"Silver Bullets"

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 305, 27 December 1939, Page 6

"Silver Bullets"

In the course of au address to a gathering in Alexandra to bid farewell to men of the Special Force, Mr. W. A. Bodkin, M.P., urged the necessity for producing as much as possible of those commodities which could be converted into currency. By this means, he said, “silver bullets” would be produced *hich would eventually win the war.

Sun Buckles Railway Lines Tho intcuse heat of the sun on Thursday was the principal cause of a portion of the railway line at Bennett's Biding, near Taihape, buckling out about 4in. A serious accident might have occurred had not Mr. L. Buckctt, a railway gauger, noticed the condition of the track and held up an approaching train. Other trains were also delayed while the damaged rails were replaced. Employers’ Obligations Employers’ obligations under recent regulations affecting tho re-employ-ment of men who undertake military service during the war were dealt with in a circular letter received by the Poverty Bay Electric Power Board at a recent meeting. The letter quoted the opinion of the Power Boards' Association's legal adviser to the effect that reinstatement in employment was obligatory even in cases where au employee taken on the payroll to replace another man on service went to the war. The obvious results of employing replacements among young men of military age were indicated in the circular, the principal of these being tho possibility that firms would be faced with the prospect of re-engaging numbers of men for whom they had no work available. Modern Helsinki

Helsinki, which has come so prominently into the news, was founded by Uustavus Vasa, of Sweden, in 1550. it was then three miles from the present site of the town, but was rebuilt in its present position in 1(520, and became the capital of Finland in 1812. Before that date it was a little town of three or four thousand peasants and flsherfoik living iu wooden cabins. The city was planned by a German architect, Engel, ‘‘the father of Finnish architecture,” who designed it like a chessboard, with straight parallel streets crossing each other at right angles. Among the many line buildings is the great railway station, probably the most suitably conceived structure of its kind iu Europe. The Natural History Museum and the University are two other buildings of which any city migli* be proud, but the most impressive specimen of Engel’s art is the great Lutheran Church of Bt. Nicholas, reached by a ilight of 45 steps. It is in u wonderful position on u high rock, aud dominates the whole city. Like so much in Finnish art, it aims at streugth rather than grace; there is not a curve in it except the arches over the doors.