LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 17 May 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Seat Only one nominatlon was received for the National Party eandidate : for the new Ashburton electorate | Dy the time the nominations closed on Tuesday. This was Mr. R. G. j Gerard, the present member for Mid-Canterbury. ' Former P.O.W. Gaoled | Found guilty by a general court- ' martial of voluntarily aiding the enemy while a prisoner of war, ; Private William Tier has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. He was charged that between January and April, 1943, he voluntarily did more work in the quarry at Hermagor Camp ! in Austria than the enemy demanded. Vitamins in Butter "The vitamin content of butterfat is influenced by feed and sunlight," stated Dr. I. L. Campbell in an address at Massey Agricultural College. "The amount- of vitamin A is dependent mainly upon green i'ood. Sunlight acts on the fats in the cow's skin, producing vitamin D, which passes through to the milk. This vitamin is contained also in sun-cured hay." Money in Jerseys There is money in breeding pedigree Jersey cattle. During the past nine days, dispersal or reduction saies of 10 well known Taranaki studs and a combined North Taranaki breeders' sale of heifers resulted in almost £30,000 changing ; hands. In return for- this huge sum of money, nearly 600 head of cattle found new owners at an average approaching £50 a head. Search Organisation Rescues of lost or injured climbers on Mount Egmont are likely to : be greatly assisted by plans now being made for a network coverage of the slopes by the alphine ehibs of the province. With the return of peace they are reviving search party organisation, which, generI ally speaking, will be on a more j elaborate scale than before the war and will include modern aids such as radio. Little-Known Term Aadressing the jury during the hearing of a case before the Supreme Court at Christchurch, counsel used a definition of a traveiling salesman of clothing ' materials seldom heard outside the trade. "Men engaged in this business are sometimes known as "shoddy droppers," he told the court. "To the trade it means that hc- hawks clothing and materiais frorn place to place." Cats Killed In the past few days not only rats, but also many domestic pets, have been victims of the annual rat week campaign held in Auckland. The poison, barium carbonate, contained in the thousands of baits i distrib.uted by the Auckland City | Council and other local authoritie§, proved to be lethal to cats in pari ticular — some of them good hunt- ; ers. Many householders are asking | whether-a less drastic poison could { not have been used. Inquiries made, j however, indicated that 110 satis- : factory substitute for use in such a campaign was available. ! Seeking State Control I The Government will be asked Ishortly by a deputation from the j New Zealand Building Trades Fed- | eration to assume control of the 1 brick industry. The federation's I representatives will also discus* j with the Minister of Supply (Mr. 1 Sullivan) and the Minister of I Works (Mr. Semple) the future of the cement industry. In seeking State control of brick-making, the federation will act on a proposal from the National Bricklayers' Union, supported by the New Zealand Labour Party at its last conference. Police Needed Serious staff problems at the Auckland central police station are expected to be discussed with the commissioner, Mr. J. Cummings, by Superintendent J. Sweeney and Inspeetors S. J. Hall and C. Harley, the three senior officers, who have gone to Wellington to confer with him. Resignations, retirements and other defections during the ! war years have so outstripped the j intake of reeruits that the number of men available for patrpl duty cannot be regarded as sufficient to orovide adequate protection for the commercial area of the city, particuiarly at night.