Good Organisation.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 November 1939, Page 4

Good Organisation.

Much of the success of the athletic portion of the Girls’ Interhouse Gala Day at the Masterton Park on Saturday last was due to the capable organisation of a member of the Committee, Mr J. W. Hayden. Many were the complimentary remarks passed on this section of the programme, which entailed a tremendous amount of detail to keep up to schedule.

World’s Biggest Apple. The claim for growing the world's biggest apple is made on behalf of Mr W. H. Neild, who is retiring from his post at the University of Bristol Research Station, in England. The record apple, a Bramley’s Seedling, weighed 21b sJoz. and was 17Jin in circumference. It was one of four on the same tree, the weights of the others being 21b, 1 lb. 14oz and 1 lb 12oz.

Champion Sheep Dog Dies. A career that macle his name a byword *bn every dog trial course of any importance in New Zealand, that gained him recognition overseas and was responsible for introducing him to a wider audience in a talking picture, was closed by the recent death on a Kereru sheep farm of “Boy Fifth," the famous sheep dog. owned by Mr W. Whyte, of Napier. Hero of a hundred hard fought trials, this great dog during his active career, gained no less than 117 placings and won a total of £625 17s in stake money.

Interim Reports. Directors of a few conservative companies regard the recent request of the Australian Stock Exchanges for interim reports as unwarranted —even an impertinence. Any such duty the directors may have, they say, is to their own shareholders, not to stockbrokers. Stich a view, however, does not give sufficient weight to some matters of the utmost importance; and many of our biggest companies have already adopted the exchanges’ recommendations. states the "Herald,” Melbourne. The stock exchange committee is not composed of radical reformers. It comprises careful men of long experience. When it comes to taking new steps, the stock exchange committee itself ranks, if anything, among the more conservative sections of the business community. Modern marriage is like a cafeteria — a man grabs what looks nice, and pays for it later.