BREEZES

Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 October 1933, Page 4

BREEZES

Realisation! Solicitor: “When I was a bOy my greatest ambition was to become a pirate. ’ ’ Client: “You’re in luck. It isn’t every man who can realise the dreams of his youth.” * * * * What He Was! Fond Mother: “My son,Jack is playing football to-day.” Friend: “How nice!. In what position does he play?” “Well, I’m not sure, but I think he’s one of the drawbacks. ’ ’ * * * * Seasoned Campaigning. A newly-appointed officer gave a dinner to his company. Addressing the men, he said, jovially: “Now, fall upon the food without pity; treat it as if it were the enemy.” At the end of the dinner he observed a sergeant sneaking away with two bottles of wine. ‘ ‘ What are you doing ? ” he asked. ‘ ‘ Obeying orders, sir, ’ ’ was the reply. “When you don’t kill the enemy, sir, you take them prisoners. ’ ’ * * * * Girl Works as Sheep Expert. Something new in professions for women has been evolved by Miss Winifred Ferguson, a young woman who finds an outlet for her love of the outdoor life by combining the jobs of slieepfarlner, shepherdess and office worker on the lonely farm of her father at Corb, a few miles from London, at the foot of the Grampians. You might consult her on a thousand matters affecting sheep, and to each question receive a ready and an authoritative reply. She superintends the work of the shepherds who tend the 420 pedigree sheep that she controls. She has been largely responsible for building up the pedigree stock on her father’s farm. I/i addition, she is an expert judge, and in her “spare time” has acted in that capacity at four shows this season. * * * * Links with Lord Byron. In her own right, Lady Wentworth holds a peerage once held by her ancestress, the unhappy wife and widow of Byron. Owing to heavy taxation she has announced that she will have to part with her Crabbet Park stud of Arab horses, the only purebred animals of their kind in the world. Negotiations for its purchase have hung fire, but it was lately stated that it was likely to be acquired by an American syndicate. Lady Wentworth, who succeeded her mother as the 16th holder of the barony, is the only daughter of the late Mr Wilfred Blunt. She married the Hon. Neville Lytton, the soldier artist, and brother of the Earl of Lytton. She divorced him ten years ago. The elder daughter of Lady Wentworth, the Hon. Anne Lytton, was chosen as the ‘ ‘ adopts ed daughter of Athens/’ in commemoration of the Byron centenary, in 1924. * * * * Home-made ’ Plane. Two years of painstaking work, every minute detail of construction carried out faultlessly, and all the hundred and one intricate" parts designed and made with his own hands —that is the achievement of Mr Alex. R. G. Radford, of Warne Street, Palmerston North, who is building his own aeroplane, a machine that will carry with it the distinction of being the first amateur machine of its kind to be built entirely in New Zealand. Mr Radford’s ambition has been to make everything himself, and although he has had no previous experience of aircraft work, his engineering ability has enabled him to construct a machine that is a credit to his skill. The machine is a biplane with a wing span of 20 feet and an overall length of' 16 feet. It is being fitted with a 35-40 h.p. three-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, made by Mr Radford himself. The motor functions , perfectly, and the inventor even made his own wooden patterns and core boxes for the casting of the various parts, while lie has also turned eevry nut and bolt and even the split-pins, The aeroplane is to be tested by Major Coyper at Milson Aerodrome when finished. Major Cowper pays tribute to the splendid craftsmanship shown by the amateur builder.