Twelfth Successive Frost.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 198, 23 July 1941, Page 6

Twelfth Successive Frost.

Still another frost, this time of 4.3 degrees, was recorded in Palmerston North this morning. This makes the twelfth in succession. Women in Air Force. “We are considering the question oi employing women for various duties at stations of the Royal New Zealand Air I Force. including those at Auckland, I said the Minister of Defence in an interview. He added that the Government was well pleased with the success i of women employed at Rongotai, Mare-| wood, and Wigram. | Taxation on Hunt Meeting. As a result of the successful race j meeting held at Awapuni by the Mana- j watu Hunt Club last Saturday, the I Government will benefit by taxation { to the amount of £31338 7s 4d. The in- . dividual items are: —Totalisator tax, £1743 4s; dividend tax, £1524 18s; stakes tax, £ll 9s; amusement tax. £SB 16s Id. Fewer Road Accidents. Persons killed on the roads numbered 199 and 3950 were injured, stated tin- report of the Transport Department for 1940-41, which was presented in the House of Representatives yesterday. These figures show respective decreases of 20 per cent and 26 per cent. Young drivers were involved in more accidents than older drivers. Gift For Minesweeper. A sample of Maori symbolic carving to bo affixed to the bridge of his ship will shortly ho forwarded to Dieut-Com-mandcr G. Bridson, Auckland, who is in charge of a trawler engaged in minesweeping in British waters. The gift of friends in Rotorua, the work is done in a piece of timber 6ln. wide and Sft. in length. The bridge of the trawler already has been inscribed with the j Maori war cry “Ake ake kia knha” (“We fight on for ever and ever.” Cows’ “Stop-Work” Meeting. A peculiar circumstance was mentioned by a witness in the Supreme | Court, yesterday, when giving evidence about cows avoiding the drinking of j certain water. The witness said they . gave a certain type of “moo” and | would gather together in a group when | they were thirsty. His Honour (lit I Hon. Sir Michael Myers): “They were holding an indignation meeting!” Dr., O. C. Mazengarh (Wellington): “And a stop-work meeting too. because the butterfat production went down!” Footballers’ Rings. The danger arising from footballers wearing rings while 1 playing was mentioned a.t a meeting of the Manawatu Rugby Union, last evening, when it was reported that a facial injury was suffered by a member of the Kia Toa junior team who came in contact with a ring on the hand of a Podding Old Boys player, last Saturday. It was decided to instruct the Feilding cluhj that players are required to remove, their rings lx>fore matches begin. It j was stated that often the excuse was! made that players could not get the rings off. Silent Prayer in the House. In the House of Representatives last evening, the Speaker (Hon. W. E. Barnard) said that for some time the | Broadcasting Board had observed the practice instituted by the 8.8. C. ofj having a minute’s prayer at 9 p.m. and j it was thought undesirable that this practice should be interfered with by) broadcasting the proceedings of the : House at that time. Therefore, it had been decided that when the chimes 1 which were broadcast at 9 o'clock commenced the Speaker and members would - rise and observe a minute’s silence. Substantial Surplus. A surplus of £1,422.243 in the profit i, and loss account, including amounts Idue to suppliers of the company’s hut- j ter. cheese, milk powder and evapora-ij ted milk factories, is reported by the , New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Com- ] pany. The companies concerned will \ make payment in full to suppliers at the end of the month of a deferred payment for the butter department of 2.6004 d, making a total average of butterfat basic payment of 16.3016 d per 1 lh. Por cheese payments will vary according to conditions, the average being 18.2453 d per lb. Farm Cottages. j The criticism by the Hutt Count} Council of the Government farm cottages erected aL Puraparainnu was re- t •plied to by Hon. H. T. Armstrong in t the House of Representatives last even- . ing. Tlie Minister stated that the j chairman, engineer and building inspee- , tor of the Ilutt County Council, who accompanied him on his inspection, had nothing Imt praise for the standard of ' the cottages, even though in one oi two minor details they did not com- t ply with the council’s building by-laws, a However as they were intended as a s temporary measure only, it was not t necessary for these cottages to comply 1 strictly with the by-laws. (