Local and General

Te Puke Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 13, 18 February 1949, Page 2

Local and General

“Had” Haddock. In describing the monotony of food in England. Mr W. Sullivan, M.P., said in Rotorua: “There’s great sameness in fish, for instance. I had haddqck, haddock, haddock, haddock, until/Td ‘had’ it.” Present School Term Advice that the present school te m, which had begun on would close on May 6, was conveyed "to members of the 'Te Puke District! High School Committee at its last meeting ■by the headmaster (Mr F. Cook). Two Kinds Of Communist. “There are two kinds of Communists,” said Mr W. Sullivan, M.P., wheri speaking at Rotorua. “The first is the man who "knows what he wants, and goes after it, The second is just .the nitwit who follows the leader.” Football Dance Tomorrow Night Local dance. fans and card players are reminded that the members of the Paengaroa F.C. are the hosts/ at the function to be held in the district hall tomorrow evening. A really first-class event is assumed patrons. Local Athlete’s Success. Last Saturday at Paeroa, a local athlete, E. Area, competed in the Waikato Junior Championships with considerable success, He was third in the junior half-mile fiat event, won in 2min ssec, and second in the mile, the winners time being 4min 47.se.cv Better Second Class. Better seats in . second-class railway carriages in New Zealand can be expected. soon. The General Manager of Railways (Mr F. W. Aickin) said in Wellington that sample seats had already been made. He had nof .been satisfied with them, however, and' had arranged for them to be re-designed before final approval was given' for their manufacture and installation. Great Friend Of New Zealand. “When visiting the British House of Lords I was told that while Lord Bledbjoe was there the words of New Zealand would never be overlooked,” said the Mayor of Wellington (Mr Appleton) when speaking to the New Zealand Founders’ Society recently. “He is a wonderful ambassador for this Dominion arid a great friend of New Zealand.” s Betting Agencies Opposed. It was undesirable that there should be an open and public invitation to bet, said Mr J. R. Marshall, M.P. for Mount Victoria, at a meeting of the Hataitai Combined Churches Men’s Fellowship at which he discussed the forthcoming gambling poll. Mr Marshall said the betting agency system could not compete with the bookmakers. It would he a blow to the bookmakers, but it would riot eliminate them. I.F.A.P. Conference, Messrs John Andrew, of Hyde, Otago, and R, G. Buckletpn, of Upper Huff, I will represent Federated Farmers of New Zealand at the next annual conference of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers to be held at Guelph, Ontario, commencing on May 29 next. These appointments were made at a meeting of the Dominion Council of the Federation last week. Mr Andrew is ’a Dominion vicc-Presi-rient of Federated Farmers and chairman of the Dominion Meat and Wool Section Council. Mr Buckleton is chairman of the Dominion Action Committee.

Kitten Sleeps In Nest. The angry chirpings of outraged blackbirds, starlings, thrushes, and sparrows awoke a Hastings resident from peaceful slumber early one morning. After listening to the commotion for five minutes he decided that there was something seriously wrong with the feathered population of Hastings, and accordingly peeped through his bedroom window to see numerous birds performing amazing aerobatics x and diving in ferocious fashion at a section of the hedge; Investigating further, he found the household’s diminutive kitten, which since its arrival, had a remarkable penchant for getting into trouble, curled up luxuriantly in a large bird’s nest. The kitten opened a sleepy eye, stretched and yawned at the sight of his owner, and then curled up more snugly in the nest.