Oddments

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 October 1947, Page 4

Oddments

“A good many men like to go away by themselves but women like to go where there are plenty of men.” —Department of Commerce (Britain) bulletin on vacation statistics.

Under an Act drafted by himself when Minister of Justice in South Africa, Oswald Pirow was fined £4O for publishing an article inciting white South Africans to take the law into their own hands in dealing' with coloured people. w w * * f!

The first one-man show of Icelandic art ever held in Britain opened in London but the artist, Asgeir Bjarnthorsson, was forbidden to make a sale. A Board of Trade spokesman said: “We are not allowing pictures into this country except for exhibition. * # Most people know that bees should not be taken unawares, but many may be surprised -to learn that the domestic fowl, though not dangerous, also appreciates some prior indication that irruption impends. A bulletin to farmers issued by Amhurst University, Massachusetts, contains the note: “Knocking on the laying 7 house door will give the hens a chance know that you are coming, and they- won't be scared when the door suddenly opens.” With eggs so hard to come by, the back-yard poultry keeper should take heed of this. Removal of one’s head gear, with a polite “good morning” and an equally polite “thank you, ladies,” might also not be amiss. —-The Seeker