NEWS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 4, 30 September 1943, Page 6

NEWS IN BRIEF

Egg Within An Egg

A freak egg of a rare kind was brought into “The Dominion” office yesterday by Air. J. Louric. Johnsonville. He keeps a lew fowls and this week found that a votin'’ leghorn had laid an outsize egg wei-hing 51 ounces. Thinking to keep R as a curiosity he began to blow" the contents, only to discover a greater curiosity inside. This was a 2 ounce egg complete with a perfect shell an e oo within an egg.

Sausages In Britain. New regulations governing the content of sausages in Britain which came into force at the end of July fix the content of meat at 371 per cent with winch < 2 per cent of soya bean product has to be incorporated. A “filler” of rusk or bread, and moisture, completes the sausage.

Christinas Parcels. Christmas parcel postings in Auckland for the forces overseas are already heavier than last venr, and it is expected that there will be a further large volume'when the special concession rates for the Pacific area apply between mid-October and midNovember. The . September .postings are mainly for Britain. P.A.

Liberty Loan Badge. . . T ., Subscribers to Australia s louith Liberty Loam of £125,000,000, which wil officially open on Tuesday, will ’ssued with a lapel badge. It has an au force blue background against winch is shown a loan symbol, combining m red the hguie 4 with the letter “L.’’ The badge bears the inscription “Subscribe!” Liberty Loan.”

Dogs Kill Hens. . f Forty-nine liens out of a total flock ot 54 were killed by dogs winch broke into a Herne Bay (Auckland) fowlrun at the weekend The birds, mostly valuable Rhode Island/Reds and all layers, w ® re found killed in the early hours of Sunday morning by the owner, who was awakened bv barking. A number of guinea fowis in the same yard were not touched. Work on the Wharf. “Frankly, I never did any hard work on the wharf,” said an appellant at a sitting of the Auckland Manpower (Industrial) Committee. “I do not know whether I was just lucky or whether u is just an easy job. Appellant, who for inerlv worked on the wharf, appealed on health grounds against being sent to essential work. He said he could not woik consistently. The appeal was allowed. Jewish New Year. Traditionally marking the oifMtli year since the creation o,fi the world, a solemn festival, with religious exercises which include prayers for forgiveness of sms and for welLbeing in the coming year, began in AVellington, as in all Jewrnh communities throughout the ■world, last night. Special services are being held in the Synagogue in AVellington. These will continue to the end of the festival, at noon tomorrow.

New Zealand Pipes. Pipes with bowls of New Zealand woods are now on sale in AA ellmgton. shops at 10/- each. The bowls are not as highly polished as the imported article, but they look serviceable, and the real test will come with the smoking. Imported pipes have been so scarce tor months and where available have been selling at such prices that the new article should find a ready market.

Alore Saturday Closing? postal vote is being taken among real estate agents in AVellington on the Saturday closing issue. The president of the AVellington branch of the NewZealand Real Estate Institute, Air. K. A. Large, said at the annual meeting yesterday that the Saturday holiday had worked satisfactorily in Auckland. It it was adopted in AA’ellington it would be essential to observe it strictly. Estate Agents’ Officers. The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (AVellington branch), at its annual meeting yesterday, elected these officers: —President, Mr. R. A. La r g e ; executive committee. Alessrs. E. AVlnteacre, D. H. Benge, D. Sloane, A. A. Gellatly, G. A. Blundell, V. AVilliamson, A. R Truebridge; councillors, Alessrs. Large, J. G. Harcourt, A. McAlister N. E. Gifford: trustees, Alessrs. Large, Gellatly, J G. Harcourt, and AVilliamson; auditor, Air. S. E. Lambert.

Unknown Country. “The west coast sounds country ot Southland is almost as unknown ns the jungle country of New Guinea was before the present war,” said Air. J. N. Armour, president of the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce, when speaking on the future development of Southland at a conference held to discuss the clanns of the South Island. Mr. Armour suggested that this area of country should be adequately surveyed, because no one knew what natural resources it had.

Deliydration of Vegetables. Two factories for the dehydration ot vegetables will probablj’ be established by the Government in Canterbury and another near Nelson. The location ot the Canterbury factories has not Been decided upon, but it is expected that there will be either two in the Christchurch area or one at Timaru and one ahChrnjvchurch. Recently representatives of the Internal Marketing Division,’ which controls the dehydration of vegetables, visited Christchurch, and considered possiblfactory sites in Ricearton and Addington. —P.A. I

Scout's Gallantry Recognized. The Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall, as Dominion Chief Scout, has approved of the award of the Boy Scouts Association’s gilt cross for gallantry ,o Scout George Fisher, Haven Stree,, Thames. Though by no means » soon swimmer and only 13 years ot age. lisber dived 15 feet into 10 feet of water aud held up till rescued a small boy. Robert Sutcliffe, who bad fallen from the Burke Street Wharf. It is without doubt that but. for Fisher’s prompt action the boy would have been drowned.

Flag for Wellington. Liberty flag No. 2,. won by the Wellington district for second place in securing its quota in the recent Liberty Loan campaign, was handed over to the mayor of Wellington, Mr. Hislop, on behalf ot tiie citizens, for permanent custody at a meeting of the Wellington loan committee yesterday. The chief postmaster, Mr. A. Pellow, also a member ot the committee, undertook to forward the flag for public exhibition purposes to each postmaster in the principal towns throughout the Wellington district.

Thanks to Zone Committees. . Before the monthly meeting ot the Wellington Provincial Patriotic Committee concluded yesterday, the chairman, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, said that ,-is it was rhe List meeting of the committee’s year, he wished to extend his heartfelt thanks to all the chairmen, secretaries, and committeemen of the zone within the Wellington provincial area. The reports showed that’ they had all done exceedingly well, and he wished to express, his appreciation of tiie collarboration so freely and earnestly given. Sales of Properties. Many properties continue to be sold at auction in Auckland, ■ apparently with the object of having transfers completed before values become subject to the provisions of the Land Sales Act, which becomes effective on October 18. By tar the larger number of residences are being offered subject to existing tenancies, while many form part of estates which executors are anxious to wind up before they become involved in the mass ol extra formalities necessary under, the new Act. There appears to be similar activity in Wellington.

Two “Money Talks"' Art Unions. Speaking to the Wellington Provincial Patriotic Committee yesterday, Air. \. Ward, honorary secretary, said there were to be two "Money Talks’ Government art unions. One would be for the benefit of the patriotic committees o. Auckland, the East Coast and Taranaki, and the other for Wellington province and the South Island. He had been sent books of some thousands ot tickets to sell, but he had no selling organization, so had sent them back, suggesting that they should be sold through the usual channels. Half of them came back again. These he had sent to the various zones for disposal by them as best they could. It was proposed that the spoils should be divided according to sales of tickets. This was strongly objected to by Air. A. E. Alansford (Palmerston North), who said that the profits from the art union should be divided in the same proportion as provincial quotas to the whole. Wellington's was 22 per cent. This was considered io be far the fairer way of distributing the money raised by the nit unions.