NEWS OF THE DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26606, 31 October 1947, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Ration Coupons Meat coupon No. 52 in the old book will become valueless after to-day. A full row of coupons has the value of 2s 2d for an adult and Is 2d for children, as the H 52 coupon has the value of lid and the J 52 coupon of Bd. The No. 1 meat coupon in the new ration book is now available, and will be current until November 9. A full row of coupons has the value of of 2s Id for adults, the H coupon being worth lOd, and Is Id for children, the J coupon being worth 7d. Butter couDons Nos. 1 to 3 in the new book will be available up to November 23. Each butter coupon entitles the purchaser to 6oz. Tea and sugar coupons Nos. 1 to 4 are current, and are available up to November 23. Each sugar coupon entitles the purchaser to 12oz, while the value of each tea coupon is 2oz. A special six-monthly issue of tea coupons is made to persons who have reached the age of 70, and two such coupons, each of Boz. are avail able for the three-monthly period ending on January 31. Expectant mothers, nursing mothers and persons who have reached the age of 70 are entitled to an extra Boz of butter a month on production of the appropriate coupon. Dunedin Weather

“Particularly in the summer.” humorously remarked the Mayor, Mr Cameron, during a discussion on a war memorial for Dunedin last night when a speaker was stating his case for a sports centre. He had just said that, owing to the nature of the Dunedin climate, a building for indoor sports was necessary. Too Many Fish Naseby residents have apparently been sharing their swimming pool with the local trout population to an extensive degree. Mr J. M. Patterson reported to the Otago Acclimatisation Society last night that Mr Anderson, of Naseby, had recently* salvaged no fewer than 2600 trout from the swimming pool and liberated them in dredge holes and dams in the district. As these fish were between six and nine inches long, he said, the pool must have been rather overcrowded at times. Artificial Dentures

A new technique in the construction of artificial dentures by the use of the patient’s own teeth was described at a recent conference of dental technicians 'n New York. The method used, according to Mr R. A. Copeman, of Montreal, was to hollow out the extracted teeth and refill them with plastic. The technician then mounts, them as ne does with purely artificial teeth. Mr Copeman said that this method coukJ be used if deterioration was not to" far advanced, and was particularly applicable when extraction was necessitated by medical rather than dental reasons. Minor Sea Mystery

The discovery of a bottle half buried in the sands of Waitarere Beach. We! lington, has created another minor mystery of the sea. The only contents of the bottle were a row of ribbons mounted on a steel bar. Two oi the ribbons have been identified as the 1939-45 Star and the Africa Star, witn the British Ist Army clasp. A, third ribbon on the bar was unrecognisable The bottle is considered to be of English manufacture, and is of a type seldom seen in New Zealand. in finder of the bottle said it had beercovered with barnacles, indicating that it had been in the sea for a considerable time. Bible-in-schools League

On the motion of the Rev. L. V Bibby the Presbyterian General Assembly, at its session in Christchurch approved the proposed change in the name of the Bible-in-Schools League to the Educational Department of tne National Council of Churches It aLo recommended that the new body shouio adopt a constitution similar to tha. of the Youth Committee of the National Council of Churches. The assembly approved of the educational policy >.l the churches being administered by one agency with its own budget anu staff. The agency was empowered to use to the fullest possible extent the facilities available for worship and religious instruction in the education,, institutions of the Dominion and a formulate and submit to the chuchc» new ' proposals on religious education and allied matters.

Vain Dash to Save Life Trans-harbour vehicular were specially detained in Auckland on Wednesday while an ambulance made a dramatic dash from Auckland to Castor Bay, on North Shore in an effort to save the life of a baby boy 12 hours old. Born in a weak condition at a maternity home, the child was being kept alive with oxygen but the doctors decided that survival depended on his removal to the Auckland Hospital. An emergency call was sent to the St. John Ambulance Association on Wednesday night, and the Devonport Steam Ferry Company held a vehicular boat at the Auckland terminus while an ambulance raced to the Auckland Hospital for emergency oxygen apparatus. The ferry" took ti e ambulance to Devonport, and another ferry was waiting there when the ambulance returned from Castor Bay with the child, which, however, died in hospital yesterday morning. Too Prone to Relaxation

“We are too much prone to relaxation and not enough to hard work an< to placing ourselves oh a sound economic basis,” said Mr D - H. Cockbun at the meeting of -the Bluff Haibom Board, when opposing a request from the New Zealand Harbour Boards Employees’ Union asking that all emp oyees of harbour boards with 10 or ntoie years’ service should be granted thiee weeks’ annual holiday. “This attitude is one reason why we arid the Empue generally are in the position we an to-day,” Mr Cockburn added. Icm not suggest that we should move back in the other direction, but I do suggest that we should hold the present position. I am very much averse to granting this request. If we do. then similar requests will come from the employees of other local bodies and of private enterprise, and before we know where we are we will have a general move for three weeks hobday.” The board decided to take no action. Unusual Candour

An unsual example of candour in advertising was displayed in a circular notice received by a Dunedin subscriber to a new American magazine named “’47.” The magazine was started early in the year as a cooperative venture on the part 01 a large group of prominent authors, artists and photographers, and their publication has been pocket size, printed on glossy paper, and covering a wide range of topics. The result, however, has not been satisfactory to the Editorial Committee, and its circular commences: “ We've faced it. Up to now ’47 has let everybody down. Instead of being notable, it has been flat, dull, ordinary. Facing it, we've taken many steps to fix things. People have been fired, ideas and departments shelved, type-size and paper bettered.” The circular then goes on to describe the improvements made. The unusual title of the magazine is provided by the current year, and it is intended that, with each new year, the title will be changed to the end figures of the year—next year s being “’48.” Their only problem arises from the prospect of reaching 2000 A.D.

Foi rings watches and jewellery, try Peter Dick, Jewellers. 30 Princes street Dunedin.—Advt.