Reporter’s diary

Press, 18 March 1988, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

CALLING... WANTED: As many World! War I veterans as possible. The World War I) Oral History Archive has been’set up to record the! memories of New Zealanders — both soldiers and: nurses — concentrating! on the social rather than the military aspects of the I period 1914 to 1918. The! archive also wants to re-! cord the repercussions of the war, both personally and nationally, in the; decades after the war. ... war veterans WITH the backing of Internal Affairs, the : Returned Services Association and the Defence Department, the Oral History Archive will tape-record 50 veterans. The tapes will be deposited in thei. Alexander Turnbull! Library. Veterans (and their relatives and

friends) are invited to give their names, addresses, a contact phone number, and brief details of war service, to Nicholas Boyack and Jane [Tolerton, World War I Oral History Archive, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University, Private Bag, Wellington. Plaice for all AFTER major changes: to the New Zealand Fishing Industry . Board, the board’s newsletter carried a diagram showing the organisation’s structure. Everybody is included ion the chart, right from the general manager, Ray Dobson, in the box at the top, to the tea lady-clerk, Doris Pretty, at the bottom. The exact placement of any tea lady in a business hierarchy probably depends whether it is time for a cuppa or not.

Trials of wealth j PSYCHOLOGISTS in the United States say they have identified a new disease that afflicts wealthy: affluenza. New York psychologist Maidenbaum explains triat affluenza can stretch balck to childhood. “Rich kids grow up in a goldjen ghetto without the walls,” he says, a view which,! is also held by John Levy! of California, who makes! a living out of advising heirs and heiresses. Advising the r ch fledglings must have its problems. What could you say to Abra Wilkin, greatgranddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, who admitted to having once spent $9OOO on a pair of sheets. “Well, shoot, why no[t?” she said. “You spend a third of your life in bed ” So that's it STRANGE entries in the public notices column! of

“The Press” in the last few days can be ex- [ plained. Those that have a \ name coupled somehow ’ with the radio station ZM/ ; FM are part of the station’s six-week long [ scavenger hunt, which fin- ! ishes on March 25. Parti- ; cipants have been asked ’ to find a different item ! each day: | One of the items was ■to be an ex--1 ample person’s name in print alongside ZM/FM, J and most 1 people solved ’ the problem neatly by inserting a short classified [ advertisement. The lure, ’ of $5OOO for the winner' 1 made it a small price to’ ' pay. ‘ Opportunity knocks i| j BARMAIDS in a central 1 Christchurch bar celebrating! st Patrick’s Day yesterday wore miniature balloons which read: 'T’m ■ not Irish — but kiss me f anyway.” [