In the News

Southland Times, Issue 24332, 13 January 1941, Page 6

In the News

Free France In Piha The claim that he is the first person in New Zealand to fly General Charles de Gaulle’s Free French flag is made by Mr A. Forestier, a Frenchman who lives in Piha and is caretaker of the motor camp there. He says that he deserted his ship when in New Zealand waters over 25 years ago and joined the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. After the war he returned to New Zealand to live. Now his flag of Free France is to be seen every day beside the Union Jack near his cottage in the motor camp. Mr Forrestier intends to write to General de Gaulle to tell him how tiie flag he raised is flying in New Zealand. Fashionable Names

Fashionable names for girls born in Wellington last year were Beverley, Lorraine and Carole; for bovs, Barry, Brian and Gary. Other names chosen by many parents of girls were Diane, Pamela, Patricia and Judith, states The Dominion. The influence of the films was not very noticeable, though there were, of course, as in other recent years, many bhineys. Perhaps Carole Lombard and Gary Cooper inspired some of the parents who chose the first names of those stars for their children. Many boys were christened Graeme, Kevin or David. Thomas, Richard and Henry do not appear in the registrar’s list very frequently. Easily the most popular of the common names for boys was John; for girls, Anne. Marys and Joyces were few. The outstanding figures of the war were not well represented, only two or three parents naming their sons Winston or Neville. There were no Adolphs. Queenstown Excursion

More than 850 persons travelled to Queenstown yesterday by the excurI sion train that left Invercargill at 7 a.m. The lake trip from Kingston to i Queenstown was made in the Earnslaw. I Showers of rain fell in Queenstown i yesterday morning, but the weather cleared in the afternoon. Many of the visitors enjoyed selections played in the park by the Queenstown Municipal Band. Correct Pig Feeding “There has been a lot of trouble in pigs this year through farmers always adding fresh skim milk to a few gallons of sour milk in the bottom of the drum,” said Mr H. W. Mclntosh, super- | visor to the Canterbury District Pig Council, in a statement at the council’s meeting. “When this is continued the milk becomes putrid—not sour—and this causes digestive trouble; in many cases death occurs. Farmers should always empty the milk drum daily and wash one drum thoroughly at least once a week and always keep one drum covered from the sun even if only with a sack. Even though trouble is not apparent when pigs are fed with this putrid milk, the farmer should remember that his pigs would do better if they were I fed correctly,” Mr Mclntosh said.