SANDY’S CORNER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 278, 24 November 1945, Page 4

SANDY’S CORNER

The rose of England versus the fern of New Zealand. We Rugby footballers wonder whether roses will smell as sweet, as they ought to after we’ve heard the score from Twickenham to-morrow morning. BOWLING GREEN QUIP Overhead yesterday on the Wanganui bowling green: Skip A (in pair, game): Is that bowl jack high, .or jack low? Skip B: It’s Jack Johnston's. "WOULDN’T IT ROCK YOU?” We can imagine the feelings of th* "browned-off" New Zealand servicemen in the Middle East on being told that they must continue to wait for ships to bring them home. We sympathise a great deal more when w* read that men walked off the Orion In England because they didn't like the accommodation. SOVIET ENVOY ARRIVES We notice that an envoy of the Soviet has arrived in New Zealand. We wonder did he bring his furniture with him, or will we be able to rig him up O.K. in that line? We also wonder whether he will be auie to reconcile himself to the price of eggs in this fair community, or whether he will consider he is getting a very poor variety for the money he has to pay for them compared with our Mr. Boswell in Moscow.

AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTS Australian shori-wave radio stations have been reminded that one of the lour things that come not back is the spoken word. They a: e not allowed now to broadcast s.atemcnts offensive to other nations. Their prize mistake in this regard was a broadcast about Indonesia, centred on that unhappy li.tle land that is so endowed with the world's riches— Java. It was natural that Australian comment would be offensive to the United Slates, but particularly to Britain, because there had already been many intemperate actions taken over Java, many of which, in the light of more recent happenings, look a bit sick. But the great point at issue here is not so much whether Australia was right or wrong in her criticism, as a reminder that th* world to-day is a very .-mall place, The spoken word can be heard right round the globe and he who speaks must be careful!

QUEENSBERRY RULES Clement Attlee has told the world that there are no “Quecnsberry rules in this warring world." We agree with him and then wonder just what Quecnsberry rules arc. pugilism in England in the 18th. century developed into prize-lighting which was governed by the rules of the prizering issued in 1743 bv Broughton, tn* first recognised champion in England. The rules held good for nearly a century, but were revised after 1838. On* of the last prize-tights took place In 1860, but boxing took its place the bare fists being replaced bv the padded glove. These lights came to be conducted under the Quecnsberry rules, so called from the marquis of that name who first drew them up in 1890. These included manv of the rules introduced by Broughton, prohibiting foul blows, striking a man when he was down and hitting below the belt.