FROM THE WATCH TOWER

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 280, 16 February 1928, Page 10

FROM THE WATCH TOWER

By “THE LOOK-OUT MAN” A FEW PROMISES It is some years since the theory of a coloured individual aura was first mooted; now a Dunedin lecturer has returned to the subject. His belief is that a person’s true motive for an action is reflected by a change of colour in his aura. Would you care to see a rainbow? Where are the leaders of the Uppos? This way, please! CAPTAIN MOODYS FLIGHT An ex-flight commandant and an exlieutenant of the Royal Air Force are conducting a literary quarrel in an Australian paper over Captain Moody’s chance of success in his projected trans-Tasman flight. From our scanty knowledge of the R.A.F., we seem to remember that, while lieutenants boast only one wing on their tunic, senior officers wear two. This would naturally lead to a difference of a pinion. SOUND ADVICE Seeing two men violently ejected from the doorway of an Auckland hotel to finish their fight on the footpath, the L.O.M. recalled a notice that he had seen on the wall of a wine saloon in the delightful city of Wanganui—“Remember: That four glasses makes half a pint. Two halfpints make intoxication. Intoxication makes discussion. Discussion makes quarrels. Quarrels make fights. Fights lead to the police court —and the police court to gaol. Drink moderately. Be honourable. Depart in friendship—and return home in peace.” The motto of many Auckland hotels appears to be, “Drink all you can—and argue it out on the footpath.” N.Z. JOBS FOR N.Z. MEN Criticism of the Christchurch Tramways Board because of its decision to appoint, in succession to the chief engineer, his assistant, a young New Zealander, is well answered by “Board and Control,” the official organ of the Municipal Association, which reproves those people who consider it necessary to go beyond New Zealand for capable professional service. “The new incumbent,” says this jour nal, “has obviously demonstrated his ability, and he has the advantage of close acquaintance with the work he is called upon to undertake. The fact that he is a New Zealander should be rather in his favour than otherwise—notwithstanding a misguided and lamentable tendency on the part of some people to decry local talent,” The article concludes with a hearty and well-deserved) “kick”: There is nothing wrong with the standard of engineering practice among New Zealanders at present, and if ever it should deteriorate, the fault would lie with those shortsighted individuals whose zealous fanaticism had encouraged our best professional brains to migrate to more congenial fields.” To which the L.O.M. ejaculates, “Hear, Hear!”

Trc :-'r. Ku Vr 7i: y'r. Vr vr. -Jti :H rr: 7b ~'r ~\~ WATERLESS The day is fast approaching when the parched Aucklander, having staggered to the summit of One Tree Hill, will exclaim: “Water all around, and not a drop to drink!” First the use of the hose is prohibited; now even watering-cans cannot be used. Should rain not fall within the next few weeks, bathroom taps will be sealed and padlocks placed upon washhouse doors. It will then only be a short step to the prohibition of water in whisky. It being an ill drought that brings nobody any good, distillers and the Excise will benefit. If a City Council election were to take place tomorrow, how many of the present councillors would be returned? The fall of municipal heads would be reminiscent of the French Revolution. WHEN BARDSLEY WENT FRIST BALL The presence in New Zealand of the Australian cricket team recalls the visit a few years back of Warren Bardsley’s N.S.W. XI. At Wanganui, Bardsley was kind enough to visit the college boys and show them a few strokes. Of course, the boys were insatiable, but the famous batsman’s time was limited. “Come and see the* match at Cook’s Park,” he said, “and, if I am lucky, I will be able to show you some of these strokes in actual play.” The boys went to see the match, but Bardsley was not lucky. He went out, first ball, to Holland, the crack Wanganui bowler, and the embryo cricketers received no further Bardslesian lessons. Holland, by the way, was a member of the New Zealand team which played Noble’s Australian XI. before the war. Incidentally, it may be mentioned that although he is old in cricket, he is not so in years, and his batting and bowling are as good as ever.