Waihi Telegraph With which is incorporated THE WAIHI MINER MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1943 LOCAL & GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXII, Issue 8871, 8 February 1943, Page 2

Waihi Telegraph With which is incorporated THE WAIHI MINER MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1943 LOCAL & GENERAL

SI. John Ambulance A meeting' of both divisions of the Waihi brigade of the St. John Ambulance Society will be held in the Methodist flail at 7.J0 p.m. on Thursday next. Prisoners of War Association A meeting of the Waihi Prisoners of War Friends and Relatives’ Association was held in the Borough Council Chambers on Friday, the vice-pre-sident, Mrs N. Rosborough. presiding. Proceedings opened with the prayer for peace, those pivsent then standing in silence as :• mark o! condolence with Mrs Gardiner in the loss of her son who was recently reported killed in action, ft was stated that the garden party held at Mrs Nickisson’s farm had realised the sum of £l(> 10s Mrs R. E. Mathers arranged the schedule for the flower show to he held in conjunction with the Order of St. John at the end of this month, Mesdames Atkin, Cullen and Nickis>on offering to donate points prizes. Apologies for absence from the meeting were received from the Rev. Father C. von Rotter and Mesdames S. Carter, Cornthwaite, McDowell and W. M. Wallnutt.

American Potatoes Grown Surcrss iii growing imported (’aliforniaii potatoes has been reported by a few residents of (,’n m bridge, who had planted them as an experiment. One resident said he planted some local seed potatoes at the same time as the imported ones, but the latter matured ibout a month earlier and had splendid crops. Smokes For Troops The Tobacco Growers’ Association .if Southern Rhodesia has again seat eight cases of cigarettes. its third donation, to the New Zealand lied i 'mss I tommissioner in the Middle Fast. A large ipiantity of tobacco sent under the Patriotic Fund Board scheme, which could not be delivered, was made available under instructions from the lieadrpiart ers of the Second X.Z.E.F. to the Commissioner for distribution to patients in hospitals. As it was New Zealand tobacco, il was expected to be very popular.