NEWS AND NOTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20474, 20 July 1936, Page 14

NEWS AND NOTES

The eagerly anticipated reappearance of repertory players to the cast of “The Late Christopher Bean” is to occur to-night, when this delightful three-act comedy will be staged at the Theatre Royal. The interpretation ot the various roles calls for a high standard of acting, and this the present company have indicated in an earlier presentation an ability to give. The play is written round the lives of the inmates of a village doctor’s home in the English Midlands and is a comedy abounding in humour and having a strong human appeal. From indications it would appear that this presentation is assured of a good response from the public. The box plan is at Begg's. In a speech at the American Club in Paris the other day, M. Blum, Prime Minister of France, began with the following passage: “Your Ambassador has Just asked me if I would speak in’ French or English. I am well aware that perfect courtesy would require me to rise at this moment and make my speech in English. But I am compelled to make a confession. I don’t know English. Among the evil gifts which I have received from heaven is that of not being able to learn languages. I learnt a little English when I was very young. During my adolescence I studied German hard, but at all periods of my life the result has been deplorable. I sometimes ask myself by what miracle I have been able to learn one language, my own. It is the only one of which I can make use.” “Through no fault of their own, or of employers, many young men between the ages of 18 and 22 years, who missed being apprenticed to trades because employers were not able to undertake the obligations of apprenticeship during the depression, are now doomed to remain unskilled labourers when they are of the type that should be trained for industry,” said Mr D Henry, president of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Association, in conversation with an Auckland “Star” reporter. He pointed out that the Government had not yet dealt with the problem, and said that if some sort of subsidy scheme was brought into operation he was sure that the employers would do their part in lifting these young men into skilled employment. Mr Henry said that large numbers of boys were being dismissed from employment because they were subject to the minimum rates provision to the new industrial legislation. The fact that they had been triers during the depression and had picked up intermittent employment, thus gaining a ■variety of experience, was now a handicap, since it played a large part in the assessing of their present rates of pay. "The progress of the Waikato has been nothing short of amazing, and the size and importance of Hamilton is practically tieyond my comprehension. I naturally expected a vast change, but such scenes of activity and progress I can scarcely believe as true. You are going to have a great city here soon.” These remarks (says the “Waikato Times”) sum up the impressions of Mr W. Ayson, of Dunedin, a visitor to Hamilton, who was last in the district in 1871. Mr Ayson, who is in his ninety-sixth year, is an unde of Mrs T. Parker of Claudelands, and is staying in Hamilton for a short holiday. In excellent health. Mr Ayson has been shown around the district by Mr Parker, and with his recollections of narnow. winding lanes for coaches and a small soldier settlement at Hamilton East over 60 years ago, it is little wonder that the present scenes astound him. On his way northward Mr Ayson flew from Dunedin to Wellington. Catarrh.—Nasal catarrh is dangerous as well as unpleasant. It toducea physical and mental dullness, undermines your health, and if neglected leads to serious throat troubles, deafness bronchitis, and stomach catarrh We have a remedy for this complaint, called Catarrhine. the prescription of a well-known London specialist. After using this remedy for a short time, the head noises, deafness, constant spitting, dizziness and catarrhal headaches all permanently disappear. Price 3 6 one month’s treatment, 'rom E. C Acres Ltd., chemists Stafford Street Varicose Veins.—We nave Just received from London by parcel post, a fresh supply of new elastic stockings for varicose veins. They are thin and light in weight, specially strong an.l are invisible under silk hose Each stocking is specially tested before leaving the English factory and carries a guarantee from the maker. Note the □rand, “Longlife." Price 15/- a pair all sizes. Sold only by E. O. Ayres Ltd., chemists. 78 Stafford Street South. Timaru