NEWS OF THE DAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 85, 26 June 1930, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

One fcr Wcc dvillc. According to the. Pahiatua Herald, one oi the most, competent land valuer .in the Dominion told a Woodville resident at the National Dairy Show last week that, although he had travelled extensively, he could find no better dairy land than that in the Woodville district.

The Two Palmerstons In an editorial article on the raising of Palmei'ston to the status of a city, the Wanganui Chronicle suggests that it should be. a graceful compliment frofcn the South to the North if an offer were made to change the name of Palmerston (South) on the occasion of Palmerston North recufiviiini its city charter. This would avoid confusion.

Guessing the Speed. A constable, giving evidence in a rasp at the Magistrate's Court in Christchuileh, started that a horse which had run away was galloping along the .street at 40 miles an hour! "Forty miles an hour?" queried the seiiiorj-sergeant. There was further amusemefnt 'when ithe constable a u monded his statement to 20 miles an hour. Signing Cheques. "I don't mind signing the cheques", said Mr. James Aitkcn at the last meeting of the. Wanganui Education Board when the matter of obtaining signatures to cheques was being discussed. "During the eight years 1 have been, a member I've signed cheques totalling something Hko a million. I can assure you it is a pleasure", ho concluded.

Eggji fcr Hospital. It costs the Wanganui Hospital Board £250 a year for eggs. At the last meeting iof the Board the retiring cliairman, Dr. S] Hkerjnan, suggested that the establishment of a poultry run at the Jubilee Home (might well be looked into. He thought it might he profitable to employ a pensioner at, say, £1 a week and try to keep the hospital supplied in eggs the whole year round. The matter was deferred.

Dates in the Bib!e. That dates in the Bible could not bo taken as a real indication of the actual time, was explained by the Rev. J. Paterson during an address at the Wanganui Rotary Club, The ancients had no idea of calculating time, he said. Forty or 60 years would be as long as a living person could remember. Thus the. allusion to one people spending 40 years in the desert was pretty certain to be 160 or 180 years, this being born out when compared with Egyptian records.

A Nasty Accident Mr. F. Kendrick; son of Mr. W. G. Hendrick, of Stratford, met with a nasty accident at Opunake, in the course of his occupation of a butcher. Stepping down to the floor of the shop from a little height he came in contact with a knife, held by another person, the result being a had wound in the back.

Long Meetings. A gentleman who died at Auckland last week was secretary and treasurer of the Ponsonby Highway Board m the days when annual meetings were too apt to extend from 7 p.m. until 6 o'clock next morning, with ai likelihood of the meeting standing adjourned to be continued on the following evening.

"Away with 'Hansard'!". Methods by which the Government might relievo parents of the burden of expenditure on the children's school books were freely discussed at the annual meeting of the Auckland Primary School Cbmmitte'e' Association, reports the "Star". "We might suggest that Mr. Forbes cut down expenditure on the coming Par. liamentary session", said ouq delegate, "and hand over the money saved to the Education Department. This could best be done by abolishing 'Hansard', the most expensive publication in New Zealand.. Words of Advice "There is no scope in New Zealand to.day for either 'Weary Willies' or if I may coin an expression, 'listless lackadaisical Elizas,' " said His Excellency, Lord Bledisloe, amidst laughter, when urging the danger of slackness upon the girls of Marsden School, Karori, the other day. 'We must be keen and thorough or there's a poor look-out for our country in the days to come". Nor was there anything more (important in these post-war days than to consider in all we did and said what was going to be the effect of those words and actions upon other people by whom we were surrounded.

''Neurasthenia". "While tho plant iff's heart might not bo absolutely normal, it is probable that tbere are tbousands of men walking about tbo streets of Christcburch to_day with hearts very much worse than tliQ plaintiff's", said his Honour Mr. Justice Frazer in the Arbitration Court at Christchurch on Friday, dealing with a case iof neurasthenia and a w.orker's compensation (reports "tho Press"). "If lie sat in this court for six months he would see a great many cases of neurasthenia ending in a return to normal work in a very short time", added his Honour. The case was the result of an accident that befell the employee of a) Christcburch firm. Police and Informa ion. "I'd like to see the sergeant", said a voice at the Central Police Station, Wanganui, on Monday, as a man stepped through the door. "I want information. The police are all good fellows when it comes to giving information. Nobody like the police. I'd like to see the Those in the watch-house were all attention in a mioment and the sergeaut stepped forward. "Are you the sergeant " queried the man. "1 am", came tho reply. "What can we. do for you " "You don't mind giving a man a bit of information, do you?" "Depends on what it is", the sergeant replied. "What is it?" "Only this", the man answered. "Who's going to twin the test at Christchurch That's a poser even for the police". The sergeant's reply was not printable.