LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 273, 28 August 1948, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Automatic Telephone Exchange Notice of intention to take land in Ashburton for an automatic telephoneexchange is contained in the “Gazette.”

September Petrol Coupons petrol coupons Nos. 7, 8 and 9 will be available in September at full face value. In addition, coupons Nos. 4 and 5 at full face value and No, 6 at halfface value will be available in September if not used in August. Thanks from Hamilton In reply to a message of sympathy from the public of Ashburton yesterday, the Mayor (Mr E. C. Bathurst), to-day received the following telegram from the Mayor of Hamilton: “Greatly appreciate your message. Everything is under control.”

Big Shipment of Meat About 500,000 carcases of frozen meat were loaded into the s.s. Tekoa at Timaru this month, the chairman (Mi- K. S. Goodman) told the Timaru Harbour Board yesterday. While this figure did not constitute a record it was an exceptionally large shipment, lie said. The vessel had taken on a full load at Timaru for London.

Boys’ Weights Increase Four Ashburton boys who returned recently from the Glenelg health camp showed a marked increace in weight, it was reported at a meeting of the Ashburton Health Camp Cimmittee yesterday. The weight of one boy increased by 931bs, another’s by Gibs and the others’ by sUbs and 41bs. All improved in health. This was the greatest increase in weight of any Ashburton group that has been to the camp.

Compassionate Leave “That consideration be given to the granting of some form of compassionate leave to a married officer for serious illness requiring bis presence at home, such leave to be substantiated by a doctor’s certificate and not to exeede five consecutive working days at any one time,” was the text of a motion passed at the annual conference yesterday of the New -Zealand Public Service Association, at Wellington. /

Australian Money in N.Z. Banks throughout New Zealand are now 1 faced with the very arduous task of sorting out, from their silver and notes, all Australian currency, which has lost substantially in face value as the result of the return to sterling parity. The new value for Australian money in New Zealand, given in parenthesis, is as follows: 3d (same), 6d (sd), Is (9d), 2s ( Is 7d), 5s (3s lid), 10s (7s lOd), £l' (15s 9d).

Land Settlement

Farm labouring cannot be offered young men as a career, said the Dominion Organising Secretary of Young Farmers’ Clubs (Mr S. Freeman) at Ashburton yesterday, commenting on the drift of labour from the farms to the city, As part of the Young Farmers’ Club land settlemt scheme, a questionary would be sent to members throughout the Dominion to find out the land settlement requirements of Young Farmers’ Clubs. The ocheme envisaged the granting of loans and other assistance by the Government at the cessation of the rehabilitation reUef, said Mr Freeman.

Use of Broadcasting Service Notice to ask the Minister in charge of Broadcasting (the Hon. F. Jonesj whether the uee of the broadcastingservice would be l made available to all unions and organisations in a driA r e for membership, Avas given in the House of Representatives to-day by Mr T. E. Skinner (Government, Tamaki). Mr Skinner added in a note that Mr T. C Brash, formerly chief executive officer of Federated Farmers; Avas granted that facility by using Station 2YA on June 26 to make a vigorous appeal to farmers to enrol in Federated Farmers.

Y.F.C. Memorial Scheme Almost £12,000 of the £20,000 required for the Young Farmers’ Club memorial scheme in connection with Lincoln and Massey agricultural colleges had so far been raised, said the Dominion Organising Secretary of Young Farmers’ Clubs (Mr S. Freeman) at Ashburton yesterday. The sicheme aimed at promoting short courses at both college*. The scheme was instituted as a memorial to those members of Young Farmers’ Clubs, numbering almost 500, who were killed during the wav. With accommodation for GO men for three-week courses at both colleges, it would be possible for more than 1000 men to take adA r antage of the course each year, he said.

The Tobacconist Also Gets Paid “Don’t blame me if your tobacco price is too high,” says a table slioaving the price of a two-ounce packet of South African tobacco displayed in an Invercargill tobacconist’s window. He shows the number of “in-betAveen people” Avho have to receive something out- of the total price of 3s 8d for the packet of tobacco and the different duties that have to be paid. The duty on a tAVO-ounce packet of South African tobacco amounts to Is lOd, the sales tax to fivepence and and there is a balance left of Is sd. From that Is 5d the following have to be paid:—Grower, manufacturer, carton supplier, shipping company, insurance company, banker, carrier, importer, merchant, bond charges and th§ tobacconist. -