Woman’s Good Luck.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 253, 25 September 1939, Page 6

Woman’s Good Luck.

Holder of tlie second prize-winning ticket of £IOOO in the Lucky Future art union is Mrs Reginald Gibson, Alexander Street, Hastings. Mrs Gibson, who’used the nom-de-plume “Just Alone,” did not learn of her good fortune till Saturday afternoon, when she noticed a newspaper report. Spouting Colour. The reflection of the acres of coloured light in the four great lagoons in the Centennial Exhibition grounds will make a sight of rare beauty, but the climax in spectacular display will be gained by the use of lighting and spouting water in the central fountain. Its main jet shoots 50 feet into tlie air, and falls, down a cascade of colour to the pool below, which is translucent with concealed lights. There will be 12 water combinations for the fountain with its rings of smaller jets, and 11 different colour combinations, the total water and light changes numbering 132.

Military Horses. Stock inspectors in the Wanganui district have been visiting firms compiling a list of horses available as military mounts.

Red Cross Members. Twelve , new sub-centres of the Now Zealand Red Cross Society have been established in Auckland in the past six weeks and the Auckland membership has increased to 4353 in less than 12 months. Nearly 2000 members have been enrolled in classes sinco the outbreak of war.

Dominion Day. The thirty-second anniversary of the granting of Dominion status to New Zealand was celebrated to-day by the observance of Dominion Day. Banking houses and legal firms were closed. New Zealand was created a separate colony from New South Wales by Royal Charter in 1841, and Dominion status was 'given on September 26, 1907.

Horse Jumps on Car. As a car on the Aohanga station, near Dannevirke, was travelling along an unfenced road on its return from meeting the mail-car on Saturday evening, the lights apparently dazzled a horse, which jumped on top of the car, knocking unconscious a passenger, Mr C. Burns, cook on the station. Mr Burns was admitted to the Dannevirke Hospital. Pipes and Wires.

Beneath the 'reading in the Centennial Exhibition grounds, which is equal to 12 miles of main highway, there is a network of drainage pipes, water pipes, gas mains, and electric cables. The drainage and sewerage systems alone inVolve the use of 12 miles of piping, and many more miles of piping for the water supply have been used. There are 275 miles of electric cable laid in the grounds. Unemployment and War.

That unemployment benefits to ablbbodied men under the Social Security Act should be suspended for the duration of the war and the scheme 4B for farm development work should be abolished and a revised scheme for general •farm labour be introduced with the view of increasing production were resolutions passed unanimously at a meeting of the Wliangarei Farmers’ Union. In introducing the motion, Mr N. Horrobin, the president, said that if production was to be speeded up when there was a shortage of labour the Government would have to repeal the 40-hour week legislation. Farmers whose sons were enlisting would be in trouble in securing other labour.

Maori Pupils’ Work. Native arts and crafts will not be overlooked at the Centennial Exhibition in Wellington, and an attractive addition has been packed and railed from Waihi. It is a model of a Maori meeting house, and is the work of pupils of Mataroa Bay native school, under the supervision of the headmaster, Mr G. Hamlin, and another well-known authority, Mr T. W. Porter, and his son. A school inspector became interested in the work, and drew the attention of the authorities to it, with the result that a request was that it should form part of the Maori arts and crafts section of the exhibition. It is coriect in every detail, eten to the woven mats on the floor. Under Admiralty Orders.

“On my arrival in England last April it was obvious that Britain was taking all necessary steps for protection from air raids. "Most factories and residences were equipped with air raid shelters and masks were issued. I saw several blackouts and air raid rehearsals,” stated Mr J. 11. Kissling, poultrv manager at Massey Agricultural College, to an “Evening Standard” reporter on his return from a visit to England and America. “The average United States citizen,”'he said, “seemed to be of the opinion that the United States should keep right out of any war complications, though I met several individuals who said they thought that help would he given Britain in the event of war actually breaking out, as it did three days after we left Vancouver for Honolulu. The trip back was under Admiralty orders, with no lights showing'after dusk. Apart lrom apparently taking an unusual course and not knowing our whereabouts, the trip was a normal one and to schedule.”