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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 159, 9 July 1935, Page 6

Gold pieces worth £lO6 were found hidden in the crutches of a crippled beggar who has just died in Constantinople.

"The unemployment tax was originally instituted to fill half-empty stomachs, but now it is being diverted to other purposes such as the construction of huge city buildings, and this seems to me to be altogether wrong,” said Cr. A. C Russell, .chairman of the Waipukurau County Council, at the meeting on Friday. The Napier Harbour Board, for instance, was receiving a subsidy of £60,000, yet the speaker was convinced that the work could be carried out whether there was a subsidy or not. "It seems wrong to sweat the tax out of newspaper-run-ners and shop girls and spend it on such undertakings,” said Cr. Russell. “If a country has to live on subsidy it is not a country of much account! We will never get rid of the tax if it ■ijj 4x. lio used t'Or tl I.GKO Ql].UUUi<ut..&J

Weighing only onc-quarter of an ounce, and about as 'large rs a fingernail, an electric motor that works has been made by a jeweller of Nebraska, United States. A three-volt battery provides the necessary power. A .Prague veterinary surgeon has a wolfhound which acts as chief crooner in a jazz band. It accompanies the music by tapping a drum with drums. ..:s tied to its feet and it also introduces the necessary notes on the cymbals. Every endeavour is being made to expedite the completion of arrangements to equip Christchurch with a commercial aerodrome. The report prepared by the City Engineer (Mr A. K. Galbraith) regarding possible sites and detailing work that will need to be undertaken if the city is to keep abreast of the development of civil aviation is now in the hands of a subcommittee of the Finance Committee '“f „Lka UhrbituJamc.h, City, .ChuumsU'