NEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 254, 27 October 1939, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS ITEMS

Bin Menu for Waitangi. The following is the list of food I and cash lor the purchase ot more food which the Ngapuhi tribe will be icquired to contribute to the Waitangi I celebrations:—£4oo in cash; 30 tons of potatoes, 1000 fowls. Go pigs, of not | less than 1001 b. in weight, one ton of | cabbages. This information was given | at a meeting of the executive control!- ; mg the Maoris’ part in the celebra- I lions. From the Whangarel district is | to come, as its share: £oo in cash. 100 fowls, three tons ot potatoes. 10 pigs. | Furriers Alarmed. The claim that unless the Govern-| niciD reviewed the new restrictions i on the importation of fur skins many tur workers would be thrown out of I employment in New Zealand was ex-j pressed at a meet mg ot the Welling- ‘ ion Furriers' Industrial Union of; Employers on Tuesday. A meeting of ; all persons and firms interested in the | fui industry is to be called foi Monday to consider the position. It was . also decided to communicate with i those interested in the three other i main centres on the question of .ar- 1 ranging a deputation to wait on the I Government in the near future. foiling of ( ithedral Bell. Cath irai boil on Monday evening ■ • ilat ig issers-by in the Square, and there were many , inquiries at the Cathedral as to the ’ reason for this unusual and, in view | of the gravity of the times, possibly • ominous event, states the Press. The i inquirers found their explanation in the play “The Zeal of Thy House," j filch is being produced nignfly in ;:.d of the Arc hbishop Julius Memorial ; Fund. The play, which tells of the ■ rebu . ng >f the choi of Canterbury . Cathedral after its destruction by tire i in thp twelfth century, requires the | sounding of an Angelus-beU. Importers of goods from the United j Kingdom are faced with a rise of: some hundreds per cent, m the costs* o- packing c ase,. This is a result of a 1 I raoer scarcitx in Britain caused in I German., .-.nking shipping from the Baltic countries, from • hich most ; .-upplic.' are drawn. On consignments! ... printing paper. . a*-< about 2ft. by ' v. hich forme: iy cost importers [ from ’»■ to »i- < xi. h. are now debited at i 22s 6 i >terling. Crates containing I 5-. J. ■).• ie.-s arc charged for at 20s, i and bales. which contain limber al ‘ " ends only, non cost 15s. | DKpo-al of Fruit. Iles Ikey to ar.s< n < onncction with fruit exports. owing to curtailment of shipping services, were discussed by fruitgrowers at Kumeu. had been asked by fruitgrowers t-o come to a decision about the disposal of large crops. but so far no decision had been made. It was decided to urge that m any scheme for the sale of apples and pears next season full advantage should be taken of the services and facilities of the Auckland auctioneers, whose organisation has been built up over a long period of \ ears, and who have acted as the orchardists’ agents in that period with full confidence and satisfaction. Making Friends. -.a very important part of our work I :> the establishing of right relation-I ships between the children and the outside world." says the annual re- I port of the Christchurch Presbyterian I Social Service Association. “We want our children to work. play, and think Ike ordinary children, and the best way to make this possible is by lhe < hildren mixing in outside groups and I meeting outside people. Sunday School teachers, children’s friends, Bible class leaders, are al! invited to visit the homes for tea. and to get to ' now the children in their own environment. The boys and girls are ini • ■ I to the homes of church people, it I h’s work could be extended.”

| Landslide In Gully. A camping parly of live Hastings men had a frigntening experience 1 when a landslide came clown within 150 yards of where their camp was I pitched near Cape Kidnappers. They I had been deep-sea fishing in the bay ! when a change in wino made them j decide to make for lhe shore and i camp the night in what is known as i Rabbit Gulls, in the early hours of the morning the men were awakened iby a crashing sound, followed by a ' roar and a series of thuds. An investigation revealed that less than 50 j yards up the gully there had been a ; large slip, the face of one high cliff • having come down. There was no further disturbance during the night, ; but it was admitted by the men that i they spent an anxious time until daybreak, when they returned to their ; boat. Orange Prices. New Plymouth merchants are "up !in arms’’ over the increase of 3s a | case in the wholesale price of oranges • which has just been introduced by the i Government. Wholesale merchants i have not been given any reason by • rhe Government for the increase, and lhe general opinion is that the rise is . unwarranted. Retailers pointed out that before the new increase the price .of oranges was far too high. They I would not object so strongly if tne i oranges were of the highest quality, out they were not . fine only type i procurable at present were Australian ; Valencias. Before the increase in ■ price Australian Valencias were being sold wholesale at 26s 6d a case and retailed at six for Is. They were still being sold in the shops at this price, but the general feeling among retailI ers was that the increase would have 1 to be passed on to customers. I-arm Work I nattraciiv?. No experienced farm worker should lie taken from the farms in New Zealand at the present time,” said Mr. Noel Gibson. headmaster of lhe Dil--1 worth School, when emphasising lhe , need of increasing Dominion produc- : lion. declared that New Zealand's effort should be concentrated upon ( supplying the maximum quantity of I foodstuffs Io Britain. Unfortunately, ‘ the Government's policy was having I the opposite effect, he declared, as I men were leaving farm employment ■ and farmers were unable to compete with the Government in the wages • and conditions they could offer. The ; Government talked of the importance of production, but dici not put its ideas ( into practice. In the circumstances I young men who found farm employ- • inent unattractive, could not be blamed for their attitude. Footballers’ Offer. “Owing to the military system of intake in the British Army, it is impossible to enlist for duty in the fighting forces in England,” said Mr. RexKing, captain of the New Zealand League football team, on his return to Auckland. Mr. King explained what was meant by the cable that the team had offered to enlist for national service. He said the national service had been in operation in England for a long time, and was for the defence of England. Posters were displayed urging people to enlist for national defence, and a favourite slogan was. I “Don’t Leave It To The Other Fel- [ low." People on national defence I were put to such useful work as filling I sandbags, work they did cheerfully, j It was for this kind of work the members of the New Zealand League team had offered their services during the time they were waiting for a boat to enable them to return to New Zealand.