In the News

Southland Times, Issue 25482, 30 September 1944, Page 4

In the News

Oyster Season Ends

The 1944 oyster season doses today. The season was a good average one, although it was not as good as last year. The weather was exceptionally bad in June and September and during those months the operations of the fleet were considerably curtailed. Oysters have generally been in good supply and their condition has been consistently good. The discovery of a new bed during the season helped the industry to maintain production. The northern centres have received their usual share of the oysters, although the restricted ferry service from Lyttelton to Wellington sometimes held up supplies for the North Island. Heavy seas were running in Foveaux Strait yesterday and the fleet did not leave port. It is not considered likely that any oystering operations will be possible today. “Montgomery March”

Copies of the music of two new marches for the bagpipes have been received by Mr John Ewan, chief of the Highland Piping and Dancing Society of Invercargill, from Pipe-Major Donald Ramsay, of the Highland Light Infantry. One is the “Montgomery March,” nam4d in honour of FieldMarshal Sir Bernard Montgomery and the other is the “Colonel Young March.” In a letter written from France, PipeMajor Ramsay states that he had been asked by Field-Marshal Montgomery to play the “Montgomery March” personally to him after the war. He also states that he has more new bagpipe tunes and would be pleased to send Mr Ewan copies of the music of them. Mr Ewan said he hoped that Invercargill would soon hear the two new marches played by the Caledonian Pipe Band. Swedish Liquor Control Since shortly before the last war the State had had control of all wine and spirits, said Dr Brian Mason when speaking of liquor control in Sweden at a meeting of file Rangiora High School Parent-Teachers’ Association. Dr Mason recently spent three years in Sweden. He added that beer was not subject to control; in fact he could get it from the dairy near his residence on Sunday morning if he wanted it. “I was entitled to a litre of spirits a month on production of the ration book which had been issued to me, and when I got married my allowance was increased to two litres,” he said. Wine was not restricted, but could only be purchased when the ration book was produced. The Swedish Government was ablejo use the system as a method of taxation, and the price of spirits had been increased very much. “It was always . possible to say that you were being patriotic, and helping to keep the army by consuming your ration,” concluded Dr Mason. 1 Record in Fecundity? What is believed by men closely connected with farming to be a record in fecundity has been achieved by a Romney ewe on the farm of Mr P. Wanklyn at Bayswater, Otautau. On Thursday morning the ewe gave birth to seven lambs, three of which were alive. The heaviest lamb weighed 21b 15oz and the lightest 21b 4oz. Two years ago a Romney ewe on the farm of Mr D. S. McLaren at Eastern Bush produced five lambs and at the time that was considered to be a record. Invercargill Hospitality “In a letter which I received from my boy recently when he was spending part of his furlough in Invercargill, he mentioned how kind you were to him and that through your courtesy it was made possible for him to see, in the time available, more of your city and its surroundings than otherwise would have been file case. For this I wish to thank you sincerely. He speaks very enthusiastically of the warm hospitality slfown him by yourself and the people of your town,” states a letter which the town clerk, Mr W. F. Sturman, has received from a Wellington Electoral Roll Closes .

When the Awarua electoral roll closed yesterday 530 new names had been added to the roll. These new names will comprise the second supplementary roll. Since the first supplementary roll closed before the general election, when the total number of electors was 10,446, 311 names have been removed, so that the actual increase is 219. Nominations for the Awarua seat will close on October 11 and the election will be held on October 28.