SANDY'S CORNER

Wanganui Chronicle, 30 September 1947, Page 4

SANDY'S CORNER

TOO MODERN. .Little Willie: I'm not going back to school. Mum. I hate that teacher. Mum: But you should not do that, Willie. The Bible tells us to love people, even those we don’t like. Willie: But Miss Jones wasn’t born when the Bible was written. TO CORRESPONDENTS. To "Optimist'': At the last general election the figures were:— J. O'Brien (Labour) 8323 C. Chivers (National) 4034 Majority for O'Brien 4287 To "Wangaehu": Yes, the Joint Organisation can buy in wool and offer it again on the open market. Profit on such transaction goes to the J. O. and helps swell the reserves of that body against a rainy- day. A further point is that the .1.0. regulates the supply of held wool on to the market. Large quantities of held wool, if in the hands of private individuals, might result in the market being flooded too suddenly with perhaps disastrous results to prices. Your broker can give you the full details of how the scheme works.—“S." To “Student": King Carol abdicated from Rumania <n 1925 in favour of his son Michael, but resumed the i .irone In 193 u, remained King until 194 i). then abdicated for goad. Rumania declared war on Russia, Britain and the United States tn 194 J, accepted peace terms at their dictation in 19-15. ano then turned round and declared war on Germany and Hungary, it was a case of being on the winning side quickly, and, so far as Rumania is concerned, "win” in this case is spelt "Soviet." —