LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 3998, 12 April 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Star will not be published next Friday nor on Easter Monday. ■ Trotsky has said what he thinks of Hitler. It will be interesting- to know what Hitler thinks of Trotsky. Comment on the cables: John Bull, “returning- to sanity,” is going back to the small cruiser. Uncle Sam has gone back to the large “schooner.” A lady has written to the papers indignantly denying that a woman is too old at 40. She neglects, however, to tell us at what age- a wo man becomes 40. —“Zamiel.” Mr Harry Thurston, the original stage creator of Bruce Bairnsfather’s “Old Bill,” has sailed from England to give a series of dramatic recitals in Australia and New Zealand. Birmingham, which has a greater proportion of licensed vehicles to its population than any other British city", also holds the Jess welcome record for the highest number of fatal and other road accidents in any provincial centre. Special protection for valuable jewels is provided by a London shop which has a concrete safe that sinks into a well to form a part, of the flooring during the day. The arrangement is not easily noticeable. A Christchurch man who tried in vain to And a job for his son in the engineering trade informed the Boys’ Employment Bureau that; he is willing to pay a premium up to £3O to any firm that will give (ho lad employment. The fruit export season in Nelson is now in its last month and a large quantity of later varieties is coming forward from the orchards for inspection. The total export from the province up to to-day is approximately 616.000 cases. The new Cabinet Minister, Mr Bitchoner, after a long life as a farmer concerned in arable cultl- - has just disposed of his land and gives possession of his farm to the now owner on May 1. His home will then be in \Vaimate, South Canterbury. No alteration has been made (his week in the Wellington schedule of prices for export lambs. Exporters mostly are buying wethers and ewes on the hoof on a basis of 12s a head for prime wethers averaging Golbs- and 5s (id a head for prime ewes. “T have seen the Rugby Union ;;n a worse position than it; is to-day and 1 have seen it ''iso to the top again.” observed Air E. McKenzie at. the annual meeting of the \\ airarapa Rugby Union, f was his ambition, added Mr McKenzie, to see it at the top once again. “On (ho second voyage ho found his feet and began t-o draw too much water,” said a witness in a shipping case in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court. “I suppose that’s quite a good nautical expression,” commented counsel. “Rather a mixed metaphor,” remarked Air F.. Page, S.M. “The council is to be commended upon the financial position \\e are in to-day,” stated Cr. D. Collis, chairman, al yesterday’s meeting of the Kairanga County Council- "Despjte (ho diflicult. year through which we have passed, we are sound financially and it should be possible to further reduce the dates next year.” The golden jubilee, of the Nelson College, for girls will be celebrated in. Neson during Easter week. Great preparations are being made for the occasion, and many generations of old girls will be represented. It was decided to make available an annual jubilee scholarship of £R in commemoration of (he event.

An Invercargill reporter stared, n amazement the other morning when a visitor placed a large red object in front of him with the remark: “Have a pound of tomato!” The giant, which actually weighed 14 ounces, was g-rown in a hot-house by Mr IT. B. Wood in Chapman street, being an American variety, Burpee’s Matchless.

Steps to call off officially the freezing- works dispute, which has persisted since October last, are being considered by the Federation of Freezing Workers’ Union (says the Auckland Herald). Ballots have been taken by the provincial unions on the question of terminating- the dispute and returning to work. The ballot of the Auckland union members wa staken and it is stated there was a substantial majority in favour of returning: to. work.;