NEWS OF THE DAY

Northern Advocate, 28 October 1949, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

JERSEY CLASSIFICATION Jersey herds in the Whangarei district are being classified for VHC and HC honours by three classifiers of the New Zealand Jersey Breeders’ Association who commenced operations in Whangarei yesterday. They are the president of the NZJB Association (Mr L. A. Higgins, of Nelson) and Messrs C. S. Lcggatt and G. Scown. Selected cows from the best Jersey herds in the district will be inspected and judged for honours by the three classifiers.

CENTRAL PARK TOOL The Central Park swimming pool will be ready for use next Monday. Whangarei Borough Council employees this week have cleaned the pool out, removing water weed and debris. The pool was filled yesterday and will be emptied again early on Monday to give it a final cleaning. The railing around the shallow children’s section will be erected and the springboard put in place so that the pool will be ready for lunch-time swimmers on Monday.

SECONDARY INDUSTRIES Labour's policy of establishing secondary industries in New Zealand even during the war years, had been justified by results. This was claimed by the party’s candidate for Hobson (Mr W. E. Lane) at his Awanui meeting last night. In 1939 prices for imported goods were 6 per cent over parity, and corresponding locally-manufac-tured articles had been reduced by 2 per cent, he said. In 1948 the imported article was 110 per cent above the cost of the local manufacture. This proved, he said, that local manufacture was essential to the well-being of New Zealand's population.

LARGE HAPUKA A 1031 b hapuka was included in the large catch of fish brought to Whangarei by the loca.l trawler Three Kings after a successful trip to the Poor Knights fishing grounds. The Three Kings’ catch, which weighed six tons, consisted mainly of snapper, terekihi, and hapuka. Two other hapuka tipped the scales at 951 b. The recent warm weather is reported to have brought the fish into shallower water earlier than usual.

“DANGEROUS CLAUSE.” What he considered a dangerous, clause in the New Zealand Dairy Industry Commission regulations was referred to by Mr W. E. Lane, Labour candidate for Hobson, at Awanui last night, This clause, he said, left the way open for future appointment of selling agencies for New Zealand production. Steps should be taken, the candidate said, to ensure that the avenue was not left open for exploitation of New Zealand primary industry by an individual, as had occurred in a case before Labour attained office. ORDERLY TRAFFIC . An almost continuous stream of cars moved into Whangarei from country districts this morning, each vehicle with its full complement of racegoers. Transport Department officers on point duty at the intersections of Bank and Cameron Streets and Bank and Vine Streets were kept busy for a considerable period during mid-morning, but tjie traffic appeared to be orderly and traffic control presented no great problems.

Values unprecedented at Henry Wilson’s. Linen tea towels, were 6/6, for 3/11; 80in. unbleached sheets, were 62/6, for 39/6 pair: unbleached towels. 4/11 pair; 48 x 48 table cloths, were 17/6, for 12/6; 42in white lingerie satin, 11/6, for 7/6 yd; wide selection of prints and ginghams; 68in. stout unbleached sheeting, 4/1 yard, and white boiling silk, 2/11 yard. r/wi