LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 2 May 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shifl Desertirifts Though she carried away 8000 tons of Taranaki produce for the people of Britain the Slue Stari liner New Zealarid Star lef't the : port Of New - Plyntbuth yesterday ; | minus four me'rhbers Of her crew. : Desertions at this'.p'Ort since January 1 now tdtai 29. Apples for New Plymouth About 12,500 eases of appies from Nelson arrived at New lu>:mouth in the Waipahi yesterday, and the remai'nder of 25,000. eases for Auckland and the north wiU be coming to New Plymouth in the eoastal vessel Pakura later in the month, Camp for Ilousin^ A military camp establiShed during the war . on Bluff Hill, Napier, now appears likely to be tumed into the form of a trahsit camp. Realislng"'the necessity for more accommo'ddtion for ho'mOiess people in ;fijs cohstituOncy, Mr. Armstrong, Rl.'P., rhade" repr'esentations to 'the Prime MiniSter, Mr. Fraser, and the Minister Of Defence, Mr4 Jon,£Sr . to« haye this camp niade available. Ats a result, Brigadier . L, . ijunt,, Army Quaartermaster^GeneraL i made a 5 yiSit to Napier on Wed'nesday afternoon. Origifi of Lodg^ Mbvehient "The birth-' of' the Priendly Society movemerit' has' beeh 10st in the ihists of time,Tbut records haVe been in -exiStend'e? sirice the year 1790," said Bro. O. Jacobsen, pffesident of the Boriimion Council of Friendly Societiesi at the finiiu'al conferende lasf wdek. • "In those days, the Governmeht • had ho confidence in men who met hi secret',,and laid heaVy hahds upon them at times. Books were not kept, particularly in the. years following the French Revolution, and lists of members were not opeh." - Baliot for Orchards Six men who have been graded A for fruitgrowing are to be : settled on the 80" acres compfising : a well-known orchard iri St: : George's Road, .Hastings. The' sectiohs are to be bailoted for in Napier on May 29, arid posses'sidn will be given six«days later. The property has been divided iiltd tinits" Vafyihg ifp size fr'Oiri il-| acres to nearly 14 acres. It is Oxpected that arrarigemehts wili be made for the existing' packing^ shed- to be u'sed on a co-operative basis. Five of the sections are Jfully ' planted ' in plp arid- storie fruits and the sixth bears 6^- acres of asparagus and 31- acres of pip fruits. There are aboiit 50 me'ri in the • Hastirigs district with A gradings for orchards. New Stamp Issue A new series of postage stamps bearing the head of King George VI were 011 sale at the post officO from this morning. The pictorial issue was withdrawn on vWedh6s^ day. The peace stamp series wiil fiontintie on sale until remaining stocks are exhausted. Four denominations q'f King George VI stamps, the i-d, ld, Hd and 3d,- are already ofi sale, ahd the set will be completed with the iSsue tOday of stamps of the 2d, 4d, 5d, 6d, 8d, 9d, ls, Is 3d, -2s and. 3s values. The, IS 3d -is a new value and will replace "the IS 3d duty starrip riow' uSed. The higher Values iiT the' ribw set^ df Stairips are -parficuiafly a$ti4ae'tive arid are of a lar'ger size dlhan the starrips in the sriialle^ dehoriiifiafioris.' They ate the ls 3d' 2s and 3s, and afe pri'nted in two coibufs. =^-3. TTI'Ml