OUT AND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 14430, 31 July 1947, Page 2

OUT AND ABOUT

Tauranga Company Registered A private company at Tauranga, known as Hillsdene Motors Ltd., with a capital of £6OOO in £1 shares, has been registered at Auckland. The subscribers are J. Fortune £5975 and E. Fortune £25. Flying-Boat Base Criticism of the Government for not reaching a decision on the proposal to establish a flying-boat base at Evans Bay was made by'speakers at the monthly meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board. University Rugby Team Th,e two Tauranga members of the Auckland University team to play the Tauranga senior Rugby representatives on Saturday will fill halfback and first five-eighth position. They are D. Cooney, who will be at the base of the scrum, and G. Wilkinson. • Wanted, a New Cow “The ideal cow does not seem to exist,” said the president of the Town Milk Producers’ Federation of New Zealand at the annual conference in Wellington. “The Friesian gives a large volume but too low a test. Other breeds giving higher tests do not give anything like the volume.” Six Ducks—Two Eggs The Thames Railway Station has a problem on its hands that may call for legal advice. A cargo of six ducks was despatched recently from a station in another district to a resident on the Thames Coast. When the ducks left their home station they were alone in the box. When they arrived at Thames there were six ducks and two duck eggs in the box. The railways’ problem is—who owns the eggs—the consignee, the consignor, or the railways? Noxious Weeds The New Zealand Counties’ Association, at its annual conference, endorsed an opinion that variegated thistle should be added to the list of noxious weeds in the first schedule of the Noxious Weeds Act. It was explained to the conference that the thistle was included in the second schedule, and might be classified, by special order, as a noxious weed in any area, by the local authority controlling the area. Varieties Of Deer /■ The number of different varieties of deer that were to be found in New Zealand was not generally realised, said Mr Harold Thomas, past district governor, in an address to the Hamilton Rotary Club. Mr Thomas said he had shot at least five different types of deer in New Zealand and there were even more. Deer stalking ,in the Dominion was unsurpassed anywhere else in the world, added Mr Thomas. f Wellington Shipping Shipping and cargo statistics for the Port of Wellington for the nine months ended June, compared with the same period of the previous year, show a decrease in shipping arrivals and an increase _ in cargo handled. The manifest tonnage of cargo was 1,491,803 tons, an increase of 22,737 tons. Imports of British and foreign cargo increased by 21,661 tons; exports to those countries decreased by 31,149 tons. “Get On With It” Writing to friends in Wellington, a resident of England says that the only word to describe the recent Wanganella situation is “fantastic.” “There has been some pretty straight talking to the miners here recently and it is proposed to prosecute unofficial strikers in future. The powers that be say, in effect, ‘You have been agitating for nationalisation for years, we’ve given it to you. What profit is made out of the mines, if any, does not go now to benefit some mine-owner. Very well, then, get on with it,’ ” the writer concludes.