LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 26 April 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Victory Contingent The offieial address of members ! of the forces who left on Saturday! uie' Maunganui to take part in > 1 *ne victory celebrations in London will be: — The New Zealand Victory Parade Contingent, N.Z.A.P.O. 35, rhe fetrand," Lo'ndon, W.C.2. Tomatoes Sell Readily To seli three and a-half tons of tomatoes in a week has been the experience oi a Levin resident. The prop came to maturity the week. prior to Easter and was ripening at riie rate of 15cwt. daily. They wero advertised in "The Chronicle" at an , artractive price and a ready de- . mand came from all paris of the district. "Over Easter the grower was inundated with visitors, who ; iDurchased the tomatoes in quantifcies from small" to very large. Planned Recreation One dnty of physiea! welfare offi- ! eers of the Department of Internal ' Affairs is to help in the planning of j appropriate recreation for 'the people's leisure hours. According ! to a statement issued by the De- i partment, it is felt that the pur- I j pose would be assisted by the or- I iganisation of "Recreation for Leisure" weeks in the main centres. j " The possibilities will be first in- ! : vestigated in Wellington, where the i Department's officers - wiil confer : with representatives of the Edu- 1 cation and Health Departments j i and the Physical -Education Soci- ! i ety for the preparation of a co- ; ordinated progrjamme. >- . j

I Dairy Research j New overseas methods of converting cream to butter without the aid jjof churns wiil be among- the many j topics. for discussion at the fourJteenth annual Drairy Factory Marilagers' Week to be held at Massey i Agrioultural College eariy in .May. The .utilisation vg-of bufctermilk in INew Zealand,- the, infhience of con- \ i ditions on the farm on the flavour | | and composition of milk and cream, I j and a variety of. subjects dealing i j with the manufacture of butter ! ; and cheese,' will also be dealt with. j 1 The Dairy Research Institute, ! f under the auspices of which these j ; annual gatherings are conducted, 1 ! will give a review of its research j ' work carried out during the present1 | and past dairying seasons. Cream Rationing With the object of curbing illegal j saies of cream and so providing s | more butter for export, cream has i now been deciared a rationed com- i inodity. The Cream Rationing Order j provides for the registration of con- j ; sumers and the licensing of retaii- 1 ers. It stipulates that every re- i i taiier must keep in his . shop or j : carry on his deliyery vehicle a re- ; j gister containing the names of all ! ! his cream customers. It i§ now il- j llegal for any person to sell cream i j without a license, ' and' fehose enIgaged in the trade are advised to J make applieafcioh- for their- lieences ; to their local rationing oflicer. Supplying daifies are notified that, } in future, no cream may be supj plied to retailers without a permit, I j and are adyised to communieate ! I with their local rationing officers i to ascertain their obiigations | j under the order. Consumers who are holders of cream permits are not affected by the new measures. All they have to do is to make a 'note of the expiry date and hand the oermit over to their ordinary supplier.

Who Owns Tethered Horse? On Wednesday evening a motor car belonging to an employee of Mr. D. W. Reid, of Lees' Line, was taken and reeovered at Palmerston North yesterday. In making investigations the Feilding police aseertained that during the same night an attempt had been made to take another car from- the property of Mr. Gardiher, who is a neighbour of Mr. Reid. Here . the c'ulprits were foiled in that the car was minus its ignition key. In cohneetion with the above happenings, the Feilding police are making enquiries as to the ownership of a black - hack which was found. tethered, yesterday.. near the property of Mrs. McKellar on Lees' Line. The haek was saddled and there was an oilskin secur.ed to the saddle. It- appears that early on Wednesday evening a man fgs seen riding along Lees' Line on a horse of this description, and the finding of the horse yesterday morning, tethered to the .fence, suggests/ that the horse may have been stolen, and that there might' also he Some connection between t-he horse and the purloined motor car. The population of New York City, ; according to the Consolidated Edison Company's research "department, was 7,7@0,000 on.January 1, ! 1046, on a 4.2 per cent. ihcrease over I the 1940 census. . *