E.P.S. in Rural Areas.

Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 30, 5 February 1942, Page 4

E.P.S. in Rural Areas.

So far G 3 enrolments under the regu lations for compulsory service in the Emergency Reserve Corps have been received in the Kairanga County. Don’t Jump at a Conclusion. He was only a small lad and could read a little, so that when there came addressed to him this week a card on which he figured out the name of his school, he was all jubilation. “ School going to start,” he yelled as he rushed inside waving the card which the postman had just brought. Smiles quickly faded, however, when the contents of the notice were read to him: “Please report at the dental clinic at 9.15 a.m. to-morrow! ” Unusual Exhibit A cross between a gooseberry and a blackcurrant, a novelty exhibit at the Woolston Horticultural Society’s annual sbow, attracted interest, not only because of its comparative rarity, but also because of the qualities which recommend it both as an eating and a cooking fruit. It is called a Worcester berry. The fruit, which grows on bushes resembling the gooseberry, iA small in size and combines in its flavour the tartness of the gooseberry and the sweetness of the blackcurrant. The colour is darkish blue. Mrs. J. Jack, who 1 displayed a plant laden with the .fruit, 1 reconi mends the Worcester berry as ' ‘ * excellent ioj. jam, ”

Field Glasses for Services. The Palmerston North Post Office at noon yesterday had received 102 pairs of binoculars in response to the national appeal. Between 5000 and 6000 pairs of binoculars have been received at the Army ordnance depot, Trentham.

“Casual Clerks.” Several well-known officers of the Kaihvay Department, who have been on superannuation, have returned to the service to occupy positions made vacant by men required by the Army. A new group of officers has been created by the Department and regardless of their work, they are listed as “casual clerks. ” These men are brushing up their knowledge of Departmental routine at desks, making up railway rates, pay sheets, and undertaking numerous other duties. Some ex-guards will resume their former duties. My Hat!

Wellington’s reputation for windy surprises (you know the old one about' being able to tell a Wellingtonian by his peculiar antics with his hat at street corners) was easily eclipsed in Palmerston North yesterday, when a lady about to pass an alleyway next, to one of the city’s large buildings suddenly had her hat whisked off her head and up the alley. She was so surprised that she didn’t know where it had gone, and only after walking meditatively in iu , couple of widening circles did she 360 [and retrieve the missing millinoisw