NEWS OF THE DAY

Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 223, 20 September 1943, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Cross-country Event Niue teams will be competing in the New Zealand Combined {Services crosscountry championships, to be held in Wanganui next {Saturday. Mr. G. Benson, president of the Wost Const (N. 1.) Centro of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, said that there would be three Army and three R.N.Z.A.F. teams, two Navy teams and one made up of personnel from the Second N.Z.E.F. Fewer Dairy Stock Early action is being urged by the Auckland District Council of Primary Production to combat the decline in dairying herds which is taking place in the Auckland Province. Results of a survey recently taken by the council are viewed soriously, and the council considers if something is not done to arrest present trends the future productive capacity of the province will be gravely disturbed. Big Untapped Coal Deposits A statement that there were still huge untapped deposits of coal in the Waikato Avas made by Mr. G. {Smith, Huntly, at a meeting of the Waikuto County Council. Mr. Smith said it was a mistake to assume that the coal deposits were confined to Huntly and its neighbourhood, for there were two oxtensive seams at Rangiriri, and at least 22,000,090 tons at Ohinewai. The presence of those supplies had been proved by geological tests. Prevalence of Conjunctivitis Numbers of Aucklanders have recently been seeking attention for an inflamed and sore condition of the eyes, known as con junctivitis. Many chemists have been prescribing for scores of cases. The condition is thought by some to be seasonal and is regarded as being a sort of catarrh of the eyes. One theory advanced about its cause is the sudden transition in spring days from dull to bright lights, so imposing an extra strain on the eyes. T.B. Among Maoris Concern at the incidence of tuberculosis among the Majii population in its district was expressed at the month ly meeting of the WungauuL Hospital Board, when it wus decided to appoint a medical officer who would devote all his time to combating the disease in the area covered by the board. This decision followed a report by the medical superintendent, Dr. H. L. Wildowson, ou a confercuce of medical superintendents, chairmen of hospital boards and medical officers of health from the southern half of the North Island lulu in Palmerston North recently. Other People's Property “The probation officer reports that they have very little respect for other people's property. That is the exact observation that Captain Cook made when he first visited NcaV Zealand,'’ said Air. W. Noble, when appearing in the Auckland Supremo Court on behalf of two Maori youths. Mr. Noble added that the Maoris were a primitive people. Air. Justice Cullan said that what Captain Cook had said was his torieally true, but the Alaoris wero then living in a communal state, and they had never heard of the pakeha organisation of the community. It was really time, however, that they wero beginning to understand.

Lamb Losses in South Amuri farmers estimate that the losses in lambing this year are greater than for many years. The losses have been not only over the recent cold wet weather, but during the last few weeks. The main reasons given for the severe losses wero the very dry conditions during the autumn and an extremely cold spring with lack of sunshine. Other contributing factors were shortage of feed and continual rain and snowstorms. Losses have been reported by all farmers communicated with, some losing more heavily than others. Practically all lambs born during one recent night, which Avas bitterly cold and Avet, died. Lambing is general throughout the flat country, but will not commence on the hills for another •week or two.

Women’s Exacting Work The electrical industry—like many others which formerly employed meu almost exclusively—has now found that some of the Avork in it can be done, and done well, by women, states the Press. Since the Avar began Avomen have been employed in increasing numbers. In one firm of electrical engineers in Christchurch three girls are employed in armature winding, exacting Avork involving the handling of literally miles of wire the finest of AA-hich is thinner than a human hair. Armatures, which arc fitted into electrical machinery, must be wound with great care, since the machines, in some cases, will carry high voltages. Not only are the girls familiar with the process of windiug, but they also carry out the necessary instrument testing. There is a radio in the workshop, and the girls Avork to music.

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