GENERAL ITEMS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12536, 30 December 1933, Page 2

GENERAL ITEMS.

“It is open to the strongest stricture that the handwriting of primary and secondary school pupils should be so bad,” said Mr A. F. AY right in an address at the break-ing-up of a commercial school in Hamilton. Mr Wright said that perhaps the curricula of the schools were so crbwßed these days that there was no time to attend to handwriting. One bank had had to go so far as to employ a tutor for the young men entering its service.

“As I am greatly interested in the exports of New Zealand butter to this country, I was making enquiries last week with the local stores as to its sale,*’ says an Englishman writing from Home to a resident in Wanganui. “They informed me that the demand for New Zealand butter has fallen off of late, the public stating that the butter is too hard. It seems to me that some people are too critical over what they eat, so T asked an opinion from my wife, and she says that it certainly is the hardest butter she has come across, but she does not think that it is really a detriment. As 1 said, some people are faddy, and there might be some reason why your butter has this peculiarity. I cannot believe it is a matter of refrigeration.” Tt is interesting to note that this particular Englishman first took an interest in New Zealand butter as a result of a gift being sent to him last year.

“You cannot beat life. There are no fairy godmothers these days,” said Dr. G. H. Robertson, speaking at tlie prize-giving held by the AYanganui Intermediate School the other evening. “The world is full of people who are waiting for fairy godmothers to help them. Tliev think that all they have to do is to take a ticket in an art union and that a fairy godmother will guarantee them the first prize. The world is also full of people who think that they can just mml?***' along, and that a. fairv godmother will arrive to help them. Don’t do that. Ynu must remember' fairy godmothers arc dead.”