GENERAL NEWS Bright Future Seen For Pulp Wood Industry

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 August 1948, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS Bright Future Seen For Pulp Wood Industry

“I’ve been tcld that when you plant a tree in New Zealand you have to get it out of the way in a hurry,” exclaimed the chief forester for Associated Pulp and Paper Mills, Tasmania, Mr R. A. Needham, when he arrived at Auckland by air today. He will study methods of cultivating pinus radiata and beech. Mr Needham predicts a great future for Australia and New Zealand in the pulp wood industry. American and Swedish wood were much dearer than that produced here and in Australia. He recently visited America to study logging operations and found that timber which was previously wasted was now being used to make pulp, but such utilisation there was not comparable with that done in New Zealand—(P.A.) Notifiable Diseases A fatal case of cerebro-spinal meningitis was reported to the Department of Health from the Canterbury district last week. Other notifiable diseases reported were: scarlet fever, one case; diphtheria, one; tuberculosis eight; erysipelas, one. Two cases of scarlet fever were reported from the West Coast. Snow On Roads Though heavy falls of snow yesterday covered the surface of the Otira Gorge and Lewis Pass road routes between West Coast and Canterbury, neither is reported to be blocked. A snow plough has cleared the snow in Lewis Pass, and the Otira route was still negotiable by traffic last even? ing. Power Quota Exceeded A record amount of electricity was consumed for the week ended August 22, the Hydro Electric Department stated today. The North Island supply authorities used 33,100,000 units. In the South Island the consumption was 4.34 per cent, or 582,000 units above the allocation of 13.406,000.— (P.A.) Wellington’s Beauty “I hope you will see something of ouM city—seen from the right angle it is a very beautiful city,” said the Acting-Mayor, Mr Macalister, welcoming the delegates to the New Zealand Dental Association conference today. “I’ll have to accept, the act-ing-mayor’s invitation,” said, the Minister of Health, Miss Howard, later declaring the conference open. “I’ve been in Wellington a long time myself and I haven’t seen any of the right angles.”—(P.A.) What’s worse than washing in unsettled weather and dashing in and out to the lines every time it rains? That’s easy—washing in sweltering hot weather —standing over a boiling copper and steaming tubs and then out into the boiling sun, while you feel like dropping in your tracks. Well, it boils down to this, washing has no place in any woman’s life —the family wash takes a greater toll of energy than many women realise —and it’s not worth it‘either, when the Westland Laundry make such a wonderful job of your washing. Hundreds of Greymouth women have proved that our service really pays and the work has a professional finish that only a first class laundry can achieve. You can send your most prized linens etc. to us in perfect confidence. Phone 136. Depot, Sam McAra. The Westland Laundry Limited.—Advt.