General Items

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 88, 18 August 1923, Page 2

General Items

The Chief Justice expressed much surprise at hearing the expression "Gussy" applied to a young man yesterday. "I have never heard of it before," declared Sir Robert Stout. "It is quite new to me." His Honour at the same time expressed regret that the English language appeared to be insufficient for some people when they had to resort to slang. ...

A motoring party which left Te Kuiti to attend a function at Hamilton recently had an unenviable experience on the return journey. About nine miles from Te Kuiti one of the wheels of the car collapsed and the party was left stranded on the road. The morning was frosty and bitterly cold, and the only option to walk to Te Kuiti, which was promptly undertaken The wayfarers arrived in own in time for breakfast, feeling tired and foot weary.

Next year will witness the 50th year of British rule in Fiji, and the Government has decided to celebrate the notable event in several ways. Among other proposals is to be the issue of a souvenir handbo k, and the Government at Suva has invited contributions from the public o n 20 subjects, which include industries and their development and potentialities, travel and scenery, r-efs, flora, fauna, birds, geology, education, religions, Fiji and the Great War, the Fijian, fishing, museum, Indians in Fiji, Europeans in Fiji' other races i n Fiji, sport and games] anecdotes of Fiji, etc. A committee will control the issue.

A pathetic note sounded in a case at the Auckland Police Court on Saturday . A fifteen-year-old boy was charged with stealing two sums of money from a shop till. When the case was called Senior-Sergeant Rawle informed Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., that he had received a communication to the effect that blood from the boy was being extensively taken for transfusion into the veins of his mother, who was undergoing a second operation that day. hearing was accordingly adjourned.

The question of faith healing, especially l n view of an approaching mission, was mentioned at the last meeting of the Wellington Presbytery, and it was agreed that each minister should deal with the matter as he'thought fit.