GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 5 February 1942, Page 4

GENERAL ITEMS

Bread Reselling: Deadlock A deadlock over the selling of broad has occurred in Masterton where, 10l- j lowing the decision of a meeting of! bread resellers, sales of bread from the beginning of this week were being j made only by the bakers of the town.! This move was to have taken effect a fortnight ago, but action was postponed by the resellers to see if some agreement could be mode with the bakeries. The resellers claim that with depleted staffs resulting from the call on manpower. they could not afford to handle *he rgsale of bread at the profit allowed by the bakers. They state that the servicing of bread is the responsibility of the bakers, and that a loss was incurred through the handling of the commodity. Women on Farm? The wives and daughters of farmers were expected to undertake farm work when men were called up for military service, but the wives and daughters • J munition workers were not called upon lo perform that class of work,! said Mr P. Jenkins, when appearing; before the No. 1 Armed Forces Appeal! Board on behalf of a tanner who ap-I plied for the exemption of his son.! Hundreds of women were doing work on! farms, but there were many girls and! women of farming families w ho had | never been in t:.e milking sheds, said Mr Jenkins. The speaker did not think! they should be expected to do this; ciass of work when the men were calleo up for military service. Bicycle Shortage An ancient “penny-farthing" bicycle! carrying the notice “All we have left—! not for sale,” stands in an Auckland dealer’s window as silent evidence of! the existing shortage of bicycles in l Auckland (states the “N.Z. Herald’ ) j The reduction of the petrol ration to a! minimum threw a great strain on cycle stocks and accessories, and one longstanding firm, whose imports were cut tc 37A per cent, of 1938 orders, has i een out of supplies s'ince Christmas. Such a position did not: arise in the 1 Boer War or the last war. added a j principal of the firm, who added that inquiries were still pouring in by letter. telephone and personal representation. Dangers of a City “People will not learn the dangers I o 1 a big city like this,” said Mr Justice j Callan. when commenting to the grand ; jury at Auckland on a charge of robbery with violence. He said the case 1 was of a type of which they had at 1 !ea «t every session, he thought, j The complainant, who was GO years of j ;| ge, had very foolishly gone to a house I be did not know anything about with :a woman he had just met in’an hotel I bar. There he got into very undesirj able company, and there was no doubt i that he was assaulted, and he said that j he was also robbed. j National Savings Stamps I A proposed Dominion-wide ex- ! tension of the national savings cam- ; psign by the sale of sixpenny sav- ! mgs stamps was supported by the I Wanganui advisory committee at a I meeting (reports the “Herald”). The ! -stamps will be purchased by shops and the public will be asked to take their | small change in the stamps, which will be affixed to national savings cards with spaces for £1 worth of the stamps. The j cards may be handed in to the Post I Office and redeemed in national savings I accounts, bonds, or gift coupons. Na~ t onal saving stamps have been used j successfully in other parts of the Enij pi re, particularly in Australia. ! Friday Millinery Special! 49 only j Mode] Hats in attractive summer I shades, also Black Were 25'0 to 39/6 Friday Special 7/11. McKay’s.* Friday Frock Special! Cotton Frocks : w. new printed designs. Smart styles I and fast washing colours. S.S.W. to i O.S. Were 25/6 to 29/6. Friday Spec- “ Lullaby” Winceyette Pyjamas! Gay •••loured stripes in quality Winceyette. S.W. to O.S. 22 '6. Lighter weight j Striped Winceyette Pyjamas, all sizes.

Richmond E.I’.S. Try-out. organisation in Richmond has been tested by a complete try-out of the schi unprepared last year and with Ihe changes of personnel and additions | made recently to each section n is j recognised as necessary that this test : hould be made. The committee ha in . hand arrangements for a rehearsal along realistic lines to be held one j evening very soon. A change recently ; adopted in the form of emergency alarm is to combine the siren with : 1 the fire bell in Upper Queen street These will act alternately for intermil- ! tent period of 10 seconds. The “all ’clear” will be given by a continuous j period of 1 minute. | Slone Fruit in Demand Stone fruit met with a good demand at the Auckland markets on Tuesday. Choice apricots were keenly sought, hut most lines wore in an over-ripe and wet condition. Plums were plentiful and sold freely. Good linn tomatoes met with a very ready sale. Apples; are now more plentiful, Gravenstein ; selling at 9s to 15s Od a case. Grape.' I came forward in better supplies and j prices receded somewhat in anlicipa- ; i lion of the supply of oranges which were lo be distributed yesterday. The j inquiry for strawberries has fallen oil ; considerably, principally on account of i other dessert fruit coming forward. Toslwomon Lower Hull is jealous ol the honour j of having initiated letter delivery by; I poslwomcn. and denies the allegation ; that Wellington made New Zealand! history on Tuesday, when postwomen i appeared on Wellington streets. Post- ; I women have been on the roads oi. j Lower Hull since Wednesday of last j week, and took over full responsibility j test Monday. Th : innovation i? voik- < J ing satisfactorily. ! Cutting of Native Bush A good example was sot when the Mayor of Dunedin (Mr A. H. Allen) gave an assurance that no native bush would be cut down without the Native Bush Protection Society first being consulted. This was done at a meeting of the City Council during a brief discussion on the Water Committee’s report, which stated that authority had been given for the construction of a metalled track in the Ross Creek reservoir area to provide better access to a number of essential and related operational points in the water supply system of that area. Councillor R. Walls said that most of the track would traverse scrub and grass land, but the work wps very necessary. Mr Allen said he had given an assurance before in the matter, and he was sorry if there were stftll misgivings. The Push Protection Society would be given Ihe opportunity of meeting the council first, and would be allowed to go over the bush affected before anything was done. Breeding of Flies Grass mowed from lawns and deposited into a heap at the back of a 1 garden, also decaying fruit and vegetable matter, encouraged the breeding ■ (,{ flies in the backyards, commented - the City Engineer. Mr L. F. Row, when a special meeting of the Wanganui City Council was held to consider suburban garbage collections. Mr Row added that if household refuse were properly buried there was no danger of flies and rats becoming a pest. For the past ten years the council had been burying rubbish on the side of St. John’s Hill, and in that • period no trouble had been experienced.