GENERAL NEWS

Wanganui Chronicle, 8 December 1950, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Oranges for Christmas. The cargo liner Port Auckland, now en route from London to Wellington, has been diverted to Kingston, Jamaica, to load about 15,000 cases of oranges for discharge in Wellington from December 21.

Fishing At Taupo. Although the fishing is patchy, good bags of trout are being taken from Lake Taupo, reports a Wanganu fisherman who has just returned from an angling expediiton there. Fis.’ taken from the lake are in good condition, he says, but the rivers are not providing such good sport. The centre of his activities was the Tongariro Delta, where, he said, the fishing war particularly good in the evenings. Preparation For War.

“Our greatest strength today lies in preparation for war. The peace of the world can be maintained for a period only by gigantic military preparedness,” stated the president (Mr S. J. Sullivan) in a report to a meeting of the executive of the Wanganui Employers Association. “The youth of our country are tomorrow's defenders and, with dire necessity at our doors, let us not hinder their preparation for the task I bat lies ahead.”

Single Women Wanted.

The Department of Employment and Labour in the United Kingdom had found it difficult to obtain sufficient numbers of unmarried females and also skilled tradesmen, stated the president (Mr. S. J. Sullivan) in a report to the executive of the Wanganui Employers’ Association. Despite the difficulty, however, 801 women arrived in New Zealand during the year. Applications from unskilled men had come forward freely, but unmarried skilled workers were difficult to find.

World Youth Forum

Finalists in “Our Way to Peace” essay contest organised by the New Zealand United Nations’ Association are Suzanne Duncalf (Wellington), Rosemary Anne Gordon (Gisborne), Karen Peterson (MacLennan, Otago), Beverley Anne Rodgers (Palmerston North)-, and Yvonne Ellen Tootall (Hamilton). The winner, who will be selected in Wellington next Tuesday, will represent New Zealand at the third World Youth Forum in Britain next year.

County Bridge Damaged. The “Toe Toe” swing bridge spanning the Rangitikei River at Utiku has been considerably strained because of speeding traffic, the engineer, Mr H. Murray Reid, told yesterday s meeting of the Rangitikei County Council. While repairs are being carried out a five-ton .gross load limit has been imposed. Councillors stressed the need for traffic to observe the restrictions placed on bridges and for drivers to keep their speeds much lower.

Migrants By Air Because of the urgent need for tradesmen on hydro-electric works and the necessity for early completion of transit accommodation for immigration purposes, coupled with the existing shortage of sea transport, the Government has decided to arrange for a number of United Kingdom migrants to travel to New Zealand by air. Announcing this, the Minister of Immigration (Mr. Sullivan) said it was expected that the total number to be transported by air would be approximately 130, consisting mainly of carpenters, with a small number of plumbers and electricians. The wive? and families of married tradesmen would follow by sea when accommodation was available in New Zealand. Fire Taken to Brigade. The Dannevirke Volunteer Fire Brigade could not go all the way to the fire because it was beyond the brigade’s operational boundary. So the owner of the fire took it to the brigade. The result was the same —the fire was efficiently dealt with. Mr R. Johnson was welding a drawbar on the back of a motor-car in a.blacksmith’s shop in Cadman Road when the car caught on fire. Mr Johnson saved the premises by driving the car cut, but was burnt on the right forearm and left hand. Mr L. J. StratJ o”d, owner the r~r. a”d rre~.umably of the fire, called the brigade end was disannointefl. However, be did not stand and watch his car burn, but raced it over the bcrongh boundary, where the brigade did its job.