GORE

Southland Times, Issue 24165, 29 June 1940, Page 14

GORE

NEED FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION COMMITTEE APPOINTED AT GORE

The urgent need for increased primary production was again emphasized by Mr S. D. Blomfield, a member of the special production committee of the Gore sub-executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, in an address given at a meeting of the Gore branch of the union yesterday afternoon. Mr Blomfield reviewed the activities of the special committee and appealed to farmers to do. their utmost to increase production. There were difficulties in the way, but they would have to face those difficulties to the best of their ability. At the end of Mr Blomfield s address Mr C. C. Derrett (Wendonside) said that there was fine land in the Waikaia Valley which could be cropped, but farmers were not using this land because of flood danger. If the river was straightened out this danger would be ■overcome. Mr Derrett asked what the special committee could do to put the position of the farmers in this district before the authorities. Mr Blomfield said that the question raised by Mr Derrett had been discussed at meetings held in other districts. The request would have to come from all the farmers in a particular district affected by flood waters before it would be taken notice of by the department. Mr D. Dickie said that an opportunity would be presented to the farmers to state cases such as mentioned by Mr Derrett on the cards that were to be distributed by the special committee.

The following committee was appointed to represent the Gore branch: Messrs R. L. Reid (Knapdale), J. A. Johnston, S. C. Bowmar and J. Miller (Gore and Waimumu), and J. Cumming (McNab), with power to add. Mr Cumming was chairman at the meeting and there was a fair attendance of members. It was decided to give £lO to the funds of the special production committee.

Mr J. Howden raised the matter of the delay in unloading trucks on branch lines. He said he understood that carriers had instructions to unload trucks on main lines before touching the trucks on branch lines. The stationmaster at Gore had told him that it was the wish of the railway authorities that branch line trucks be unloaded without any delay and if carriers went to him he would give them permission to do so.

It was decided to forward a letter to the Gore and District Carriers’ Association drawing its attention to the matter and asking it to get in touch with the stationmaster at Gore. MYSTERY PARCEL DAY Nineteen hundred tickets for the mystery parcels collected by the Gore Returned Soldiers’ Association to assist the Gore Patriotic Fund were sold by Red Cross nurses at Gore yesterday. The amount received was £95/2/- and an auction of various' articles, including a case of petrol, in Main street last night helped to swell this figure considerably. Sixteen hundred parcels had been disposed of by midday and the committee made up an additional 300 parcels which were disposed of during the afternoon. The public responded very well to the appeal. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A statement that when interviewed about the chamber’s representations about the dangerous railway crossing at East Gore the district traffic manager (Mr F. G. Craig) agreed that, there might be some danger was made by the chairman (Mr W. F. Reynolds) at a meeting of the Gore Chamber of Commerce. The traffic manager had stated, Mr Reynolds said., that he would have the matter investigated by the department’s officers. There appeared to be some doubt whether the embankment was railway or borough property, but. he understood that the department had the matter in hand. An interesting address on his travels abroad was given by Mr H. McQuillan.

CRIPPLED CHILDREN SOCIETY

“The period has proved a busy and interesting one, the sub-branch’s efforts on behalf of cripples having included, in addition to medical and surgical attention, the supply of mechanical aids in the form of surgical boots and other requirements,” stated the annual report of the Eastern Souhland sub-branch of the Crippled Children Society, which was presented at the annual meeting of the sub-branch held in the council chambers. Mr W. D. Shelton was chairman at the meeting and there was a fair attendance of members.

The report and balance-sheet were adopted. The following officers were elected: President, Mr W. D. Shelton; vicepresident, Mr H. McQuillan; secretary, Miss M. E. F. Patterson; treasurer, Mr W. B. Johnston; executive. Mesdames W Faithful, A. F. Cochrane, D. Dickie and Miss M. Mac Gibbon, Messrs A. T. Newman, D. Harvey, E. C. Smith, Drs Woodhouse and R. G Stokes, the Rev. W. W. Powell and a representative to be appointed from the Women’s Institute; auditor, Mr D. Harvey. PERSONAL At the annual meeting of the Hokonui Bowling Club a motion of appreciation of the services of Mr I. Henry, president of the club last year, was carried. It was stated that Mr Henry, who had been transferred to Invercargill during the year, had done splendid work in the interests of the club.

The resignation of Mr J. Harper (president) was accepted at the annual meeting of the Eastern Southland subbranch of the Crippled Children Society. Mr Harper had been president of the sub-branch for a number of years and members paid tribute to his fine service and expressed regret that because of ill-health he had had to resign.

RUGBY FILM SCREENED

A large number of Rugby football followers attended a screening of the film “Control,” which was made at the direction of the New Zealand Rugby Union, in the R.S.A. social hall. The film provided an interesting study of back and forward play and Mi- R. S. Webb, of the Southland Rugby Union, explained points in the film. Mr Webb gave a talk on the game, and at the end of his address he answered several questions.