NEWS Of The DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23023, 13 August 1949, Page 4

NEWS Of The DAY

Destroyed 700 Rabbits A ratepayer in the Inglewood County area who claimed that his district was over-fun with rabbits and who had publicly stated that he had destroyed 700 himself during one year, is causing concern to members of the Inglewood County Council. The Ends of Justice A justice of the peace hearing a theft case in the Rotorua Police Court suddenly leapt to his feet. Apparently noticing a change in the atmosphere, he had glanced at a radiator near his feet—-and then moved rapidly. His trousers were on fire. Parliament’s Most Constant Listener The palm for the person who listens most conscientiously to the debates in Parliament must go to Mrs. S. W. Smith, wife of the National Party member for Hobson. Never a day passes that Mrs. Smith is not in the galleries. Her only challenger to the title might be Mrs. D. C. Kidd, the wife of the National member for Waimate. Shortage of Typists

A young woman who recently advertised for a position as typist received 18 offers from firms —an indication of the extent of this particular shortage in Palmerston North. Almost every firm in the city could absorb more women employees if any were available. The manager of one departmental store states that he has 20 such vacancies he would like to fill. Early Plans Best

From the plans he had seen prepared by the early railway engineers of this country, he was convinced that the Dominion would have been saved heavy capital expenditure and would have had a better "backbone” had they been followed, said the assistant general manager of New Zealand Railways. Mr. E. H. Langford, in an address to the Economic Society in Wellington. Mosquito Eaters.

As the result of a request from the medical officer of health in Hawke’s Bay, the Fisheries Department has sent two dozen “mosquito fish” to Napier to be used in an effort to control the breeding of mosquitoes in the area. Known to the scientist as gambousia, these fish will be used for breeding, and their progeny will be liberated in mudflats and other likely haunts of the mosquito.

Judge’s Advice Parents of newly-weds should be as unobstrusive as possible and keep away from them as much as possible in the first year of married life, thus assisting them to settle down together happily. This comment was made by Mr. Justice Callan in the Supreme Court in Hamilton, when hearing a petition for restitution of conjugal rights. He added with a smile that “the parents can be very useful to the young couple when the baby comes.” Fire Damage to Telephone Lines.

A warning that in future the department would charge for any inspections and repairs to telephone lines caused by farmers burning off grass and gorse was given by the regional engineer to the Post and Telegraph Department, Mr. L. O. Tyrrell, in a letter to the provincial executive of North Canterbury Federated Farmers. In addition to visible damage to poles, fires near the lines caused deterioration of the galvanising on pole hardware, the cracking of insulators and the annealing of copper wire. The department’s Act provided substantial penalties for any damage to its plant, he addedKilled by Lead Pencil. A Cleveland salesman was killed by a lead pencil which he carried in his shirt pocket. Dulley Kline, aged 57. Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who had travelled this area 20 years for a Cleveland dress manufacturer, was found beside his automobile, a wooden pencil piercing his heart. He was still conscious when found but died shortly after a doctor arrived. The coroner said he believed Kline was changing a tyre and the bumper jack slipped, driving the pencil into his chest. The car had a flat tyre and the jack was lying beside the car. The coroner said the point of the pencil was unbroken when it was removed from Kline's body. 1