SANDY'S CORNER

Wanganui Chronicle, 28 December 1949, Page 4

SANDY'S CORNER

IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT DAY. “Sandys” were in the money yester-day-two of them Captain Sandy and Dundee Sandy, led the way home in the Auckland Trotting CUp. And somewhere about the same time, much to the delight, of Wanda Wangaehu, the Maid of Sulphur River, Paddy Joe was racing home at Manawatu and rewarding his backers fairly substantially. It must have been a great day for both the Scots and the Irish’ It will be England’s turn next, mayb© Quick March the Auckland Summer Cup. DISOOXTRY! Prof. Einstein has discovered something more about gravitation—something some chap named Newton found out about when he saw an apple fall (or are we wrong in that?). What we want to know is: Will Prof. Einstein’s new theory help us with our harbour, our rates, our taxes, our mode of living Will we, for instance, be better off, if we know for certain that we can stop what goes up from coming down, and that if the moon was slightly off her present course, we might, all ot us float off the earth? Would we be able to live happier lives if somebody could so control the moon that the tides and the sand wouldn't play havoc with our river mouth? Would we be happier if we simply sat at home and pressed switches to inflict our will upon the universe, to propagate our species, to mako this world do our kidding, even to the exlent of making the earth stop in its tracks and turn the other way? We have great admiration for science, but, somehow, wg have a feeling that there is just so much the earth will stand—beyond that, well even If you’ve got. a harbour that causes nobody any worry, you are liable to go up in smoke anytime