Items Of Interest

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 81, 2 May 1949, Page 8

Items Of Interest

Press Not Wanted “That no newspapermen or reporters be permitted to attend and report meetings of the National Executive and National Council of the Federation of Labour or of trades councils,” is a remit being submitted by the Christchurch Painters’ and Decorators’ Union to the annual conference of the New Zealand Federation of Labour in May. Aluminium Milk Caps “Aluminium capping is not new, as it has been in use for some time overseas, but its introduction to New Zealand is another step towards the achievement of the aim of the Government of providing the public of New Zealand with a safer milk supply,” said the Minister of Marketing, Mr Cullen, commenting on the forthcoming introduction at Palmerston North of automatic aluminium capping of milk bottles.

Communist Doctrines

“Doctrines opposed to everything we hold dear are their ideologies; they will not be beaten by force of arms or legislation,” emphasised Major A. D. Cilliers of South Africa when referring to Communism during an address in the Bay of Plenty recently. “We can only succeed by creating ideologies bigger and better. If we do not stand for something, then we will fall for anything.”

N.Z. People Modest He had formed the opinion that New Zealanders were more modest and less aggressive than Australians. He liked New Zealanders better than Australians and wished, he had spent more time here, said Mr H. Graves, of Merseyside, England, who is visiting Christchurch. “It did not take me long to discover that all the swans on your Avon are ducks,” Mr Graves added, with a smile. He said that Christchurch had been one of the places he most wanted to visit in New Zealand because “it is always mentioned at Home as being so English.”