NEAR AND FAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 37, 6 October 1931, Page 2

NEAR AND FAR

Fooled. There was silenee save fof the scratching of pens, for ari exainibation was in progress. Suddenly tb'e eye of the exairiiner baught a studerit who was stridying" his watch with more than usual interest. "Smith," said the watcher, "I will have a look at your timppiece, if you pleakk" Sirixtii "sebirieri worried, but handed .over the w watch. , The other open'ed it, arid saw pasted across trie dial a tiny slip of paper bearirig the laeonic. legend, "Fooled." Smith was allowed to resume his work, ( but the examirier k'ept ari eye on him. S'oon he thought fit to have another look at his watch, and very reluctantly the boy handed i't over. But this time the examiner did not go for the face. He opened the .back instead. Arid .there, sufe enough, he foririd a carefuliy-foi'ded piece oi paper. Un folding it ekgerty) he read: "Fooled again." Value of Resuscitatiori Principles. That the "principles of resuscitatiori should be taught in the schools was urged by thb presiderit (Mr; H. 3fi. Henderson) at the annual meetirig pf the,Otago Head Centre of the Royal Life Savirig_ Society r eceritly. Mr. Henderson said that every chil'd leaving the high school at lea'st shold know what to db in the resuScitation bf perSbns appbferitly dfowried of electrocuted. This was a matter that might well b"e t'aken ub by th'e society. A Bogiis Noticb. Waitotara County Councii offieials wefe surpfised to find the foli'owing seif-'explariatcjry meSskgb writtbn oh a telegraph form. and Pasted in thfe wihdbrir bf the cbriricirbffices^ ^Sinklb irifen— This Coii^'cil h'as _rio' bbjectioh to single rneri offering themselves fof the next w'ar. W'e will wave S flag and see you off." .The couricil bffici'als have a very fair idea as to who is the 'auth'or bf this bbgus iritimati'on, arid court proceedirigs may foll'ow. Something New In Applications. The following letter waS Writteh by a Chiriahiail.a^iidrig.f'or.k situa- , tion in Dngland : "My education waS impressed upon me in the Pekin UniVefsity. I bari driv'e & typewritef wtih great noise, and my English is large. My job last held left itself from me for the good reason that the large mkn has die'd through rio fault of mine. So> honourable sirs, if I can be of ,big use to you I will arrive on some date which you cari guess."

The End of the World. The end of the world Vas receritly set fpr 1956 by Mr... Alenius, Swedish sav'arit. The prediction was b.osed chiefiy on 12 years' study oi the angles of the Egyptian pyramid^. Mr. Alenius said he transformed astrology from theory into realism and discovered that the era of huriiariit^ last no longer than '6000 years; _ Thi's world, therefore, will be destroyea withiri the nekt twenty-five years. N.Z. in Germany. Writing to a Duriediij. frieipd fronl Gothenbufg, Germany, Dr. John Fulton makes some very interesting observations on various mattefs which have attracted his attention. "The depression in Gerniany is very serL ouS," He says;. '"fhere is no money anywhere, and it costs 15 per cerit, tb b'dfrbw. Vague talk of a revolution is in the air, but we saw no signs of any unreSt that would be likely to l'ead up to such ari outbrbak." Wkile sfaying in H'eid'elbufg in the course of his tour through Germany, Dr; Fulton saw soirie very gdo'd New Zealand apples for sale at 8d a 1b. Everlasting Match. . Dr. F'er'diriand Ririger, the Austfalian chemist, has invent'ed an everlasting match after years bf research and many disappointments. This is a real safety match, bhrriing Without bdour or Sm'oke. As. soon as the burnirig riiatch comes into contact . with any Other substahce it is immediate ly put out. It is made in two sizes, and the snialler can be used 600 tim'es while the othef is the size of a knitting needle and can be struck 2000 times. Letters 4000 Years Old. Love letters 4000 years pid; ,nnd ".t'ext books" from a school that flbririsbed about 1931 H.C. — the traditional peribd of Ahraham— are ambrig the treasufes which have been j brought to thb British Museum fro'm tff bf the Chald'ees, wkieh.is fri Iraq, by Mr., and Mrs. Leonard V?"oolley, the archaeoiogist arid his wife, who last year discovered at Ur what they claimed to be prdof of the Flood. All the letters and "schobl literature kfe writt'en bii clay tablets in buneiform characters and in the SUnieriari lariguage. There are several thousahd tablets ranging in size frbm ari inch aiid a half sqtiare tb 18 inche's across. "Soriie of thexri siiggest that they m.ay b'e Srixrierian loVe 1'etterS," said Mr. Wbolley, "but uritil they. have been studied by experts we shall not know which are love letters "and whicli are bills and other docuriients." Gandhi iri "Minus-Fours." On his way to L'ondbh, tvearihg orily a loiri cloth arid 'a s'elf-riia'de shawl,. despite the chilly early morning, Gkndhi, rea'deri. of the Ali-Iiidia Congress, was asked if he would not he ashamed t'o appear bef ore the King in a loin cloth. He chuckled, and replied: "The British wear plus-f oui's ; I prefer miiiris-fburs." More than '200 joufnalists aiid phbt'bgraphehs besiege'd the indikn; who laughingty pleaded to be allowed to breathe. f He said tkat he wp.uld clearly like t.o rneet iiis eriemies, Winstbri Churchill and Lord Rcthermere; He wanted tp visit Lancashire, but would not go unirivited, as the population might blame hihi for their poverty and try to lyrich : him. Nof Mbrfe Monkbys iri Delhi. v , ! Delhi has at last decided to get rid of its monkeys. TlieSe animals, which are sacred, apd, therefore, invade streets and bkzakrs ' with impunity, have always been a pest, but proposals tb drive theiri out of the city . have invariably been resisted. However i in desp'erktiori, trie' iririiiiciriaiity has bbritrkcte'd witfi. k mbnby-catcher to catch arid 'deporf the kriimals to a distance of not less than 50 miles. He is to reridet trie 'city "practically free' in two y'eafs, hnd his contract lasts for 10 yearis. He is required to capture the monk'eys, without harm ing them, krid^ tb seb that they are cared fbr arid |>rbpleiriy fe'd uritil they ar'e libbrdted again.