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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 74, 21 March 1933, Page 5

Next Meeting 1 of Borough Council The next meeting of the Waipukurau Borough Council is to be held on Wednesday, April 12, as it would normally fall on Easter Monday. This will be the last meeting of the council as it is as present constituted, the municipal elections taking place in May. Humid Weather. The heat wave in Central Hawke’s Bay is continuing. As compared with 89 degrees on Sunday and 90 yesterday, the temperature in the shade at midday to-day was 84 degrees. At Mangaorapa 85 degrees were recorded yesterday. The heat registered in Masterton in tho shade on Sunday was 86.6 degrees. At 1.30 o’clock yesterday afternoon the glass registered 86.4 degrees in the shade. Additional Id. on 41b. Loaf. An increase in the price of bread has taken place in Christchurch. The new prices will be: 41b loaf, counter 93d, delivered lOd; 21b loaf sd, s|d; quarter loaf 21d, 3d. A Christcnuich baker states that the increases were not so large as those made in Wellington. A year ago the 41b loaf cost Is over the counter and Is Id delivered. Following a decrease in the price of flour and the keen competition it dropped to 9d in the better class shops and at that price it was not payable. The bakers were reluctant to raise the price of the 41b loaf by a penny and had decided to go half way. N.Z. Sea Beaches. A lecture on the New Zealand seabeaches, which proved of much educative value as well as general interest. was given in the primary school building last night, by Mr IT. Fosten, a well-known authority on the subject of the scenic and fish features of the Dominion. The chairman of the District High School committee (Mr F. B. Logan) presided and at the close spoke to a hearty vote of thanks carried by acclamation. Had the lecture been more fully advertised there would doubtless have been an even larger attendance.

Position of Dairy Industry. “Unquestionably the dairy industry of this country stands on the brink, and with it the whole Dominion. It is our testing time —wo must, do something very soonj we cannot wait. Shall we perish or o.re we fit to face the peril?” Tn this arresting strain Mr Denham Von Stunner (Auckland') introduces an interesting book entitled “Now Zealand Down —Denmark. Up!” —or A Modern Market Race. The published effort is dedicated to the dairy farmers of New Zealand and the subjects dealt with include “"Education in New Zealand and Denmark; Scicnt’fi'' Method in the dairying industry; dairy produce control and price fixing; Production of milk; Problems of distribution; the exchange rate and the farmer; some facts and figures about Denmark; and Bibliography. "Wireless Interference As in Waipukurau so elsewhere"! An endeavour to trace the cause of the electrical interference of some wireless sets in Stratford will be made by the Borough electrical engineer. At a. recent meeting of the electrical committee of the Stratford Borough Council Cr. A. IT. Trotter said that he had had no trouble for a considerable time in regard to electrical interference with wireless reception. Mad the engineer found a remedy for the problem? The engineer said the matter had reached a position of stalemate as the sets were so sensitive that they picked up the slightest interference and magnified it greatly. As a matter of fact ho intended to carry out a test in an endeavour to locate some trouble that seriously interfered with sets in the vicinity of the sub-station.

Local Boy Scouts. At a well attended special meeting of the Waipukurau Boy Scouts’ Citizen’s Committee held last night, Mr J. L. Brathwaite, chairman, presiding, it was decided to unite tho two troops in the interim of a group scoutmaster being appointed, in view of the expected early departure from Waipukurau, of Scoutmaster W. A. 8001. Scoutmaster Alex- Hastie and assistantscoutmaster C. Haswell will be in charge of the combined troop. It was arranged that members of the committee, in due rotation, attend the weekly parades (each Monday) of the boys. , The treasurer (Mr W. W. Jamieson) , was appointed to handle all the funds of the troop. Advantage was taken of (. the occasion, to pass a resolution of , congratulation in respect of a detailed map drawing competition of the mili- ! tary camp won by troop-leader R. Holms. The prize was a scout sheath knife generously donated by Mr A. TT. TTrwin, now in camp with the N.Z. Permanent Artillery-writs. '