Modified Company Returns

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 19 October 1942, Page 4

Modified Company Returns

The Companies Act. 193 U. requires that every company having share capital shall make an annual return of

all the members of the company, their occupations and addresses, and a similar return of all persons who have ceased to be members since the last return. To give some relief to companies experiencing shortages of staff and of paper, emergency regulations gazetted recently provide that companies with more than a hundred members shall make a return showing the changes that have occurred since the date of the last return. The Registrar of Companies has power at any time to direct the compilation of a complete list. If no changes have Occurred since the last return, a certificate to that effect may be filed in lieu of the list, accompanied by the customary fee. A public company must furnish the usual copy of its balancei sheet, auditor's report .etc., with such certificate. Teachers and Home Guard The Education Department advised the Nelson Education Board at to-day s meeting that the first duty of teachers in the Home Guard was to their children during school hours. After the teacher had attended to the safety of the children he would then be free to do his Home Guard service. The Trend in Heading “The change in the class of books demanded by readers, which was noted last year, has been accentuated with the intensification of war,” states the annual report of the Chief Librarian of the General Assembly Library which

was submitted to Parliament. "Whereas up to 1939 there was a considerable demand for books on world affairs and various political ideologies, this material is now practically unwanted. In their place readers are asking for more factual literature, including up-to-date descriptive matter and history and good war narratives. Historical research has practically ceased, and the attention of the staff is demanded instead for the solution of problems in industrial and technical research, mostly in connection with new industries, the manufacture of munitions, and other war activities. There is a very lively demand for books and reference material dealing with every aspect of home defence and air-raid protection.” Nelson-Christchurch Service

Although the gap between the East Coast railheads is being lessened as much as possible to eliminate the use of motor transport, it has been found necessary (says the “Express”) for one service car to travel over the route. For the convenience of Nelson and In-be-tween passengers authority has been given Messrs Newman Bros, to run a daily car from Nelson to the Hundalee and back. Northbound passengers from Hundalee to Nelson and points between Blenheim and Nelson will have to utilise this car on its return trip, as there will be no connection between the train on its arrival at Blenheim, and Nelson, the service car passing through before the arrival of the train from Clarence Bridge. Under the new system of travel both northward and southward-bound passengers will have lunch at Hundalee and not at Kaikoura as was the custom in the service car days. Tallow Prices At a meeting of the Blenheim branch of the Farmers’ Union (reports the “Express”) reference was made to the tallow wastage forced upon the Dominion by the uneconomic price. “I came across a man who was burning 40 gallons of tallow a week.” said Mr L. C. Chaytor. “He just couldn’t afford to save it —although last war every scrap had to be saved and we need it just as much this time.” Mr A. S. Draper; Another man bought empty kerosene tins at 2s 6d each. He shipped the tins, each with about 351bs of tallow, to Wellington. He didn’t get enough over bare cost to pay for the tins. .Mr Chay-

tor: it is a scanctaious ana wicKca shame that this waste of essential war material should be forced on the people. If we got bitumen tins and shipped the tallow we’re now burning to Russia, they'd be glad enough to have it and go to the trouble of clearing the bitumen from it. Mr Draper: Tallow prices are very low. yet the price of soap and candles is going up. Mr J. S. Barnett: It is costing farmers something to get rid of their tallow—but the price compels it and the Government has declined to alter the price. Shortage of Manpower An indication of the effect of Home Guard training on primary production was shown at the parade of a platoon in the Ashburton County recently (says “The Press"), when 22 tractors were idle while the drivers were on parade. In an adjoining district a further 18 tractors were idle while their drivers were at a platoon parade in that area.