No Straying Stock.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 267, 9 October 1940, Page 6

No Straying Stock.

No stock have been found of late straying on Kairanga County roads, it was reported to a meeting of the County Council yesterday. The ranger attributed this to the fact that there is sufficient feed in the paddocks, and members agreed with this View. County Donations.

The Manawatu County Council decided yesterday to donate £lO to a Dominion-wide connty council fund for presentation to the Lord Mayor of London’s Relief of Distress Fund. The council took no action toward tlie health stamp campaign. Co-operation With America.

The appointment of a resident New Zealand Minister to Washington was urged by Mr F. W. Doidge, M.P., in an address at a meeting held in Auckland under the auspices of ' the Rationalist Association. Mr Doidge considered the logical choice for such a post was Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates. - Damage In Air Raids.

One hundred and four ■ Salvation Army properties have so far been damaged or destroyed in air-raids on Great Britain, according to a dispatch received by Lieut.-Commissioner J. Evan Smith from International Headquarters, London. They include halls, officers’ quarters, naval and military homes, slum posts, and a number of men’s and women’s social hostels and homes.

War Gift to the King. A Kenya correspondent recently wrote to the London Times: “To give an illustration of the feelings of the natives' of this colony, my headman came to me, saying that the labourers wanted to give the King a present for the War Fund. They did, even- man jack of them: a of 118 s was collected entirely spontaneously 1 This works out at rather more .than a week's pay her head.” > Long Sequence Broken. Something of a surprise was registered at. the Levin Go'f Gluh at the ■week-end when W. G. Clark, who has won the club’s senior championship for the past 23 years in succession, lost the title to his son, D. E. Clark, in the final, played over 36 holes. Faulty approaching and putting over the first nine holes placed the veteran 6 down, but the second nine holes were even and the son remained 6 up at the 18th. In the afternoon the game was squared at the 33rd hole, hut the younger player eventually won.

Price Control 3000 Years Ago. In the time of Confucius, about 1100 8.C., China had price control in times of calamity, according to a statement in a recent lecture by Mr H. .L. Wise, a member of the Price Tribunal. For every 20 shops there was a Master of Merchants for the fixing of prices according to cost. By the raising or lowering of prices the Government controlled the supplies and made an adjustment of demand and supply. Mr Wise also mentioned that in times of need for such ' procedure there was price control in ancient Greece, Egypt, and the Homan Empire. Masonic Jewels.

In view of the country’s need of gold and silver the United Grand Lodge of England is inviting all Freemasons under its jurisdiction to send to the Freemasons’ Hall ;in London any masonic jewels in their possession, to "he melted down and the proceeds presented to the Treasury. Individual donors will receive a certificate acknowledging the gift. There has already been an active response to the invitation and it is expected to gain momentum when the subject has been discussed by English lodges at their autumnal meetings, and when the large number of Freemasons now serving in the Defence Services all over the world have had a chance to hear of. and to consider, the invitation (says a London report).

National Patriotic Fund, Donations to the National Patriotic Fund now total £158,771. Conserving Petrol! A party of members of tho Wellington llotary Club is to pay an annual visit to tho Palmerston North club next Monday week. Because of petrol restrictions the party (the Dominion says) will travel by motor-bus. Killed In London Raid. Information that his two sisters had been killed in a German raid on London has been received by Mr It. Sunderland, Undercliff, Havelock North. They were Misses Joan and Ruth Sunderland, who visited Now Zealand some years ago. They had been engaged in canteen work in London. Woman Drawn In Ballot.

.The drawing of a woman in the ballot under the National Service Regulations was revealed by the purging of the list by the Rotorua Army Office to remove the names of those already serving with the territorials or with the overseas forces. The woman concerned had a Maori Christian name, so that the mistake was not readily obvious. Christmas Gift Parcels.

Approximately 4000 cases were required to pack Christmas gift parcels, including a large quantity of puddings, and another consignment of woollen comforts for the New Zealand Forces now overseas. All the parcels were delivered to Wellington and were sent in response to the appeal made some time ago by the National Patriotic Fund Board so that every New Zealand soldier, sailor, and airman serving overseas would receive a parcel rat Christmas time.

County Council Protest. Following the receipt of advice from Mr C. A. Wilkinson, M.P., of the introduction of the Bill in Parliament which may lead to alterations being made in shopping hours, the Manawatu County Council yesterday decided to forward a telegram of protest to Hon. J." G. Cobbc, M.P., and Mr L. G. Lowry, M.P. The view was expressed by the chairman (Cr W. E. Barber; that the legislation, if carried through, might bring distinct hardship to country people.