SANDY’S CORNER

Wanganui Chronicle, 1 November 1946, Page 4

SANDY’S CORNER

JVST A COLLOQI ALISM A Wanganui photographer was taking a photograph of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the New Zealand, and the General Assembly was busy, very busy. Time was precious and the photographer had to be expeditious. Like everything else about Wanganui, he was. "That was splendid," he said as he "clicked" the first. "And now we’ve just time for two quick ones." Why, we ask, did that, august Assembly laugh wholeheartedly? GREAT 'BELLAMY'S TEST.” Special, from the Spriggens Park Urchin”: Dannevlrke, last night: The Danevirke match was a solid rather than a brilliant affair. K. J. Holyoake put his head well down into the scrum and pushed. He made the play for "Family Ute’s" wing, and that playershowed his paces when he scoied throe tries. He was opposed consistently by "Wages Tax" and one of the greatest three-quarter duels ever seen was waged. It was dour, as a matter of fact, but "Family Lite" had it on his opponent. Sitting next to me at this meeting was a dark damsel who kept counting out aloud: "One, stop two." "one stop, two!" Then, when "Family Lite" went over for his first try, she let out a "whoop" and yelled: "Fall out one." ‘Fall out one.” Nobody seemed to take any notice. It seemed as though she was something ot a ehieftainess repeating words of rutual. I became curious and asked the sergeant ot police. Sergeants of police Know most things. "That's Delma Dannevirke,” he said "and she's keeping up the old traditions. They had the Central District School ot Instruction here in the old days, and those were passwords. it seems, along the streets." I went a bit further and found out that in this very town where K. J. played his great game in the pack, and made such good openings for "Family Life" there was indeed a great military school, where budding n.c.o.’s and officers were taught how to use a rifle I lie usual way and how to use it in any unusual set of circumstances—using it to bash people! It was a hard school, and so cold in winter that it* students dressed and put their overcoats on before they went to bed. What a contrast now, but apparently Dannevirke hasn’t forgotten when tier streets were populated with young figures in uniform, and the gA'ls, such as Delma, said "Fall Out One" to some purpose. Please send another fiver. Taking Delma to a ball at "Waipuk" to-morrow night.