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Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 80, 13 March 1931, Page 4

Magpie Concert. A Dunedin resident states that from about 6 o’clock on a recent morning till somewhere ntur 9 o’clock a parry of four magpies perched about his locality and supplied a continuous whistling concert, infrequent and so delightful as to arouse general attention. He has never noticed magpies about there. The birds went away as suddenly as they came. Celtic Euchre Party The first of a series of euchre parties under the auspices of the Celtic Football Club, held on Wednesday night, was very successful, there being an attendance of over 40 players at the Foresters’ Hall. The results of the tournafhent were as follow: Women: Mrs. W. Tunbridge (quar-ter-ton coal), 1; Mrs. Mather (501 b flour), 2. Men: Mr. J. Jones (coal), 1; Mr. T. Sullivan (East Road), flour, 2.

Carried Away by Slogans. The Americans as a people are easily carried away by slogans,” said Dr. C. E. Beeby, lecturer in psychology on his recent trip to the United States. This tendency, tie explained, was largely due to the fact that a good proportion of the population consisted of foreigneds ot a row grade of intelligence. Such a phenomenon as “Big Bill’ Thompson being elected Mayor of Chicago time after time could not possibly happen except in a land where people were easily led by slogans. State politics were too dirty for anyone of any intellectual attainments to be bothered with.

The “Swaggers’” Mecca. The West Coast is apparently the Mecca of all “bagmen.” A station owner, whose house is close to the road in one of its most isolated parts, stated that not a day passed without one or two and even up to half-a-doz-en “swaggers” calling at the homestead in quest of a meal. The strange part about it was that only In one in about every 10 was heading back from the West Coast. Men from ail parts of New Zealand were to be encountered on the roads with their packs up. There had been more this year than ever before, and by far the greater majority were a veery decent class of man. Cure for Rheumatism Such is the faith of an old Aucklander in ironsand as a cure for i-heumatism (says the ‘“Star”), that he has some sent all the way up from Taranaki for the purpose. He puts it in a big basin, lets the sun warm it up, and then ‘“bathes” his feet in it. He says that when he puts his bare feet in he can feel his rheumatism disa)Tpeariug. He admits that it may be imagination, but still sticks to his faith in “Taranaki ironsand,” and goes on curing his rheumatism with it*. There are tons of the same sort of sand on the Waitakere beaches, hut he prefers the imported article. A remarkable case "of a cure is recorded from Auckland with the local product. A woman who was a martyr to rheumatism used to he taken down to the beach and “buried” in the ironsand, heated by the sun to such a degree that it was painful to the bare feet. Whether it was the iron in the sand or merely the heat that effected the cure is not clear, but the cure was certain.

Sydney Professional Mon. Alderman Arthur M'Elhone says that many ■ doctors in MasQuarle Street are on the “bread line," and that lawyers, architects, and engineers are even worse off (says the Sydney correspondent of the Melbourne Argus). It is true that there is acute financial strain among professional men, but it is hardly of the extent suggested. Architects and engineers are worst off. It is said that the camp of 40 or 50 at Tuggerah Lakes, where the fishing is good, tends to grow rather than to dimnish. The plan of the campers is to stay there until better conditions prevail. Lawyers freely admit that they are hard hit, but they too know that all will be madei up to them when the silver lining appears. Their bitterest experience, as is that of all professional men who walk about the city because their offices offer no work, la to be “hailed up” by importunate sellers of lace and upbraided because they cannot hand out some money. It is not believd that they are not affluent. The golf clubs, like most other institutions, are feeling the strain. Members of the professions are their main support, and their inability to continue to pay substantial fees is a problem which every committee has to consider at every meeting. It says much for the common courage that in these circumstances the strain is lightened