NEW EFFORT NEEDED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 85, 12 April 1940, Page 4

NEW EFFORT NEEDED

DOMINION PRODUCTION EFFECT OF GERMAN COLP APPEAL TO ALL SECTIONS STRATFORD, April 11. *X)ne of the results of the occupation of Denmark is the elimination of I a leading source of Britain’s food supplies,” said Mr. P. Thompson, Mayor of Stratford, last night, in prefacing an appeal to every person concerned in the production and transport of food for the British market. “This matter is a deadly serious one and I appeal to all farmers, farm employees, dairy factory, freezing works and waterside hands and transport operators to extend their efficient efforts to the utmost,” he said. Mr. Thompson’s remarks were addressed to a meeting of the Stratford and District Patriotic Committee. Each member of the committee, he said, had a solemn duty to counsel the straining of efforts by every member of the community to the greatest extent. Not an ounce of foodstuffs would henceforth reach England from Denmark, on whose butter, bacon and eggs Britain greatly depended. Rationing was forecast, and it was of vital importance that the people of Taranaki should pour all the primary produce of which the province was capable into the vessels bound for England. No consideration whatever should stand in the way of that* effort. “I make this appeal as a public man,” continued Mr. Thomson. “Day by day we are becoming increasingly aware of what may befall us if we do not use every means of bringing this war to a successful end. If we are not moved to give of our very best we shall be failing miserably not only our mother country, but also our men who are overseas and in camp prepared to fight, if need be, in our defence. “Germany hoped her move might have a paralysing effect on Britain; therefore it is our simple duty to do what we can to prevent such an effect. There cannot be any half measures. To whatever extent we refrain from j eliminating ajl waste, from exerting our whole strength as producers, so much do we help Britain’s enemy one step nearer the victory that would encompass our own downfall.” Lake Mjosen. It is a railway junction and has a broadcasting station. The • population is approximately 6000. FORTIFIED HARBOUR Trondhjem (now renamed Nidaros) i.-> the third town of Norway and is situated on the south side ol the long and narrow Trondhjem Fiord, 250 miles north of Oslo by rail. It is built on undulating slopes, and has regular and broad streets, the houses being mostly of wood, though the building of new 7 wooden houses is now forbidden by law. The fortified harhour is capacious, deep and safe, but i difficult of entry. The cruciform ■ Cathedral, dating partly from the I 13th century, is of English-Norman architecture, and unquestionably the j most interesting church in Norway. A I great fire in 1530 destroyed most of it except the richly adorned octagonal choir (late Gothic). From 1818 the I place of coronation of Norwegian kings, it has been carefully restored since 1880. Portions of the old archiepiscopal palace (Kongsgaard) also survive. The main emporium of a wide district. Trondhjem has a large trade by land and sea, exporting copper ore, herrings, train-oil, timber, etc. It was the ancient capital of Norway originally called Nidaros, founded in 996, and became in 1152 the seat of an archbishop. Its decline dates from the Reformation. It has since been-again renamed Nidaros. The estimated population is 54,135.