LOCAL & GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3283, 2 July 1943, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Indoor Races A novel way of raising funds for patriotic purposes was an indoor patriotic race meeting held in the Cambridge Town Hall on Saturday night. There were 600 people present. The floor of the hall was marked out into 31 squares and young women were the jockeys on wooden mounts. Seven events were held with six horses in each race. The result of the entertainment was approximately £3OO. What is a Blackbird? Everyone knows the difference between the names “gander and goose,” says a writer in Forest and Bird, but it would seem there are few who are aware that it is only the adult male of Turdus morula which is named blackbird. The two sexes have different names. It is not until after the complete moulting of the nest feathers that, the young males become blackbirds. In England and Scotland, especially amongst country people, the females and young are called merles. Jinports of Medical Supplies The need for all lirms or persons interested in the importation of medical. surgical, dental and allied sup ]>lies to contact the Medical Supp'i -• Imports Advisory Committee and 1 » assist in its task of programming tn I bulking imports of such supplies was emphasised by the Minister of Industries and Commerce. Mr I>. C. Sullivan. in a statement recently. The main object of the creation of this advisory committee was to enable trade interests themselves to take tn active pa it in association with the Ministry of Supply in the procurement and distribution of supplies, particularly those drawn from the United States. Heard It Before “I was caught unawares, your Wur ship.’ - said a youth charged in the Magistrate’s Court. (’ll rist ch n rch. with riiliug a cycle at night without a light. “Well, you’re honest at any rate, but next time it will cost you more.” said Mr Th T.cwev in imposing a tine of -I/. “I lent my lamp to : friend who had to ride through the town.” said another offender. ‘‘Well, don’t yon think a. lamp is needed on country roads as well as in the city, and why did you not tell this to lhe' constable?” asked the magistrate. “I did, but he said he had heard th, same story a dozen times before.” rmdicd ‘he accus'd. ‘‘l don’t womb rat i l . but next time it xsil! ,ost you a week’s wages. ” said 'h“ magistrate.