Culling of Deer.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 120, 19 April 1940, Page 6

Culling of Deer.

Two Government deer cullers arc at present active in the hill country neai Shannon. Depredations of Insects. The Southern Hawke’s Bay executive of the I 1 ’armors’ Union has decided to ask the Massey College authorities to conduct a further examination of the Southern Hawke’s Bay district with regard to the depredations of the white butterfly and the diamond-hackee moth. Orchestra Jeopardised. “If we do not substantially increase our subscribing membership in the near future, the question of dissolution will have to be seriously considered.’ states the annual report of the Wellington Symphony Orchestra. Kxpenditure exceeded income by more than £SC during the year. Pharmaceutical Benefits. A decision to urge on the Government the necessity for immediate steps to be taken to redeem its pledges to -introduce medical and pharmaceutical benefits under the Social Security Act was made at the annual conference of the Auckland District Manchester Unity Independent Older of Oddfellows. The Enemy Within. “There is an internal enemy in this country that lias to be dealt with,” said the Minister of Public Works, Mi R. Semple, in an address on the war situation at Invercargill. “There arc agents of Moscow in ou'i midst who are preaching the philosophy of a foreign Power,” Mr Semplesaid. “They are enemies of their own kith and kin, and as long as T have any strength left 1 will pursue them with the fury of a Bengal tiger.” Primary Production First. Recause lie considered the purpose foi which primary production councils were lormeu—increasing primary production —could not lie brought about within the scope of the powers of the councils, Mr J. B. Campbell has resigned as delegate of the Hawke’s Bay branch ol the Farmers’ Union on the Hastings District Council of Primary, Production. Mr Campbell said increased production of wool and foodstuff’s was ol greater., importance than public works and housing schemes After 31 Years. The posthumous presentation of the certificate of merit of the New Zealand Royal Humane Society to the son of the late Mrs Henerieta Temapara, of Tolaga Bay. for an act of bravery performed by his mother 31 years ago. formed a unique ceremony in the Native Land Court at Tolaga Bay this week. The certificate was awarded to Mrs Temapara in February. 1909. following her rescue of an elderly Maori from drowning in the Uawa River at Tolaga Bay. The certificate was forwarded to the corresponding secretary -of the society in Gisborne for presentation, but it was lost sight of until recently, when a search of the municipal archives in Gisborne revealed its presence in a pigeon-hole.

Summer Time Ending. Summer time, which began on September 24, 1939, will end at 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 28. Costly School Buildings. Built at' a .cost of approximately £16,000, the new Hamilton West School is almost completed. Auckland West Vacancy. , Notification of the vacant Auckland West seat in the House of Beprcsentatives caused by the death of lit. Hon. M. J. Savage, is published in the Gazette. Heavy Sheep Losses. Heavy losses through dogs worrying sheep were suffered by a farmer, Mr A. L. Burgess, of Matarawa, Wairarapa, on Wednesday night.' Six ewe lambs were killed and 34 injured, some seriously, by a pack of marauding dogs. Cathedral Designs. Competitive designs prepared in New Zealand for the new Auckland Anglican Cathedral will be dispatched by an early steamer to England for judication, with others, by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, tlie eminent architect. Over thirty designs have been entered. Care of Wild Life. The belief that the time had arrived when the care and preservation of all forms of wild life m the Dominion should he made the responsibility of a special department of State was expressed by tho Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. W. E. Parry) at the annual meeting of the Eorest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand yesterday. Matriculation Markings. Some apparently justifiable consternation lias been caused through the marking of arithmetic papers in the last matriculation examination, says a Dunedin report. Jn some cases no marks at all were allotted, while in others the markings were very low. That these initial markings must have been wrong is now definitely indicated in the fact that re-markings have been made, and instances wore cited of candidates’ points suddenly increasing by a large amount. Legal Problem. Argument on whether an advance of money free of interest should be charged gift duty was heard in tho Supreme Court, 'Wellington, yesterday by Mr Justice Johnston. J. AV. Card,- solicitor, of Eeatherston, was appealing agaiiist the assessment by the Commissioner of Stamp Duties of gift duty on advances made by him to his son. Mi C. Evans Scott, who appeared for appellant, said that the decision might have far-reaching effect. The hearing was adjourned sine die. Officers’ Refresher Course. The following officers of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles (Motorised) are to proceed to the Central District School of Instruction, Trentham, for a week’s refresher course on the 20th inst.: Captain G. S. Puren (Commanding Officer), Captain A. H. Ferguson fsreond-in command), Lieutenants A AV. Hudson, S. I. A. Clifford, F. Carnenter, and Second-Lieutenant G. S. AVilson. They will return to Palmerston North on April 27. Child Injured. Through a collision between a lorry and a car about 4.30 o’clock yesterday afternoon Donald Clarke, aged two years, son of the driver of the car, suffered cuts from glass and minor injuries and was admitted to the Hospital. The collision took place at the intersection of the Kairanga-Bunny-thorpe lload and Rangitikei Line, the vehicles involved being a lorry driven by Mr R. AVebb, of Newbury Line, and the car, driven by Air L AV. Clarke, of Kairanga. The car was considerably damaged and had to he towed away, and the lorry was also damaged, but could go away under its own power. Mr Clarke was accompanied by his wife and two children, but Donald Clarke was the only person hurt. Making Big Potatoes Bigger. Somewhere in the AA’ard district’lives a person who could show Mother Nature a thing or two when it comes to producing potatoes —large ones, that is. ( At the Flaxbourne A. and P. Show (Marlborough) one of tho classes in the vegetable section was for large po- j tatoes, and as tlie district had expen- 1 eneed a good growing season a niimbei of entries were forthcoming. AAlicn 1 these were being packed up at the conclusion Of the show it was discover: 1 ed by an official that one particuliu l potato which had attracted some attention, owing to its size and peculiar ] shape, had in reality been manufnetur- , ed from several tubers. Apparently when it was dug its end was accident- \ ally sliced off, and this had been skilfully joined up again by means 01. wooden pegs forced into its flesb. In ( addition to this a small natural pro- . tuberance had Loan broken off. and another large potato “grafted” in it.- ( place by menus of pieces of No. 8 fenc- . ing wire. This work find been so neatly executed that it was practically impossible to detect from a casual examination. !