THE Opunake Times Established 1894 Office: Fox St., Opunake. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1947. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opunake Times, 3 June 1947, Page 2

THE Opunake Times Established 1894 Office: Fox St., Opunake. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1947. LOCAL AND GENERAL

R'uit Shipment from Rarotonga. A large shipment of oranges, grape-fruit, mandarines and tomatoes which arrived at Auckland yesterday from Rarotonga will be distributed throughout the North Island. The shipment was aboard the Maui.lßomare,which left Rarotonga on Saturday, 24th. It comprises- 10,500 cases of oranges, 1,800 ; cases of grapefm.it and mandarines and 600 hoses of tomatoes. Simple, Isn't It? "The English under crisis always amaze me. And, of course, the reason why the English under crisis amaze any observer is a simple enough one: the English enjoy a crisis. They may not i.e'cessarily enjoy the circumstances of a crisis; but the crisis, as such, they do enjoy .... And the English persist in being magnificent in adversity. It is their line of country, their metier, their cup of tea?' (Stephen Grenfell or* "The English Under Crisis broadcast in the BPC's Noith American Service.) Honey Prices. A suggestion that the present retail price of honey should become the wholesale price was i~.ade by the president of the ilanawatu Bee-keeper's Association, Mr. A. L. Farness, at the association's meeting in Palmerston North. Mr. Furness said he was not in favour of a mere KHd per lb. as costs were going up all the time. The ceiling price for honey in England at present was 2s 9d per lb. The meeting derided to recommend-to the national conference.-, s•§_ beekeepers that a rise in the price of honey be considered. Federated Farmers Address. The full text of an address, to the Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Auckland Province) at their Animal Conference) bv Kenneth Melvin, M.A. Dip. Soc.Sc, Dominion President'of the 2nd N.Z.E.F., has been forwarded to the TIMES. The address deals fully with Economic and Industrial conditions throughout New Zealand. A resolution' unanimously accepting the submissions of the Association which was passed at the conference alsA.-a.ccompanied the address and ; bs>th...are available to all district 'farmers and residents interested. ;; Sections for Ex-senricemen. Certain of the building sections originally acquired by the Housing Construction Department are to be made available for purchase by 'ex-servicemen eligible for rehabilitation housing loans. It is not expected that there will be many 'of these sections and should there be insufficient for the number of applicants at auv given time allotment will be decided by ballot. The price to be charged will be the sale value as at Dec 15th,, 1942. As they come forward the sections will be proclaimed Crown Land and handed' to'' the Lands and Survey Department for disposal. The Rehabilitation Department will be kept advised of the position in each district and will receive ■■•applicationsfrom eligible ex-servicemen. The £5 Note Tells a L 'e Few people in New Zealand whose financial status permits them to study a .£5 note for any length of time probably know that the scenic picture on the back is reproduced from a photograph of Lake Pukaki, with Mt. Cook and portion of : the Southern Alps in the background. Close inspection of this picture will reveal a small island in the foreground, grown iivtrees. How many people know that in actual fact that island is not there at all? But in justice te the engravers of the £5 note it should be explained that the mistake is not theirs. All the blame is taken by Ihe Public Works Department employees working on the dam project. Within the last six months the island has been completely buried by a huge quantity of spoil dug from the site of the sluices.