A DIARY OF TO-DAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 9, 28 December 1928, Page 4

A DIARY OF TO-DAY.

BY BYSTANDER. ! Wo are unable to confirm the | statement that the Moderate League I intends issuing tracts reading "What is home without a) hamper,'' to hoi hung up om the walls of dwelling houses. XXX A brave butcher an Sigh Holborri London, wliere the explosion took place kept Ms shopTT&pen Although there was a yawning cavern in front of jtl and there wa s no business to be done. Perhaps he had. no way of shutting tho shop and that was why hel kept it open. XXX The latest child comes to handi from a, Morrinsvillo district school. The children were asked to define the steps in the >'.Qvelopment of responsible government in New r Zeaalnd,~ancl one child answered the question as follows: "The Treaty of Waitangi, "?841,~~ahd! the Constipation Act, 1852." xxx There are many more than morning newspaper's in New Zealand that jtho evening daily is easily the more popular. In the North Island we have 8 morning and_3o evening papers, while the figures! for the South Island are 9 and 15 respectively. The refaison why there is a greater d l ©- mand for the evening paper is that the majority of people have more time, lit that part of the day and) can go through, its contents thoroughly. xxx The British Labour Party %vcj adopted! a new plank which advocates the sending of 250,000 unemploeyd to the Dominions. As far a* New Zealand is concerned at any rate, be>

fore tli© plan can be put into oper* ation there is likely to" be some hot arguments between British and Dominion Labour, and one can fancy soime doujbtful' com-plitmemtsi beinjg paissed between Mr Ramsay Macdonald and Mr Harry Holland who. h'as levelled such severe criticisms at New Zealand's immigration policy. But there does not seem tci be much necessity to merry. The British tuiemployed are not likely to seize the chance of emigration and work, when leisure and doles are their portion at home. xxx (The} jtfabjLo about [the Dukel oi{ York 'beting in tears because the Ring could not recognise him brings home to us a fact which many of us are apt to forget, that, royalty are human beings just like the rest of us and although we usually see only the official side when they v arei trotted" out on exhibition, many little instances which come to light from time to tan© shows that the family affections of the Windsor clan are very pronounced. Although a, lot of rot has been written re, garcling the private doings of the Royal" famtty, the fact is well established that their home ties are very pronounced, aind) whajteve)* Way be said regarding the decay of hjome life does not apply to them. XXX The annual personal reports upon members'of the Civil Service.aw now being issued to departmental heads, who are expectedjo get down to the character; drawing business and till in oil the prescribed form a whele lot of intimate details about each officer under their control. These are some of the questions to be answered: Education, ability to conduct corres* pondence; to make reports-tnis latter of course fa, a very important attribute in any State servant)--maimer of address and temperament, knowledge, leadership, orgamsmg ability and so forth'. It is said the service is up m arms about the re. ports, and small wonder ■<***■* » considered «mt many controlbng office* are no more fitted to judge a man in regard to the ***** asked for than a cow is to dance a hornpipe.