NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1928, Page 1

NEWS AND NOTES.

Working in the garden is a joy in itself. so some people say, hut there are rimes when the result is a little discouraging (.remarks tin- “ Otago Daily Times A woman dug industriously |,,r an hour or so. and then went into the tool shed for some lime to scatter over the freshly-turned earth. She gave her garden a liberal coating oi white, and just fur luck scattered a little over the newlv-niown lawn. That night it rained, as it sometimes does, and next morning, when she luund time to survey her handiwork, it was all she could do to restrain some naughty, unladylike words when she realised that it was not lime that was in the bag. hut cement.

1 1 lias been suggested that the authorities in London make conditions diiTiciill lur seafaring Xew Zealanders wishing to obtain certificates of proficiency in the Kinpire City. The ease vas put to a young Xew Zealander who recently qualified in Loudon (says the •• Otago Daily Times He replied that his experience did not hear that out. It was true that the oral portion of the examination was very searching, ImL he understood that was in order to ascertain whether the candidate’s experience had been obtained on the approved lines. Otherwise the candidate’s ability to qualify was in nowise hampered by the examiners, lie found them very reasonable. His examination was in marine engineering and there was no doubt that the examination tests were of a drastic nature. Nevertheless, New Zealanders had little to complain of, for they were obtaining creditable places in tbo percentage ol passes. Stub examinations were nowadays of a highly technical nature, and the internal combustion machinery was adding to the intricacies of it. but it was also opening increased opportunity for those desirous of acquiring all-round proficiency in marine engineering.