GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 6 August 1941, Page 4

GENERAL ITEMS

; Soldiers’ Parcels in September \ At last night’s meeting of the Nelson i Provincial Patriotic Committee Mr J. A. ; Harley announced that the next disj patch of soldiers’ parcels would take j place in September. Repairs to m.v. Hokitika j The motor vessel Hokitika, Captain ! A. M. Nalder, which has been underi going repairs to a bent propellor shaft j at Port Nelson, is expected to sail to- | morrow night for Tarakohe, GreyI mouth and Bruce Bay. Publicity Display in Nelson j Buxtons Ltd. are featuring a display I in one window of photographs received direct from the British Ministry of Information. Headed “Help to win by getting into war work.” it is stated to be a typical illustration of the manner in which women are being placed into England’s war industry. Six large photographs tell the story of a girl "joining up” to work in one of the heavy industries. It is brightly portrayed. and it one of a series which is being displayed throughout England. Nelson Men in Camps j "The committees of Nelsonians in j Auckland, Christchurch and Wellingi ton have continued their good work on ! behalf of the Nelson men in the several camps,” stated a report of the Nelson Provincial Patriotic Council which was presented at a general meeting last evening. "From information which has come to hand from time to time, it appears that the men in the camps are being exceptionally well cared for, and that for this reason there is little which the committees can do. The fact remains, however, that the men from this province have no organisation to which they can look for help in time oi need and one which has the authority of this council to provide that need.” Tasman National Park Mrs Moncrieff writes: The following letter written on Active Service in j Egypt may be of interest with referI ence to the proposed Tasman National J Park: "Mother told me in her last letter of your efforts to have the back of i Torrent Bay made into a National ; Park. As that is a dream I have had j to’ a long time, I thought I would . | write and wish you luck in your ef- | forts. In fact I would like to see ah , | the land north of a line drawn roughly ' j from Sandy Bay to Pohara made into ' I a National Park.” Britain an 1 America 1 "I feel in rather a false position,” I said the Governor-General. Sir Cyril • Newall, addressing the English-Speak- . ing Union in Wellington yesterday I afternoon. "I was not a member of ; the union in England. I had my nose i in the grindstone working for the Air II Force, and did not have time to devote -i to anything outside my professional j job. Though I am not a member, howI ever, 1 can claim that 1 have shown 1 ! my interest in the union of two great ' j countries by having chosen a wife who t j comes from America.” (Applause.) Sir . i Cyril added that he gave place to no ! one in his enthusiasm for the idea that ! there should be a close association be- ' i tween the British Commonwealth of i ; Nations and the United States of t i America. 1 ; Fruit Cases Come Home - i Cases made in Canterbury of tim--5 I ber from the Selwyn Plantation Board’s plantations, and exported tc j Australia last year are now coming 1 ; back to Christchurch. They are par 1 I ■ ot an order of approximately 50.00 C ] j cases, and have been used for the packI ing of Australian dried fruit exported Ito the Dominion. Because of local c | requirements and military orders, the ? manufacturers were unable to supply r ! cases for export this year.

Ur os Is in the Waikato Fi'osts were recorded in the Waikato ' on 18 mornings last month, an unusual i them, states\he "Waikato Times.” On! the morning of 23rd .July the record | ing in Hamilton was 16 degrees, while] 15 degrees were registered at Run - j kura, this being the heaviest Hamilton frost since August, 1929. Double figure readings were experienced on several mornings, and a succession of ! eleven frosts commenced on the eleventh clay of the month. The re cord number of successive frosts it 12. Compared with the correspond-; ing month of other years, last month was unusual in that the rainfall was much lower. Southland Pianist's Appointment. The appointment of Mr Allan Trc- j gunning. a gifted young Southland 1 pianist, to the position of resident master in a famous college in Sussex. England, is announced in a cablegram to his mother (states the "Southland Times"). He will take up his new duties j in September. Mr Trcgonning, who has had a distinguished musical career, [ has been studying in London for about! two years. He gained the diploma of j L.R.S.M. with the O’Byrne School of j Music in Invercargill at the age | 17 and won the Empire (overseas)| Scholarship of the Trinity College of Music, London, at the examinations in 1938 at the ago of 18. The war began soon after his arrival in London to: take advantage of the free tuition offer-! led and he undertook air raid precau- 1 i lions work. Last year he was one of ! the victims of Nazi raids and lost all] | his possessions when his lodgings were j | hit by a bomb. About the middle of j I last year he secured a post as sub- i [organist at the Church of St. John the | Evangelist and his experience in thisj position enabled him to qualify for a i cathedral appointment. Mr Tregonning, jalso passed the L.R.A.M. diploma examination while in London. Postage Stamp Changes i The bulk of the brown penny-half- ; penny stamps converted into twopenny stamps by overprinting will be ex- ! hausted early this month, and a 'gradual reversion will bo made to the i twopenny orange—yellow Maori whare j stamp of the pictorial series. Towards i the end of the year the brown threc- : penny stamp of the pictorial scries, ; with the head of a Maori maiden on it. j will have its colour changed to blue. The red penny-halfpenny stamp of the , King George series, which is to re- : place the present brown one, is not ex- ; pected to be issued until late next year. This year’s health stamps will be the ! same as last year's, with the exception that both denominations will be over- ] printed with the date 1941. ] Shortage of Carrots ’ With carrots worth 7s 6d per sugar | bag of 401 b in the wholesale marts, values at present for ton lots rule at I over £2O (states the "Otago Daily j Tunes”). Such a high price has, it is : stated, never been known in Dunedin ] before, and current valeus for potatoes ' are left far behind. Carrots must also j be in short supply in Australia, as an I order for 20 tons a month for four < months, or 80 tons in all. has been re~ ! ceived from that country. That is a j demand, too. which has never been | known in Dunedin before. A wollI known New Zealand canning firm is ! also desirous of buying carrots for canning purposes. Whether there are .sufficient supplies to meet the New Zealand demand alone is doubtful, and it j is considered very unlikely that any carrots will be available for export to j Australia. By Way of Contrast. The opening up of Invercargill’s new | post office, so very modern and up-to-date, recalls a story that is worth i quoting by way of contrast (says the ."Southland Times”). Many years ago ! in a backblock township of New Zea- ! land the local storekeeper was also the i postmaster. But apparently he found [the selling of tea, sugar and such-like j more profitable than the selling of (stamps, and there were many com- ; plaints about the way ho attended to ! the business of the post office. One ; day a post office inspector arrived un- : expectedly and took the storekeeper I severely to task for his neglect of his I duties as postmaster. For a while the storekeeper listened in silence. Then, j bending down, he pulled out a butter- ! box and planked it on the counter. [“Here,” he said, "take your bally post i office away. I’m sick of it." High Prices in England. High war-time prices for produce (and cattle are revealed in market re- ! ports in English newspapers reaching iNew Zealand. In a report of a cattle fair in Gloucester in April one newsj paper says that dairy cows with calves made up to £55 and heifers in calf up to £lO 10s. Three-year-old Hereford j steers made up to £3B each. Among sheep best ewes and lambs brought up to £5 6s a couple and among pigs strong stores up to £ 5 11s. At the [Cheltenham fruit and vegetable market (dwarf beans were sold at 3s 4d a pound; i leeks 5s to 19s a dozen; lettuces, 3s fid [to 8s fid a dozen; green onions, Is 9d to j4s 5d a dozen; new potatoes Is lOd a pound, and tomatoes 7s to 7s 5d a pound.