droughts of recent it is estimated that Argentina's wheat production has fallen from I^Boo^ooo tons to 4 249 300 tons (156'l08'0(>0 i » v t $ bushels) . Other grain crops are badly hit—the yield of barley has declined from 718.600 tons to 574 300 ' » tous-' and rye from 557 200 tons to 259 400 tons. j