NEWS OF THE DAY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 21, 17 August 1932, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Mortgagors' Relief A sitting of tlio Mortgagors' Ad.! justment Commission was held at, the 1 Stratfcrd Courthouse today. Mr. Al.j trod Coleman presided. Price of Beer The price of beer has dropped in; Wanganui ami one hotel is advertis- ] ing that it is being retailed at 3d per; "handle." Signs for Roads Recently the South Taranaki Auto.j mobile Association has elected signs' at the ecrner of the Hastings and j Stratford-Opunake Roads, so that! there is now no difficulty in motorists' finding their way. Why There was No Waier One incident of a tire at Rotorua • ■was not without its humorous side,; thiougli! at the time it might have ! turned to something rather serious.! When the owner of the premises first j discovered the lire, he instantly! rushed for his garden hose, and connected it up to play on the blaze. To his annoyance no water came. The i tap was frozen stiff. A Trusty Razor A raz'i r which he lias used since his 18th birthday is the proud posses. I sion of a Wanganui man who oni fesses to being over 60 years of age | Though the blade has had more than 40 years' constant use, it is as good as ever, states the owner, who looks on his razor as a fine advertisement for the manufacturers of Sheffield. i j | Wide Outlook Needed The insularity cf New Zealand was referred ro by Lord Bledisloe at the ! opening of the Tai Tapu Library on | Friday as a possible danger i;: caus- ! ing a narrowness o! outlook. The ! people if New Zealand, lie said, needj ed a wide outlook because of their ! insularity, and he recommended the inclusion in the library of a few ] works on topography which, would I give their readers a greater know. ! ledge cf the world.

Wheat Duties It is understood that, steps are be. ing taken in Hamilton to enable the public of the Waikato to record an emphatic protest against the contin. uance of the wheat duties, says the Waikato Times. The removal cf those duties, it is contended, would result i in a fall in the price of bread by 2d I a loaf. It is said that the subsidy j collected in the Waikato in aid of the i wheat grower, per medium of the | wheat duties, is estimated at I £40,000. i ! j "Howlers" There is icne boy in a Christchurch secondary school who should go far !in the world of commerce. He has ! just written a geography paper for | the end of the term examinations, and he attached the folic wing note to the bottom of the paper: Dear Mr. Examiner, —If you sell any of my answers to the funny papers, I think that you should go fifty-fifty in the proceeds. But the examiner had a heart of iron. He merely scrawled across the paper, "Your answers are not even funny." A Busy Time "We have had a particularly busy time on the service side of our activities during the wet and frosty weather," stated Mr. J. McKee, service officer of the South Taranaki Automobile Association, in conversation with "The Pest" today. "1 am very pleased to notice that the average motorist is a more careful driver today, more particularly at night. He is playing- 'safety first,'" added Mr McKee. Through a Visitor's Eyes Prepared to find them villages, Mr. L. It. Mclndoe, of Auckland, who is at present touring the Dominion delivering veterii-iry addresses, received a great surprise when he beheld the solidity ici" Dunedin and Invercargill. In conversation with a Southland Times reporter he said the massive buildings of both cities gave him an impression of wealth. Wjhen he left tne north he had been told to take precautions, against the extremely cold conditions in the south, hue no was now of uie opinion that it was not so cold in Soutniand as in Hamilton. The clear, bracing atmosphere was a pieasant change liom the Waikato togs which pierced icne to the Done. Mr. Mclndoe observed thai people in Invercargill were accustomed to thinking in pence whereas in i the Waikato iney tnought in pounds. ".Perhaps that i,s/ ithe reason why you are more si. lid down here," lie! said, and went on to pay a tribute! 1.0 tiie nonesty of the people of the j south. Mr. Mclndoe remarked upon I the disadvantage Invercargill suf-' lured on account iof its shallow liar-! hour. Dredging a harbour by taking; the spoil out to sea for ; ' to come! back subsequently savoured to him of perpetual miou u, bill jiiere it was! possible to deposit the spoil over the ; embankment and assist to reclaim] quite a large area of land which; would prove of value to the city. I

Seventy Years Ago at Mt. Cook Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson first visited Mount Cook in 18G2. A period of 70 years elapsed before be made liis second visit, from which he returned last week (states the Christ. church p ress). On his first trip Sir Arthur was a member of a geological survey party fuiidcr Sjlr Julius von Ilaast. The surveyors who were engaged on that occasion discovered the sources of the rivers and glaciers in the vicinity of Mount Cook. The trip to the 'Hermitage occupied several weeks. Timaru was then a few buildings, used largely for storing wool. Sir Arthur said his second visit to the Hermitage after 70 years had j impressed him. Remarkable changes; had been effected in the roads, trans. J port facilities, and accommodation,, which was a credit to all connected j with it. Sir Arthur said that he had; dev. ted his four days at tho Hermit-j age to examining' the glaciers and' comparing the stale of the moraines! with their condition 70 years auo. He j would discuss the results of his ex . animations with Professor Speight | curator of the Cliristchurch Museum j bet-re he would outline them to the | public. He had, noticed the effects ] of burnings on the slopes and peaks j in the district. On account of the destruction of vegetation many of the roekv edges were crumbling, and the ridges and peaks were becoming very raggeO as a result,