NEWS OF THE DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1928, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Large Oversea Mails. A particularly large mail was brought to the Dominion yesterday by the Aorangi. On board the vessel there were 2285 bags of English mail and 600 bags of American mail to be landed here. Included in the shipment were 599 bags for Auckland. To-morrow, when the Marama arrives from Sydney, 410 bags of English, Eastern and Australian mail will be landed at Auckland. Sparrow Goes on Tour. A sparrow took a fancy to the mail steamer Aorangi at Vancouver, and decided to go on tour. The bird made itself quite at home, roosted under a lifeboat, and in daylight spent most of its time haunting the region of the pantry. The crew took quite an interest in the passenger, also the ship's cat. The latter seemed quite despondent when the sparrow flew ashore at Suva. Not Big Enough. "The hole ain't half big enough," complained a gentleman of rural appearance with wiry whiskers who called at one of the counters at the Auckland Post Office on Saturday morning. He held a letter in his hand, and wanted to post it. An obliging official accompanied the visitor to the vestibule to see what was wrong. It was found that the country man had got a penny stamp out of the slot machine, and hadbeen trying unsuccessfully to push the letter back through the narrow slit where the stamp came from. r ';* 3r Outlook. The sixteenth annual report of the Real Estate Institute of Auckland, which will be presented at the annual meeting next Friday, states that there is an increased membership of three compared with last year. It was considered that a more optimistic feeling was growing, and that the Dominion's credit was high in financial circles. A satisfactory feature was a tendencytowards reduction of mortgage rate of interest, money now being available for first-class securities at 6 per cent. It was thought that if the banks would reduce the overdraft rate the position would be further improved. The Cat Came Back. A white kitten with a grey tail, the special pet of a child, was lost in Auckland hist March, and was advertised for in the Auckland "Star." It is now known that the kitten strayed on to the waterfront, where its halfstarved state attracted the attention of one of the stewards of the mail vessel Aorangi. The kitten was taken on board, cared for, and is now back in Auckland after a trip to Vancouver, a plump, half-grown cat. A lady passenger on the liner identified the animal from the description advertised. It became the ship's pet, and has been well looked after in hopes of a reunion with the young Auckland owner. Vice-Regal Spectator. Quite content at watching a junjor match, one of the most interested spectators of Rugby at the Domain on Saturday afternoon was his Excellency the Governor-General (Sir Charles Fergus son). After watching part of a second grade match between 'Varsity A and Grammar Old Boys B from the bank, his Excellency strolled along in front of the stand, and stood a while between the stand and the seats in front of it. Whether it is that hie Excellency is not so easily recognised as might be .supposed, or whether the other spectators were too interested in the game, is not known, but the fact remains that he walked along the drive and passed out of the gate at the Newmarket end, noticed by very few. Women and Advertising. "Women have a certain advantage in the preparation of advertising intended to be read by their own sex," declared Miss J. A. Reynolds, who arrived in Auckland yesterday by the Aorangi. The visitor is the head of one of the largest advertising agencies in the British Empire, the firm of Samson, Clark and. Co., of London, which has agencies in other world's centres. Miss Reynolds has been over thirty years associated with the business, and was a pioneer as far as women are concerned. She says that 90 per cent of retail buying is done by women, and the advertiser who knows how to reach the housewife has an advantage over her rivals. She mentioned that in both Britain and America women were invading the advertising field, and were making a notable success of the work.

Road to Titirangi. Residents of Titirangi and the numerous motorists who are such frequent visitors to the district are jubilant over an announcement that has been made to the effect that the road from New Lynn to Titirangi is to be constructed of concrete in the near future. The chairman of the local ratepayers' association, speaking of the work at the annual meeting held on Saturday, gave it as his opinion that within a year the construction would be under way. The road has already been declared an additional main highway, and a subsidy of 30/ to the £1 for maintenance will be paid by the Main Highways Board, who had endorsed the proposal for a concrete road. It is estimated that the cost of the road within the Titirangi riding will be £25,000, the ratepayers' contribution being £6250. A Goat on Half a Section. The virtues of a family milk goat on half of a quarter-acre section are told in the "New Zealand Smallholder" by R. G. L. Walker, of Remuera. It browsed on its little field, and had breadcrusts, fruit peelings and porridge scrapings. "It gave three pints of milk for a start (says Mr. Walker). At three months it was giving two, and in another three months a little over a pint a day. The milk is very rich. The goat is practically disease-free, and immune from tuberculosis. There is a Swiss breed in England called the Toggenberg giving results which compare favourably with those of the cow. I understand that some of the breed two years ago, exhibited at the Auckland Show, could not find a buyer at 30/ each. Personally I would like to have that chance now." The Stowaway's Gaze. He looked dejected. In comparison with other passengers, he appeared to be out of place. The doctor was in the luxurious smoking room examining the well-dressed first class travellers when he joined up and walked past with the others. Outside on the deck an official of the ship was waiting. The passenger came through the doorway and looked about him. "This way, old man," said the official kindly. The two of them went to the rail on the ship's side. They' gazed shorewards together. "Have a look at some of your own country, and then come along. Want a smoke?" A cigarette was forthcoming, and the two walked along the deck for'ard. The passenger was a stowaway who joined the Aorangi at Vancouver. He was found in a bunk several hours after the ship had left port, and has been brought back to his native land. Mi«g Roy den's Ideal World. "Can we set the world in order?" asked Miss Maude Royden, in an address in Wellington. It was a tremendous question, but we had got to find an answer to it. First of all we should put our brains into our religion. We all wanted the same kind of world. We wanted to be well, and we wanted to work. The vast majority of human beings did desire to work. Then we wanted the sort of work that really demanded everything in us that was best; the sort of work that we ourselves chose to do. "In my ideal world," continued Miss Royden, amidst laughter, "we should all want to get up in the morning." Nor should we have to be afraid that our progress would mean somebody else's unhappiness. We should have a home to live in that was not just a house, but a home. We should be free from that absolutely grinding fear and anxiety of life, and our effort would be to achieve something worth while. "We don't want champagne and oysters, or a palace," said Miss ■Bsstea, "fen* m abHSSE