General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 188, 12 August 1941, Page 4

General News

Twelve Months Ago. It is twelve months ago to-day [since Greece rejected the Italian allegation that an Albanian minority leader had been murdered at. the instigation of Greek officials. Enemy aircraft raided Portsmouth, 62 being I destroy cd against 13 British.

Cheaper Eggs. The wholesale price of egs, quoted yesterday in Wanganui, were Is 7d a dozen for first grade, and Is 5d for mediums.

Waste of Sugar. A carman who kicked sugar about the pavement when it fell from hiis van was fined £1 and £4 17s 6d costs at Southend. England, for waste. He was Robert Oakley. “It was only two ounces,” he said.

British Summer Time. Super-summer time ended in Britain on Sunday. British super-sum md*-' time is one hour additional to the hour of summer time. A.s from Sunday, therefore, the clocks of Britain are 11 hours behind New Zealand .summer time, at present in force. Defect in Water Supply.

Decause of an electrical defect Durie Hill residents were without water for a period yesterday. The detect occurred in the pump which forces the water up the hill, and as a result the high pressure tower on Bastia Hill became empty. Take Your Choice.

Two slogans in a consignment of kumaras from Niue Island caused a New Plymouth importer saint amusement. Stencilled boldly on one side was: “Niue Kumaras Best in the World.” On the other side was printed: “Modesty is the best policy."

Examined by Medical Board. Twelve members of the Wanganui Homo Guard Battalion, mostly in the reserve of officers of the Territorial forces, were examined by a medical board at the Drill Hall. Wanganui today. They were selected as permanent instructors and adjutant quartermasters before the recent Gazette notice placing the Home Guard under Army control.

Whaling Record. The lally for the Fcrano whaling party for the first two months of the present season is 67 whales, no fewer than 47 having been accounted for in July, constituting a record for any one month. The weather up to the past, week has been altogether favourable, and the whalers, who operate in Tory Channel, have experienced a particularly busy time. Trip Abandoned.

Because of an outbreak of mumps and measles in- Marlborough the New Zealand women's hockey tournament, which was to have been held in Blenheim al the end of August, has been abandoned, according to advice received in Wanganui yesterday by the manager of the Wanganui representative team, Mrs. M. Simpson. Military Conference To-night. Lieutenant-Colonel J. McK. Gordon, M.M., who was recently appointed tc command the First Battalion, Wei lington West Coast Regiment in succession to Lieutenant-Colonel D. A. C. Lilburne, E.D., took over his duties on August 1. To-night he will meet ail officers in the active strength of the regiment at a conference m Wanganui.

Equal to Occasion. Further instance of the way that England is standing up to tne Hua attacks is contained in a letter IToni an Englishman to an Auckland friunu. He relates how, alter an exceptionally heavy “blitz’’ all the windows of the city's largest hotel were shattered. The proprietor, however, was equal to the occasion and placed a placard on his front door, which read: “Dii.ug t. Yes! Windy? No!’’ A Mountain of Bottles. Bottle-collecting to win the war has become almost a fairy sffiry. iiio mountain of bottles of ail shapes and sizes which has almost Leac.icd the top of the gasometer in the Wellington Gas Company's yards in xaianaki Street, is an amazing sight. It is certainly the largest cuiiecuon of bottics seen at one time in Wellington. Together with the collection of bottles piled up in the yard of Si. James' Theatre in Courtenay Place, the final realisation should make a handsome contribution to the patriotic funds. i News of Silk Stockings. j Another instance of the rapid manner in which news of silk stocking 'supplies spreads about the is quoted by an Auckland business man. I Alter a lot of whispering, he noticed Ise; era! of his women employees leave ids premises, and, wondering what was afoot, he decided to follow them. All went into a nearby stere where a small consignment of stockings had just been placed on sale. Appreciating < lie position, the business man joineci his staff at the counter and secured a pair for his wife, ooserving at the same time that three other men were making similar purchases. Three Generations Three generations were represented in Mr. H. J. Trussell’s orchestra, augmented to 50 players, which performed at the Home Guard concert in Wanganui on Sunday night. Mr. Trussell conducted the orchestra and his father, Mr. J. Trussell, played the cornet. Two of Mr. H. J. Trussell’s sons. W. C. Trussell (accompanist) and Barry Trussell (xylophonist), also took part. The orchestra was Iho largest combination of its kind heard in Wanganui for a number of years and was well received. Mr. H. J. Trussell, incidentally. was a member of the Tui Entertainers, who performed for the jl.st. N.Z.E.F. in France during the Great War.

(’heap Whisky. In these days of shortage and high prices in potable spirits, the story that a Christchurch publican has been selling whisky costing him Ils 8d a bottle at the rate of 10s a bottle sounds as if the author was Lewis Carroll, but it is true, nevertheless. It was not conscious philanthropy on the publican’s part, but an error of his barman. When the latter discovered one of the “bowsers”—-the automa’ic spirit measures— leaking, he just put in a new washer on top of| the old. instead of removing the I latter. Eventually there were in one' “bowser” four superimposed washers, | just about doubling the capacity cY the measure, and, in another, three.! They were only discovered during an overhaul of the “bowsers.” *