AROUND THE DOMINION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 223, 19 April 1933, Page 8

AROUND THE DOMINION

Wholesalers Licensed The Now Zealand Gazelle published mi Thursday contains a complete list I of New Zealand [inns licensed to act j as wholesalers under the Sales Tax i Act 1932-33. I . j Premises Broken Into ■ The premises of Messrs. S. J. Sullij van, Ltd., designers and inanufactur- > r furniture, Wilson Street, Wan- :;• i;i, were broken into during i j ;h'-,v. ';iy night or early on Friday! i morning. The intruders broke a win- j ! dow and used a chisel to gain entrance. The office door was forced I open and a small attache case con-1 taining furniture designs was taken.J •I The safe was not interfered with. j ! ■—■ i I Increases the Gap "Does not the act of saving inj crease the gap between consumption land production?'' was a. question nsk- ! ed at the beginner's class of the 11amI ilton Douglas Soci.il Credit Movei i,lent recently. "Yes." was the reply, I "when a man does not spend a portion of his wages some goods are not sold somewhere. Then when his savings are invested in industry they are distributed as purchasing power. Bui nit hough two costs have been created I 1.h6 money has been allowed to function as purchasing power only once. . Hence the gap, which is slowly'paralysir.g all industrial activity. "Modern Grandmother's" Walk t Mrs. Kitty O'Sullivan, aged 53. the I "modern grandmother," completed j her walk through the North Island j nn Thursday, arriving in Wellington , at four o'clock in the afternoon. She) has thus completed a distance of 744 miles in ?,Ql days, which is a record for the distance. The time is, in fact, i 22 days ahead of a previous record, set by Miss Esther James. Mrs. O'Sul-! livan completed the journey Of 130 miles from Wnnganui to Wellington in five days —an average of 2(i miles a day. After spending a few days in Wellington, where she will deliver one-or two lectures on her trip, she , will cross over to the South Island j and commence a walk to the Bluff, j I How to Get a Job A lad who should do well demonstrated in Masterton on Wednesday that the way to get a job is to go after it. He found his opportunity at a horse sale, at which a large number of farmers assembled. When the auctioneers had had their-turn the youngster addressed the farmers standing round, told them he wanted a job, and invited any of them to give him one. There was no response at the moment, but the lad was not disheartened. He next tackled the farmers individually and went from one to another until he came across one who agreed to give him a job. His pluck and initiative thus stood him in good stead, and he proceeded to his job on Thursday.

Owners Indemnified In order to obtain the permission of owners to the attachment, of wires ti> buildings for the purpose of supporting street lights, the Napier City Council has undertaken to indemnify the owners of buildings to which the wires are attached from any loss in the event of damage being cau'sed as a result of the wires being so placed. When it was decided to do away with street poles in the new Napier it was seen that the only way to effect, street lighting was to use the buildings to support the wires. Owners generally have co-operated with the council in this matter, and the improved appearance of the streets has thoroughly justified the step.

"Who Pushed It Up?" An amusing incident occurred on the Wanganui bowling green on Saturday during the tournament, now in progress. One rink was being well beaten by its opponents. In fact it had not scored at all. When its first •point was made the skip announced to "the bank": "We've scored a point." A wag, noted for his humour: "Who pushed it up for you?' (Laughter.) That game finished with the rink in question having only two points to their opponents' 20. In the next game, however, the defeated rink covered themselves with glory and came out of it with 35 points and the distinction of having put up the highest and lowest scores respectively in the tournament.

Parochial New Zealanders The need for a less parochial outlook oil the part of the people of the Dominion was emphasised by Mr. J. G. Poison, principal of the Canterbury Teachers' Training College, in an address to the School Committees' Association on Wednesday evening. "It is often said that we in New Zealand are a smug and self-satisfied people," he said. "One reason for that self-satisfied attitude is that a few years ago we were so often told that New Zealand was a model to the world in "certain aspects, and that it was a laboratory of social experiment, that we were inclined to think. 'We are the people.' New Zealanders who go overseas, however, come back chastened. They admit that there is a great deal to learn from the older-established and more cultured countries."

Damming Hawea and Wanaka Nothing that might be regarded as confirmation of the optimism of many people in Central Otago with regard to the possible damming in the near future of Lakes Hawea and W t anaka for mining and irrigation purposes could be elicited from Mr. C. J. McKenzie, engineer in chief of the Public Works Department, during the course of a conversation with a Daily Times reporter on Thursday evening. Asked if there were any possibility of the project being seriously considered in the meantime, Mr. McKenzic said he could give no information whatever on the subject, and, although he did not definitely state that the work would not be undertaken at some future date, he reminded his interviewer that the department was spending a lot of money at the present time, and was committed to a good deal more.

A Long-distance Hike The scene was the Taumarumu railway station at about one o'clock, Good Friday morning. From the far end of the express train from Wellington there came a human whirlwind in the shape of a young man wearing a green pullover and a blue beret. He was running the way a man runs when a mad bull is tearing after him and it was all because he wanted a meat pie from the railway refreshment rooms, and was afraid the train would leave without him. The unusual appearance of the young man led our reporter to ask a railway official what all the was abou't and the answer was, "That, young fellow is the. Auckland lad who inked from Auckland to Wellington in record time. Ho was walking back to Auckland on the return journey on Thursday, when one one of Ins knees gave out at Palmerston North, and acting on medical advice, the walker decided to finish the trip home by rail."

No Lack of Donors . The establishment, of an unpaid blood transfusion service is not favoured by the superintendent of'tlte Auckland Hospital, Dr. J. r - Craven, slates thq New Zealand Tier aid. The suggestion Tor the setting up of ;i voluntary service was recently made to the board by a Wellington association which stated tint it. hoped to establish services in othar centres. Reporting on the question to the board the finance committee said at present every effort was made to us 3 patients relatives Only when that was found impossible were professional donors called upon. Tf the public desired to assisl by subscription a special fund might be- established for the purpose of "paving the expenses of paid donors. A large number of men from the city fire brigades reported daily in groups for test purposes, and were available for transfusions when needed. Tlie chairman, Mr. W. W.allace, said about r,o firemen had volunteered their services and so far 32 had been examined ' so there was little likelihood ot a shortage of donors being experienced He felt, the brigadesmen should be complimented for offering their services so freely. The report was adopted. _______