Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 3 December 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Cpjlege Girls' Owting Parti.ep of girl pupils of the Horo whenua 'Gojlegp this ' week were taken pn a cohducted t.oui- pf s.ome of Levin's pi.ac.es pf interrest, among w'hich wa.s the kpitting mills an.d' prin'ting yjovk?- At the Magistrat.ers Gpurt, the . girls were given an insight into the cpnduct pf th.e coyrt ahd coprt pfp.ceedjngs 'py ^grg.eant W. .G-rainger. Private Enterprise "The only alternative to priyate enterprise is a reversion to the old system'of centralised authority in ' the 'hands gf the • State which'.'herd the w:pijM in chains for 5000 ye.ars apd is again repeating this 'policy behind the - irpn curfcain in ttns modern age," declared Mr. J. F. Johnston, presi^ept of the Auckland ChambeF of •Commerce, when addressing .the^ Auckland Advertisjng oiub. 4 | No Rights Without Duties Emphasis in child training should | be shifted'.from book knowledge to j training for a full life, said the Wellington Qistrict Health Offieer (Dr. Hubert Smith) .in an address to' the Masterton Plunket Society. Hp adyocated a move away from the vocational training now advo- , cated widely and l.ess emphasis on piaterial gains. ' The young must b,e taught tliat there was no sub^titute for hard work and no •rights withput duties, he saidChurch's Birthday Of the 100 people who sat 4QWP to tea at an old scholars and teachers' "jpunion held as part of the Henderson Methodist Church jubilee celebratiohs, 15 had peen present at the stong laying of the church 50 years agp. Prizes were presented to present scholars b-y IVfrs. A. Wppdward, wlio was onp of the original teachers. The Henderson church was the first buiit in the distriet, ' and is unique in that fpr several ? years Presbyterians, Ahglieans " and Methodists wprshjpped together in • it.

Knew His Students • Sir Kerr p'ran't, whp retired recpntly after beirig .40 yearg Pr.ofessbr of Physics at Adela,ide IJniversity, WP.re a tip hat to the farewell party the stpdents threw ip his "honour. He knew his students— rapd the /shape of things to come. They came — every conceiva)?le npssiie on which they could ,lay hands and throw. Flour bdmb^ ~ exploded and fire craekers Whizzed across the flopr as he walked tpwards the rostrupi to ma'ke his farewell speeeh. When he started to speak, bagpipes, .trumpets, and whistles made it easy for him not to niind what he was aaying pecause np pne c.oyld pe.af him. Tli.eap '!tributes" ware all to his popularity! i Salesmanshij)! Not" far fVoni Hastings is a small grpcery store whigh hgs- a napie for the eburtesy and bbliging ways pf 'its pppratprs. Shpp as.sistants aiwdys Seem ready with heipful abyjce on . hpu§ehpl'd " prpblems, and |he shop is quick to stpck Ihe lat.esfc ip .dopie.stic ppeessiti.es. Ip thesp circum|laucp5 • a custpmer was np| surpfi.sed wh§u ope of |he shbp assistants, in a burst of high-pressure salesmanshlp, began extolling the virtues of a new F&t ppippp. "It's ju§t. the thing/' said the seller. "All you have to dp ip tp spripklg th.e PPW^er abput Where the rats frequent, and . if they wftlk pypr it or gy m tpp close to it they crawi away and die of pneumonia." •'Pneumonia, pf- all things ! " exclaimed the s6ip.ewhat 4 incrpdulpus customer, "Ye§," eonflrmed |hg epthusia§|ic seher, "and Ihe bg£u|y pf it a]l is that it won't harm "your mice." fhe i§5t Mprmatips ' ah#bl ihis wahdgrftd^ ngw sglec|iye Vgrmip exterminator clinched the deal.