LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 27 June 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Timber for Australia =» In. the last four days there has been great activity in the railipg from Rotorua to Auckland of consignments totalling 2,500,000 feet of sawn pinus radiata timber intended for Australia. The railways are so taxed that timber to fill many private orders has had^ to be sent jy road. Rotary in Sweden ' "Rotary is very highly regarded in Sweden," said the ConsulGeneral for Sweden in New Zeaiand, Mr. Erland W. E..Kleen, m an address to the Auckla'nd Rotary Club. He said that Sweden had 72 elubs, ■ co'nsistihg of_ apout 3500 members, equal' tb one-fourth of the Rotarians ;in Europe, excluding England ivjasterton Ratmns Gas . Coal supp|ies nbt having arnved, the Masterton gas -departmept has found it necesfsary ' tp r a'tioh gas. At present the 'department has sufficient coal' 'for 'about a day's normal output, and unless coal "arrives before the weekend it may be necessary to shut down the works. ' donsumers have been asked to give their 'assist^nce by using gas as sparingly as possible. " Agricultural Problems The setting up of a committee to do preliminary exploratory work of long-range scientific investigation of the agricultural problems of New Zeaiand, was agreed to by the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society. Proposing the step, Mr. M. E. Lyons (ChrisU church) suggested that the comr mittee should bring down a repori at the next annual meeting of the society.

Cost of Fencing An order gazetted last nigh"' amends the schedule to ihe Fencing Act which sets out the maximum cost of feiicing betwee'x properti'es for, the purpose of determining pa«rt of the cost to be paid by adjoining owners. Tht cost was last flxed^in 1923 and the alteration now made is io bring the , schedule into line with present day costs. For instance the schedple for a wire fenee with nine feel between posts has been increased from 40s to 55s per chain and that for a wire fen.ce with three posts tc the chain from 3Qs to 47s 6d. Radios Will be Smaller "Within a matter "of a few years with the progress made in the design. and manufacture of smal) radio components durjng the war. radio- sets may- need be no Jargei than their smaU speakers," said Dr. A. G. Bogle, a returned Rhodes scho'lar, when he addressed a luncheon in his honour of the New, Zeaiand Association of Scientific Workers. Radio. sets daveloped: during the war, said Dr. Bogle, wgre small enough to be carried in the palm of the hand. Radio advaneer ment had been great, and more reliable sets would now be made Miniature valves had been vastly improyed, and within a few years. he said, he thought most receivers would use them. Sue the Watersidgrs ' "Jf we were to take steps tp dip into the pockets of these militant nnionists they might nqt be so keep to adopt suph a left winf PQlicy in politics in the future as they haye ' recently," said Mr. J. A. Harfisdn. at an executive meeting of the Manawatu dairy section of Federated Farmers yesterday. The discussipn centred on thb Jiability of the Watersiders' Union to make good farmers' losses oh wool saiesby hold-ups and shipping defays. "We cannot sue the union, but we can sue indivicfual members ljke : Mr. Barnes," said Mr. Hdrj?i^on, "and the legal expenses in "the event of a ponviction would have | to be paid by the person sued, I ; do not see why we shopld " jpse money when the loss is caused by wealthy union."