SANDY’S CORNER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 225, 22 September 1945, Page 4

SANDY’S CORNER

MATERNITY HOMES. Dear “Sandy,”—lf it costs £50,000 for Marton's 14-bed hospital, how much will it cost for Wanganui’s 40bed maternity hospital? And do tell us also what we will pay z or Cairnbrae under this new Act.—Ratepayer. £140,000 for Wanganui, at £3500 a bed. Find out how many beds there are at Cairnbrae and work that one out yourself. Then look cheerful. What were ratepayers born for. except to pay? That is their privilege.—“S.” WARTIME CONTROLS. At least one of the many wartime regulations seems to be finding favour —the taking of stock returns for the purpose of compiling rates for rabbit boards. Instead of taking them every year, they were taken once every three years during the war. Judging by the views of the Wanganui Rabbit Board the wartime term of three years ought to be retained. So (here is some good in wartime restriction after all. As a matter of fact somebody once said there was good In the worst and bad in the best. He came from Scotland, a land of beauty and ruggedness. THOSE W ARS. Discussion on tue U.S.A, bowling green just goes lo show now careful \ou must be about which war you are talking about, if you say “the last war,’ presumably jou refer to 191418, but in actual fact the last war was fought in 1939-45. I'here is no war now', so tile one last fought was the last one. So get down to earth and talk about “World War One” and “World War Two.” South Afr.ca, Crimea, the Maori War, Waterloo, and any others you like to name, have their own individual distinction, just the same as “Gallipoli,” “Somne,” “Passchendale,” ‘Messines,” “El Alamein,” “Cdss.no,’ ‘Arnhem,” “the Rhine.” But “the last War’’ and “the present war” are vague and misleading. MILITANT MOTORISTS According to reports from the south, the South island Motor Union is to become militant. We arc wondering how they are going to do that. They could, of course, refuse to drive their ca:s, and thus cut down revenue from file tax on petrol, registrations etc. it would be a novel sort of strike*t “we won’t drive” strike. You would hardly call it a sit-down, s'ay-in, lockout, or look-out strike. A good name would be, back-10-the-hoi’e strike by New Zealand motorists, or back to “Shanks’ Pony.” Think what would happen to race meeting turn-overs then, and what would die traffic department do, :|id the licensing authorities and all the rest? A motoring st: ike could, indeed, be far-reach-ing.