Timely Topics

Northern Advocate, 25 November 1938, Page 6

Timely Topics

The British investor does not mind how a country is governed so long as he is reasonably certain that the interest on the money he has lent to the country will be paid at due date, writes the financi'al editor of the “Sydney Morning Herald.” Thus he does not question the increased social services which have been given to the people of New Zealand by the legislation of the Savage Government, except in so far as that legislation may interfere with the payment of interest on loans raised over a long series of years in London. Mr Savage quite sincerely declares that the social legislation will make no difference to the interest payments, which will be met in the fut- | Lire just as they have been in the 1 past. But the investor does not seem ■to be satisfied with the declaration. ! Perhaps he does not understand how | the "additional benefits can be paid 'without somebody going short of what |he has received in the past.

J INVESTORS ? PUZZLED.

? Should war break out deep dugouts, | properly equipped for every emertgency will be constructed under the : Zoo in Regent’s Park, London (says “The Times’). Supplies of sand for use in case of fire will be available at various points, and also materials for the immediate repair of any cages which might be damaged. All poisonous snakes and spiders will be immediately killed. Should any large anials escape they will be shot. Men have been detailed for this eventuality. In the event of war certain of the most valuable animals, for which accommodation could be provided at Whipsnade, may be moved into the country. The stock of other animals would be gradually reduced in order to save essential foodstuffs. Provision has also been made for the transfer to Whipsnade of irreplacable and specially valuable books, records, and scientific material. Finally; arrangements have been made whereby the j families of any of the permanent staff who so desire can be accommodated at Whipsnade in buildings which tare normally used for the extra staff needed in summer. (g g g B ■ ■ V -

WAR AND THE ZOO.

“Let us see exactly how much time is required of a Territorial soldier under present says LieutColonel A. H. Kopr, in a letter to the , “Scotsman.” “The (average man enlists as a recruit, and for the first year undertakes to attend camp for fifteen days, perform forty drills of one hour each during the out-of-camp training season, and complete a weapon-train-ing course on the ranges, or an equivalent. Provided a recruit fulfils his first year’s undertaking, he Will be a trained man at the end of the year. In his second and subsequent years his obligation each year consists of fifteen days at (temp and twenty drills, with a weapon-trainign course, or equivalent. Each drill consists 6f one hour’s instruction, and parades for training usually last two hours and sometimes three, so ,that two or three drills can be performed at one parade.”

THE BRITISH TERRITORIAL