NEWS OF THE DAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26614, 10 November 1947, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

Miss N.Z. Sweepstakes Practically every large office in Wellington last week conducted staff sweepstakes on the Miss New Zealand quest and the “ form ” of candidates was freely discussed in clubs, stores, and in the hotels where, it is reported, “ Miss Westland ” was a firm favourite, despite the beer troubles in her district. One office notice board displayed photographs of the candidates above the odds which had been laid and, added to the gallery, a humorous sketch of a dear old lady, “Miss New Zealand, 1850—Still going strong." Discretion would not permit that it be said which of the finalists was paying the best dividend, but it is estimated by one prominently associated with the Miss New Zealand quest that thousands of pounds changed hands in the 24 hours after the quest winner was announced. Traffic Entering Main Roads

A suggestion that motorists in New Zealand be required to stop before entering main highways from arterial roads was made bv Mr A. M. Lascelles at the annual meeting of the Manawatu Automobile Association. Mr Lascelles said this was a practice in the United States. A motion was passed that the suggestion be referred to the council of the association for the framing of a remit to be forwarded to the North Island Motor Union.

Winner of Lottery Residents at Paraparaumu are convinced that the holder of the halfshare, £25,000, of the winning ticket in a lottery in the Melbourne Cup, is one of the staff of Paraparaumu Aerodrome. However, inquiries made of aerodrome personnel revealed that nobody had heard anything definite as yet. There was a strong rumour that one of the Public Works employees—he has already won £IO,OOO in an overseas lottery—had scooped the pool, but if that is so, he is telling nobody about it. Bequest for Agriculture Massey Agricultural College has received from the estate of Bernard Chambers a bequest of a capital fund totalling £6OOO and accrued interest amounting to £1824. The money will be used to conduct investigations into animal and plant diseases. While considering the most useful utilisation of the bequest, the college board of governors expressed appreciation of the donor’s public-spiritedness, and referred to the great extent to which the fund would permit the college to extend its field activities. Mr Chambers, who died in 1931, was a wellknown Hawke’s Bay pastoralist. British Linoleum

An increase in supplies of British linoleum for export seemed unlikely in the near future, said Mr M. Campbell Scarlett, chairman of directors of the Dundee Linoleum Company, Scotland, in an interview in Christchurch. He explained that there was an acute shortage of linseed oil. The paint trade was a big competitor for available supplies, and with the lag in property maintenance during the war, the demand for paints was enormous. “At the time when I left Britain (September 13), there was no talk of an increased allocation of linoleum for export,” he added. “We shall have to continue to ration our customers and give them just as much as we can.”

Veterinary Bursaries No more than four bursaries for students to take the veterinary course at Sydney University will be granted by the Veterinary Services Council for 1948. said the council chairman, Mr A. Linton, replying to numerous inquiries received from all parts of New Zealand. This decision had been reached, he said, because of the large number of New Zealand students at present undergoing veterinary training at Sydney University and because a number of additional students would probably be sent forward next year by the Rehabilitation Department, under its bursary scheme. If the total number of Rehabilitation bursars for 1948 exceeds six in number, he said, the bursaries granted by the Council would be correspondingly reduced. Applications for the limited number of bursaries offered by the council for 1948 would shortly be invited by advertisement throughout the Dominion.

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