The Waikato Independent FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1942 TOWN AND COUNTRY

Waikato Independent, Volume XLII, Issue 4002, 15 May 1942, Page 2

The Waikato Independent FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1942 TOWN AND COUNTRY

That Sugir Ration.— Morning* tea has long been an institution at meetings of the Thames Valley Drainage Board, and the new problem of rationed sugar was solved in an admirable way at its last meeting. It was resolved that each of the two members requiring sugar bring their own The other nine people usually participating in morning tea don't take sugar, and had considerable pleasure in moving the resolution!

Confusing Currency.—" The currency in Syria is at first rather confusing and of low value,” writes a New Zealand soldier. “On our first pay day we drew nine Syrian pounds (the equivalent of £1 sterling). The notes are rather like blankets, very gaudy, and terribly flimsy. You arc inclined to fancy yourself a bit of a Croesus with nine or ten pounds in yoUr pocket, but the feeling soon wanes when you come to spending them. ”

Sunday Parade?.—The “ greatly-in-creased recent encroachment on the nation’s Sunday through compulsory Home Guard parades ” was discussed at a meeting of the TemukaGeraldine Ministers’ Association. Speakers said that the introduction by the Government df - compulsory attendance warranted a further regulation that parades - should be held on some other day than Sunday, and the New Zealand Inter-Church Council on Public Affairs was asked to annroach the Government on the matter.