LOCAL AND GENERAL

Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22553, 10 April 1943, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No More Paralysis No cases of infantile paralysis wer admitted to the Timaru Public Hospita yesterday and no further cases wer reported in the district. Request for Extra Bus Consideration was given a reques from the Gleniti Women's Institute fo resumption of the municipal omnibu service to Gleniti on Wednesday, at i meeting of the omnibus committee o the Timaru Borough Council. Becausi of the restrictions on mileage the com mittee was unable to accede to th< request. National Savings Investment Explaining to a meeting of th< Electricity Committee of the Timari Borough Council that there was a cast balance of £8521 in the electricity func apart from the £5OOO on deposit, thi chairman (Or. J. S. Satterthwaite) recommended that £lOOO should be invested in the National Saving! Account. The meeting approved of the recommendation. Women Rush Shop Reminiscent of the pre-coupor stocking rushes was the crowd ol women who beseiged a Timaru shop yesterday, in frantic quest of knitting wool, advertised as being available for sale throughout the day. Long before the doors opened a large crowd had congregated on the pavement, and at 9 o'clock they surged into the shop in an almost unbroken stream for three hours when the supply was no longei- able to meet the demand. Those who arrived in the afternoon were just unlucky. Inquest Concluded An adjourned Inquest into the death of Robert Michael Brosnahan, a single man aged 50, of Kerrytown, which occurred at the . Timaru Public Hospital on March 23, was concluded in Timaru before the Coroner, Mr H. Morgan, yesterday. Medical evidence was given by Drs. J. C. McKenzie, W. E. Gibson and Aitchison. The Coroner returned a verdict that death had been caused by heart failure brought about by toxaemia and exhaustion resulting from perforation of a gastric ulcer. The inquest was conducted by Sergeant D. R. Sugrue. E.P.S. Expenditure After deducting the subsidy received the deficit of expenditure on the Emergency Precautions Services was £3870, the Town Clerk (Mr E. A. S. Killick) reported to a meeting of the finance committee of the Timaru Borough Council. It was resolved that matter of procedure to meet the deficit should be referred to the Council. Mr Killick presented a schedule of the expenditure in March amounting to £539, the subsidy of £2 for £1 on £414 being £276. The Mayor, Mr A. E. S. Hanan, asked for particulars of the expense on sundries (which amounted to £10) and these will be supplied to a meeting of the Council on Monday night. Crooners, 2 Per Cent A survey of reading preferences among men and women in all military camps and depots throughout Otago and Southland have been completed by officers of the Army Education and Welfare Service. Representative groups have revealed the following proportion of preferences, taken on a percentage basis:—Travel, 28; fiction, 21; thriller, 11; historical, 10; scientific, 8; history, 7; Western, 5; biography, 4; useful arts, 3; fine art, 2; and translation, 1. An indication of the music preferences was also obtained during the survey, the proportions (as percentages) taken from a representative grouping being: Vocal. 27; instrumental, 24; dance, 16; orchestral, 14; swing, 10; choral, 7; crooning, 2. Hawke’s Bay Rugby is Sound "There is no place in New Zealand Rugby for Shylocks,” declared Mr N. A. McKenzie at the annual meeting of the Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union, when the attitude of the New Zealand Rugby Union over the collection of interest due was under discussion. “Their £41,000 has not been amassed in any one particular,town. How better could it be spent than in helping those unions in need of it to withstand the lean years?” asked Mr McKenzie. “Thank goodness Hawke’s Bay is not in need of it. We can stand many more lean years.” Considering a letter from the New Zealand Rugby Union, the Hawke’s Bay Union decided that it favoured the holding of the New Zealand Rugby Union annual meeting this year as usual. Poor Honey Yield Although there is an unprecedented demand for honey this season, the yield in the Waikato has been very poor, the production generally being about half the average. In some areas in South Auckland, notably at Otorohanga and Matangi, yields nearly equal to the average have been secured. Unfavourable weather has been responsible for the unsatisfactory return in other parts. Extra supplies of sugar, benzine, and other requisites were made available to producers for the season, but the conditions were unfavourable. Continuous winds through the flowering period and much dull weather were factors affecting production. Another factor militating against a heavy honey yield was the unusual lack of clover in the fields.