NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23916, 18 September 1939, Page 14

NEWS IN BRIEF

Approximately 9000 empty , mqtch, boxes have been received by the Auckland War Memorial Museum authorities as a result of their request for a supply for the storage of the shells of 65.000 small.mollusca, which form part, of a study collection. Of this total, almost 4000 were collected in two city schools. ' ' . A fracture of the neck was suffered by Miss A. E. Cocks, a mistress attire Psengaroa School, when the horse she. was riding bolted' and threw her near the Paengaroa Hall. After being attended by Dr L. Randell, Miss Cocks was taken in an ambulance to theTauranga Hospital, where her condition is reported to be serious. , Sports coats are still more attractive this year, and Milton men have a splendid range to choose from at Gray s Big Store... . . -.' A war has its, amusing sides, as the old campaigners know. In Napier a Maori expressed his patriotic sentiments with rare bluntness and precision. Talking to the, driver of the car which was taking him to the Dn.l Hall for his medical examination, ha described his own position aomirably. “Just let me get t my warrant of fitness and I’ll have a pop at those bloomin’Jerries! ” The schoolboy owners of Whangare; s “mosquito fleet” of seven-foot yach.s are to be admitted as honorary members of the Whangarei Cruising Ciuo at a fee of Is. This is effective provided the boys are no more than l.» years of age and are not part-owners of larger craft. A silver cup for competition in' this class has been presented by Mrs M. A. McKenzie, wife of the commodore, the trophy to be won outright this season. Special showing of all new Goods m the showroom: Children’s. Maids and Ladies’ Knitted Goods. Winter Frocks, Hats and Coats. Call early while the selection is here. Many goods we will be unable to replace.—Mosgiel’s Drapers, A, F. Cheyne and C 0... A resident of Lowry Bay, Wellington . Mr A. A. Stichbury, has offered oO guineas as a first instalment of a war fund. Mr Stichbury said he thought it would be an excellent idea if u could be used as part of a fund for New Zealanders serving in the Royal Air Force 1 in England, remarking List the boys were having a hard job. No doubt, said Mr Stichbury. a general $ fund would be established, and he had hoped to set the ball .rolling. ' When she was visiting Scotland m the course of her recent overseas tour with her parents, Miss Mary Campbell, Poukawa, was interested in the operations of a fisherman on the bank of the river Tweed. He was catching numbers of small trout, about six inches in length, with a rod and ny. When she commented on the size or the fish, and told him of the weight and size of trout caught in New Zealand waters, the man, with broad accent, replied: “Ach; but they re salmon.” Grandism (3924): Granvm, . the friendliest drink that ever flowed from any bottle. No party complete without it; 5s 6d bottle... Although their height made them look dangerous, modern New Yorkskyscrapers would be as little affected oy an earthquake close to them as. would an elephant by the kick of a flea, Mr H. F. Baird, M.Sc., of the Christchurch Observatory, told the Advertising Ciuo last week. This - was because the wave period of an earthquake close at hand would be only a few seconds, New York was more; afraid of .distant earthquakes, the waves from which would have a period closely approximating to - the period, of oscillation of a skyscraper, five or six minutes. People were living in workshops and garages all over the country, said the chairman, Mr E. Windley, at a mec‘.ing recently of the Makara County Council. They had nowhere else to go at present, and it was possible that it was the same all over New Zealand. The council had written to a man m Newlands who had bejen using a workshop as a dwelling house. The man s explanation that he intended to builci on the property and was living in the workshop in the meantime was accepted, and it was decided to take no further action. '

Prompt attention and quick despatch is given to all orders for either town or country at Crossap’s .“ Waterloo.’ Caversham. Assorted hampers a specialty..,- ’ ■ ’-

“ I am not 'inclined to be too cocksure about what America flunks,'’ said Dr Eugene Schmitt, a dental lecturer, of New York, who is, visiting Christchurch, wlfen he was asked what he considered was the general American attitude to European .affairs. He said that he had seen statements made-by Americans arriving in New Zealand, giving their opinions of what America would, do in the event of a War, but they were not to be relied upon. He said that it was not to be considered too significant that the American neutrality law was now being reconsidered as it would normally,come up for: reconsideration at this time of the year in. any.,case. :, J 1 .

The Christchurch Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at its monthly meeting received a pleasant surprise when a cheque for £5, accompanied by a letter from a city business man, was received as an expression of appreciation that the society had opened an animal clinic in Chancery lane for the purpose of giving skilled attention to injured and sick animals. A vote of, thanks was passed to thfe donor, and it was pointed out that in opening the clinic the society was following the practice in England and'Scotland, where the various branches of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had had both stationary and travelling chnics in vogue for several years. : Make good housekeeping easier. Call, and get an estimate for installing a modern stainless sink-bench. Made from silvery “ Monel Metal,” this bench is stainless, rustproof, hygienic, and maintains its beauty indefinitely.— Dickinson’s. Ltd., 441 Princes street. Dunedin...

A decision to form a sewing circle to undertake the preparation of garments for hospital wear by war. casualties was made by a Poverty Bay women’s' representative committee. An appeal for contributions of cash ar.i materials is to be launched. A deputation also waited on Dr A. L. Sinyer to secure information regarding the training of voluntary aid detachments and the organisation of auxiliary units for hospital work. It was explained that only those holding St. John Ambulance or Red Cross first aid and home nursing certificates would be eligible, and that the age limits would be 18 to 40 years. Entrants w' be taken in groups of 20 and trained at the Cook Hospital, where practical work and lectures twice a week will provide a course capable of being completed in three months. There must have been on old soldier’s “ savvy ” behind the display in the window of one sports good shop in Christchurch last week—a display , that led to quite a run on the market. Veterans of .the last war who have enlisted have slipped back into the fighting man’s fatalism; they are not worrying where, they will be sent, what the food will be like, or how modern shellfire and poison gas will compare with those of 20 years ago; in fact, they are hardly interested in warfare. But the call to arms has re-awakened the Anzac passion for “Crown and Anchor.” as was foreseen by one shrewd shopkeeper., who displayed the simple equipment, for the game in his window last week.. The display did not last long; old soldiers who had joined, or intended to join, flocked into the shop. Whatever the New Zealand forces lack in aeroplanes, artillery, machine-guns or grenades, they will certainly have plenty of .“Crown and Anchor” games going to keep their minds off more sordid subjects.

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