Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 60, 28 March 1944, Page 4

Local and General

•MP' . Increasing Butter Exports On enquiry as to the extent of the benefit to Britain of the butter rationing plan in New Zealand was recently sent to the Agriculture Department by the Auckland Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union. A reply from the Minister, received at the meeting of the executive 011 March 15, stated that it was estimated that the extra quantity that would be released for shipment to the United Kingdom to July 31 was 7000 tons, and that for a full season the amount would be approximately 1)000 tons. Scarlet Fever Risks It was reported to the Lower Hutt City Council by the city 'inspector that, a number of mild eases of scarlet fever were occurring in the city which were so mild that they were not being reported. These cases might, however, infect other persons with a more serious type of the disease and therefore should be reported states the Wellington Post. Cases had occurred where cases of scarlet fever had been thought to be summer sickness. It. was incumbent on parents and others to get a medical opinion on, such cases. Surplus Meat Coupons A queue waiting to collect, meat rationing sheets in Christchurcli soon solved the problem of an elderly woman who did not want her coupons, states the Star-Sun. The woman told one of the post office: staff behind the counter that she did not want her meat coupons because she was a vegetarian. She asked if she could take an extra ration in some otliQr commodity instead. When she was told this- could not be done she walked away, saying that the meat coupons were no use to her. Before she left the building she tore the sheet up and threw it away. One of the officers went to gather the coupons up, but by the lime he arrived there was no sign of them. They had hardly landed on the floor before, the people in the queue had swooped down on them.

Synethetic Tennis Balls The possibility of obtaining , r i supply of synthetic tennis balls from America will be explored by the management committee of the. New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association. The pricc in New Zealand would be 10s a pair. It is hoped to continue the manufacture of balls at Auckland during the winter to ensure a greater supply for next season. He Who Laughs Last The country certainly had its own back on the town during the recent flood, and were able to come and I gape at the townspeople 'in their I discomfort even as the latter did a | few weeks back at the country folk j struggling knee deep in murky mire. Another set ol' cartoons drawn by our own cartoonist Maj,or Hauesler now showing in Bridger's window, dealing Avith "The Lighter Side of the Flood/' .sets out the difficulties of the business folk in Whakatane during the recent period when they carried on "business as usual" under water (almost), and amply demonstrates that the. posit'ion is now definitely reversed and the laugh—it appears—is on us. Control of Hoardings Complete control of all hoardings, posters and other advertising displays visible from the street is the objeet of a new by-law being framed by the Lower Hutt citj- solicitor. The present by-law has been found deficient 'in certain respects, notably that it gives the council control only over hoardings for hire or reward. The new by-law, technically, brings shop signs and window notices under control, as there may possibly be occasions when control would be needed, otherwise it is notintonded to_ interfere with these classes of signs. The wording of the by-law will be such as to ijrohibit altogether hoardings in certain places where such signs would be liable to distract the attention of road-users from dangerous crossings or other road signs. In this connection councillors recently referred to the approaches to the main Hutt Road.