LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 25 July 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Meat Expoit Season The killing season which closed last week was an exceptionally good one iri the Wanganui district, the number of sheep killed at the local works exceeding that of the previous year by • 100,000. On the average, lambs were about 31 lb. lighter in weight, attributed to the dry spell at the beginning of the year. Not Guilty — Insane A verdict of not guilty on the grounds of insanity, was returned by a jury in the Hamilton Supreme Court, in the attempted murder charge preferred against a Maori, Hikoi Te Rangi Rawiri, aged 39, farm labourer, of Waingaro. Dr. Buchanan, superintendent of the Avondale Mental Hospital, said accused was admitted to the ihstitution in 1936 suffering from mania similar to the present condition. He was discharged in 1938. Food for Britain Campaign An increase of .22,604 in the number of meat coupons surrendered voluntarily was a feature of the past week's campaign to save more food for Britain? The meat coupons saved totalled 200,000 as compared with 177,396 the. previous week. There was a decrease in butter coupons saved,. which totalled 7205 as compared with 8233 the previous week. New Coal Seams A special committee of the State Mines Department staff is considering plans for the, development of a new coal mining area adjacent to the present Liverpool State mine, at Rewanua (West Coast) , and will reportJ to the Government. Drilling operations have disclosed important continuations of the Liverpool seams on lower levels. Although not completed, the bores have indicated the existence of over 2,000,000 tons of extractable coal.

Not Milk! ■ — ; Spe'aking at the opening of the Women's Institute Conference in Wellington yesterday, the Mayor (Mr. Appleton) invited delegates to visit the munieipal milk depot during their stay in Wellington. Mrs. E. J. Sawer (North Auckland) raised a laugh from the 1000 women present when, thanking the Mayor for his invitation, she said. "We from North Auckland -were hoping to forget the word milk. I'm afraid you'll find some of us looking at hat shops and things of jbhat sort." . .. .. ... x „/.... .... . ] jJ -Force Sailing l%ter' ' ' ' The sailing date for the second relief of the J-Force was announced yesterday by the Minister of Defence, Hon. F. Jones. The draft is to sail in the troopship Chitral leaving Wellington on July 30, calling at Lyttelton to embark the Burnham draft on July 31. The total number of troops to sail is 2564 comprising 1206 from Papakura, 1005 from Burnham and 353 from the Army School, Trentham. The officer commanding the troops will be Lieut.-Colonel V. J. Innes, New Zealand Staff Corps. Back to Their Owners Of 9154 pairs of binoculars received by the Army by way of loan or gift, 8264 have been returned to their original owners, accoraing to the annual report of the Chief of the General Staff, tabled in the House of Representatives. A total of 23,604 rifles, it is stated, was received by the Army under the regulations governing impressment, and of this number 22,793 have been returned to their original owners, or, where it has not been possible to return the rifle through loss or conversion, the owner has been paid compensation. Real Test of Money Money was only the furniture of life, and only a certain amount of furniture was necessary, said Mr. D. A. Ewen, in an address to members of the Wellington Rotary Club. The difficulty of the business man was that if he ran after money he was considered to be money-mad; if he did not make it he was a ne'er-do-well; if he did not try to make it he lacked ambition; if he saved it up he was a capitalist; if he spent it he was a playboy; if he ' got it without working he was a parasite; if he aceumulated it after a lifetime of hard work he was a fool who never got anything out of life. The real test, Mr. Ewen said, was what a man did with his money. ;