HERE AND THERE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1398, 8 February 1917, Page 5

HERE AND THERE.

“When peace arrives,” sa.d Sir D. Burnett at a recent meeting of tne Crystal Palace Trustees, in Lonaoa ‘ I hope that the Crystal Palace wal be the scene of a great rejoic.ng eclipsing anything that has taken place there.”

Mr. C. A. Jeffery, private secretary to the Hon. Arthur Myers (Minister for Customs and Munitions;, who nn til recently has been unable to pass the medical test has now been passed as fit for active service, and goes camp w.th the 27th Reinforcements on March 5.

Mr. T. E. Sinel, a well-known figure in Auckland shipping circles, has s.x sons at the front, and a seventh, who was anxious to join his brothers, volunteered but failed to qualify. Two of the six are returning to the rront for a second time..

Visiting anglers from Dunedin, Timaru, Christchurch, and Auckland, in addition to local enthusiasts, were present in force at the Waitaki mouth during the hoi.days (says the Nor..h Otago Times). The river was very clear, which made fishing a l.ttle more difficult. Notwithstanding this some really good catches were reported. The heaviest fish taken was 151 b. Many were obtained from 101 b to 121 b,

Some good stories of the quarter deck and lowerdeck are told in a Grand Fleet chaplain’s notebook, just published. Here is one: “One of our destroyers was in action, and in the course of the fight was struck by a shell which penetrated into one of her bunkers and there ■ exploded, fragments of the bulkhead and a litter of coal came flying out into the stokehold and shot out with them in a cloud of black dust came also a stoker, who had at the time been trimming coal inside. He picked himself up slowly, gave himself a shake, and then, turning to the chief stoker, said: ‘I don’t see that I’m doing much good in there* the bloomin’ coal’s trimmin’ itself!’ ’