In Davy Jones' Locker

NZ Truth, Issue 1240, 5 September 1929, Page 6

In Davy Jones' Locker

PAR from being an old man of the and even though the tip may oft- ?:■ sea, David Jones, Reform mem- times be dipped m sulphuric acid beri. for- midrCahterbury and. chairman there is, no questioning his. flair m of the -New icaj^irid eversharp repartee. iyre'a ; tA^'PrbducfersVy Like' a gd od BoardVA is: A^ve r^y many people he has mucH'Aof • a/ young a " marked .habit, rnan^ofAthe land/; ; say his political both- inspirit and enemies, . of.- stand - activity. ~ ; mg for different u_ , . .- . . -,_ electorates, but . But m his Par-. ; must one condemn liamentary o>e.«t, hjm -. becaUse 6 f are ymany - things that? akihi: to the con- . -A tents 1 ; if; the sea . !t ™*y he that trunks belonging to ■"«. subscribes to hirs"f.- '.patriarchal the.easy philosophy namesake; A bright th ?t; -variety adds thin-gs,;- vitriolic spice to hfe. wiVaponsi. that There is thi s threaten Ato. scuttle : much to be ; .said many a stout craft; to ,t h c contrary dull, heavy, pon- that a' variety of derous projectiles interests adds that hit the Par- greatly to one's liamentary roof and store of general rebound on to his knowledge, and if own luckless head, hi s adversaries, and scintillating, real or political, diamond - hard have occasionally knives of debate twitted him; bewhich cleave their cause of this penway through the chant, they should less agile bodies of his opponents, j climb to the top of this contentious Interjection is his favorite blade, fence and look on each side.

TACTFUL POSTMASTER JACK McLEAN, the new Chief Post-master'of-Wanganui, has spent a ■lifetime m the Post and Telegraph service/but it has not steeled his heart and intellect to the needs and difficulties of the ordinary man who looks for assistance and civility from public officials.;'. Enter. '.his. sanctum) and though you may be! full of vexation, a few minutes with the worldly wise McLean, and your cloud of troubles will disperse. ,--' ..-■..; . ■ ■ ■He was at the Wakapuaka c&ble.station when if was -the terminating point for 'the Eastern Extension Cable, and when he left he; carried with him a goodly share of the repose and sunshine of that romantic connection of New.--., Zealand with the great outer world.- "■'' _..

NOTED LIBRARIAN jHRNEST JOHN BELL, librarian of •*-* the Christchurch Public Library, is deserving of recognition, not only on account "of his literary knowledge,' but because of his broad-mindedness. He has done much to gain the approbation of book-lovers. . Periodically ne gives eager listenersiri to 3YA a; chatty address on the latest books and his opinion of them. A This opinion is worth following, for ;With;-.his. fifteen years' experience as librarian m Christchurch, and many more as assistant-librarian m England he is qualified to know what is good literature. -,'.-,-,...• When E.J.B. is. not reading a Wild West .novel or an account of prehistoric Greece he is dabbling; with wireless. For; after books, wireless is his hobby. ...... A