NEAR AND FAR

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 225, 17 May 1932, Page 4

NEAR AND FAR

"Won't Sujxport Wives." "I suppose that some day we will he compelled to have an institution where we can send these men who won't support their wives," said Mr. J. L. Stout, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court at Palmerston Norfh recently. "There they will have to work and their earnings go to their wives. The diffieulty would he to draw the line as to who should go and who should not." "Not Evidence." "These notes are not evidence,", saicl Mr. Wyverzr Wilson, S.M., during the hearing of a A/il claim in the Hamil- . ton Magistrate's Coul :eoently, referring to a list of wor&mg hours put in by counsel for plaintiff. "They are not evidence until they have b.een cross-examined upon." said his Worship. "Hundreds of times I have had the same thing put to me. Counsel seem to thinlc a man can make out his own time-book as evidence in his own favour. A man cannot make evidence by writing down his story in this way." "I Won't Tell." A delegate to the Rugby sub-union conf'erence in Christchurch who applied for a football for the use of schools in his district was told by the chairman, Mr. A. E. McPhail, that the funds of the union would not stand the strain of issuingffootballs to all 'the schools applying .for them. The New Zealand union allocated £750 for school fotballs, Mr. McPhoail e xplained, and the cost to the Canterbury union was £90. "But I want one hall for the use of five schools," persisted $he delegate. "Give us one and I won't tell." The request will probably he considered later. Protective Legislation. Should an extension of the present trouble make it necessary, there is authority for the calling-up of every able-bodi'ed man hetween the ages of 17 years and 55 years to serve as a temporary policeman. This power is not given by emergency legislation passed recently; it has been in existence for some years. At present the police force, with the assistance of the temporary constables now in ssr- i vice, can deal with any situation that is likely to arise in Christchurch, hut would have to spread considerahiy to make such a step necessary — provision exists for the calling-up of all able-bodied men. — Christchurch Sun. Satisfying Beverage. In an address given before the Canterbury College Scientific Society, Mr. M. J. Scott, of Lincoln Agricultural College, pointed out the reason for the widespread use of oatmeal water as a drink. The fact that oatmeal contained chlorine, combined as an organic compound, made it ideal since the human body badly required chlorine for its energy supply. Men such as stolcers or axemen who were required to work hard for a short time found it a satisfying beverage and much preferred it to barley water- or rice water1. Desire to Im'itate. The desire to imitate and emulate is deep down in the heart of every youth, and so it was perhaps pardonable for a Leamington youth to endeavour to solve the secrets and enjoy the thrills of parachuting, says the Cambridge Independent. With a home-made parachute he climbed to 'the ridgepole of his home and plucking up the necessary courage leaped into space. Unfortunately for him his judgment was not too sound and he landed right in the centre of a high gorse bush nearhy. It can be appreciated that his ardour for parachute descents has now considerahiy cooled off. Rexnoved Shoes in Court. A big "gallery" in the Christchurch Magistrate's Court on a recent afternoon saw the unusual spectacle of a woman witness removing her shoe and flourishing it hefore the magistrate, Mr. E. D. Mosley, S.M., with a finger pushed through a sizeable hole in the sole. It began when the magistrate asked the witness, who admitted her age as being 50 years, if she classed herself as a young -woman. It was then that she removed her footwear ' and remarked: "If a married woman ! has to do that, what about the single i ones. I was acting on behalf of the young women." The incident occurred during the hearing of a charge against an unemployed leader of inciting lawlessness, Improved Wheelbarrow. Wheelbarrows have been used for many years, and perhaps because a wheelbarrow is so eommon an implement, no one has devoted enough attention to it to make improvem'm;? tc overcome its defects and improve its usefulness. Now, however, a simple and ingenious improvement has been devised and patented by Mr. J. L. Birass, of Browns. The innovation consists in constructing the barrow with a tipping box. When • the improved barrow is seen in use, its advantages are obvious. If filled with a heavy - load of soil or stones and wheeled to the spot where it is desired to empty it, the barrow, iustead of being tipped bodily on the whnel (an operation requiring considera^ te exertion and involving the risk of spilling a portion of the contents where it is not wanted), is rested on its legs, a simple catch near the handles is released, and the box portion, attaehed to the frame hy a chain, may he tipped right forward on hinges, so that the whole of the contents is deposited immediately in front of the barrow and nothing remains to be shovellsd out. The wheelbarrow, as improved hy Mr. Birss, resemhles the familiar everyday type, and can be manufactured at very little extra cost. Mr. Birss' invention has been tried out by the Puhlic Works Department and under test, it is understood, it has proved extremely satisfactory and more convenient to work with than the usual type of barrow.

M. — C- — ^B. — S. — Means Malcolm's Cash Boot Store, as everybody knows. It also means more cash banked securely by saving money on your footwear from us. This is easily proved by giving us a trial for your next footwear. Low prices with us do not mean poor quality. Our qualitj? is the highest and our prices are the lowest. — Malcolmn's Cash Boot Store, Tutanekai Street, near Railway Station*