General Notes

Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 308, 17 December 1940, Page 2

General Notes

Homestead Burgled Recently on two occasions the homestea dof the late Mr. Bower Knight on the Dannevirke-Woodvillo main highway has been broken into. A large quantity of miscellaneous articles were stolen aud much mischief done in various rooms. The homestead has beeu unoccupied for some time. As the result of inquiries some of the stolen goods have been recovered by the police. Dannevirke Commander The appointment of Major E. N. Hogben as commander of the Home Guard unit in the Dannevirke area is announced. Membership of the local unit is now placed at 85. Units have so far been formed at about 23 places in the No. 7 area, and membership of the largest is 810, tapering to not less than 20. As enlistment in a good many cases has only commenced, considerable increase! are expected in the near future. For Training College Fifty-eight candidates were recommended by the selection committee of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board for admission to Training College next year. They include: Patricia B. Donaldson, Constance E. Obrist, Noel Barnard and David B. Telford, of Dannevirke; Esther A. Allardice, Anno B. Foster, Stanley G. Culliford and Kenneth A. Thompson, Norsewood; lan R. Grant, Takapau; Thomas W. Hume, Woodville.

Higher Leaving Certificates Advice has been received from, the Education Department that higher leaving certificates have been awarded to the following pupils of the Dannevirke High School:—Esther A. Allardice, Margaret H. Anderson, Iris J. Cammock, John M. Dobson, Patricia B. Donaldson, John D. Driver, Anne D. Foster, Ronald McMillan, Constance E. Obrist, James L. Peeti, Neroli P. Senior, Jack B. Stretton and Kenneth T. Thompson.

Napier Wool Appraisal The third wool appraisal of the 1940 season opened at Napier last week, when a catalogue of 27,827 bales was placed before the team of appraisers. With a large offering to. be examined, it is anticipated that their task will be fairly prolonged. Quality is generally good, although the heavy rains of the early spring have resultod in a certain amount of discoloration. Fleece wool is generally of attractive quality, as is the lambs’ wool, which has come forward in unusual quantities. Youths for Farms

At a recent meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Union the Napier placement officer said that to help farmers his department was doing its best to get High School boys to help farmers in the school holiday period. He suggested that farmers should avail themselves of the services of these lads where they could take the place of regular farm employees who could be put on more important work on the farms. The minimum wage for school lads is 18s 6d per week. Mr. Marriott said that the P.W.D. had combed out and there were very few now in the camps suitable for farm work. It was pointed out that farmers are now helping each other more in getting the farm work done. Mr. Marriott said that the position would become more serious as more men were called up. It was recognised that good farm hands are doing their war job by serving on the farms, but if they wished to go on military service it was useless to try to stop them. The young men considered it their duty to do so, and they must bo commonded for this. Thus on the home front all who could not go on active service must work harder.