NEWS OF THE DAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 142, 18 June 1942, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Marketing on Mondays. A proposal was made to the conference of commercial gardeners yesterday afternoon by delegates1 from the Hutt Valley that the markets should be closed for the sale of vegetables on Mondays, the mover stating that growers who were members of the Home Guard, on weekend duty, were placed at a serious disadvantage. The proposal, however, met with little support, other delegates saying that Monday was generally a heavy marketing, day. The remit was finally withdrawn. Higher Angling Fees? It has long been maintained by many members of acclimatisation societies that fishing licences in New Zealand are too cheap, and the matter has now been raised with the North Island Council o/ Acclimatisation Societies. Revenue has become an important matter with societies. ' The Wellington society last night discussed the matter, and referred decision to its fish committee. The proposal which has been made by a body of combined societies is to increase the licence from 25s to 30s. Waste of Produce Cases; From a remit moved by Auckland delegates and,a general discussion at the conference of commercial growers last evening, it was decided to make representations to the Minister concerned that action should be taken to stop the waste of fruit and produce cases. The Auckland proposal was that all cases in use for fruit and produce packing should be added to the prohibited list, in accordance with the resale regulations dealing with apple cases. The remit, it was explained, was brought,up to institute action to prevent good second-hand cases being sold • for firewood. Mr. C. R. Reader said that until a definite value was put on cases and they were charged to buyers at auction, destruction would continue, though the time was approaching when only scrap timber would be available for cases, unless those already manufactured l were conserved. Examples of waste of cases cited were the destruction of a huge pile at an Air Force station, and their sale by a Chinese fruiterer at Is 6d a dozen for flrewood. Milk Bottles Near the Gates. . Householders have responded very well indeed to the request that they should assist the roundsmen by putting their milk bottles at or near their front ggtes, and their co-operation was fully appreciated by officers and men of the department, said Mr. E. Benseman, general manager of the city milk department, yesterday. As a result of the very general response, to the requests, delivery, problems caused by the calling up of men for military service had been considerably eased, for it had been possible to reduce the number of rounds, which were correspondingly increased in size, the roundsmen having agreed to work extra-time where necessary.