Waipoua Forest Should Be Left Untouched

Northern Advocate, 21 May 1949, Page 4

Waipoua Forest Should Be Left Untouched

NEWS IN BRIEF

AUCKLAND, Sat. (Sp.>. - The whole area of Waipoua Forest should be left untouched until a thorough investigation of silviculture and regeneration has been carried out, stated a report of the annual meeting of the Royal Society Council received at a meeting of the Auckland Institute and the Museum Council. Asked if the decision did not conflict with the report made last year, Dr Gilbert Archey said the society had taken no action on the Waipoua question last year as it had merely received a report on the forest on the morning the meeting was due to be held.

Two Remuera scouts have receivd the highest training award possible for a boy scout to hold, the King’s Scout badge. They are Cyril Moore, aged 16, and lan Fowler, aged 15, both of St Aidan’s Church Hall troop.

The presentations were made by the county president (Sir Joseph Smith). The county commissioner (Major F. Ward) said that the award was regarded so high by the King that he had undertaken to present the award himself when circumstances permitted. • * * *

Notice will be served on the Automobile Association (Auckland) to repair an old house—believed to be more than 100 years old—at 30 Kitchener Street, by the Auckland City Council. Because of its state of repair it is unfit for human habitation. * * * tit

The Governor General (Sir Bernard Freyberg) presented prizes won by members of the squadron during the past season when attending the 77th annual prize night of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron last night. Welcoming His Excellency to the squadron, the commodore (Mr W. Scott Wilson) said the outlook for yachting next season was better than ever before. The most successful yacht in the first division was Messrs A. S. Miller and G. C. Clifton’s Moana, which had wbn the Governor General’s Cup, the Jack Hodgson Memorial Trophy for the ocean race to the Bay of Islands, and the Goldie Trophy for the harbour race to Kawau. Among the M class yachts Myth was outstandingly successful, he said. * * * *

An immediate inquiry is to be made by the Price Tribunal into the price of bread in the Thames Valley area, the Minister of Industries and Commerce has advised. Pending the decision of I the tribunal, Mr David Leach, manag- ; ing director of the only bakery in Paeroa, had intimated that his firm would continue baking. Mr Leach had previously announced his decision to cease business when he was fined £2OO for charging more than the authorised price for bread. * * « *

Commenting on the Minister of Customs’ (Mr Nash) failure to remove the sales tax from carbonated waters and cordials, the president of the Dominion Association of Carbonated Water and Cordial Manufacturers (Mr W. J. Cowles) said that it was probably one of the most outstanding anomalies so far as sales tax was concerned. “The industry is statutorily obliged to manufacture in strict terms of the Food and Drug Regulations and its products are classified by the Health Department as a food,” continued Mr Cowles.

“However, the Customs Department classifies carbonated waters and cordials solely as a beverag- and. continues’ to impose a 20 per cent sales tax. Some idea of the anomalous position existing is gained from the fact that the Minister has revoked the sales tax on ice cream.

The industry has no complaint in so far as ice cream manufacturers are concerned, but definitely feels that this unfair discrimination between two similar products should be remedied. _ ...

Returning from an 11-weeks’ tour of England, the two winners of the Daily Mail essay competition arrived at Mechanics Bay, Auckland, by flyingboat yesterday. They were Brian Woods, of Invercargill, a pupil of Waitaki Boys’ High School, and Susan Maclean, of Wanganui, a pupil of Wanganui Girls’ College. They were both glad to ,be home but were sorry to leave England. By winning the essay competition, they became the two New Zealand representatives to the World Youth Forum in London.