A DIARY OF TO-DAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 24, 23 August 1928, Page 4

A DIARY OF TO-DAY.

(By BYSTANDER.)

llhe report that high prices are to be asked for ringside seats at the next League Test Match, lacks official confirmation. XX X X Mr. J. A. Lee, of Auckland East, , \v\\a cannot be numbered! amongst the silent members of the House, complains that members go to sleep on their benches. Another Labour member says Parliament is only a farce nowadays, members being merely expected to endorse the actions of Cabinet. There seems to be notihing wrong with sleeping between endorsements and perhaps if all members of the House slept longer and oftener the country would not; be any the worse off, XX X X Roy Chapman Andrews who headed the party discovering the remains of huge mammals in Mongolia, cabled ai couple days ago, is an American naturalist and explorer of repute. He was horn in 1884 and has penetrated on numerous occasions into Central Asia, Northern Korea, Dutch East Indies, China and Borneo. He is chief of the division of Asiatic exploration of the American Museum of Natural History and has written several travel books. XX X X 111 Masterton there is an agitation on foot for the numbering of houses in the various streets either by the owners themselves or the Borough Council. It is a pity something of the sort was not brought up in Stratford, which is years behind the times in this particular matter. Many of the streets here arc far too long, and it is often a very hard matter to find a particular house. It has often been suggested that the southern portions of our long streets many of which have no direct connection with their northern ends might be renamed. Certainly somethig should be done, but probably "the numbering of houses would meet the case. '- XX X X There is a storm in Honolulu just now over some remarks allegedly made at the Pan-Pacific Congress about flappers and their habits. A Mrs. Robertson, one of the delegates, has been doing a little press work as a,'sideline in between her talks, and she has fallen foul of Dr. Mildred Stanly on a point of accurate 1 reporting. Whatever Dr. Stanly may ihave said she believed would not be made public, as the sessions were closed to the press, but lo and behold a report was published m a. Svdnev paper. The occurence shows the folly of barring the general prtess from such sittings, as had reporters been present and *any speaker 1 been misreported it would have, been easy to "check up" on the mistake. It happens often that meetings not open to the press. are—wholly or in part—reported by "people other Mian journalists, and in nine cases out of ten there is trouble. When speaking in camera, speakers often speak more freely, but at times remarks get out just the same and frequently get out incorrectly. XX X X A Scot spent a week-end~in London and wished to see one of the most famous expensive restaurants in town, walked into the. restaurant, ordered a glass of water, had a good look round, and the" prepared to leave. The manager, who had been watching him suspiciously, came up and said: "Look here, you come in here, order a glass of water, and then calmly walk out." "Well," said the Scot, "you could hardly expect me to stagger out after a, glass of water." XX X X A man wlw> recently shaved oil Ins beard, confided' to a friend that his wife had left him"lt' s leave or be left these days, the friend consoled, but asked whether shaving off his beard had anything to do with* it. "Yes," he replied; "when she saw me without my beard she said: ISoW I known why I never liked you.