NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24261, 1 April 1940, Page 12

NEWS IN BRIEF

On Easter Saturday there were between 15.000 and .16.000 c % s k&jgJ>* around the Centennial ~v ; ;Exmp«»n grounds in Wellington.. ’ . The mildness of the present autumn in the Wairarapa is well illustrated by the fact that strawberries are agarn coming into bearing in many P lac £ s jf the province. A good number naa ripened and been picked. • • Boner cattle are being railed _ n large quantities in the North Island ut the present time. The Whangarei railway station traffic department reports that the number going forward "has been particularly heavy, the major portion being bound for Westfield. Buy t.ow New Year Goods, just opened up; many cannot be replaced. Shop early while the selection is good. Gifts for all at Mosgiel’s Drapers.—A. F. Chevne and Co.. It is reported by the honorary ranger, Mr A. C. Duff, that although the gannets at the Cape Kidnappers sanctuary are now preparing for their long flight northward, the rocks are still well-cov-ered with old and young birds. Many of the latter are little more than two months old, and all are in interesting stages. In consequence no doubt of the recent announcement that men of the third echelon were to be equipped with Ihe modern battle dress of the British Army, numbers of soldiers on leave have visited the Army Court at the Exhibition m Wellington to inspect this service uniform, which is_ on show there. Interested groups have engaged in eager discussion on its merits. The large proportion of women drivers who undertook fairly long trips at Easter was a feature of the week-end motoring (states the New Zealand Herald). A party returning to Auckland on Easter Monday from Cambridge encountered nine successive motor cars driven by women. Several of the cars were heavily laden with camping gear, and the number-plates of the majority indicated that they were registered in Auckland.

Said McNab to McTavish: Cheerio, Sandy. I’ll me’t ye at Crossan’s Waterloo aga’n after the Easter Holidays. . A short message in Welsh was delivered to his compatriots in New Zealand by the representative of the United Kingdom branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association at the Centennial celebrations, Mr D. R. Grenfell. C.8.E., M.P., before commencing his address on “The International Situation and Britain’s War Effort.” in Wellington last week. A large dog making futile efforts to escape from a closed motor car in Heretaunga street, Hastings, on a recent afternoon attracted the attention of numbers of pedestrians, most of whom made strong comment concerning the car owner who had locked the animal in the vehicle. The dog was barking, and leaping from one seat to another, obviously in a distressed condition. - .I-

A glance through the visitors’ book at the Methodist stall in the Centennial Exhibition—now containing nearly 4000 signatures—reveals the interest taken in the display and the cosmopolitan character of the visitors. In quick succession follow visitors from Fiji, Ireland, Amsterdam, Japan, Wales, Saskatchewan, Vancouver, New South Wales, Switzerland, Capetown, Russia, France, England, Salt Lake City (United States), Samoa, Solomon Islands and Scotland.

Grandism (4091): Winning and holding goodwill. This year—next yearlast year.—Grand Hotel Home Supply Store for better wines and spirits.. . “I believe this is a record, but Mr Spiller tells me that Napier is a place for records.” remarked the judge of the voefal section (Mr A. Bryant) speaking at the Easter music session. Mr Bryant had highly commended seven competitors in one class (action song for boy or girl under 12), which is a most unusual procedure, but so high was the standard that the judge -declared he had no alternative. .“ With command oh the sea we shall win command in the air. We are there now. We can find more machines and more men. and better • machines: and better men than the Germans can find if they want to fight in the air,” declared Mr D. R. Grenfell, the visiting British Labour M.P., in an address at Wellington. “The British people and the people in the Empire countries will stand together, fight together and win together in this war.” Already New Zealand had its army traditions, commented Colonel C. H. Weston, speaking at Okato last week. The hall in which they were that evening had seen three expeditionary forces farewelled. to the South African War, the Great War and the present war. Taranaki, in,particular, had great military traditions, and it behoved everyone to uphold those traditions. It was pleasing to know that there was a Taranaki company in each Wellington division in the present war.

Spring cleaning time is here, and now is the time to replace worn-out ashpans, coal scuttles, kitchen canisters, bins, meat safes, etc.—Dickinson, Mytton, Ltd., 204 Crawford street (Oval end)...

A subject on which Napier people are inclined to be rather touchy was skilfully avoided by one of the speakers at a music festival at the Napier Municipal Theatre. Thanking the public for its hospitality, the adjudicator of the dancing section. Miss Bettina Edwards, said that she had very much enjoyed visiting their town—or city. “ I gather that you ‘ get into trouble from one side or another whichever you call it,” she added. An interesting decision, of importance in particular to fruitgrowers and those concerned in the sale of fruit from cool stores, has been given at Hastings by Mr J. Miller, S.M. Mr Miller held that, when an orchardist forwarded packages of fruit to the cool stores, he was responsible for the inspection fee stamp, even if the fruit were sold in the store. Mr Miller further contended that in the event of stamped packages being repacked, a second stamp .was required before the repacked package could be sold. How Britain is conserving her storo of petrol by using alternative motor fuels is shown by two announcements made in London last week. One refers to laundry vans in West Middlesex running on methane gas supplied by local sewage works. Methane has hitherto been used in England only in stationary engines at half a dozen sewage works. The other announcement is that nearly 200 garages in the London area north of the Thames will be equipped to supply motor vehicles with coal gas instead of petrol. The grocery supplied by James Gray and Sons. Ltd., is well known for its good quality and reasonable prices... To maintain the activities of the Post and Telegraph Department during the absence of many staff members who ai e on active service, women are being called upon as far es possible to fill various pcsitions. These appointments will be of a temporary nature, as the positions must be kept open for. men who return after the war, but .it is hoped to avoid any marked change in efficiency while operating under war conditions. It is expected that other Government departments will also be compelled to rely to an increasing extent on the services of women while the war continues.

German churches are being forced to contribute toward the cost of the war against the Allies, according to an article in the Outlook, the official paper of the Presbyterian Church. It can be gathered from the official church periodicals of the German dioceses that, according to the War Economic Decree of September 14, 1939, the bodies, recognised by public law must make a contribution towards the cost of the war. Ecclesiastical bodies, associations, institutions and monasteries are also being called on to make contributions. The levy on the Church is calculated according to a scale which has been determined by the national income tax regulations and tile number of members. , • r... Have you tried Hitchons pork sausages. pork saveloys or Oxford sausage (cooked)? If your grocer can’t supply, ring our Dunedin branch (12-344): Milton (22).. ___