Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 10 March 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Bananas From Suva A start was made yesterday to unload a consignment of heariy 9008 cases of baiianas oh the Sierra from Suva. The ship berthed at Wellington on Monday with a deek' cargo qf timber and the bananas were stacked at least five "feet above the deck rails. The bananas were consigne'd to the fnternai Marketing Division. .. , King Acdepts N.Z. Book- ■ • Sir Alan Lascelles; private 'secre--tary to the King,, has advi^ed, Mr1; W. K.' Howittj of Devonjport, AUdk-' land,' that the1 Ki'rig has beeh pleased to a,ccept a dopy1 of 1 ! Mr: Howitt's. hook, • " A ■ Pionedr Loo'ks Back/' which \\y^s 'sent by the. Governor-GeneraL, ' Sir Bernarfi Freybefg, 'K.C: 'The Kihg, sdia Sir Alan in his l'etter, desired to thank the author for his -book and for- his h:ihd thoughtJiW-..se^dlhg;ilt, to him., Magazine F'or Teachers ' The first number: of a hew magazine for teachers,, "Education," has beeh published by the Education, Department: ! ' Fivd numbers wfll be issued in 1948',- but it is hoped that ultimately , ,the . • magazine will appear as a '.mqpthly. Till now, ! articles of professionai interest to , teachers have appeared ' in the i "Education Gazette/' but with. .the arrival of "Education;" material in ■ the Gazette will be confined to adnlinistrative matters such as ' oihcial notices, appointments and j vacancies. s ! Board Envies Studelit | The Christchurdh TeChnical Col- / lege Board exptessed envy of a schoolboy who earhed liiore than'i £8 a week dufing. the llolidays for. ttnskilled wPrk. Mr. J. B. McBride, principal of the Papanui Technical ; College, said the lad had now j returned to school. As mahy stu- I dents were being drawh away from ! school byhigh wages, he aske'd thdj boy about his dedisibh, Mr. Mcfiride; said. The poy said he had been j impressed by eafning £8 a week, but j he had also hoticed that his work- j mates, men mudh oider, were also J still on the Same rate. He intend- ' ed-to. seek dualijicatiohs for ad-j vancement. . ■ . v - |

The Pay-Off There was a gleam of satisfaCtion in the eyes of a youthful cncketer playing in a friendly match against a team -from the Palmerston North police force at I the weekend. He had jUst spreadeagled the wickets of a six-foot constable, and as the batsmari, spmewhat abashed,. retireld from the crease-the. boy turhed to a member of the "opposing teaih Who was deputising as tiihpirb ahd said: "That chap is a policeihah, isn't he?" 'On being assiired that his victim was indeed a member of the local constabhlary the youiig b-owler said, with a hiht of tritimph in his voice, "He" had me up for riding my bicycle oh the footpath the other day." The accbiint was squared. New Use For Old Ties "Neckties ,-for - Europe" is the latest campaign sweebing ihe Unite-d States, ahd indirectly the people of Otago have been asked to jom in. Thdiigh thg cable services have been silent about this ihove to brighten the liybs of European men, a eirdiiiar .letter received .by an Otago jonfhai from the Aiigdla Herald, in Ihdiana; cdhtaihs the mformatioh that Amefi'Can Wifeless stations haVe taken up "the Angola idea" with enthusiasm, ahd overseas papers are also giVirig . it wide publicity. The basis oh Whieh ihe eaftp'aign ha§ beeii evdlved is that; while; in softie countfies, a year's coupPns afe re'quifed for " a n,ew suit, a nedktie, aisb difflciilt t'o obtain, "dolls Up a di'ab sliit." 'According tb the cifeuiar, cfavUts c-olleete'd in Aiiierica are "heatiy fashidhed ihto ah 'endiess chaih ahd carefUlly rolied into a huge gbbdwill bail." s