QUERIES AND QUANDARIES

NZ Truth, Issue 998, 10 January 1925, Page 6

QUERIES AND QUANDARIES

"Truth" Would Like To Know—

Whether the only surprise about Sir James Parr's appearance m the New Year's Honors List was that it did not happen much sooner?

Whether the question of the naval race between America and Japan doesn't resolve itself i-.to the ordinary race question?

How many members of the Legislative Council whose terms are expiring will be re-appointed before next session starts? They are the Hons. Sir John Sinclair, W. H. Triggs, E. W. Alison, W. J. Geddis, D. T. Fleming, G. J. Garland, G. M. Thomson, J. B. Gow, A. F. HawTce, H. L. Michel, C. H. Izard, J. T. Topi, and W. Stewart, is any one of the unlucky number thirteen going to be unlucky? Most of them>have been lucky so far.

Whether Taupo is the only placs where visitors during the holidays had to put up with sleeping accommoda-' tion m the police cells?

Whether you noticed that Hart, the young Taran "i All Black, who scored most trie» (18) m the British tour, played m only 13 out of 28 games? Steel scored 17 tries m 15 games.

Also that only five members of the team of 29 did not score? But a non-scorer may contribute materially to victory.

"Who should have the right to select the crews 6f steamers — the crews and their unions or the owners of the steamers ?

Will somebody kindly obtain from the Soviet heads details of the election methods adopted to ensure that only candidates of the right color are elected? In return we might send them the Australian sliding panel idea.

What the postman said — under his breath — when the lady who lives at 14007 Willis Street met him at holiday time half a mile down the street and asked him: "Is there anything for me?" And you can't be rude to a lady. .

Whether our cliess players will sit up and take nbtice that for two years m succession the. New Zealand Chess Championship has been won by a competitor from New South Wales? This year it was a seventeen-year-old youngster from across the Tasman that triumphed. Well done Piirdy!

Why isn't an official parking place for cars provided at Day's Bay so that present traffic dangers on the narrow main highway will not be increased by cars being parked on the roadside?

How long will we have to wait, before the Eastern Harbor road and the Taita Gorge road are made reasonably safe for motor traffic?