CITY MILK SUPPLY

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24832, 2 March 1944, Page 6

CITY MILK SUPPLY

PRICE TO PRODUCERS

INCREASE ANNOUNCED (P A.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday A price order gazetted to-day gives an increase of .33d a gallon to producers who supply liquid milk which is consumed in the four main centres. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. B. Roberts, who said tho order does not involve any increase in the retail price of milk. "The issue of this price order _ implements a recently-announced decision of the Government, arising from the examination of the Milk Commission's report," the Minister continued. "The report recommended that the farm cost allowance granted to the dairy industry should be applied to the liquid milk industry. Two main classes of producers will not receive the additional allowance. One comprises the producervendors and the other comprises the producers whose milk is sold raw in the Auckland Metropolitan Milk District. Extension to Other Centres "In effect the price order requires the purchaser who buys from the producer to pay, in addition to the price he would usually pay, a further .33d a gallon. As a general rule this increased payment is to be absorbed by purchasers, .but treating houses will be reimbursed by Government subsidy, while producers whose vending margin is lOd a gallon or less can state a case for reimbursement. "The order applies specifically to the four main centres, but producers outside these centres may become entitled to the .33d allowance on application being made by approved producer organisations to have the price order put into force in their areas." Town Milk Office The Minister also announced that ar- ! rangements have been completed for jthe setting up or a town milk office to 'function as an interim organisations ! implement the Government's decision respecting the liquid milk industry. Mr. Roberts said the office would i commence to function earlv this month. Mr. H. H. Innes, previously liaison officer to the Minister of Agriculture and Marketing, had been appointed _ town mtilk officer. Associated with him as technical officer would be Mr. W. A. Cowell, who was previously milk officer to the Health Department. In addition Mr. L. C. Nisbet, chief investigating accountant to the Stabilisation Commission, had been appointed as liaison officer between the town- milk office and the commission.

SCHOLARSHIPS WON UNIVERSITY PRIZES COMMITTEE'S AWARDS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday The results committee of the Senate of the University of New Zealand today resolved upon the following awards:— SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS English.—F. M. Todd, Victoria College. Tinline Scholarship.—Monica McCarthy, Otago University. Latin. —D. P. Wallace, Otago. Proxime accessit: M. J. C. Templeton, Otago. French. —F. M. Todd, Victoria (without emolument); Judith M. Child, Auckland (with emolument). German.—lngeburgh Garai, Victoria. History.—Barbara H. Wall, Victoria. Philosophy.—Ruth E. Dowden, Victoria. Education. —Gwenifer Chamberlain, Victoria. Pure Mathematics.—J. H. Darwin, Canterbury. , Applied Mathematics.—N. J. Rumsey, Auckland. Physics <two scholarships).—J. E. Drummond, Victoria, and D. T. King, Victoria. Chemistry.—B. D. England, Otago. Botany. —Ann P. Wylie, Otago. Zoology.—Marion Marwick, Victoria. Law, Contract and Property.—Audrei A. Messey, Auckland. Engineering.—l. Lowe, Canterbury. Agriculture.—K. J. Mitchell, Massey Agricultural College. Architecture.—A. W. Neale, Auckland. UNIVERSITY PRIZES Cook Memorial Prize. —R. H. F. Denniston, Victoria, and J. G. Millar, Canterbury. Post-graduate Scholarships in Arts. — R. H. F. Denniston, Victoria, and G. H. Russell, Victoria. Post-graduate Scholarships in Science —Valerie E. Todd, Otago, and Monica Lindsay, Otago. Travelling Scholarship in Commerce. —W. Rosenberg, Victoria. Travelling Scholarship in Law, —J. F. Northey, Victoria. SHIRTCLIFFE AWARDS The committee for the award of Shirtcliffe Scholarships awarded from the fund established by the late Sir George Shirtcliffe in his will met today. The committee members are the Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall (in the chair), Sir Michael Myers, the Bishop of Wellington, Sir Theodore Rigg (representative of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research) and Sir Thomas Hunter (ViceChaneellor of the University of New Zealand). The committee made the following awards:— Shirtcliffe Fellowship.—J. G. Millar, Canterbury. Shirtcliffe Scholarship.—M. J. McDowell, Otago. Shirtcliffe Graduate Bursary.—B. D. England, Otago!

NATIVE SUPERSTITION ATTRACTING FOOD SHIPS (N.Z.E.F. Official War Correspondent) NISSAN, Feb. 17 Intelligence officers who studied aerial reconnaissance photographs of Nissan when the seizure of Green Island by the New Zealanders and Americans was being planned, were mystified by the appearance at various points of the atoll of recently cleared spaces. The solution to the puzzle ultimately was found in a native superstition which had troubled the authorities in the mandated islands of the New Guinea group for some years. It seems that periodically a quasireligious movement is fostered by some native who has heard "a voice," and the belief grows that the islanders have only to clear landing places and build food huts, and one day large ships will appear and leave ample stocks of food for all the inhabitants. Unfortunately, the story goes that, in addition to clearing landing places, the natives must stop growing their own foods; magical ships appear only when food has run out and the people are in need. So on one part of Nissan the people built huts and made clearings on the beaches, stopped cultivation, and began killing oft" their pigs with sublime faith in future deliverance from hunger. Strangely, the superstition proved true, for one day a great collection of ships appeared off Nissan, and many hundred men landed with huge quantities of food. TEACHERS APPOINTED The Auckland Education Board authorised the following appointments of teachers yesterday:— Infant Mistress. —Miss E. K. Murray, Richmond Road. Sole teacher: Mr. C. L. Chambers, Kaharoa. Assistant masters: Mr. W. J. V. Malcolm. Euntly District Hijsli School, and Mr. L. B. Goodall, Papakura. Senior assistant mistress: Mrs M F. Clarke. Glen Eden. The following war appointments were also approved:—Sole teachers: Misses M. G. MrGowan, Turiwiri, B. K. Roigard, Kaniwhaniwha, and B. M. Mossman. Paewhenna. Assistant mistresses: Miss C. E. MrKinstry, MannßaHirnfo Distrirt High School, and Miss C. C. Winstanley. Three Kings. Secondary assist- i ant master: Mr. D. H. Nisbet, Ngat«a Di*-1 trict High School.