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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 19, 20 February 1942, Page 8

Selfish Attitude The varj'ing attitude of people toward the accommodation of evacuees from Auckland in the event of enemy attack were being discussed at the Waikatci County Council meet Ing last week, when it Avas stated that in a certain district a houseowner had declared he would not accommodate any evacuees. Pressed for a valid reason, he pointed to some new furniture, and said he was not going to take the chance of that furnitude being scratched or damaged by unwelcome visiters. The man who narrated the story mentioned that the houseowner Avas then quietly informed that in the event of need for accommodation for evacuees it might well happen that the whole house ami furniture would be impressed by the authorities. Fruit Season Estimates by the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' Federation of the quantity of apples and pears to be packed by Nelson groAvers this season do not exceed 800,000 cases, compared with approximately 1,200,000 cases so packed last season. This big variation in output has a parallel in the 1934 and 1935 seasons, when the quantities packed for export Avere: 1934, 1,006,850 cases; 1935, 528,420 cases. Apart- from reduced quantity, lower quality will reduce growers' individual a\ T erage under the price schedule; but this may be offset by the adjustment required to bring the Dominion average up to the 5s 3d per case. Growers generally are anxious about the supply of ore hard labour. Over 30 orchard, owners and managers may be called