General News

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25250, 31 July 1947, Page 6

General News

Wrestler’s Medical Certificate No permit for the supply of cream was issued without the production of a medical certificate prescribing the quantity to be supplied, said the Minister of Supply (Mr A. H. Nordmeyer), replying in the House of Representatives yesterday to a question by Mr A. S. Sutherland (Opposition, Hauraki). Mr Nordmeyer said the requirements were complied with- in the case of the cream issue to a Canadian wrestler at present in New Zealand. —(P.A.) Rapid Trans-Pacific Travel Taking advantage of the regular air sei-vices, Mr and Mrs H. W. Kochs, of Chicago, will complete a journey across the Pacific to Australia, including visits to the North and South Islands of New Zealand, in eight days. They left San Francisco by the Pan American clipper Cathay at 11.30 p.m. on July 25) and arrived at Auckland on Tuesday afternoon, after a delay of 24. hours between Canton Island and Fiji because of a heavy storm. t They spent last night in Christchurch, and will leave by air to-day for Wellington. They expect to arrive in Sydney on Saturday. • Fleet Air Arm Training

A suggestion that the Minister of Defence (Mr F. Jones) make representations to the Australian Government to allow New Zealanders to be trained in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Australian Navy under similar conditions to those New Zealand cadets now enjoy for entry to Duntroon Military College, was made by Mr P, G, Connolly (Government, Dunedin Central) in a notice of question in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr Connolly said the strength of the Royal Australian Navy would be increased next year by the addition of two aircraft carriers.—(P.A.) Price of Condensed Milk An increase of id a tin in the retail price of the two brands of sweetened condensed milk now on sale in New Zealand is made in a price order issued this week in a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. The price of 14oz tins ip now lid. In areas where there is no free delivery to retailers the price is Hid. Prices for unsweetened condensed milk in lloz tins remain unchanged. being 7id for one brand and 3d for the other, with an increase of id in areas where there is no -free delivery. * Government’s American Cars At a time when the supply of new cars was very short, an American company had offered New Zealand some cars with right-hand drives which had been ordered and built for another country, said the Mmlster of Customs (Mr W. Nash) replying in the House of Representatives yesterday to * question by Mr J. T, Watts (Opposition. St. Albans) about the purchase of American cars for Ministerial and Government use. The price of the cars was reasonable. Mr Nash said, and they were purchased in a completely knocked-down condition. English vehicles of the type required were not available at the time. At present 455 of the cars operated by Government departments were more than 10 years old, so that replacement was a matter of some urgency Irom the viewpoint of safety.—(P. A.) Child Mauled by Dog A small child, Lynette Reid, daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Reid, Otane, lost an eye and had her face badly injured when she was mauled by a stray dog. She was admitted to the Waipukurau Hospital. Fair Deal For All Much could be learned from the trade guilds of the past, said the act-ing-president (Mr H. E. Blyde) in his address to the annual New Zealand «r n A^ rei ? ce of Federated Farmers in Wellington yesterday. They insisted on lairness for their members but required that their members should give the rest of a community a fair deal. The Federated Farmers could do a great service to New Zealand if it moulded its activities and doctrines on the policy of those old guUds. —(P.S.S.) Deer Jumps In Front of Car When a deer jumped out in front of a sedan car, the property of the Labour and Employment Department, near Kerr’s crossing (Granity) this week, the front of the vehicle was damaged and the deer was killed almost instantly. The car was driven by Mr George Spencer, and Mr A. D Spencer (physical instructor for the West Coast) was a passenger. Quality of N.Z. Maps "I hope that the Lands and Survey Department will not lie down on the job of completing the mile-to-the-inch survey of New Zealand, because it is the best thing for the Dominion’s geography that has ever been done in the country,’’ said Dr. G. Jobberns, professor of geography at Canterbury University College, yesterday. He added that the New Zealand-made maps compared very favouraolv in quality with the best of a big set of British Army maps which his department had just received from England. Nitrate of Ammonia Shipments Only very small quantities of nitrate of ammonia were imported for use in New Zealand, said officials of a shipping company yesterday. At regular intervals one of the company’s vessels loaded at Adelaide several bags of the nitrate, which was unloaded at the main ports of New Zealand, and at no time was this nitrate loaded loose in the holds. Local wholesale druggists said that only small supplies of nitrate of ammonia crystals came into their warehouse, usually in jars. It was used for chemical purposes and as a chemical reagent. The main use for nitrate of ammonia in New Zealand was for incorporation in refrigerating plants, according to a Christchurch manufacturer.

Admirer of Mr Attlee “I am not a member of the Labour Party, but perhaps I should be,” said Mr H. F. Carpenter, president of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, when speaking on Britain and her post-war trade last evening. “I used to work for Mr Attlee years ago and am a tremendous admirer of him. I feel very sorry for him at times, when he has to face these apparently insoluble problems.” Ice on Lyttelton Roads \ Ice on roads in the shaded parts of i Lyttelton has made the surface dangerous for traffic in the last few morn ings. A light car driven by the Lyttelton Plunket (Miss E , Goode) skidded and overturned on the I Lyttelton-Sumner highway'near Bat- i tery Point yesterday. The car was damaged, but Miss Goode was not injured. Another slippery sectipri of road is in Simeon quay near the cenotaph. Destruction of Wallabies The Government wallaby cullers in the Hunters Hills were making good progress in spite of unfavourable ; weather, reported the pastoral liaison I officer to the South Canterbury Catchment Board (Mr C. J. Kerr) at a meeting of the board at Timaru yesterday. I Early tn this month, he said, more ’ than 2000 wallabies had been ' accounted for. It was hoped that j when the Government cullers were ' finished, runholders would continue to I keep this pest in check. “Opossums are numerous in the bush-clad areas, and are doing a lot of damage* to i young , trees. The skins are not i readily saleable at present, and, as no 1 subsidy is yet available, this pest may increase. It may be possible for the Wild Life Control branch of the Department of Internal Affairs to extend its work to opossums,” Mr Kerr added.

Family Emigrates to N.Z. Fellow-passengers with Mr and Mrs H. W. Kochs, of Chicago, who arrived in Christchurch yesterday, on the Pan American clipper Cathay, from San Francisco to Auckland, were 14 mem- , bers of a Scottish family party who 1 have emigrated to New Zealand. Included in the party were Mrs Christine McKenzie, aged 88, and Mrs Helen Stoddart,- aged 84. The youngest member was a child of eight years. Mr Kochs told a reporter of “The Press” last evening that of the 25 through passengers carried by the ' clipper, a total of 16' were permanent immigrants to New Zealand. In addition a young Texas couple who had bought a farm in New Zealand embarked on the clipper, together with their baby, at Honolulu. i