NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21801, 25 August 1945, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Bulk Grain Shipment Work is well advanced on the construction of two portable grain hoppers and other necessary gear for handling the shipment of grain in bulk which is due at Auckland on Monday from Vancouver.

Delayed in Transit Two district names appear in the roll of men of N.Z.E.F. personnel who, after being held up for some weeks en route from the Middle East at a transhipment port, have reached New Zealand. The district men are Private L. C. Curtis, son of Mr. G. Curtis, Dalryrnple road. Mangapapa, and Private E. L. Ransley. son of Mr. S. Ransley, Tokomaru Bay.

It’s Never Too Late! A Gisborne mother on a recent day received word from the military authorities that her son would be arriving home shortly. She wrote back asking for more specific advice and was informed that no date could be given, but they would advise her in plenty of time when he would arrive. The only thing wrong with this little story is that by the time the last letter was received the serviceman had been home two days! Shock For Returned Men Demands for payment of income tax due before enlistment have come as a jar to many returned servicemen who, when they left New Zealand several years ago, thought that they were, free from fhe uncompromising pursuit, ox the tax authorities. The most surprised men are those who are confident that their tax was fully paid up to time, of enlistment and who are now receiving demands for unspecified amounts. Rationing in U.S.A. Rationing in the United States, was mentioned by Mr. M. S. Spence, district governor of Rotary, when speaking to the Napier Rotary Club about his trip to the Rotary International conference in Chicago. Clothing, he said, was unrationed though coupons were necessary for footwear. Butter and meat were rationed, and of the latter there was a definite shortage. To conserve meat in New York city, the mayor, Mr, La Guardia, had instituted two meatless days weekly, and, though doing without meat on these days, was voluntary, they were generally observed. “Never Anything Better” The outstanding entry in the 15-minutes’ entertainment class in the Competitions Festival, made by the Tairawhiti Kiwi Club, roused much enthusiasm in the judges, Mr. H, Temple White and Miss Coughlan, the musical judge describing the display aS something he had not seen done any- v thing like so well before. He waf positive that he had seen nothing better of its kind. Miss Coughlan, whose interest was principally in the dancing and rhythm of the performance, stated that she bad seen many Maori troupef m Rotorua and elsewhere, but the Kiwi Club party sui passed anything she had seen of the kind.

Travelling in America "It is no joke travelling these days,” remarks an American correspondent to a Gisborne resident. Writing from California, he states: “We have received permission from our State Department to lodge an application fof passports to the United Kingdom. W<j won’t get the passports until the end of July and we hope to leave New York about September 1. We shall motor across the continent in our car, as it is not by any means easy travelling by train over here. You are never certain of getting to your destination on time,'for it your seat is needed by some Government official or soldier you have to get off and wait until another train comes along. We cannot tell when we shall get away from New York. There are no passenger steamers; they are all transport vessels these days and are needed to bring home the men from Europe and the Pacific. Now and again there are passages available but you have to state you won’t be returning for 18 months or two years.”