Redactor-Arthur Hastings

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**Mrs. E. W. Bower Wins Garden Prize**

August 9, 1945

Mrs. Ernest Bower of Cumberland
Crescent was awarded the 1945
Garden Prize for her themed flower
garden, "Friendship." Mrs. Bower's
design mixes swirls of red, white
and blue flowers, representing the
Union Jack, and red, white and
black flowers, representing the
German Imperial Flag. "I wanted to
show the friendship between our
two peoples," said Mrs. Bowers, accepting
her award. "Of course no
flower is perfectly black, but black
dahlias come quite close, and I
found hollyhocks and pansies
that are such a deep purple
they're almost black. Colonel
von Stauffenberg himself helped
me get the seeds."

Second Prize went to Jane
Morris of Warminster Road, for
her themed garden, "White
Christmas," with flowers of
white, red and green. Third
Prize went to Beatrice Smythe of
Ferry Lane, for her garden,
"And Did Those Feet in Ancient
Time."

In the vegetable department,
first prize for a Victory Garden
went to (continued on page 5)

**No Swimming in the River**

July 12, 1959

There is no truth of the rumour
that toxic chemicals in the river
are behind our Minister of
Health's recent ban on swimming
or fishing in the Avon.

Minister Joseph Lister explains
that the rumours of a chemical
spill at the Bristol Alkali plant
on Eel Pie Holm are unfounded.
The pharmaceutical plant has a
perfect safety record and all its
equipment is modern and recently
inspected. Nor is it true that
...
as some excitable citizens would
have it.

Nonetheless, Minister Lister requests
that citizens refrain from
using the river's waters until
(Continued on page 5)

**Hastings Brothers Win Scrap Gathering Prize**

June 4, 1947

   Percival and Arthur Hastings were the surprise
winners of the scrap drive. Arthur told
the judges that his brother has a photographic
memory. "Percy knew exactly where all the old
cars and prams and things were in the Garden
District." Percival himself rarely speaks to
strangers, apparently.

   The scrap will be melted down to be used to
support the war effort against the Soviet
Union, which is by all reports going splendidly.

   The brothers brought in a record 1654
pounds of scrap steel, winning them a £50 Victory
Against Communism Bond. The second
prize went to Allen Unwin, who brought in 315
pounds.

**Gen. Byng Clarifies Registration Procedure**

May 7th 1947

Gen. Robert Byng, the municipal
liaison to the Occupation
Authority, appeared on Parade
Street late last night to speak to
a crowd of citizens urgently requesting
clarification of the new
child registration rule. As most
Wellingtonians know by now, all
children who will be under the
age of 13 by July 22 must be registered
with the Authority. General
Byng clarified that the
deadline for registration is next
Thursday. He refused to speculate
on the rationale for the registration
regulation.

"I cannot illuminate the regulation
any further because Col. von
Stauffenberg has not informed me
of its purpose," stated the General.
"I imagine and hope that it has
something to do with maintaining
nutrition for our growing children
in this time of scarcity, but the
O.A. have not told me so explicitly."
He reminded the crowd that
the Occupation has so far been extraordinarily
orderly and peaceful,
and that citizens' continued obedience
to legal orders of the O.A. is
crucial to maintaining goodwill
with our visiting (continued on page 15)

**Drug Trials A Qualified Success, Says Sir Robert**

3 March 1952

The first round of trials of a new
anti-melancholic medication have
been a qualified success, stated Dr.
Alexander Gross, acting head of
the Melancholia Studies laboratory
at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
"The drug reduced melancholic
feelings in twenty-eight out of
thirty despondent rats over a twenty-day
period."

Despondency can be induced in
rats by repeatedly giving them
electrical shocks. Despondent rats
take up to twice as long to navigate
a maze. "After administration of
the drug, previously despondent
rats regained up to 50% of their
navigation speed before shocks," stated Dr.
Gross.

The drug now has to be tested in
human volunteers. Citizens who
wish to apply as a potential volunteer
(there is already a waiting list)
can do so at the Royal Victoria.
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