TARANAKI NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1937, Page 1

TARANAKI NEWS

Milk Vcndor's Breach. For selling milk tliat did not reach the required test percentage an Inglewood farmer was convicted yesterday. Potato Shortage. Shortage of potatoes in New Zealand is expected by a Stratford merchant on account of the dry season at Pukekohe. Youth Struck By Lightning. A farm hand was rendered unconscious yesterday when he was struck by lightning during an electrical storm at Onaero. Outbreak of Diphtheria. There has been an outbreak of diphtheria in the New Plymouth Public Hospital. Both children patients and members of the staff were affected. Ovcr £150,000 Paid. Over £150,000 was the total sum in November pay checks to dairy farmers in the New Plymouth, Inglewood and Opunake districts in November. Gas Masks in Strect. A file of men wearing gas masks in Devon Street, New Plymouth, on Thursday night indicated the completion of a practical address on the use of masks. Car-Parking at Hawera. The prohibition of car-parking in High Street, Hawera, between Princes and Victoria Streets was suggest'ed by a rnotorist as a means of preventing congestion iri tlie maui street. Railway Service. An appeal to the Minister of Railways to improve and speed the express service from Wellington to Taranaki was made by Mr. S. G. Smith in the House. Tlie Minister indicated that the rail-car service would probably operate about April. Port Record Equalled. Fourteen overseas ships will have visited New Plymouth in one month at the end of November. thus equalling the port record. At the beginning of the month nine were scheduled, but the total has grown, the latest announcement being thc projccted arrival of the Myrtlebank.