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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 226, 22 August 1935, Page 6

The Fire Brigade was called out at 3 a.m. to-day to an incipient outbreak in Manapouri Crescent which was subdued with little trouble. At a gathering of some sixty young men, including a number of members of the Palmerston North Optimists’ Club, held on Tuesday evening, an Optimists’ Club was successfully launched in Wanganui. While thero is no boom in the selling of property in Dunedin, inquiries are constantly being made (reports a correspondent) for such holdings as can be bought at prices that will yield 4 per cent on the capital expended, the idea being to avoid any increased taxation that Parliament may levy during tile coming session. “In your hands lio the conservation and care of our forests. It is fortunate indeed that the Government introduced legislation last March for the protection of our planted and native forests,” stated Mr J. J. Stevenson when speaking to the pupils at the Arbor Day celebration at the Hokowhitu School yesterday. Inquiries made in Dunedin have produced an assertion that i!0 per cent, of the students at Otago University could he regarded as supporting the pacifist viewpoint and that this number was growing steadily. Leaders of the Student Christian Movement said that fully GO per cent, of their number subscribed to pacifist principles.

“This is the second year in succession that the report and balance-sheet has been adopted without a single question being asked,” commented the chairman of directors (Mr N. Campbell), at the annual meeting of Shareholders and suppliers of the Awahuri Dairy. Company, yesterday afternoon. The chairman commented that it must be a record for a New Zealand dairy company to he free from interrogation for so long a period. It indicated satisfaction on the part of the suppliers, of whom fifty were present at the meeting.

“There are lots of poor hotels all over the world that have uncomfortable beds. New Zealand hotels are as good as anything we have struck, the service is excellent and the beds are very comfortable,” said Mr S. W. Jarvis, a British pen manufacturer who arrived in Christchurch the other day. He is making a world tour, accompanied by his wife and daughter. They had visited many small towns in Australia and New Zealand, said Mr Jarvis, and, as far as speech and national sentiment were concerned, they felt they might well have been in England.

“I have no hesitation in saying we are over the worst of the depression. There is no question of turning corners now. We are well on the upgrade,” said Sir Alfred Hansom in the course of a reply to an address of welcome by the Mayor at Marton on Tuesday evening. “I think the process is going to bo slow,” said Sir Alfred. “This slow process, however, is going to he to our advantage. Sudden fluctuations are not good for the country generally. One thing we must consider above all others is the primary producer. Our country is depending entirely upon the primary producer and I am convinced the number and quality of our exports should be increased overseas. We should lay ourselves out to produce more.”

Special to fanners, and possessors of leaky oil skin coats, taupaulins, canvas covers, canvas leggings, tents, motor car hoods, etc. We have just landed a special consignment of Oil Coat Dressing—guaranteed to make all canvas etc., waterproof. This is not the old type sticky substance, but a specially prepared clear oil varnish dressing. Just paint on with brush and leave to dry. Will not crack off. Substantial size 2e 6d. Only at Collinson and Son, Ltd., Broadway, Palmerston North.— Advt.

There is said to be a definite house shortage in Wellington and it has been urged that one of the cures is the creation of flats in all parts of the city. The Defence Department is proposing to dispose, by a process of breaking up, of some 3J million rounds of blank ammunition considered by experts to be unserviceable as the result of tests made. “You have a wonderful heritage in your climate and soil and your plant population,” remarked Mr J. J. Stevenson, when addressing the children at yesterday’s observance of Arbor Day' at the Hokowhitu School. The speaker added: ‘‘See to it that you conserve what you have left and grow trees suited to your particular locality.”

“The exchange rate has proved a boon to the dairy farmer,” declared Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., chairman of directors of the New Zealand Dairy Union, at the annual meeting of that company to-day. “The amount received by this company was £17,065, and without it we would not have paid out a sum of £18,799 as a further allocation.”

Speaking at yesterday’s Arbor Day celebration at the Hokowhitu School, Mr J. J. Stevenson stated that Mr Philip Turner, who had had 50 years’ experience as a botanist and surveyor in the ‘Dominion, had been of the opinion that the climate and rainfall of New Zealand were more even when the hill-tops and ravines were forest clad than they were to-day.

Commenting on the secretary s report at the monthly meeting of the Horowhenua Electric Power Board, this week, the chairman (Mr G. A. Monk) drew attention to the fact that there was an all-round increase in the sales of electricity for the different purposes with but one exception, that being in commercial heating where there was a slight decrease. The )x>sition was very satisfactory, he said.

It was reported at the quarterly meeting of the Manawatu-Oroua School Committees’ Association, last evening, by the chairman (Mr W. G. Black) that it was not proposed to make at that meeting a detailed report on the recent conference of school committees’ associations in the city. A report would, however, be drawn up and circulated among the committees, so that every committeeman would receive a copy.

Mr Andrew Hunter, of Brighton, received a decided shock when he arrived at his home from Westport to discover that he had lost the sum of £2OO in notes —the payroll of a number of employees (says the Westport Times). He immediately telephoned Westport, gave details of his movements before leaving, with the result that a search for the money was successful. It is stated that the finder generously refused the reward offered for recovering such a large amount. Fogs such as Christchurch had recently may hide the sunshine and help to make the days cold, but actually they are a boon during the night hours. Mr H. F. Baird, of the Magnetic Observatory, said that while the fog obscured the warm rays of the sun during the day, it also preserved the heat of the earth, and the temperature was thus kept at a fairly even level. Lately, he said, the temperature had been very even, whereas had there been no fog some of the nights would have been extremely cold.

At a special meeting of the Paliiatua County Council, this week, tTie matter of exceptional traffic on the Pahiatua Track was dealt with. Since the blocking of the Manawatu Gorge and the diversion of all traffic to the track that road and adjacent roads have been badly cut up. The clerk (Mr J. Hutton) was instructed to communicate with the Ivairanga County Council with a view to making united efforts to have the Main Highways Board take over the full portion of the Pahiatua Track and maintain it, just as it does the gorge; and declare the road from the Pahiatua railway station to Mr Vile’s corner at the foot of the track a main highway and also declare the Valley and Balianco Gorge Roads main highways.