LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Flight Stewardesses Already 560 young -women throughout New Zealand and even i'rom Australia have responded to advertisements calling for applications for nine vacancies as flight stewardesses on the Tasman service. They include nurses by the sCore, school teachers, clerks, typistes, Waafs, hotel receptionists, and even school girls. Instruction in Herd-Testing Sttitable returned servicemen will be assisted by the Rehabilitation Board to undertake a course in herd-testing at Massey Agricultural College, provlding worthwhlle work can be guaranteed for them in the future. The proposed course will last for two weeks and will be sponsored by the Herd Recording Council of the New Zealand Dalry Board.

Heavy Rail Traffic Pr'obably because of the school holidays, traffic on the rallways has oeen heavier than usual. Saturday's trains 011 the north Hines were pari ticularly heavy, and this caused ! -ome delays in schedules. The first j LXpress from Auckland was 23 min- ; utes late and the second 18 fnin- | utes. The Limited was 51 minutes ! late and a further express from j Auckland was running 38 minutes I behind schedule. ■ Big Development Scheme An important developmental plan, covering a large area in Cen- ! iral Otago, is announced in a supI plementary Gazette issued last' night. Notice of the scheme of development, which app&afs ovef the I name of the Minister of Works (Mr. !Semple), states that the nature of ! the work is to develop an area for j residential, business and industrial | purposes, with the provision of additional, and the improvement of, ' the existing amenities, Notice of the ! scheme is to remain in force until | September 30, 1956. : A Minister's Conscience i A minister who officiated at a j recent marriage ceremony in j Hawke's Bay declined to participate ! at the wedding breakfast because ! considerable quahtities Of cream 1 were on the tables. The minister, who was to have been toast-master at the breakfast, explained that only that Sttnday he had spoken to his congregation on the necessity i for sending food to Britaih, and felt • that in fairness to his own coni science he could not partake of the cream. He therefore begged to be excused.

; LaVish Socials . , i A CorsQ , :.$&t up at -Whakatari '%na j ing actively. It has passed a resolution deploriiig the wastage of Vital foodstuffs at lavisb suppers, socials 1 and dinners, which afe held habituI ally in the district, at the present | time, when millions are on the verge of starvation on the other I side of the world, and appealing to J the officers of all Organisations to [ keep food at such gathcrings down j to the plainest fare ih order that | the vital sugars ahd fats may be conserved. The committee regards weddings as an exception. Further Rationing Urged " "A unite'd front was presented by residents of Masterton in their demand for introduction by the Government of a compulsory cut in rations to provide for export to hungry people wherever they were'. Voluntary savihg of meat and butter coupons was considered to be "hopeiess tinkeriiig" with a sefious problem. A resolution was passed pledging suppbrt of the meahs how available for saving food for. export, but expressihg intense interest and dissatisfaction with the voluntary system of food savihg because it was inadequate. The Goverhfnent Was called on to introduce further compulsory rationing of all foodstuffs at their source. Advice to Dairy Industry The dairy industry could not expect general increases in prices and should endeavour to reduce production costs, said the chairman (Mr. J. j. Burns) at the first provincial conference of the dalry section of Federated Farmers iii Napier. "Everywhere we hear warning notes sounded that the' future of the dairy industry iS not bright, but I think that by the general use of comuion sense we cati Win out," sald Mr. Burrts. "If we are to make the industry successful, costs must be reduced. We cannot expect great increases in prices, but I suggest that we should get together and see how We can keep costs down."