LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 4033, 16 September 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rain that was much wanted in Otago and throughout the South Island has; come at last.

Many miles of the trip between Wellington and Auckland will be eliminated, it is claimed, if the old coach road between Tokaanu and Waiouru is metalled.

At a meeting- of the directors of the Marton Dairy Co. the proposed reg-ulations for the control of the marketing of dairy produce were strongly and adversely criticised.

During the time the No. 10 building subsidy was available in Wanganui from. June until last Tuesday, the applications totalled .£41,407. The estimated labour amounted to .£14,248.

“Financially we are ,£3O better off than we were this time last year, independent of the art union funds,” Miss Miller (secretary) reported at last night’s meeting of the Feilding A. and P. Association.

The Devonport Borough Council has made a profitable venture into the realm of sheep farming. Some months ago the council bought 40 head for £l4. and recently sold half of them for £l3 net profit-

In all 74 applications for the building subsidy were received in Feilding during the operations of the No. 10 scheme, the total value of the applications being £11,267. The applications include 16 new dwellings-

The optimistic tone of the bulletins received from overseas chambers of commerce and financial institution# in the last few months was commented on at a meeting- of the Christchurch Chamber of Commerce.

Tlie Feilding Amateur Cycling Club held a practice run to Bunnythorpe and hack. Fast times were recorded, the following being the results: D. Lamberton 1, J. Henderson 2. R. Lamberton 3. Time 29mm. i7sec. H. Cocker made the quickest run with the fast time of 27mm. i7sec.

Scaffoldings are- beginning to cover the outside of Government Buildings, Wellington, and the famous old structure, the largest wooden building in the world (except tor one American seaside hotel) is to receive a washing-down and two coats of paint. The Government is setting a good example to W ellington citizens in smartening up its premises.

'The excavation of the temporary reservoir which lias been done by relief labour, is now completed at Taihape. It will be necessary to line the reservoir with concrete. The present reservoir is still leaking badly, and it is feared that in the summer the intake would be insufficient to cope with the egress of water through the foundations and the borough mains.

A Dunedin amateur gardener reports that he has successfully coped with the annoyance of having his hyacinth spikes and other early bulb blooms nipped off by birds- It i 3 a simple process, costing nothing and involving no risk. He soaks a little bread and grain and sprinkles the compound near the plants he wishes to preserve and the birds return thanks by being content with this prepared breakfast.

Despite the fact that the Finance Committee recommended that no Show he held this year, this week’; meeting of the General Commits c leversed that opinion after hearing a. comprehensive report prepared by Dr. G. J. Adams and Mr A. RDonaldson, who comprise the organising committee. Both urged that a show he held in November to retain Wanganui’s prestige and to lay the foundations for a bigger effort next year. Dr. Adams appealed to the enthusiasm of the farmers and business people to support the project. Several members who came to oppose holding a show in November remained to vote for it, there being no dissentient voice ' y l ie n the motion was put to the meeting.