NEWS OF THE DAY

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 183, 5 August 1938, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Address to Luncheon Club Mrs Poananga a cultured lady of tlie Maori race, will speak of her people at tho Citizens’ Lunch Club to-day. Advertising Pays. A gentleman who lost a £5 note in Palmerston North on Wednesday evening and advertised for it in tho Times yesterday morning, had it returned to him by the lady who picked it up as soon as she had read her paper and discovered who the owner was. She suitably rewarded for her promptness and honesty. Scientists Confer With members present from all parts of New Zealand, tho tenth annual conference of the New Zealand Dairy Science Association opened at Massey Agricultural College yesterday. The proceedings, which will continue until to-night aro quite informal, consisting mainly of discussions on laboratory technique. When the Kowhai Blooms. On a large tree by tho road side near Awahuri, which has long since gone the way of most of our New Zealand beauties, there was deftly carved there significant -words: “October 11, 1888. Tho greater Kowhai flood on record. When tho snow was melted by heavy rains, floods were known by tho name of the Kowhai then in bloom. Corner Where Care Needed The Hokowhitu School Committee has decided to suggest to the City Council that white lines be put down to mark a pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Albert and Ferguson streets, as it was considered to be a very dangerous corner (on account of the converging traffic) for pupils proceeding to and from the school. It was pointed out that there is no path on one section of Albert street adjacent to tho corner. The Egyptian Anny That the Egyptian army was fitted with weapons which were better perhaps than those of other armie- in the world, and in some cases better than those which tho British Army has at pres< t, was the opinion expressed by Mr. J. I. Craig, financial adviser to the Egyptian Government, in an address at Christchurch. Referring to the work which Egypt was doing in the fortification of tho country under the terms of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936, Mr. Craig said that it was doing its duty in this respect, a so long as friendly relations -were maintained with Great Britain, New Zealand and the rest of tho Empire could rest at case as to the position in Egypt. Humorous Broadcasts

Tho lack of humour suitable for broadcasting was mentioned by the Director of Broadcasting (Professor James Shelley) in an interview in Invercargill. He said that his department was ever on the search for humour for broadcasting, but the amount available was extremely small. This might seem strange in view of the amount of humour to be heard in the theatre, but it had been found that the solitary listener was more difficult to amuse than the same person in a big audience at the theatre. Listeners were much more critical* of humour than theatre audiences, and showed a great variation in taste. Completely opposite opinions were frequently expressed about comedy items broadcast.

Luck in Chess 4 < There is supposed to be no luck in chess,’’ remarked Mr. Gregory Ivoslinitsky, tho Australian champion, who is touring tho Dominion, in an interview on his arrival in Christchurch. “That is quito a wrong impression. Health, climate, and many extraneous conditions affect tho form of a chess player just as much as they do the player of any other game. Apart from that luck will often decide a match when a player has the choice of two moves which may seem to him equally advantageous. But no player can bo certain of foreseeing every 'development in a game, and luck will often decide whether, his choice of two such moves will win or lose the game. ’ ’ Death of Elderly Man An inquest was held yesterday by Mr A. J. Graham, Coroner, into the cir cumstanecs surrounding the death of an elderly man named Reinhold Paul Tudor Zcisemer, aged Cl, who died in the Palmerston North hospital on July 27. Deceased was admitted to tho institution on June 14 suffering from a fractured left leg caused by his being crushed by a log against a post while cutting up a tree trunk. However, Zcisemer had other troubles including anaemia and cystitis. Two blood transfusions resulted in an improvement for a time but later the leg developed a septic condition and Zeisemer died. The verdict was death from the natural causes aggravated by the septic leg. Rare Appearances. It is only on rare occasions that an Attorney-General appears before a Court, as the present Attorney-Gencrai,! the Hon. H. G. R. Masou, is now doing before tho Court of Appeal in Auckland. The last such occasion occurred 12 years ago, when tho late Sir Francis Bell, K.C., who then occupied that office, appeared in the case of the Crown Milling Company against New Zealand Distributors, Limited. Another who appeared in that case was Mr. Justice Fair, who was then SolicitorGeneral. The Court was evenly divided, and on appeal to the Privy Council the present Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, appeared for the defendants and was successful. Cbina and Chinese.

An interesting address was delivered to pupils of the Palmerston North Technical School in the school assembly hall yesterday afternoon by Rev. H. Davies, a representative of the New Zealand Presbyterian Church mission in Canton, China. Rev. Davies gave the. pupils an educational demonstration of how Chinese language characters were formed, illustrating that much more sense lay in the characters than appeared from the point of view of the average layman. The speaker also touched briefly on the conditions under which Chinese children attended school in tho war-torn areas. At tho conclusion of his address the speaker was accorded a hearty vote of thanks on the motion of tho principal of the Technical School, Mr. H. IM. Scott, M.A. Mr. Davies, who is at present on furlough in New Zealand, hopes to return to China before Christmas to continue his work.