NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 86, 6 July 1928, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

NOTES FROM ALL PARTS. THE DOMINION DAY : BY DAY. HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE A Modest Request. Many strange requests are iriade of a newspaper, and the following from a correspondent to the New Zealand Herald is probably a fair sample. "I am in need of £250," he writes, "to help me to commence in business. It i s my life's ambition~to be able to wipe out unemployment of every kind in the whole world. Do you think you could introduce me to some person who would be willing to help me for such a noble purpose?" « Chamber 0 f Commerce Train. All berths in the Auckland Chamber of Commerce train which i s to tour the province early in the spring have been taken up. Dr. E. P. Neale, secretary of the chamber, states that a. waiting list lias been opened for members who have been unable to secure berths, but may have the opportunity of making the trip if some of those who have booked are unable to travel. The train . will have accommodation for 60 members, and during the course of. the nine days' tour which has been planned the various industrial activities of theprovince will be inspected. ** * * Waste Not, Want Not. Apparently one Dunedin schoolboy is aware of the advantages l that follow the adoption of a policy of waste not, want not, and. ( unless his views undergo a decided change he should be ensured of comfort in his old age. Recently he handed in his homework, consisting of four sums, written on a piece of paper no larger than two inches Land a-half by 1 one inch. To find room' for all that the paper contained, it may be well imagined, ,was| a. work of art- Evidently the lad's ability as am arithmetical!, however, is- not commensurate with his ability: to make a little go a long wlay, for only one of the four sums was correct. ' -'• ; ' • •

•* « * Independence of youth. The independence of modern youth is becommgvvineroasmgly apparent, but some doubt whether this , independence is in the best ef hi s business training. Reference, to this fact was made at a recent luncheon of the Whaugan*ei Rotary Club by Mr B. N. Blake. The boy coming from college ,4:o ~ a place • of business did not like ; to do '"menial work, such (as running messages and sweeping floors tasks to which: the boy-of 20 years ago took no;exception, ..said' Mr Blake. This, he added, wa s one of the conclusions arrived at by business men-who answered a' series of questions addressed Ito them, by the Council of Education. Mr Blake emphaised the'necessity of every ■ boy starting at the bottom of the ladder. Those who did! their work thoroughly at that-stoge coulH be assured of speedy promotion. At the P* ice Ciourt. , The preciiit-s of a police court are never very inviting, especially Avhen one is summoned there by the dictates of a "scrap" of blue paper, reports the Otago Times. But some people get through the careless reading of their official notification. The other day a wejll-known resident of the Otago Peninsul a , spent a morning listening to the. dry-details of the court, expectantly awtaiting his turn to be called tor, a breach of the motor by-laws. "AVheii the "majesty of the law"- s.terniy announced! that the "Court now stands adjourned," tlie dairy farmer stood amazed, and approaching a "limb of the Itaw" inquired when his case was to come on. J 'What is your case?,.', 5 . wasthe query. Producing his "bluey," "the officiai'inquired, "Can you. read?' Your case does not come on till this day week!" The farmer quickly left to attend, to Strawberry and Bluey, and incidentally blame'Mr Sidey's Summer Time Bill for his mistake.