NEWS OF THE DAY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22877, 22 February 1949, Page 6

NEWS OF THE DAY

New Plymouth’s Oldest House Oldest house in New Plymouth, and one of the oldest buildings in New Zealand in continuous occupation. The Gables, Brooklands, has passed its hundredth year. Erected late in 1848 as a hospital primarily for the care of the Maoris, the building is of heart rimu, with Baltic pine flooring, and is still in good repair though sadly lacking a coat of paint. Food From New Zealand New Zealand’s contribution to helping England through its food shortage was not generally realised in this country. said Professor E. R. Hudson, director of Canterbury Agricultural College, recently. Every day of the year, he said, New Zealc.»id put into London more than 1000 tons of meat and about 600 tons of dairy produce, mostly butter. New Petroleum Depot The establishment of a new petroleum depot in Gisborne is foreshadowed bv the accumulation of materials for, the construction of a railway siding near Stanley road to a fairly extensive property purchased recently by _ the British Petroleum Company, Limited. Work on the siding will not begin immediately, blit it is expected that the new rail facilities will be used to haul in tanks and other materials used in the equipment of the new storage depot. Over-Production in U.S. Production of many lines -in the United States had drawn level with demand and there vas now a .tendency to over-production, said Mr. A. M. Satterthwaite, Christchurch, who has returned from a business tour of the United States, Central America, and Canada. When he was in the United States three years ago. the supply of washing machines, refrigerators, and household auxiliaries was extremely small. Mr, Satterthwaite said, but today they were “a dime a dozen.” Kindness Not Rewarded Recently a traveller from a Christchurch firm stopped at Woodend to pick up two men and a woman who asked if he would give ‘hem a ride to Christchurch. He stopped at Belfast to call on a customer and, when he came out he found that his passengers and the car had gone. He reported his loss to the police and later that evening the police patrol found the car abandoned in Latimer square, with the engine still warm.