Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 24, 24 February 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Luxuries Buy Dollars In spite of her shortage of foods, Britain is exporting to' some countries certain manufactured commodities such as beer, biscuits and chocolates, which have a very high money value in relation to the quantities of their ingredients. Britain hopes to earn much-needed dollars by selling small quantities of these luxury foods.

“Holy And Soully” ! Signing without reading letters typed by some spellers of the modern school may cause the dictator some embarrassment. Head office asked a Christchurch businessman recently whether he was becoming religious. The reason for the question did not occur to him until he re-read his latest letter to head office, in which the typist had written “holy and soully” for “wholly and solely.” '

Windscreen Explodes When a motorist was travelling along the Hutt Road recently his car was suddenly filled 'with the noise of an explosion and his face was peppered with stinging little missiles. He stopped and l®oked round to see who had shot him. There w,as no assailant, but his windscreen had been amazingly transformed into a sheet' of milky glass and the middle of it was missing. Presumably a stone from the road had hit the glass, causing it to split into thousands of octagonal crystals, some of which flew into the car, hitting the driver but not cutting him, while the others clung together still in the frame. Not Romantic The motor trip from Auckland to Napier via Rotorua and Taupo was considered one of the most unforgettable stages of her present world tour, said Mrs E. M. Hawes, a Londoner at present visiting New Zealand. She was thrilled with the sight of huge areas of broom and gorse in bloom. • While travelling in a service car between Taupo and Napier she remarked to a sister who was accompanying her that it looked like “liquid sunshine.” This was too much for a man, presumably a farmer, sitting in front of her. He turned and remarked: “Pardon me, madam, but it’s nothing but a noxious weed.”