Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 3 June 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Scottish Society's Social Thp Horowhenua Scottish Society held the first of its ifiembers' evenings in St. Mary's" Hall* last jnigh , there being a very large attendance. A light prograirime, inIterspersed with dancing and items by the society's band, made for a pleasant evening and an excelleht beginning for these monthly evenings.

Sudden Death In Hills Mr. Michae! O'Donoghqe, a wellknown resident of the Taipuha and Paparoa districts wa s found dead in the hills near "YVaipu. Acconir panied by two other men he set off in the morning on a tree-felling expedition and th'e others went ahead at his request, but when he did not follow they thought he had returned home. In the evening it was discovered that he was misslng and a search revea le.d . him ■ lying* dead with an axe in his hand. He had suff ered from heart trouble for a long time. Not So "Soft" Soap Two members of ,a radio audience at Christchurch who sat in on a commerciai broadcast have two f'love'y black eyes" by which 'to reniember the oecasion. At the pnd of a talent quest, 'the sponsors of the progr^mme distributed b'ars of soap, which were thrown out fropi the siage to the audience. Patrons caqght the bars — but two caught them in the wrong place. Departmental apologies, it is "understood, were made by broadcasting officials the next morning. Henry Lawson Stamp I A new _2-|d postage stamp will be 'on sale in post oflfices throughout iAustralia on June 17 in honour of the birthday anniversary of Henry Lawson, the Austra ian writer' and poet. It will be a red stamp showing the poet's profile, a fascimile of his,. signature,-;and the dates of his bi'rth - andt death— 1867-1922. The design is based on an etching by Sir Lionel Lindsay. Lawson was the son of a Norwegian seaman who left his ship and settled in the New South Wales mining district near Gulgong. His father's real name was Larsen — changed .to Lawson because Henry's mother preferred it. Return To Service With A Smile "The art of « salesmanship was largely lcst during the war because staff s had the idea that customers were lucky to get what they were given," said the president of the Whangarei Retailers' Association (Mr. R. Sarrds) at a prizergiving marking the end of the second school of retailing held in Whangarei. This attitude, he said, bred careless indifferenco to the needs of the eustomer. "Now we realise we must ' train qurselves afresh. Business has changed and we are back to the goo'd old'days of service with a smile/'