OUT AND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14481, 29 September 1947, Page 2

OUT AND ABOUT

Vacation For Nurses Plans to ensure that English nurses at Sunnyside Mental Hospital enjoy a real holiday when their leave falls due are being made by the women’s organisation of the Canterbury Division of the New Zealand National Party. Steps have been taken to arrange that the nurses get out into the country and meet as many people as possible. Air Defence Needed “Under prevailing world conditions it appears that any further delay in providing an adequate air defence organisation will be prejudicial to our security,” says a statement issued by the Air Force Association. “If we can survive the next five years without war, we believe the possibility of lasting peace may be infinitely greater at the end of that period than it is today,” the statement added. Lemons from Australia A small consignment of Australian lemons has been released on the Wellington market following the recent announcement that, the ban on the importation of citrus fruit from the coastal area of New South Wales had been lifted. The ban was imposed because fruit fly was active in that area. The lemons are fairly thick-skinned for Australian fruit, and are ngt in the best of condition. In some cases they had to be picked over, raid losses were from 10 to 15 per cent. Dominion Football Boots

South African Rugby players apparently have become aware of the high quality of New Zealand-made football boots, for a Christchurch manufacturer has received a request from a Cape Town firm of sports dealers for a sample pair of boots. The firm says in its letter that * it hopes to bo able to send an order for boots. It is possible that the Christchurch manufacturers may not be able to supply the order because of the shortage of football boots in the Dominion.

Desecration of Graves

The queer mentality of persons who steal flowers and bulbs from graves at the Karori Cemetery has been stressed by a Wellington resident who was upset over the desecration of a grave on which he had spent much time and money. A certain amount of such desecration has been experienced at Karori for years, but there are obvious difficulties in preventing it. With thousands of people regularly visiting the cemetery, it is considered impossible to know just who has the right to be at a graveside. Wrong Introduction! A mistake by the Mayor (Mr L. R, Wilkinson) in introducing Mr H. E. Blyde as a vice-president of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, caused amusement at the mass meeting of town and country residents in Tauranga on Friday to discuss the question of aid for Britain. “These slips do occur,” smilingly remarked the Mayor, who explained that Mr Blyde was really vice-president of Federated Farmers of New Zealand. Mr Wilkinson added that Mr Blyde might be vicepresident of the Federation of Labour in the future.