LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 66, Issue 5604, 12 April 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Local Dancer’s Success At the competitions held at Wanganui at, the week-end, Miss Elaine North, of Te Awamutu, gained two firsts and two seconds and annexed the Garner Spooner trophy. She also won the McSkimming trophy for most points. Confirmation Service

His Lordship the Bishop of Waikato visited Te Awamutu yesterday and administered the rite of Confirmation in St. John’s Church. The Vicar, the Rev W. C. Wood, presented 25 candidates. Mrs Martin-Smith presided at the organ and there was a very large congregation. Mr Holland’s Tour

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr S. G. Holland, will address a public meeting in the Auckland Town Hall to-night! Mr Holland will remain in Auckland to-morrow and on Wednesday, and will begin a tour of Northland by delivering a public address in the Regent Theatre, Helensville, on Thursday night. Candid Witness

During the hearing of an undefended petition for divorce heard .in the Auckland Supreme Court last week a woman witness was called to corroborate the evidence of the petitioner regarding the general behaviour of the respondent. Mr Justice Callan asked if the witness would have put up with similar treatment from a man, and her answer was: “ I’ll say ! I have.”

Easy to Please South Africans have heard that there is a shortage of food in England. Thus when High Commissioner Colonel Deneys Reitz arrived at a London hotel he was determined to take no food out of the mouths of his hosts. “ I’m easy to please in the way of food,” he confided to the waiter. “ Just bring me a couple of eggs and some bacon.” The waiter, however, politely informed the High Commissioner that eggs and bacon were forgotten items on British menus. Effects of Wiar

In a review of the past year’s operations, presented at the annual meeting of the Auckland Bureau of Importers, it was stated that the effects of the war had been severe on most importing businesses. While it was agreed that many difficulties were inseparable from hostilities, it was considered that the situation would have been less acute had it not been for cumulative impairment of the supply position, resulting from the pre-war import control policy adopted by the Government. It was hoped that the experience would lead to a more sane and liberal trading policy in the postwar era. __ On the Move “Never before have I seen anything like it,” said a gentleman closely connected with the dairying industry in Te Awamutu this morning, when commenting on the migration of share milkers this season. “ When the time arrives,” he .added, “ there will be many lorries on the roads shifting furniture.” In his review he said that there would be a general movement from farm to farm and from district to district. Generally, in his view, the labour situation was at the bottom of it all, as the most apparent reason seemed to be a trend toward either smaller herds or to farms where mare farmer assistance could be given in the sheds.