Food Limit On Travellers

Chronicle (Levin), 11 February 1947, Page 4

Food Limit On Travellers

Travellers entering Grcar Britain from abroad may not take with them more than 25 lbs. of foodstuffs and not more than 5 lbs. of eny one variety. This limit is a check on the black market trade which would develop if theie were no restriction on the quantity of foodstuffs which could be taken :nto "Britain. This applies particularly to travellers making frcquent journeys between England and the aearer Continental countries. The lood taken into the United Kingdem by travellers is regarded as being for their own perscnal or househoid use. Sunspot Activity From a group of very small sunspots on Friday activity has spread to an approximate length of 140,000 miles, states the Carter Observabory. There are signs that activity will increase still further. The sunspots will begin to reach the central meridian today and will be visible to the naked eye if it is carefully protected. - ■. Magnetic anc radio effects from' this group are likely. The spectro-helioscope showed great hydogen eruptions round the spots this morning. The whole un today looks fairly active. The group itself has 66 single spots, and 011 bhe whole sun 102 spots have been counted at the observatory. Second Speedway Victim A further death has occurred as a result of the soeedway crash at the Palmerston North Showgrounds on Saturday night. The second victim is Jack Robert Lyall Woods, aged 31, married with two children, cl 14 Marshall Avenue, Wanganui. He died at the Palmerston North Hospital yesterday morning as the result of severe injuries received. The accident, which was witnessed by a large crowd- of spectators, occurred during the running of a race for six selected riders on -dirt track machines. Howard Tolley, the other wictim of the accident, died on Sunday. The thr.ee other riders involved escaped with only minor injuries. Diinking Hours A number of Auckland publicans are not in agreement with a Wellington Magistrate's view that six minutes is a reasonable time to allow customers to finish their drinks after 6 p.m. By hook or by crook, these publicans want their bars closed at 6, and, it is alleged, they are running their docks five minutes fast. At 5.55, therefore, it's "Six o'clock, gentlemen," so that if customsrs insist on takifig the full six mirutcs to finish their beer the bars are r.till ernptied by 6.1 p.m. A point that Is fcsing overlooked, now ever, ihe Star states, is that publicans commic an offence when they shut off the taps before 6 p.m. Customers have the right to be served up to that hour.