Local and General News

Timaru Herald, Volume CL, Issue 22063, 9 September 1941, Page 4

Local and General News

Detenators Stolen A packet of 100 copper detonators was recently stolen from a Timaru store. In view of the possibility of the detonators having fallen into the hands of children, parents are urged to warn their children of the danger of playing with these explosives. National Savings The district organiser advises that during the period September 1-7, 88 new national savings accounts were opened, thus bringing the Timaru total to 3983. With the addition during the period of 198 new accounts in the district, the South Canterbury total has now reached 7,865. A Bright Prospect “Do you pay your son anything?" asked Mr W. F. Tracy of a farmer who had appealed on behalf of his son to the Armed Forces Appeal Board in Timaru yesterday. “No,” replied appellant, “but eventually he will get it." Mr Tracy: What! The mortgage. That’s all he will get, and he left a good job to work for that. Cyclist Injured A cyclist, Hugh Bresnahan, aged 52, who resides at 12 Clifton Terrace, Timaru, suffered concussion and abrasions when he came into collision with a motor-car at the Intersection of Queen Street and King Street about 4 p.m. yesterday. He was admitted to the Timaru Public Hospital, where his condition last night was described as satisfactory. A Fallacy “There used to be an old story that rowing was bad for the heart,” said Mr C. E. Bridge, at the seventy-fifth annual meeting of t the Star Boating Club, Wellington. He pointed out that it was perhaps significant that of the 80 or 90 members of the club to be examined for the forces, as far as he knew not one had been turned down. “Far from straining hearts it develops ‘guts,’ ” he concluded. Bust of Captain Cook Mr A. R. C. Carter, of “The Year’s Art,” has presented to New Zealand a marble bust of Captain Cook. Mr Carter is King Arthur’s champion in the Knights of the Round Table Circle. At one of the gatherings of the circle he met the High Commissioner, and said he would like to make the presentation. The bust is by Bacon. Mr Carter saw it at Southfebys wheh it was auctioned as part of an art collection of a wellknowh Amsterdam collector. The bust Will be sent to the New Zealand Government. church Bus Service To provide for part of the parish remote from the church and not connected by bus or tram, a free bUs service has been provided to St. Luke’s Church, Mount Albert. In the month that it has been running, the bus has brought 208 children and 61 adults to the morning service. It runs from the northern boundary of the parish, through the thickly-populated area of the Prince of Wales testate, to St. Luke's Church. A Sunday School is held While the morning service is in progress and at 12.15 p.m. the bus leaves on the return journey. Erroneous Impression “As a life-long Methodist I feel that this great church has suffered undeservedly at the hands of those Who use their association with it as a justification of their extreme pacifism,” said the Rev. E. T. Olds, superintendent minister of the Methodist Central Circuit, in a statement in Auckland a few days ago. “Sb many cases have recently occurred that the general impression seems to be that the Methodist Church is disloyal, or at any rate half-hearted, in the bitter conflict in which the Empire is engaged,” he continued. “This impression is altogether erroneous. Thousands of Methodist boys are in uniform and many of them have been serving abroad from the beginning.” Mein Kampf In the course of an interview the other day an Invercargill bookseller revealed the interesting fact that during one of the big Nazi air raids on London a whole consignment of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf, which had just been printed and was on its way to the binders Was destroyed. There may be a measure of ironic huttiour in this, but the loss may also be regarded as unfortunate for, except to purblind Nazis, there is no more complete exposure of Nazism than Hitler’s “masterpiece.” This is realised by Hitler himself. For a long time the Only edition available in English Was carefully expurgated, and a few years before the war -Hitler began an action in the French courts for ah ihjuhctibn to restrain a- Paris publisher from issuing a complete edition of the book in French. Mustard Growing This spring 10 antes of culinary mustard plant for condiment manufacture will be planted in the Hastings district. The Department of Agriculture is arranging Contracts on behalf of an old-established firm of mustard-makers which has opened a factory in Dunedin. Six acres of white mustard and four acres of broWn mustard will be sown in this district. This will be the first time that the mustard plant has been grown in New Zealand for commercial production of the condiment, in all, 12 areas of 10 acres are to be grown throughout the Dominion this spring, mostly in the South island. Hastings and Rangitikei are the Only two North Island districts selected for cropping this plant, south Island districts Where it is to be grown are Blenheim, Leeston, Ashburton, Geraldine, Timaru, Clydevale, Mandeville, Winton, and Hawea Flat. Dishonest People The difficulty of securing an honest man to replace him While he was in camp was emphasised by the owner of a One-man drapery business when appealing for exemption from military service before the Auckland Area Manpower Committee. Supporting his contention, the appellant said he had gone into Statistics of public honesty and had found that, according to an American instrument known as the lie detector, 65 per cent of the people were dishonest where money was concerned. In selecting a temporary manager he therefore took the risk that two out of three people would not account satisfactorily for the takings. “Well,” said the chairman, Mr H. A. Anderson, “there are three of us sitting on this committee. Which do you suggest is the honest one?" Appellant declined to answer.