LOCAL AND GENERAL

Franklin Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 146, 22 December 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Newspaper Holiday. Fullowinp" llic usual custom observ- <•< 1 by local news pa pars t hrouirhou I 11 1 <■ South Auckland. Waikato and Thames Valley distrids. pulilication of 111'* Franklin Times will In* suspended hoI.wren lilirislmas and New 'i ear and the office will lie closed for Unit purpose. Advertisers and others reijuiriny printing' orders lo lie executed are asked to note these arranpenieiils. The Times Office will close on tiecemher *2 i and will reopen on January h. Tim first issue of the 'rimes in the New Year will he on Friday. January Dance at Buckland. A dance in aid of soldiers' parcels fund will he held in Ihe Ituckland hall on Saturday. January s. New Year’s Eve Dance. The Tuakau Town Hall should he Ihe scene of merriment mi New Year's Fye when a dance, arranged hy lll'* Manchester I oily nddfellnws ludpe. will he held. Warren's orchestra, will supply Ihe music. Proceds are for soldiers' parcels. Services’ Daily Paper. 'me of Ihe firs! acts hy tlm Hrilish forces after llieir landing on Madagascar last year was lo establish a daily newspaper. of one pace. and c.onlaininc items of inleresl li'om all round the world. I.ailed Ihe I'-Neii-inn |'ioneel'." I lie paper is si ill hemp produced, and a I Ihe time it si arl ed was the only daily services' newspaper in the world. li was established and (he lirsl issim printed while liphlinp was slill pome on and before tile capital. Anlananarive. was captured. Decline in Production. Concern al the decline in the production of dairy and pip' products was expressed hy Mr A. IN O'Shea, secretary of Ihe New Zealand Farmers’ Onion, who said the position pave cause for prrave mispivinp. With dairy produce. pip meats and heel would he Ihe most stable iulernalionally saleable produels after fue war. and il was particularly unfortunate that il should he in precisely Ihesc induslries liial Hie. greatest decline in New Zealand's produclion was fakinp- place, he said, prices for pip meals and beef were miatfraefive compared with (hose ohlairiaide for oflier meats, and. in Hie case of pip meals, the labour shorfatre also had <i serious effeef. "There will he considerable national loss if these declines are allowed lo continue further." said Mr O’Shea. "It is essential io see that irmre labour is provided for ail farmers. particularly dairy farmers, md il would he in Ihe j pest interests of ihe Dominion as a l •.vim!" ;o increase both beef and pork j prices. Such action would at least I do somethin,p io arrest the present j dangerous decline."

Borough Council Notice, The Pukekoho Borough Council has a notice of interest to the public on page one. II concerns holiday arrangements for the office, rubbish collection. municipal bath and library. Street Cleaning. Apprrcia I ion was expressed at last week's meeting of Ihe Pukekohe Borough Council by Ihe Mayor and councillors over the way Ihe street chaining work was being done. “The efforts of the engineer and all concern-- (*, I re greally a pprecia I ed. The work is being very well done.'' said Mr M. R. I'ii'ierson. A Severe Scald. Painful injuries were suffered by Mr \Y. 'l'. Cheeseimm during a ftmclion al Ihe Parish Rail on Saturday evening. Members of the Anglican Church YesIry. of which Mr Cheescmnn is a member. were hosts at a social galhering m honour of members of the Radies’ r.iiild In mark Ihe. wastry's appreciation of what the ladies had done lo liipiidale a dehl on Ihe hall. During llm supper Tnlervul an urn of boiling wider accidentally slid from a table, and Mr Dheesemnn's rigid ankle received a severe scald. Ho received first aid at Ihe hall and later medical allenlion. lie is slill confined lo his bed aft/.ough Ihe injury is responding salisfaelnrfiy lo treatment. An Appreciated Speech. A humour which was greally appreciated by his listeners was Ihe keynote of llm address lo pupils of New Plymouth Girls' High School, al the brea king-up ceremony, by Dr. 0. E. Reehy. Director of Hdimalion. slab’s Ihe “Taranaki Daily News.” Dr. Reehy opened by admilfing Rial making speeches a I girls' school breakingup ceremonies was Ihe hardest thing he WAS ever called on lo do. “You see. I have never been a girl.” he said, explaining his diflicully in linding a subject to interest girls. Knowing that Miss R. A. Ilurle. inspector of secondary schools, was a former dux of New Plymouth Dirts' High School, he invited her lo morning lea with a view lo finding mil whal lo say to Ihe girls, lie said. "When I llimighl 1 bad her in a helpful mood I asked her. and she replied. 'Not much'.” Tliis was heartily applauded by Ihe girls. Dr. Reehy went on Lo say that lie llii’ii approached his IP-year-old da iiMi I er. and she said. "Pon'l give them any of Rial hand-1 ha I -roeks-t beer; idle stuff. Don't tell llmm limy are Ihe mol hers of Ihe future.” “So ! won'l.'’ said Dr. Roebv.