Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 17, 8 November 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Standardisation Pays British cars must be cheaper, and that cheapness can be achieved by greater standardisation, said Sir Graham Cunningham, chairman an I managing director of the Triplex company, on his return from a visit to the U.S.A. The Time Element Strongly contesting a claim by the New Zealand Carpenters and Joiners’ Union in the Arbitration Court for double time worked in excess of three hours on Saturday, or • after 10.30 a.m. Mr W. E. Anderson, appearing for a group of employ ex s, said it would be an effective, bar to work beyond that hour. “The fimt race starts at 10.45 a.m.” said Mr Justice Tyndall. Crown Land Development Now that the position regarding wire supplies promises to improve, the Bay of Plenty Province of Federated Farmers decided at an executive meeting, held recently at Matata, to press the Government to develop Crown lands in the Bay of Plenty. One member said that he would like to get a little wire to do some development on his own property. It was also decided + o press for the subdivision of the Maungarangj' block for soldier settlement. Ripley Story At dinner in a well-known private hotel in Christchurch discussion turned to the topic of records. There had been records claimed for the biggest apple, pumpkin and tomato, when one of the party, a visitor from Akaroa, said he thought he had put up a "record at dinner the night before, when he found two wishbones in the chicken he had had for dinner. Before the meal was over a visitor from Timaru surprised the party when he revealed three wishbones on his plate after the chicken had been eaten. N.Z. Environments According to the environmental school of thought. New Zealanders were, or should be, of better physique, more intelligent, longer lived, and more quickly adaptable to new situations than almost any other people on earth, as well as being amenable to discipline without subservience, said Mr H. C. Critchfield of the University of Washington, visiting lecturer in geography at Canterbury College. This was because New Zealand fell within the climatic conditions which they had calculated as those in which human beings could reach their highest development.