NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2749, 24 June 1924, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The taxi swerved and skidded along the street, and the old lady was glad when she reached her destination. ‘‘You frightened me," she said. “It’s the first time I’ve ever ridden in one of these tnxies.” “Yon have my sympathy ma’am," said the driver, “it’s the first time T’vc ever driven one.” -

“These fads don’t pay," said the chairman of the Hawera Hospital Board when discussing charitable aid cases. A member of the hoard had reported that, the mother of the family under discussion was a Seventh Day Adventist and would not allow tier husband to work on Saturdays. The husband would not work on Sundays, so he enjoyed two--, holidays a week.

A correspondent, writes: I thought that the following would he of interest for your columns: —A proportion sum given to « sinndiivd V scholar at a school in the l’alca County: “If it takes the .Paten. County Council y months to mc-tnl 20 chains of ioad how long would it take them to metal 7 miles ?” The answer surprised the .settlers in the district, being 21 years. There should be some rising young councillors coming on for future work in the County!!—Wanganui Chronicle. There are at present two styles of writing in the primary schools — the cursive which has been used for many years past, and the new system known as printscript. The latter system was strongly advocated at a meeting of the Wanganui Education Board by the senior inspector, Mr W. G. Garrard. Some of the points in favour of printscript claimed were: Children could learn reading and writing at the same time more accurate spelling is attained; the system is more quickly mastered; less tension on thumb muscles; high degree of speed; print writing developed as many characteristics' of style as pupils who learned the other system. Summing up the senior inspector urged the use of printscript for the primer and standard one classes, but suggested that in the standard classes it should not oust writing altogether. A rabbiter who had been operating in Kaiwarua Gorge (Otago) received a cheque for £285 5/-, that amount representing the proceeds of his catch during February, March and April. The existence of glaring anomalies in the Railway Department freight charges was pointed out at a meeting of the Makara County Council. Examples were given of cases in which six tons of mangolds were carried from Hastings to Jolmsonville at a cost of 811/0; and in which 'a stone crusher weighing 5 j tons, was brought from Haiincvirkc to Johnsonvillc about 70 miles shorter distance,, for £lB 7/5. Speaking of the Christchurch Communists a Labour ollieiul said to a “Lyttelton Times” reporter:— “These fellows are absolutely no use to the Labour movement, and it is much better that they should light us from the outside than that they should attempt to dictate to us what we should do. The Labour movement does not want to he hampered by the activities of Communists and it is just as well that we should light them now as later on.”