NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24430, 16 October 1940, Page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF

Four civil aircraft flying in formation over tine town on a recent, afternoon presented an unusual sight to Now Plymouth people. ■■ NetwPlymoulh is the only town where civil flying is going on more of less as usual, despite the war. The publication of details of the Free French flag of General de Gaulle, and an illustration of it. in the Auckland Star has been put to effective use by an Auckland theatre, which has had one of the flags made. The flag is now being displayed in the theatre along with the Union Jack and the flags of Allied countries. Don’t waste time trying to work with blunt tools; get them sharpened by experts at Dickinson MyttOn’s factory, 204 Crawford street, nearly opposite Otago Farmers’ Co-0p... . “You have forgotten we are a city now.” observed Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., in the Palmerston North Magistrate’s Court recently, when drawing a departmental inspector’s attention to having described the defendants m an information as “ the Mayor, councillors and burgesses of Palmerston North. The information was amended by changing “ burgesses ” to “ citizens.” Since the beginning of this month the blood transfusion service of the St. John Ambulance Association in Auckland has arranged for no fewer than 23 blood transfusions for the Auckland Hospital, of which six were given on Sunday. This constitutes a record since the service was begun in August, 1936. More examples of the indomitable spirit of the people of London come to hand every day. From the London office of Sargood. Son, and Ewen, Ltd., an Invercargill business man has received the following cablegram in reply to a message of sympathy:—“ Message appreciated. Battered, but still undaunted.” Make your Christmas Hamper from CrossatVs Waterloo Hotel a ‘'double” this year and enjoy the holidays... When a Hawke’s Bay business man declared to a stranger he,had met that he would rather do business with 30 Germans than one Englishman, he was confronted by a stony glare. It was only after he had revealed that his business was undertaking that the other's face cleared. With the prospect of little or no easing in the petrol restrictions during the summer vacation, Christchurch citizens are planning to spend their holidays a short distance from the city. Indications are that all nearby seaside resorts will be extremely popular, and that all housing accommodation will be taxed to capacity. For Weeks past there has been a steady demand fpr seaside baches, which, even at, this early period, are difficult to obtain. The uniform of the Second Australian Imperial Force was seen probably for the first time in Auckland the other day, when Private W. A. Leech, who-in civil life is a Victorian laundryman ager, arrived from Sydney by the flying boat Awatua. Private Leech was accompanied by his wife, whose relatives live in New Zealand. He intends to spend a week’s leave here, and will fly back to Sydney when it expires. Boots and shoes for men. well-known for comfort and good wearing qualities, are well displayed at James Gray and. Sons, Milton. Many of the qualities cannot be replaced qt present marked prices... • * .■ • , The bequest of an astronomical telescope and a micro-polariscope to the committee of the New Lynn Primary School is made in the will of Mr James McCaul, who died on September 17. The testator has provided that the instruments are for the use and instruction of the pupils of the school. • When an air raid occurred, instead of civilians being cowed, they emerged from the shelters positively raging and burning for an opportunity to hit back, states Mr Somerset Playne, of Okareka, Rotorua, who returned recently from England. He added that the morale of all sections of people in England was amazingly high, and the destruction which had fallen alike upon Buckingham Palace and the poorer quarters in the East End of London had brought the various classes much closer together. The honorary secretary of the Wellington . provincial Patriotic Council, Mr V. Ward, has received a cheque for £7 from an unusual source. This sum is the result of an effort made by feur Karori boys who wished to do something for air raid sufferers, in London. They obtained gifts of this and that from their friends, then secured the use of a motor garage and.fitted it out as a temporary shop, doing so well that they realised, free of any expenses. the sum of £7, Aquatic sports bodies have urged for years that tepid baths be established in Wellington, and Mr A. Ingram, who presided at the last meeting of the Wellington branch of the Royal Life Saving Society, referred to the topic as a “hardy annual.’’ * “Generally about October,” he said, “We stand up and express regret at the lack of tepid baths in Wellington, almost the only large city in New Zealand without them, and we pledge our support to any movement which endeavours to impress upon the City Council the urgent need for tepid baths.” Buy now; new goods just' opened up; many cannot be replaced. Shop early while the selection is good. Gins for all at Mosgiel’s Drapers.—A. t. Cheyne and C 0... . .. Good progress is being made by the eight emu chicks which were hatched at the Auckland Zco. and they are now able to make short exploratory excursions from their nest The zoo emus have not been the only ones to rejoice in the past few days, however, for a pair of pigtail monkeys have become the proud possessors of a lively youngster which is also thriving. One soldier from the No. 4 (Hamilton) military area will have, a rare military record to look back upon when this war is over. He enlistee as a volunteer on the first day following the declaration of war and sailed with the first echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Somewhere on the desert sands or Egypt, perhaps, he will read that his name was drawn in the fii'st ballot for compulsory military service. This “ first volunteer, then conscript,” is a Cambridge man whose name entered the ballot by mistake. There are many anomalies in the ballot, but probably none more marked than this one. The danger of men engaged in military exercises being struck by motor cars when marching at night was mentioned to a Hawke’s Bay Daily Mail reporter by Traffic Inspector H. A. Green at Hastings the other day. He pointed out that khaki was difficult to discern at night, and suggested that motorists should exercise all caution when driving in districts where troop activities are being carried out. A proposal has been put forward that as a safety measure the middle man of the last file should wear a belt of white material or have a small light slung on the back of his web gear. Grandism (4260): A successful Salesman is one who can sell a Panama hat to an Eskimo. Grand Hotel quality wines and spirits sell themselves... ! A Christchurch resident who recently installed a letter box at his front gate, following (he appeal by the postal authorities, found last week that it contained a large quantity of straw. He removed the straw, thinking that some of the young boys of the district were responsible. The same thing happened the next day, and again on the following day. But this time the culprit was seen. It turned out to be a starling, which thought it had found an ideal place for this season's nest, “ Many of my parishioners have complained that they have never seen me in gaiters.” said Archdeacon A. K, Warren at a farewell gathering arranged in his honour at Christchurch on Mondav night. “sO to-night I, put (hem on. And. girls, what I suffered for you!” Archdeacon Warren explained that he had spent a painful time with a button-hook working on the seemingly innumerable buttons. Members of the New Zealand fighting forces serving overseas, in common with those from other British dominions. were regarded highly by the people of Great Britain, said Mrs Leslie Fulcher, who has Arrived in Invercargill. Mrs Fulcher recently returned from England, where she has lived for the past six years, While in England she met two well-known Invercargill soldiers—Lieutenant-colonel D. F. Lcckie and Captain I. O. Manson. Have you tried Hitchon's pork saveloys, pork sausages or Oxford sausage (cooked)? If your grocer can't supply, ring our Dunedin branch (12-344), Milton (22).