GENERAL NEWS

Waikato Independent, Volume XLIII, Issue 4031, 23 August 1944, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS

Butter Rationing in Australia.— , There js little likelihood of the Australian butter ration being restored to eight ounces a week from its present level of six ounces, for sufficient butter is not being pro- - duced. Dairy production is down eight per cent, on pre-war figures, V yet domestic consumption of butter milk, and other dairy products has risen sharply. There is, too, a steady drift from the land; dairymen, unable to find labour, are reducing herds at an accelerating rate. In addition, more and more milk is required for processing. R.S.A. Membership.—The Waikato branch of the Returned Services Association has over 1000 financial members. There were 1030 at July 31 last, of whom 537 served in the 1914-18 war and 499 in the present conflict. Included in the total were 100 members from Ngaruawahia sub-branch and 04 from Raglan sub-branch. It is estimated that there are over 1000 members who are not financial whose further interest would be welcomed by Association officials. * A Giant In Eggs.—What must be surely a record for the county in hen’s eggs is one that' \fas reSftifJA laid in Cambridge by a Black Orpington two-year-old hen. It weighed 7ozs., was 3Sins. long and 2iins. in diameter. The shape of the egg was normal, but when it was opened it was found to contain a complete ordinary size egg, shell and all, and the yolk and white of another egg.