Damage in Orchards.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 265, 7 October 1940, Page 6

Damage in Orchards.

L>cLiyc 'ii vi uii«i uoi Frost damage in orchards- throughout Central Otago is fairly severe this season, the principal fruits affected being apricots. Island Patriots.

Recording the gift of £IOO towards the Western Samoan War Effort from Fakaolu, in the Tokelau Islands, the Samoan correspondent of the United Press Association states that the money comes from a small community of about 575, all Polynesians akin to the Samoans. There is no European in the whole group. Reclamation of Waste, .

“I have been very pleased with the results of the campaign for the reclamation of waste,” said the Minister of Supply (Hon. D. G. Sullivan) at Christchurch. “The central council and the various local committees have given splendid service, while the response of the public has been excellent. The enthusiasm with which the project lias been taken up has exceeded the most sanguine expectations.” Popularity of Bowling. As evidence of the progress the game of bowls was making, Mr J. A. Nash, president of the Manawatu Bowling Centre, speaking at the opening of the Terrace End Club on Saturday, said that the centre had 17 clubs and 21 greens. With clubs adjacent to the town the centre would not have the slightest difficulty in holding the New Zealand championships here, if it were ever given the honour. There were 850 bowlers in the centre, and 19,810 in New Zealand.

Tributes to Former Primate. A memorial st-one commemorating Archbishop Julius was unveiled yesterday afternoon at Christchurch by the Governor-General, Lord Galway. The stone is set in the eastern wall of the Christchurch Cathedral. Lord Galway paid a notable tribute to Archbishop Julius and his work for the Church, the citv, and the people. Mr It. M. Macfarianc (Mayor of Christchurch) said the extension of the chancel had been agreed on as a suitable memorial. The sum of £25,000 was aimed at, and £B2OO was in sight.

Dental Fitness. “To ensure that the members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, before leaving for service overseas, are rendered as physically fit as possible, it has been necessary to carry out a great amount of dental work,” said lion. 1«. Jones on Saturday. “Since the outbreak of the war nearly 21 LOO men have been rendered dentally fit. To achieve this excellent result it has been necessary to carry out a total of 47,468 fillings and 25,095 extractions. In addition, much denture work was required, the total number of filll dentures made being 3603 and iiartial 1640, while over 4300 dentures were remodelled and repaired.” Peculiarities of the Ballot. , The ballot for service which was published last week has revealed numerous peculiarities which have caused surprise. Among the Palmerston North and district names, for instance, are those of a student at the Boys’ High School and students at Massey College; an aircraftsman already on service with the lloval New Zealand Air Force is included, as also is a wireless operator on service. At least three priests and a Church of England parson figure in the Taranaki list. Not Jess surprising is the inclusion of the head boy of the New Plymouth High School. A number of pensioners are in the list. Most of them are probably men receiving pensions under the Social Security Act, but it is possible that some of them are war pensioners. A sad coincidence was that simultaneously with the publication of tlie list the death notice of one of the ’men drawn was published.

Appeals Against Ballot. A steady stream of appeals against being called up by ballot for service with the Territorial Forces is being received by the Auckland Man-Power Committee. On Saturday tbe number had reached slightly moro than. 150. Patient in Flying-Boat.

For the first time since the Tasman Air Service was inaugurated, one ot its flying-boats, the Awarua, was used to carry a 'hospital patient, who travelled the whole, way on a stretcher from Sydney to Auckland at the weekend. Search Abandoned.

The air search for the Oxford aircraft and its crew of three, who were reported missing on Monday afternoon last on a flight from Hobsonville to Ohakea, was abandoned at 7 p.m. on Saturday. This announcement was made yesterday by Air Headquarters, Wellington. Bucket of Savings.

A young farm labourer who heard a War Savings appeal in a Chelmsford, Essex, cinema returned with three buckets containing £7O in coins of all denominations. With these he liought national savings certificates for his grandparents who had saved the coins over several years. Many Visitors.

The cherry blossoms provided a great attraction for hundreds of visitors from districts between Palmerston North and Wellington yesterday. The usual Sunday excursion trains carried exceptionally large numbers of .passengers, many of whom travelled to Palmerston North specially to see the blossoms. Fortunes For Pets.

Tommy Tucker, a New York cat which was deprived by a recent Court decree of £1250 bequeathed io it by its late mistress, Miss Louise Baer, has been less fortunate than some other animal legatees, writes a columnist. Another New York woman left £2OOO in trust for a pet monkey, a Lisbon woman left £2OO a year to provide for a parrot, and a rich Parisian widow created some sensation a few years ago by dividing her fortune between her daughter and her bulldog, without the validity of the bequests being denied. An more remarkable case was that of a Frenchman named Souchat who bequeathed his entire estate, valued at over 100,000 francs, to a pet tortoise. Recreation at Wanganui Camp. Splendid facilities for recreation are provided at the Wanganui racecourse camp, where a good number of Palmerston North Territorials are under canvas, some for the first time. Billiards, table tennis, music, draughts and other amusements are offered. The recreational side of the camp is in the control of the Young Men’s Christian Association and the Salvation Army, both of which have marquees. The Post Office is conducted by the former organisation. Variety concerts sponsored by the Wanganui Zone Patriotic Committee are held in the Salvation Army marquee and cinematograph films were shown during the week-end. The work of both the Salvation Army and YiM.C.A. for the comfort and welfare of the men is greatly appreciated. Novel Opening Ceremony.

A novel method of opening the bowling season was adopted at the lerrace End Club on Saturday. The jack was placed in the centre of the green and after the first bowl had been rolled down by a lady the bowlers were lined round the edges of the green, with one bowl each. At a given signal they re leased the bowls simultaneously the object' being to draw for the jack. The sight of moro than 50, bowls converging /on the centre of the green, followed by a rush of many of the bowlers to see who was the closest, will provide an interesting, record for at least one amateur cinema .photographer. It was interesting to notice, in spite of so many bowls being delivered, that the jack remained untouched in the centre of the green, almost till the last bowl had stopped rolling. Acknowledgment of Debt. At a time when Blenheim bombers and Hurricane and Spitfire fighters figure in Air Ministry communiques every day of the week, we owe, ias a matter of decency (an aviator friend suggests to me), some acknowledgment to two personages whose initiative and liberality did more than anything else to make our principal bombers and our principal fighters what they are, writes “Janus” iu the London Spectator. One is Lord liothermere, the other that strange woman, the late Lady Houston. The last Schneider Trophy race was flown, I believe, in 1931. There would have been no British entry then but for Lady Houston who, when the British Government decided not to find money for aircraft and engines capable of keeping Britain in the van, made herself responsible for the total cost of the race —estimated at about £250,000. The result was the production by the Rolls-Royce firm of an engine that was the direct prototype of the Merlin engine which gives all our foremost types of fighters their predominance today. What Lord Rothermere did was to commission the Bristol Aeroplane Company to produce a commercial aeroplane of outstanding performance as a demonstration to the Air Ministry of what could be done. The direct descendant of thaft machine is the BristolBlenheim bomber of to-day.