NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3920, 19 March 1929, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Heavy dejmands are being made on the Railway Department’s supply of wagons in the South Island, the increase in traffijc on the West Coast and on the Midland line being a big factor. Several new methods of dealing with the harvest have been employed by country farmers this season (says the Ashburton Guardian). Last week a local resident saw near Winchmore a small threshing machine mounted on a truck in a paddock, and being fed' (by sheaves -brought to it on a motor track. There were no horses in the paddock. It is the opinion of the Hon. Mr. Wilford, Minister for Defence, that f

as soon as possible there should be at least 50 -airports in blew Zealand. He considers that their preparation is the work of the municipalities.

Whether it was tho result of advertising or the quality of the goods is not known, but an Invercargill sharebroker reports having made a very quick sale. An advertisement (appeared offering debentures -for sale and, although the issue amounted to 14,000, one shareholder underwrote the .total issue before 10 o’clock the same morning.

The members o-f the principal religious bodies of New Zealand last year are estimated by the Government Statistician as follows (the increases since the previous census being given in parenthesis): Church of England, 553,993 (39,385); Presbyterian, 330,598 (31,053); Roman Catholics, 173,332 (9199); Methodist 1-21,268 (8924); B'aptist, 21/159 (2033); Brethren, 12,939 (1884); Sallvati-on Army, 12,341 (750); Church of Christ, |7985 (decrease 655); Congregational, 7281 (decrease 696); religion not stated, 62,567. A position as timekeeper and paymaster to the Talcapuna Borough Counted at £250 a year attracted no fewer than 216 applications. At the meeting a councillor said that in his sixteen years’ local bcdy experience he had never been so much besieged by pitiable aspirants for a job. Most of the applicants were unfit for hard manual labour. They included lawyers, doc“T'hese men are not going to work on the land when they can .earn the standard wages, 14/- a day, on relief works in the cities,” remarked Mr. H. G. Dickie, ALP., .at the Land Settlement and Migration Conference at Wellington. “It pays thorn to remain on the unemployed list. It seems to me we are not making much progress towards solving the problem of unemployment.” Mr. A- L. Hunt (chairman) said that in his opinion the problem should not be left to the Government to solve. It would surely be better for business men to tackle it'and prevent it for themselves, instead of having -to .put their hands in their pockets to cope with unemployment as it arose. Prevention was better than cure.

tors, and .other men of education. Some weeks ago -there was a statement made that bowls with age became warped and wobbly. This (writes “J'aeker” in the Christchurch Sun), may be so, but not if the -bowls are cared for. 'There ,was a .set on the Bapanui green belonging to .Stevens, no'w of Oarnaru, •made by Taylor, iof Glasgow, 56 years ago, that were as true as a a the day they were made. There are bowls in the Chrsibehurch Club that have been in use for over 40 years. A little raw linseed oil after each game not only preserves the bowls, but gives them a nice feel in the hand. Vaseline and polish give them a -nice appearance, but do not preserve. Many of the bowls which during the past few seasons failed to .pass the test, ( owed the failure absolutely to vaseline —-and cost the owner 6/- each to have them rectified.

Judging frolm the experience of a Wellington lady, there is at least one shopgirl in that city who combines with commendable honesty an exceptional faculty for remembering faces. It happened that just before Christmas the lady in question made some purchases at a drapery store, to discover later in the day that she was a pound note to the bad. She called on the following day to make inquiries, but nothing had been seen of the note. Last week she was again in the shop, and was being served by the same attendant, when the latter asked if she had not lost a pound note there before (Christmas. The assistant, upon receiving an affirmative reply, handed over the money. The note had .evidently slipped from the customer's hands and had lain hidden behind some boxes.

Nowadays women’s fashions are ever-[changing, and sometimes so rapidly that it is a little difficult to keep track of innovations or a back-to-the-old-order movement. Bobbed hair, the Eton crop, and other crops have been very fashionable for some time among women, but now it seems many who have had their tresses shorn are letting them grow again. At least, that was what a hairdresser, sued for debt, told Air. F. K. Hunt, S.AL, in the Wellington Alagistrate’s Court recently. 'The hairdresser said that the “trade was not too good just now.” “But,” said Air. Hunt, “I thought hairdressers were making a fortune with Avomen bobbing their hair.” “No, sir,” replied the debtor. “They are letting their hair grow again.” Air. Hunt: “Oh, I see.” No order was made against the debtor.