NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1929, Page 2

NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS

PLACE NAME’S ORIGIN

Hammersmith. considered sis a place name, const ii ill cs a standing puzzle to antiquarians, all sorts ol derivations |iavino I,con advanced Irom time to time; tlioujjcli most probably it is merely a literal interpretation of the Saxon liammerschmiede-- blacksmith’s force.

PROFITABLE HUNTING

In the neighbourhood of l.aiiken Inlet.. Hudson's Bay, a party of mining prospectors were recently resti ue aiter a strenuous spell of work and waiting for the aeroplane which was to call and bring them home to Cohalt, Ontario. One ot their number anxious to secure a souvenir, set out to hunt for a white fox. He tailed in his quest, hut his compensation was more than adequate, for lie came upon a vein of gold.

BOY STAMP EXPERT

A Streatham hoy of 17, R. Ft. Larkins has won unusual distinction as a stamp collector. Not only has he gained the championship clip offered to hoys and girls in connection with the Schoolboys’ Own Exhibition at the Horticultural Hall, hut, according to one of the judges, he has discovered many facts with which experienced collectors wore not familiar. Larkins had contributed a collection and description of the stamps of Estonia, a tiny Baltic State, south of the Gull of Finland. His nearest rival in this class was a lb-year-old girl, Joan Bland, with a Boland collection.

HOW TO WIN A NT) WOO SLEEP. Sir IRobert Armstrong-Jonos, the eminent mental specialists, gives valuable advice, in the current issue of the “Practitioner,” to the man win sailers lgroin insomnia. “Systematic mapping out of tin* day must Do made he says “and once made adhered to; early rising; then work punctuated by regular meals, 'followed by half an hour’s rest after each, a fair allowance of exercise and recreation so as to break the continuity of mental work.” But the recreation must he a real distraction. A round of goll with tin solitary ‘Colonel llogoy’ is tutile . . • a foursome at goll is better, a game of tennis, driving a car, a long motor ride, a walk to and from his job or through a jostling crowd.” 'I he rule of the bedroom is a most important one. It should he quiet, cool, and with open window, but darkened, and the bed without hollows or inequalities. A jug of cold water poured over the hack of the head followed by a rub with a rough towel is infinitely bettoi than drugs. Hot baths before retiring suit some cases, but aggravate others.