FISH—IN PARLIAMENT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 71, 29 June 1942, Page 4

FISH —IN PARLIAMENT

THE question of the retailing of fish which recently figured iin these columns discussed in the House last Thursday evening, during the session of committees. Raised by Mr W. Sullivan, M.R, an interesting comparison of ideas in which the member for Waitomo and others joined occupied the debate for some time, the Minister (Hon. D. Sullivan) giving a fairly wide interpretation of the regulations but missing the main point—of monopoly. The most interesting fact arising from the discussion appeared to be relative to the %cl per l,b royalty payable to the wholesaler by individual fishermen.

Doctors and War Service One-third of Australia's doctors have been called up i'or military service and those left are overworked. The Government is trying to balance the two services. Ma lata Water Supply Reporting to the County Council the Acting Engineer, Mr R. O. Tomkins, said that as anticipated the increased pressure imposed on the existing wooden mains by the recent coupling up with the concrete dam had resulted in several bad 1 leaks in the Matata water supply main. About eight leaks had been repaired, some four chains of steel pipe being utilised in renewing the weakest sections.

Not Such a Goat The story of a sagacity of a goat comes l'rom Stewart Island. A billy goat and a nanny goat used to wander round, each with a length of rope attached to its neck. One day the billy goat persisted in walking into a boat repair shed on the is-' land. He was chased away several times, but always returned. His persistence Avas such that it seemed probable there must lie some reason for it. So at last he was followed, and it was then discovered that the nanny goat had got her rope caught by a large boulder and that she was securely tethered well below high water mark. Had her plight not been discovered she would almost certainly have been drowned.