LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 13 November 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Carcase Competitions The lambs ana pigs entered in che carcase competitions at the reeent Manawatu A. and P. show were judged on the hooks at a field j day yesterday at the Aorangi works jof Messrs. Thos. Borthwick and ! Sons. In the class for a pair of | porkers the Levin Dairy Company I gained ftrst prize and was third in | a simiiar class for baconers. ! School Stationery j School starionery, not including i letterheads 'or envelopes, which ' bears the name of a school, or j which in printed form is peculiar i to educational use in schools, will ! in future be exempt from saies tax. | This information has been received ! by the Auckland Manufacturers' Association from the Minister of J Customs (Mr. Nashj. ' Tangimoana Road Deviation j In connection wiih the recent discussions at the Manawatu County COuncil " regarding, the Tangimoana Road deviation it was reported -at yesterday's meeting of i'the council that Public Works engineers were shortly to visit : Tangimoana to examine the propcsed new route to the settlement and also inspect the altern&tive ; route through lylcKelvie's property. An Unusual Verflict "We find the jury guilty on all icounts," announced an over;anxious foreman, when a jury in j the Supreme Court at Auckland ' returned at the close of a criminal trial. Notwithstanding this unusual ; verdict, it was the prisoner who was remanded for sentence and the jurors adjourned in the ordinj ary way to the Court ofiice to receive their week's pay. Sanson Tramway Demolished - All rails and sleepers of the old Sanson tramway have been taken out, graded and stacked and fcridges dismantled, stated Mr. H. V. Bond (county engineer) when i*reporting to yesterday's meeting ot ' the Manawatu County Council. The engine shed and other smaller ! sheds had been dismantled and the material stacked. A sum of £12,067 had been received for the sale of ! rails and sleepers and a further I £1220 was expected to be realis'ed on this account.

Girl Stowaway A 23-year-old girl, who is i believed to have stowed away at 1 Auckland, was discovered on the Panamaniah steamer/ Kortor, ; bound from Auckland to New York ; with general cargo.. The master of ihe vessel in a radio message to the 1 Auckland agents stated that he was , unable to put back to Auckland because of adverse weather and ; that he would land the girl at | Panama, the vessel's first port of { ca.ll. The presence of a stowaway ion the ship Kortor was suspected ,before the ship sailed, but after a ifruicless search the ship put to sea ■ at 7 p.m. on Saturday. j Britain's Food Supply I "Generally speaKfiig, the food | situation in Great Britain is as bad ! toclay as it has ever been, particu- ! mrly in fats," said Mr. W. J. Rod- ! den, a New Zealander, and Director i of Milk Products in ihe Briash j { Ministry of Food, on his arrival at I i Auckland the other day. He added j Jiat the people's diet in the 'Unitgd • Kingdom was principally | deficient in milk,s rneat, sugar and ieggs. Mr. Rocjden has returned to j .he Dominion on business for the I British Government and will have I consultations with Government officials. He was formerly secretary S of the_ Kairanga Dairy Company land left for London 12 years ago. "No Need to Apologise" "I,do not say that Britain has I never made mistakes. I do not sav that the British Empire is perfect. I I do not say that we have not gone j too slow in some directions oi' even too fast in others," said Sir Patrick ' Duff , British High Commissioner in New Zealand, iii an address at Auckland yesterday. "But I will say that no people ever even attempted to tackle a job so vast or in so unselfseeking a spirit. A policy which embraces'all sorts and conditions tf men from one end of the globe to the other must, in the imperfections of all human affairs, present manifestations here and- there open to criticism. But, make no error, taking it by and large, don't ever feel you need be apologetic for the f British Empire."

More passenger ships lare being reconditiqned in Britain and will soon be released for the passenger serviee to New Zealand. The Shaw Savill ship, Arawa, is expected to be ready in January and the minimum fare will be £74. Anpouncing this, the company * said that two further ships, the Tauraroa and Mataroa, will be reconditioned as one-class tourist ships as soon as they are released by the Ministry of War Transport. It is expected that the Dominion Monarch will be back on its normal run about Octpber of next year. The Corinthic, the first of four . new passenger ships, will enter the New Zealand serviee in March. The second ship fcf this class will be launched at Belfast on November 26.