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Evening Star, Issue 24280, 22 August 1942, Page 4

Lighting restrictions for the week commencing to-morrow apply from 6.15 p.m to 7.6 a.m. .Many instances of linguistic misunderstandings have arisen in Great Britain of late, principally on account of the great number of refugees and soldiers at present concentrated there. One story is told of a French-Canadian soldier standing in the corridor of a train, leaning out of the window. A young woman, familiar with the route, warned him to “ look out,” as there was a tunnel not far away. When the train came out of the tunnel the soldier approached the woman and demanded angrily why she had tried to kill him. “ You English are mad,” lie concluded. “ You say ‘ look out,’ when yon mean ‘ look in.’ ” The mayor acknowledges with tfianks receipt of a donation of to from Mr A. Russell (Miller's Fluff to the fund for the “ adoption " of (hiin-t; refugee children. This brings the total to £1,077 5s dd.

A Wellington Association telegram reports that the National Patriotic Fund Board War Library Service has distributed to date for the benefit of the armed forces 166,592 books and 172,992 periodicals, these figures being shown in a report placed before a meeting of the board this week, over which the Governor-General presided. The distribution for last month comprised 2,950 books, 343 smaller books, and 3,093 periodicals. Advice has been received by the mavor (Mr A. 11. Allen) that Dun-, ed'in’s quota of respirators, or gas masks, lor civil requirements has been allotted. The number is 15,000 and some consignments have already arrived. These will bo distributed principally to wardens in the vulnerable commercial areas, the first-line transport workers, first aid posts, and firefighting personnel in the vulnerable areas. Bedridcten persons in public hospitals will also be supplied, with respirators. The mayor points out that these respirators are ,the property of the Government and that they must be carefully stored and looked after, “ Yesterday a church service was held in the cedars which adorn a hillside opposite the barracks,” writes a New Zealand soldier in a letter sent from Syria in April. “ Though church services in the Army invariably leave me cold, I must admit that the surroundings of this particular service were such as to awaken some interest in me, and I can’t recall such a delightful setting or one really more appropriate. If all services were held under similar conditions I would be not only a regular attender hut also an enthusiastic one. This particular spot was on a grassy bank amid the lofty and ancient Lebanon cedars, and gave all of us a perfect view of a huge basin leading, at the time, directly into the setting sun and down to Tripoli and the coast. ... Though the service and the address were of the stereotyped order, I am sure that the proceedings will live in my memory for ages.” Church worshippers will be interested to learn that at a recent meeting of ministers called by the mayor (Mr A. H. Allen) it was decided to revert as from September 6 to the hour-of 6.30 for Sunday evening services, the hour at which most were held prior to the E.P.S. restrictions. For some time past evening services in meet churches nave been held at 4 p.ra. The redecoration of the old block, including the two upper galleries,. of the Otago Museum has now been completed, and an excellent job has been done by the contractors; The work has been carried out in a light cream, with reddish-brown skirtings. The lighting has been greatly improved by this redecoratjon, which has had the effect of making the galleries seem very much,larger than was the case with the; multi-coloured scheme now superseded and which has served for the past 50 years. More than three and a-half tons''of rubber have been collected in the past two weeks in a drive by the pupils of the /Wanganui Intermediate School.— Press Association, The little black pup, “4len,” which has been in the news since it started collecting pennies in George street on behalf of the Transport section of the All People’s Queen Carnival Appeal was disposed of in a raffle yesterday. Since it started 1 on the work of collecting the dog has drawn in 8,884 pennies, or £37 10s 4d. In addition, the amount collected from the raffle was £lO, so that one small dog has resulted in an addition to the Transport section’s funds of £47 0s 4d —a good effort. It is apparent that the tempers of the German people generally are becoming a little frayed. Some time ago the German radio attempted to counteract this tendency by inaugurating a courtesy campaign.. “Be a little more polite,” pleaded the announcer. The breaches of courtesy which he deplored most were the use of rough elbowing tactics in crowds, particulary on station platforms, when men apparently quarrelled and got into such tempers that they got on the wrong trains. The use of insulting language was also, prevalent when seats on trains and other conveyances could not be found. The potato shortage has brought .about a substantial reduction in the daily ration to each man in the armed forces in New Zealand. Up till recently the ration was 16 ounces, but this has now been reduced to three ounces. In addition, all potatoes must henceforth be cooked in _ their skins. Service medical authorities are now considering other items which should be included or increased to make up the general daily ration. By advertisement in this issue Manchester Unity members are apprised of entertainment provided by city lodges during the coming week.