Local & General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 71, 30 March 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Warning Signals Needed “We feel it is a poor show on the part of the Railways Department in putting up with this state of affairs,” said Mr N. F. Little (Taranaki) after he had told the council of the North Island Motor Union that 500 railway crossings in the Dominion were listed for the supply of warning devices. The list was mounting and little seemed to be done about it, he added.

“Green” Fertiliser Weights At a meeting of the executive of Bay of Plenty sub-province of Federated Farmers (Auckland Province) last week the question of “green manure” was discussed and it was pointed out that super in particular lost weight with keeping as the water content dried out of it. One speaker likened it to buying green bananas, which lose weight as they ripen and, at the time of eat-' ing are considerably dearer per lb than their purchase price.

N.B. Film On Dairy Practice on New Zealand methods of milking and dairy-shed practice will appear within the next few weeks. Made under the auspices of the Department of Agriculture and the Dairy Board, this film is intended to answer the problems of the New Zealand farmer in the milking shed. The types of shed and milking plants in New Zealand are different in many respects to those in America, and the film will cover many points which Dr Petersen could not cover during .his tour in the Dominion. Thank You Whakatane “We write to acknowledge your gift of children’s clothing' which reached us safely on March 11. The need for children’? clothing is still very considerable,' and each article enclosed in your package will be put to good service,” writes the secretary of the Red Cross at Liverpool, England, to the secretary of the local Red Cross Centre, Mrs J. E. Winstone, in a letter received recently. “Please convey our grateful thanks to all who have so kindly contributed to this most acceptable gift,” the letter concludes.