Broughton's Appeal Heard

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 48, 11 February 1944, Page 5

Broughton's Appeal Heard

The Wellington District Committee on Monday considered \V. J. Broughton's appeal against the six months' suspension imposed by the judicial committee of the Wellington Racing Club alter the running of the Wellington.Racing Club Handicap at Trentham on Januan r 22. The District Committee reduced the period of suspension to three months. The owner of Glenl'alloch, Mr Hilton Smith, appeared in support of Broughton's appeal.

Labour for State Housing Because the. Government expects to start work soon on 1500 State houses in the Wellington area, a request lia.s been made, to builders throughout the country for 350 workmen to supplement those already in the Wellington district. Builders have been told that unless they make men available as volunteer labour the Department of J-lous-. ifig Construction would have no option but to •"manpower" individual workers and transfer them to Wellington, slates a message from Christchurch. Loss of Grass Seed Crops Severe losses have been sustained by growers of perennial ryegrass seed in the Gisborne district, and

some crops- tire expected. to be a complete loss. Two classes of growers were eJl'ecte.d. Those who cut very early lost a good deal of their seed ii the rain between Christmas and New Year, while those who cut later anil, left their crops in the paddock while waiting' for the mills were also heavy lo.sers. Some of the latter, in fact, might lose all of the seed either by shaking from the seed-heads or in deterioration.

One-Tree Apple Orchard A one-tree apple. orchard is a novel idea successfully carried out by Mr F. King, Hastings. The original slock was Northern Spy, hut being dissatisfied with the crop Mr King, 12 years ago, experimented with grafting until every lateral on the, tree, is different I'rom the original. The tree is 25 ft across and 231't high, and it has at least a 20Imshel crop. The varieties are Granny Smith. Balarat Seedling, Reichard Red, Stunner, Kidds Orange, Cox's Orange, Rome Beauty and two unnamed varieties. This idea solves the problem of the small backyard orchard, the only labour entailed being spraying and 'thinning.