NEWS OF THE DAY

Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 206, 31 August 1943, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Band’s Golden Jubilee Celebrutiug its golden jubilee last week, the Wanganui Garrison Band lias a record of achievement which is second to none in New Zealand. Formed in 1882, it has 60 years of competitive work and has secured 31 firsts, 15 seconds and five thirds in big contests. For six years, from 1904 to 19J0, it won the selection and march in the Domin ion contest each year, and in 1929, when the championship was held in Wanganui, it was first in the hymn test and the street march and second in the selection.

National War Savings The organiser for National War ,Sav iugs reports that there is every indica tion that when the canvass of business groups is. completed, there will be a large number of percentage pennants issued for both SO and 100 per cent, in the city. The towns which obtained their quotas in National Savings last week were Danuevirke, Feilding, Foxton, Ivimbolton, Levin, Pahiatua, Palmerston North, Pongaroa, Rangiwahia, Rongotea, Shannon, Weber and \Yoodville. The last named town sent in £46S .19s, and was top for the country districts. National Day of Prayer September 3 is one of the significant dates in bistort’. This year on that day we commemorate lour years of warfare. They have been years of tailed light and shadow, of gain and loss. The future, however, is bright. His Majesty the King has called the people of the Empire to unite on that day in an act of remembrance and thanksgiving. Citizens of Palmerston North are reminded of the civic service which will be held in the Opera House on Friday, commencing at 1 p.m. Employers are being asked to cooperate in extending the lunch hour in order to enable staff members to attend the service. Brush Bristles Pig bristles were recently flown from Chungking to Assam and thence to Calcutta before being sent out to New Zealand, according to Mr. A. West, who appealed ou behalf of Bunting and Company, Limited, for a horsehair drafter before the Armed Forces Appeal Court at Christchurch. The appeal was ad journed sine die. Owing to a world shortage of pig bristle, horsehair, said Mr. West, was required to take its place. It was a bad second, but it was the next best thing. English manufacturers were mixing 75 per ceut to SO per cent, of hair with paint brushes. In New Zealand the preport ion was 50 per cent. Jhe Lutfne Bell Many people have heard of the Lutine bell and know that in some way it is connected with Lloyd’s Insurance in London, but. it is not generally known what it is nor how it came into the possession of Lloyd’s, where it hangs in what is known as The Room, where members transact business, and is rung when an important announcement is about to be made. The Lutine” was originally a French frigate surrendered to Lord Hood in 1793. The serious financial crisis in Europe in 1799 led British merchants to send large sums to their agents there, and it was while carrying more than a million pounds of money to Hamburg in October of that year that tho '‘Lutine” was lost with all hands ou a treacherous sandbank between Vbelaud and Terschelling, two islands skirting the Zuydor Zee in Holland. Several salvage attempts in the shifting sand*, the last being made in 1924, have resulted in only about £IOO,OOO being re- j covered. The bell was found by Eng- j fish divers in 1858 and given to Lloyd’s, j The rudder was recovered in the next i year and sent to Lloyd's, where it was | converted into tho chairman’s chair and J a table, both of which are still in use. j Lloyd’s became interested in the “Luline” when, immediately after she was wrecked, the underwriters paid for a total loss.