WASTE FOR WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 10

WASTE FOR WAR

COLLECTION SYSTEM PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO ACT MATERIAL TO BE GATHERED (By Telegraph.—special lo Times) WELLINGTON, Thursday Scrap iron and steel, scrap sheet iron, bits of copper, the zinc lining of cases, brass ends and filings, bottles, whole or broken, ancient kitchen ware, rags, old pots and pans, old newspapers, even paper refuse from offices and factories, in fact, anything that can be reconditioned in any way for future ser- ! vice is to be gathered, and the money realised from its sale passed on to the National Patriotic Fund. Mr Charles Todd, chairman of the National Council for the Reclamation of Waste Material, said the council had been reviewing the position for the l?st fortnight and had worked out a scheme to cover the whole of the Dominion. Appointment of Boards New Zealand had been subdivided into 11 zones, and each zone would have its own provincial board, which would sit in the chief towns. The boards would be appointed by the city councils in the cities and the county councils in the rural districts, that being done by the local body concerned calling a meeting of representative citizens for the purpose. If necessary, other committees could be formed to control outlying districts (to be responsible to the provincial boards), so that the whole of the rural and urban area of the country would be covered. The waste materials required would be set out in a circular to be supplied to all boards, with full particulars to method of collection. It would be necessary for boards to coopt schoolteachers and schoolchildren, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, young farmers and others to engage in the work of collecting and bringing the result of their labours to certain points where they could be gathered up and sent on to the factories that dealt with such material. FOOD SHIP PROPOSAL IN ENGLAND FOR CHRISTMAS (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) AUCKLAND, Thursday The Mount Eden branch of the Red Cross seeks to launch a campaign to enable a “food ship” with supplies of produce to be sent to England to arrive about Christmas time. The branch is to communicate with all branches of the society in the Dominion and with labour organisations and industries dealing with wool, butter, meat and cheese, seeking their assistance. It will also ask for the co-operation of the Government. PROVINCIAL COUNCILS ALL FUTURE EFFORTS (By Telegraph.—.•pecial to Times) WELLINGTON, ThursdciV Only those organisations connected with and receiving endorsement from the provincial patriotic councils will be allowed m future to make ap-

peals for funds for soldiers’ comforts. This was made clear by the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, in an interview. The National Patriotic Fund Board was responsible for the joint appeal of £250,000, which amount had been greatly exceeded in gifts from the public, and now that that appeal was over the provincial councils would take over the work, Mr Parry added.