LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22428, 16 August 1944, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In Winter’s Grip With a dense fog and another heavy frost the district was again in winter’s grip this morning, but bright sunshine after the fog had lifted soon warmed the atmosphere. The frost recording was 14.2 degrees at Ruakura and 10 degrees in Hamilton. Apart from the cutting of young grass and the danger to tender plants the present climatic conditions are generally welcome. Farmers’ Union Membership The directors of the Sunny Park Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., Te Poi, decided at a meeting yesterday to recommend shareholders to adopt a proposal authorising the directors of the company to contribute to the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, Auckland Province, £1 10s per supplier as membership fee of the union. Twin Airmen Cabled advice from Canada has been received by Mr and Mrs J. B. Jackson, of Raglan, that their twin sons, J. A. Jackson and T. A. Jackson, have gained their wings and passed out of their training school in Alberta. The brothers, who both passed the matriculation test at the Raglan District High School, enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as soon as they were old enough and left for Canada several months ago. Returned From Overseas Lieutenant lan Menzies Ferguson, of Cambridge, who was shown in a list issued by the Army yesterday as being a member of a party returned from the Pacific, is home from the Middle East. Lieutenant Ferguson, who was employed in Hamilton before the war, sailed with the First Echelon and fought in the Greece and Crete campaigns as well as in the desert battles. Recently he has served in Italy and took part in the Cassino action. New Power Line A start had been made with the erection of an 11,000 volts loop line on the T'aupiri-Orini road which was authorised by the board some months ago, the engineer-manager, Mr J. R. Ellis, told members of the Central Waikato Electric-Power Board today. When the line was completed a better service should result in the Orini and Te Hoe districts, said Mr Ellis. Previously there had been some complaints regarding the supply in that area. Air Trainees The desirability of making available for service youths who have received instruction in the Air Training Corps was referred to by the chairman of the Armed Forces Appeal Board, Mr R. P. Smith, at a Hamilton sitting yesterday, when a chemist, K. P. Blair, was appealing for an apprentice, Graham Bridge, aged 18. The chairman said the board took the view that if those trainees did not go on to the Air Force the money spent on their months of training and the time of competent instructors would be lost. For appellant, Mr F. A. Swarbrick said an assistant was needed in the business. The board decided to review the appeal at the beginning of December, and in the meantime appellant would be well advised to increase his efforts to obtain another employee. Money Being Hoarded

Every effort should be made to bring to a realisation of their responsibilities those*of the public who were hoarding money, said the deputyMayor of Hamilton, Mr T. H. Melrose, at the conference in Hamilton to consider the Victory Loan Campaign. It was estimated that £15.000,000 was hoarded in New Zealand, and it was an unfortunate reflection that it was the same willing section that contributed to the various war loans. An appreciable number as yet had invested scarcely a penny.. It was emphasised by Mr A. M. Rosie that the appeal was merely for money to invest in a loan and not as a gift to the nation. The speaker referred to the assurance given by the authorities that ample provision was made for the repayment of loan moneys on maturity. Deeds of New Zealanders During the conference of WaikatoKing Country delegates in Hamilton yesterday in connection with the Victory War Loan, the deputy-Mayor of Hamilton, Mr T. H. Melrose, said he considered that the correct approach to the public would be through the New Zealand Division and the deeds of our men in the Navy and the Air Force. He traced the deeds of the Second Division and emphasised that it was the duty of those at home to ensure that this fine body of men, as well as our other fighting services, had the best of equipment available to carry on with the job in hand. In this war 150,000 men had gone overseas from the Dominion. The Second Division as a fighting entity had its equal in no other part of the world. We in New Zealand, said Mr Melrose, must “back the attack.”

Effective Display A most effective atmosphere was created in Toorak Hall, yesterday where the Victory War Loan conference of delegates covering the Waikato-King Country areas was held. On one wall, arranged as a background to the official dais were photographs of the King and Queen, Princess Elizabeth, Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt, with the union jack and the stars and stripes draped in “V” for victory sign, from the Chinese and Russian flags flanking them as an inverted V. The New Zealand flag was draped over the official dais. Striking posters, a sample of those which will be freely distributed during the course of the loan campaign, were arranged on the walls and added to the general effect. The display, which was favourably commented upon by delegates,- was arranged under the personal supervision of the chief postmaster, Mr J. Hanratty.