NEWS OF THE DAY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 171, 21 July 1943, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

■Sailor Wears Earring m-' : Heavy gold earrings are part of :.; :he traditional costume of gipsies, M; While Spaniards brought the cus--3 i ;com of wearing smaller circlets to I iCbrnish fishermen, but this form of ' jewellery is rarely seen on white . :: Lmen to-day. An American sailor, • ibwever, drew some attention in an 1: Auckland cafe the other evening II when he was wearing a single ; iangling earring, pierced through I lis lobe. It appeared to be of silver, ifffln the form of a crescent moon, with I i star inside, and was about the cirIjfemference of a sixpenny piece. II losing Self-Reliance ? ■"'New Zealanders seemed to be jjttosing the virtues of self-reliance and ■| ; ,self-help, said, the Mayor of Strat--11 iford,'Mr. P. Thomson,-in an address •'■;o the New Plymouth Victoria I] League. "For many years past," Mr. -iM Thomson--said, "our farmers have 1 3een running to'the Government for h lelp, and then aid having been given, itlffefey complain of Governmental inj'. ; :erference. There is a flood of storm I n one.of our.towns, and those busi- » less men who have been foolish |l : Enough to erect their premises in t4.cw-lying levels'seek to make wiser I i jukii share in their loss." tjfadre's Tramp in Jungle ■|| to a friend in Auckland, If ■in. Australian Army warrant officer I ;ays, "Our camp is in the mountains ''•■• i'sfr New Guinea, 8000 ft to 10,000 ft ilgh. Native carriers are the only Bill contact. Yet our camp was visited '• ; ;by a lone padre to conduct a service. : ! Se had walked 80 miles alone !: i;hrough the jungle, carrying his : JDack, and went on 24 miles further ! : i ; o conduct a service at another outBljlaost. He made the trip return and : 'Promised to be back in another <'. Tionth. A young Y.M.C.A. chap also 'Visited us with a native carrier line Sllio dispense comforts such as "chocs" iimd writing paper—so the sacrifice IP not all on the part of the com- >: batant forces." i Electricity Stickers j Blue and red stickers have been llfiient out by the Auckland Electric :•;.power Board to consumers to indillltiate the amount of power being lljlased. The red sticker points out U-jh'at the household is using more : "i Electricity than was tised at the same •i.ime last year, and urges more f: economy if possible. The blue j ; ! sticker indicates that the household si consumption of power is less than it • ' \ ivas last year. At first more red i ; ;ii stickers than blue were sent out, (hut the position is now reversed. A ji'atunber of people replied by letter -iiuo the board, after receiving red I'M stickers, giving explanations of the iS@I increase in consumption, such as || altered living circumstances.

Dinghy Drops From Plane Falling from an aeroplane passing overhead, a rubber dinghy landed in a paddock on the farm of Mr. N. W. Hastings, Hangawera Road, Morrinsville, on Sunday. It was collected by air force officers on Monday. Whale Found Recently a Southland resident discovered a fair-sized whale washed up on the beach at Wakapatu. The whale is white in colour and is about 77ft in length. Although it is not uncommon for whales .to be found stranded on the beaches around Southland, the whales found in previous instances have generally been smaller than the one found at Wakapatu. Simply Explained When she was making inquiries at army area headquarters, New Plymouth, about the number of next-of-kin allowed on the. station platform to welcome soldiers from the Middle East, a New Plymouth woman whose husband was coming home said her two children would bring the party's total to five members. She explained that she particularly wante'd to take the children because "their father has never seen either of them." The army officer who was answering the inquiry was amazed, but was reassured when he learned that the children were twins. Memorial Trees "The dedicating of trees to those who have lost their lives in the war is one of the most beautiful ideas brought forward," said the chairman, Mr. J. Sturrock, at a meeting of the Christchurch Beautifying Association. "Memorials in stone are as nothing to trees —trees are living symbols." It was decided to write to the Christchurch City Council asking the Mayor, Mr. E. H. Andrews, to call a public meeting to consider a proposal that Arbor Day (August 4) should be dedicated to the planting of trees by the relatives of fallen servicemen. ~ The Socks That Vanished It was a big washing day, for a man at least, when he gave his usual underwear apparel the weekly wash. In this case it included six pair of socks, two shirts, singlets, shorts and handkerchiefs. All went well and the gear was put out on the line to give it the customary drving. As the afternoon turned out wet, it was decided to leave the washing out overnight. Next morning it was found that only half of what was hung out was still there. The two shirts (costing 17/6 each) were gone, also three pairs of socks and the handkerchiefs. The thief, evidently working in the dark, saw the socks and quickly took six of them, not bothering to pick them out in pairs. The result is that both the loser and tha thief have three pairs of socks, all odd.