NEWS OF THE DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27404, 1 June 1950, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

Power Saving For Monday and Tuesday this week, the amount of electricity used in the Dunedin area was 5.38 per cent, under the allocation for the two days. Aero Club Flying During the past year Otago Aero Club members flew 1108 hours, including 308 hours dual flying and 593 hours solo flying. Of the total, 372 hours were used in the training of ATQ pupils. The First Socialist

A popular story among anti-Social-ists is quoted by the London correspondent of the Daily Times. “ Christopher Columbus was the first Socialist. He set off without knowing where he was going. When he got there he didn’t know where he was. And, anyway, he went at somebody else’s expense.” “ In English, Please ”

Emphasis that New Zealand is a tiny country in a large ocean, as often as not forgotten on Hollywood maps and still unknown to millions, is given in an advertisement inserted in the Dominion newspapers by a New York firm. The company wants a sales representative, but adds in its stipulations, “All correspondence in English, please.” Frigates For NZ

Two Royal Navy frigates which are on exchange service from the Mediterranean Fleet to New Zealand are expected at Auckland on June 23. The Navy Office, Wellington, reported yesterday that the ships had left Ceylon for Fremantle. HMS St. Austell Bay will call at Cocos Island and HMS Veryan Bay at Christmas Island during the passage. They are due at Fremantle on .Tune 12. Vandals Dealt With

The case of vandalism which was reported by the Holy Cross Church authorities early in the month had its sequel in 'the Children’s Court recently when the offenders were dealt with by Mr J. G. Warrington, S.M. At another sitting of the court yesterday, juvenile offenders had to answer for damage done to various buildings in the neighbourhood of the Woodhaugh Gardens last week. New Zealand’s Beauties

The countryside of New Zealand, of which he had seen- something in the last few days, combined features of the beauties of Wales, Scotland and England, said Lord Macdonald, leader of the United Kingdom delegation to the Sydney conference, at a State luncheon in Auckland on Monday. “If you can combine the beauties of these three countries, and I think you do, then you must have something as near paradise as possible,” he said. Peanuts In Domain

A miniature self-sown and unsuspected groundnut scheme was discovered in the Auckland Domain a few days ago when employees of the City Council’s parks department discovered a couple of sturdy peanut plants, in full bearing, growing on a heap of gravel. The gravel had been left some months previously after a road had been repaired. When the plants were uprooted each was found to have about 25 peanuts on the roots. Labour And Horseshoes

The drift of labour from the high country to the town was referred to by Mr J. C. Sanders at the fifth annual conference of Federated Farmers yesterday. Another matter troubling them was a lack of horseshoes. These were unobtainable, apd on the stony high country horses were essential. Recently, the speaker said, he had brought a blacksmith from Dunedin to shoe 20 horses, but he had no shoes with him. Problems Before Politics

A “tip” to letter writers was given by the Minister of Social Welfare, Mrs Ross, at the annual meeting of the Auckland branch of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children. “When people begin a letter with * I’ve worked for the National Party for 10 years,’ they immediately go down 10 per cent, in my estimation,” she’ laughed. “If they say ‘ I’ve always voted Labour, but what can you do for me? ’, I’m inclined to give the matter a little more consideration. I feel like saying to people, ‘Never mind your politics; what are your problems? ’ ”