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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 114, 11 February 1928, Page 6

No less than seven hundredweight of broken glass has been collected on Narrow Neck Beach during the Christmas holidays by Mr. F. \A • Ludlow, a special constable for that district (says the Auckland “■Star”). With these figures in view, the large number of serious accidents that have occurred through this means is not surprising and Hie residents of fhe neighbourhood are agitating for a thorough eleati-ufi of the beaches Tho Dovonport Borough Council realises its responsibilities in this matter, and regularly removes, a huge collection o f miscellaneous picnic litter. Its efforts. however. are .impotent neainst the lethargic public conscience, which disregards all receptacles for rubbish, and delights to strew the beach with leavings.

The story of a misunderstanding is at present going the rounds of tl Dunedin Hospital medical staff (says an exchange). It appears that the short notices given by doctors who have decided to resign their positions have been a source of annoyance to the authorities, n’ecentl.v a rather youthful house suVgeon appeared before the superintendent and handed to him a written notice of resignation. While the superintendent scanned the document, the young man gazed out of the window with that faraway look commonly associated with the victims of Cupid. . “This is rather sudden, is it not ?” remarked the superintendent, abruptly shattering the young doctor’s dreamy reflection. He blusheu and stammered for a moment, and then blotted indignantly. “Not nt all.^sir.. We’ve been engaged for six years.” The term ball-mark for silver articles was derived from the fact that gold and silver arti-les were originally all assayed ami niavke'l :>.t tho Co”>nanv Hall of the Guild of Gold and Silversmiths. .