LOCAL AND GENERAL

Franklin Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4, 13 January 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tuakau E.P.S. II is expected that Major R. Hutchinson, of Auckland, will visit Tuakau shortly to address personnel of Hie Tuakau E.P.S. organisation. Dance at Tuakau, January 29. Dancing enthusiasts are urged to keep January 29 free, for the grand dance in aid of the St. John Nursing Division funds, to be held in Tuakau war memorial town hall. Milk Yield Decreases. The manager of the Franklin Cooperative Dairy Company, Ltd., Mr A. Wright, informed a Times reporter yesterday Dial as a result of Hie drought conditions milk production was decreasing rapidly daily. Telephone Toll Accounts. The Postmaster at Pukekohe. Mr 0. R. 0. Mulholiand, advises that as from February 1. telephone 101 l accounts will lie. rendered for each two monthly period instead of monthly as in Hie past. This departure from the usual custom has been necessitated through shortage of staff and with an eye lo the conservation of paper. Parched Countryside. Aided by a drying wind and a blazing sun Ihe whole countryside lias taken on a parched appearance during Ihe lasi week or Id days. Pastures have withered ;uid imlliing short of a solid downpour, followed by a dull day or so will he appreciated by farmers. A good soaking rain now Hint the ground is warm would lie followed by prolific growth of grass. Rationed Beer. One quarl of beer a day "lo every qualified individual.'’ and that by a ration card, is the limit fixed in Ihe Stale of New York as from January I, 1943. This ralioning system brought Representative Wardsworlh into “Colliers Magazine.’’ in which be staled Dial 11 1 (' soldiers of the United Stales are Ihe soberest in the world. Surveys, he stales, disclose. Ilial 57 per eenl of Ihe Uniled Slates soldiers are lolal abstainers and Ilial even on Saturday niglils 34 per eenl drink only beer, the remainder occasionally drinking “hard liquor.”