LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 24 April 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ascents of Mount Egmont The hrst peace-time Easter for six years is remarkable for an exceptional number qf visitors to Mount Egmont and an unusual number of ascents to the summit. AJ1 mquntain resorts reported the presence of organised parties of climbers from other parts of 'New Zealand.

Apples for Britain The first New Zeqlancl apples to be loaded on an overseas ship for ■! Britain since 1940 were put on the Union Castle JAne's "fruit ship" Roslin Castle, which is berthed at I Glasgow Wharf, Wellington. The Iship is cayrying about 45,000 cases, imost of which kre of the Delicious I variety. Smallej quantities are also ! being shipped of gturmers, Doherty, Rome Beauty, gnd Statesman. j Flying Missipparies } Ameripan missionary societies are ! using. mqre and mqre aeroplanes for : missionary purpqses, states the Church in the Community. " Already six mi^sionariep have eafned their wings and graduated from a flyingschool. One man is to leaye shortly on a 20,000-mile tr-ip by amphibian aeroplane intq Central and South America to demonstrate the advantages of air travel to missionaries there. Tetanus Combated The- importance of preventive inoculation was illustrated by Colonel T. D. M. Stout, of Wellington, in the Gourse of a bfoadcast- talk on pome of the aavances made in surgery during the Second World War. Colonel Stout said" that even in Italy, with its dense population and poor sanitation, tetanus was seldom experienced amohgfhe troqps.'Only 1 19 deaths occurred- in-the British ! forces in Italy frqrh this cguse and j not one apiong N.ew Zealanders. : Hay and Chaff Prices | Owing to the shortage of fodder due to the long dry spell in various parts of the Domipion, a price order has been issped qontrolling the ceiljpg pripes for. hay and chaff. The maximum growers'" prices are : : Meadow hay, £7 per ton; lucerne 1 hay, £8 per ton; chaff, £9 per ton (sacks ih). The maximum prices j which distributors may Gharge are j 10/- more in each Gase. Distrib- ' utors' prices are fixed at free on i board in the South Island and free | on rail in the North Island. j New Word for Dictionary | Mr, Charles Funk, editqr of Funk 'and Wagnall's Dictiongry (AmeriI can) , has announced that the new ! edition will contain the word *'jerk." He said: tfWe dq not limit people, on the usage of the word. 'Jerk' is colourful and descriptive. We are going to use it. -iviaybe, it will offend the purists, but we cannot help it. We do not make the language. We intend defining 'jerk' as an unpopular person," i added Mr. Funk. "Jerk" has no | gender and does not connote stupid'ity like 'dope.' " National Savings Several good rotals were again recorded last week in the Palmerston North postal area in the matter of deposits to National Savings, notwithstapding the near approach of the -Easter period. The city obtained £1607 17s Id, while several country ofdces "did well. Dannevirke led off with £478 16s 6d, followed by Apiti which recorded the substgntial amount of £325 19s — a fine effort for a comparatively smali pffi.ce. Next came Feildihg with £282 13s and Pahiatua £222 16s 3d. These flgures resulted in both the city qnd the district exceeding their weekly quota. The fqllowing offices were successful in obtaining the weekiy quota: . Palmerston North, Apiti. Ashhurst, Bulls, Dannevirke, Feilding, Foxton, Levin, Pahiatua, Pongaroa, Rangiotu, ' Rangiwahia, Weraroa and Woodville, 14 in all.

Rritish Ratipns The present weekly ration quantities for each person in Britajn are: — Meat, l/2d. worth; bacon, 3qz.;. taple fats, 6qz.; eggs, 1; sugar, 8qz.; tea, 2ioz.; abd clried eggs, 1/12 pkt. Small as these ratlons may seem tq a New Zeglapder, they are even ijiore severe than they uPt pear. For instance, of the ipeat ratiqn, pne-seventh has to be taken in the fqrm pf tinned corned pieat; qpffi th'ree qupces Qf table fats niay be taken out in butter; and tRe ration of ope egg a week }s precariously dep.enclent UPPn ' the supply within the locality. Furthermqre, tbe packet Qf dried egg which li'as bee'p avail^ble once every threq niqnths, and upon wbioh the Br jtish hbusewife has greatly depended tq make the frugai diet ffioye palat-* able, is likely to he excluded f fpin the ratieh entirely if impqrts carir , not be speedily arrauged,

Wedded from Gaol grought from Mt. Cr-awford prisori, 'where he is^ f waiting sentenpe for his pai't in the Bulls bank hqld-up, a yqung man was inatiied in "the Wellington Registry Office last "week. The bfidegroom was brQUght frqrq. the -gapl in a motqr car. IJe WQ^e ordinary civilian clqthes. Qpe qf the witnesses to Ihe cere'mqny was the warder who accompanied the prj§oppr. At the conclusiop of the' weddipg, w'Uch lqsted qply a few minutes, the prisoper was ailqwed tq embrace hi§ Wife. He was then taken back fo Mt. Crawford.