Oddments

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 September 1947, Page 6

Oddments

A recent list of famous duellists recalls the reaction of William Cobbett when he was challenged to a combat. “You may chalk my figure on your barn door and fire at it. If you hit it I will know I should have been hit by you if I had been in the same position.” “The mature person is pliable and can alter his desires according to time, persons and circumstance. He is tolerant . . . patient . . . adaptable . . . If all people and all nations had these qualities there could be no war,” says Dr Edward A. Strecker, in “Their Mother’s Sons.” * $s * >ii There are some busy men on the Westland Catchment Board. When a delegate to the annual meeting of the Regional Planning Council was being selected at yesterday’s meeting, nearly every member asked had an excuse for declining to accept the appointment, some pointing out that they would be out of town on the date, while others were otherwise engaged. A member who is to attend the meeting as the representative of another body, was finally asked to attend in a dual capacity. *

The? factory manager who offers free “hair-do’s,” “music while you work” and “most congenial working conditions,” with morning and afternoon teas and opportunities for recreation has something with which to compete, if an advertisement in a metropolitan daily by a North Island firm for a secretary-typist is true to label. This firm offers £312 a year 'salary and in addition a self-con-tained, rent-free, furnished flat. The advertisement adds:—“The position calls for a young lady, 28-35 years of age, attractive in appearance and possessing the personality desirable when meeting and entertaining business executives. These attributes, coupled with efficiency in office routine, are the main qualifications required. The work is most enjoyable and’ entails a certain amount of travelling, when first-class expenses will be paid. A recent photograph is also required together with a written personal description.” —The Seeker