NEW OVERCOATS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25202, 15 May 1945, Page 4

NEW OVERCOATS

RESTRICTIONS LIFTED DOUBLE-BREASTED TYPES The announcement that austerity strictions on men's clothing will be celled by Gazette notice this week me 30 " that thousands of double-breasted over' coats held by Auckland manufacture™ will be made available to the public f 0 the winter. The -Minister of Supply Sullivan, has stated in Wellington that the revocation of the relevant control notices has been made possible as a resuit of the successful end of the w ar i Europe. An article published in the Herald last month drew attention to the fact that, while retailers' stocks of overcoats were . almost completely exhausted wholesalers' warehouses were stacked with thousands of double-breasted coats manufactured in expectation of the lift! inu of the austerity restrictions. Ministerial silence on the matter and a warning by the Factory Controller, Mr G A Pascoe, that the manufacture for sale of double-breasted garments constituted a defiance of the law, aroused fears that the public would be forced to face the winter either with old coats or with none at all. The position was particularly serious in regard to the cases of turned servicemen requiring complete new civilian wardrobes. The lifting of the regulations will mean that for a period retailers will be able to offer purchasers a fairly wide choice of smart double-breasted' overcoats of good quality tweed. This is a style of garment that has always been most popular with public taste, and manufacturers have stated that it uses no more material than the well-known loose-fitting "Kaplan" style English coat. Suits, shirts and pyjamas also are affected by the lifting of the control measures, but to a lesser degree than in the case of overcoats. Principal restrictions in the case of shirts related to the manufacure of double cuffs and protective collar tabs where the rear stud is inserted, and the number of buttons permitted down the front. Restrictions affecting the manufacture of suits have been eased from time to time, and the only ones remaining were those stipulating that double-breasted coats could be supplied only when no waistcoat was provided and that frouser bottoms should be no wider than 22in. The regulations affecting pyjamas governed the manufacture of certain "fancv" types. ■ , NO STOUT OR ALE

GREEN LANE HOSPITAL THE SUPPLY TO CEASE "Stout, cannot be classed as of definite' medical value, but its effects are those only of a mild appetiser to people in the habit of taking it," said the actingmedical superintendent of the Green Lane Hospital. Mr D. W. Guthrie, in a report to the Green Lane Hospital Committee on stimulants consumed by patients which was received at a meeting of the Auckland Hospital Board last night. He felt the board should take a firm stand the firactiee of supplying alcoholic stimuants altogether. It might be necessary, under the jurisdiction of the medical officers and sisters, to permit relatives to supply certain cases with stout. The committee's recommendation that the supplv of ale and stout to patients at Green Lane Hospital be discontinued was adopted.

LOCAL AND GENEBAL Shining Cuckoos A resident of Grey Street, Hamilton, IMr R. E. Andrew, observed * two I shining cuckoos on a tree in his property | yesterday. It is unusual for these birds ! to be in the Waikato district at this | time of the year, j Cornwall Hospital I "Arrangements are well under way 1 at the Cornwall Hospital and the first i series of patients will go in on Sun- ! day. May 27," said the chairman, Mr i A. J. Moody, at a meeting of the Auck-. j land Hospital Board last night. A letter received from the Minister of Finance, Mr Nash, said that instructions had been issued for the preparation of a formal agreement regarding the lease. Tire in Oarage A fire was discovered in a garage at the home of Mr L. G. Bedford, ,9 Avice Street, Remuera. at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. A one-gallon tin of petrol was blazing on the floor near a motorcar, but the flames were extinguished before any damage was caused. Apparently the petrol caught fire while a thief was siphoning it from the car. A length of rubber hose was found near the tin. Board's War Loan Investments The fact that the Auckland ElectricPower Board had subscribed for £1,160.000 in war loans 6ince the beginning of the war was mentioned during discussion on the boards contributions to the 1945 Victory Loan yesterday. Most of the loans were due ,to mature in 1950 and 1951, said the chairman, Mr S. J. Harbutt. The earliest was due in 1947, and for the present the board could not do more than take ur £50.000. Liquor in Cabarets Suggestions that the licensing laws be amended to permit of liquor being taken into cabarets when they are hired by private parties or clubs were put before the Royal Commission on licensing yesterday. The manager of one cabaret appeared on behalf of it and another three and gave evidence. He said it appeared anomalous that a person who was under no restrictions if he held a party at his home should not be per mitted to entertain his guests similar!} when he chose to use the amenities pro vided by a modem cabaret. Subsidy on Pig Food Crops "The response to the Government subsidy of £5. for the feeding of pigs was in one way good, but in the Auckland Province it has been disappointing because the crops on which the subsidy has been claimed have been nearly always swedes,"- said the chairman of the Auckland District Council of Primary Production, Mr R. C. Clark, yesterday. While swedes were quite good food, they were easily grown and were the lazy farmers way out, Mr Clark continued. There was too much neglect of the right types of crops for stock food in New Zealand, as. for example, the neglect of those containing nitrogen. He felt that the quality and food value of the crops for which a subsidy was claimed should be taken into account. Auckland's State Houses Government housing contracts now in hand in Auckland provided for 966 houses, and there were 11,007 Stateowned sections available for building, stated the Minister of Works, Mr Semple, yesterday, when commenting • upon what he described as certain "illinformed statements" that Auckland had not received its fair share under the Government's housing construction policy. These figures made it clear that Auckland was not being overlooked in respect of the acquisition of land for Government housing, said Mr Semple. State houses numbering 6151 had been erected in the metropolitan area since the inception of the programme, compared with 3426 in Wellington. A uc ?" land therefore had 2725 more State houses than Wellington, or more th an a third of all those erected in- J* l6 * Zealand.