GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 7 August 1941, Page 4

GENERAL ITEMS

Roads and Bridges Altogether last year 235 miles of road j were formed and 400 miles were meti ailed by the Public Works Department ! and by local authorities in receipt of grants and subsidies from the Government, said the Minister of Public Works, Mr Armstrong, in his annual statement. Rugby Representatives The emergencies for the Nelson senior Rugby representatives to play Golden Bay-Motueka on Saturday will be as follows: Backs, Langrope, Hall; ; forwards, McKegney, Keeling. The team was selected by Mr T, Mahony, who has been appointed by the Nelson , Rugby Union to replace Mr W. Sullivan, who is leaving the district. Manufacture of Macaroni in New Zealand. , An important new industry will be started in Timaru in the near future with the establishment of a factory to make macaroni (reports “The Press”). i The Timaru Milling Company has been , granted what is stated to be the only li-ense in New Zealand, and it is understood that the industry will be open- ; ed as an alternative to importing the ; product from Australia. The proposal to manufacture macaroni in Timaru was revealed at a meeting of the Borough Council when the sale of a site I to the Timaru Milling Company was i under consideration. ' Mobile Shower Baths Among the minor discomforts that often have to be borne by victims of air raids in Britain is lack of facilities for showers or baths. In an effort to I overcome the problem, a well-known i soap manufacturing firm in England has put into service a number of mobile ’ units, which are sent free to raided areas. For use by people whose homes have been bombed and who are unable :j to get a bath, these mobile shower- • | baths are in the form of a special | trailer drawn by a car. Supplies of towels and soap are carried in the car, t j while on the trailer is an oil-fired boiler II of the Diesel type. Canvas screens can , be erected alongside the trailer to provide three dressing shelters, and a cen- ’ | tral shelter accommodates four spray : | baths. l| The new Spring Flecked Felts have j just opened in pastel shades of Beige - : Blue, Green, Grey and Indian Earth, r j 15/6. McKay’s. l4 J Don’t fail to see the new Spring Mil- " j finery on display in our Showroom. • Styles and Colours are a revelation. I Priced from 15/6. McKay’s.* J Matrons! Attractive styles in Matrons’ , Millinery Navy, Black, Brown and Colours, in new shapes with deep litr I ting crowns 23in and 23Ain head IU- - tings, from in (i. McKay's.*

i Supplies of New Potatoes. Although small consignments of new potatoes have been reaching the Auck hand markets for several weeks, the | bulk of this season’s crop, which is cx-j : peeled to be o little late, will not be j iavailable until next month (states the j“N.Z. Herald"). The present supplies' j mainly are grown in the Waitakere (ranges. Those of good quality are, !selling at from 3d t> 4£d per lb and' inferior fines from l£d to 2Jd. Stone from Bethlehem. ! An interesting stone for ineorpora|tion in the proposed new Anglican! J Cathedral in Auckland has been re- 1 ecived by Bishop Simkin from Canon jJ. R. Stanton of Otahuhu. This stone, which measures 18in by 1 Sin and is I iliin thick, is known as “Mizzi Heloo” i j stone and is similar to the stone used I m the building of the Temple in Jeru-! salem. “This stone was hewn in an! i ancient quarry at Bethlehem, the same j quarry from which was taken the Stone j for the oldest Christian church in the j world, the Church of the Holy Nativity, ( i Bethlehem, and for the present Cathe-j j drat Church of St. George in Jeru-I salem,” states the “Church Gazette.”! "It is a portion of a larger stone procured by Archdeacon Stacy Waddy, i land was taken from Bethlehem to j Jerusalem on the back of a camel. Be-j (fore being sent to New Zealand the j (stone was blessed in the Cathedral 1 jin Jerusalem." No Cane in N.S.W. Schools. j The New South Wales Minister of I Education, Mr Evatt, told the Parents I and Citizens’ Associations’ Conference! I that he had decided to abolish corporal I punishment in public schools. Mr Evatt j said that he hoped also to abolish cor-j I poral punishment in institutions which! (cared for wards of the State. “It has' been proved to me that it is in institutions where severe forms of punishment i are practised that the boys give most ; trouble,” he said. The Minister an- , nounced also that the Department of i Education was acquiring a large area at Lake Macquarie for a physical fitI ness camp for the Newcastle district, iand that negotiations were being carrier. out with the University of Sydney jto establish a degree in physical edu- , cation. Changed Materials. . A special meeting of the Marlborough ; Hospital Board this week approved recommendations of its building committee to proceed with the proposed building plans for the Wairau and Picton Hospitals, but in conformity with the proposed building plans for the Wairau and Picton Hospitals, but in conformity with the alterations made necessary through shortage of some materials (states the “Express”) This position, it will be recalled, was revealed at tlie last meeting of the board, when the building committee was in- ! slructed to investigate the matter and report back. The proposals now are | largely concerned with a considerable : quantity of wood construction where (previously it had been proposed to use (reinforced concrete. The cost, it is j iconsidered, will be approximately the' (same and it will be necessary to raise! i the loan originally proposed, £100,000.! Closer Relations With Russia j Mr H. Atmore advises that at the', meeting at Wellington last evening to ; advocate closer relations with Britain’s i new ally Russia, the resolution endors- ! ing the object of the meeting was car- ! ried with only three dissentients, and ; requests are pouring in from other 1 i centres asking for meetings. Seddon Shield Gate. The takings at the Seddon Shield match, West Coast v Malborough at Greymouth on Saturday amounted to £123, one of the lowest figures at ; shield matches in recent years (states ‘ the “Star”). The heavy rain in the , early afternoon, and the fact that petrol , restrictions prevented the attendance 1 of the customary hundreds of sup- ■ porters of the visiting team, were no j doubt mainly responsible for the drop in the gate takings. Last of His Line. , 1 Sydney has one hansom cab left, • | and it is driven by Mr Bernard Breen, aged 70. “I first cracked my whip 40 years ago, and there were then 1500 hansoms on the streets.” he told a newspaper man. “I stilL have my regular customers from the old gentility. Every week for 30 years I have driven one man from his home seven • miles out to the city and back. Last ; week an old couple took a ride and wept. They drove borne from their ! wedding in a hansom 50 years ago. 1 ! With petrol rationing we may again ! see spirited horses drawing smart twoI wl eelers through the streets, and some of life's old dignity will return.” 1 Production Must Be Kept Up •The world war still goes on and the loss of shipping is causing difficulties, but production should be kept up as food will undoubtedly be urgently needed in the countries which have; been ravaged by war,” states the re-, port of the directors to be presented to the annual meeting of the Rangitikei Dairy Company in Bulls next Saturday. “A shortage of fertiliser is inevitable, but if suppliers will lengthen the time of cultivation and more intensively cultivate the ground for crops this will to some extent overcome this.”