LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 5 September 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Are They Pillaged? Outspoken comment on the actions of some wholesale and retail firms was made in a report to the Auckland Chamber of Commerce by one of its sub-commit-tees on cargo pillaging. The committee had found that firffis were purehasing goods for cash from salesmen with no office or business addresses and "they must, therefore, be aware that the articles are stolen." "The Mayor of New Zealand" Although many inadequately addressed letters test the ingenuity of postal officials, one which arrived at Auckland from Singapore addressed to "The Mayor of New Zealand" presented no difficult.ips fnr the sorters in the Chief

■ post Office at Auckland as with true civic pride they sent it to the Auckland Town Hall w.here it was deait with by the Mayor, Mr. J. A. 1 Ailum. I Wire Netting Supplies I "The outlook regarding the supply of wire netting is „ much ! brighter," said the Minister of .Sup- j Ipiy (Mr. Nordmeyer) yesterday. He 1 added that orders for 51,500 rolls of j wire netting had been accepted by i the United Kingdom and for j 13,000 rolls by the United States. I "These shipments are expected to j I arrive before thef-'end of this year. I j Fracticaily all this wire is 36 inch," | f the Minister said. "The orders total j 64,500 rolls against an estimated ; i annual demand for 70,000 rolls." I Don't Like New Zealand i Two passengers in the vessel j Largs Bay expressed trenchant j criticism of New Zealand 'before . ihe vessel left Auckland for SydI ney and South- Africa yesterday. : Mr. Henry Holfordf a New Zea- . ! lander, who went to South Africa i during the Boer War, described New Zealand as "a Gestapo coun- ; try." Mrs. F. M. Halse, a South i African nurse, married to a New j ' Zealander, who was leaving on a j ' visit to Scuth Africa, said': "Auck- | ; land is haif the size of Port Eliza- j i beth cemetery aird twice as dead." Scouts and Cliild Allowance j Mrs. Ross (Nat., Hamilton) askedj I in the House of Representatives on I ' Wednesday if it was a fact that ; Boy Scouts at present overseas, who i were under 16 years of age did not ! qualify for the 10s weekly child i allowance. The Ministry of Social | Securny, Mr. Parry, said universal ! family benefits were not payable ! outside New Zealand, and it would I be difficult to make an exception in S the case mentioned. The Govern- ; ment recognised the value of the I I Scout movement - and had conj j tributed substantially towards the j cost of the visit to Europe. j Eight Dogs from England ! As part of the Orari's deck cargo, I eight dogs of six varieties arrived ; j at Auckland from Liverpool on ; ' Wednesday. Two foxhounds, a ter- | j rier with her pup, a black Chow- ! ! Chow, a pTacid year-old bull-dog, a : young Welsh sheepdog and a ! Pekinese made up the lively and | | well-cared for collection. One of | the foxhounds is going to the I Hawke's Bay JHunt Club and the I other to the Dannevirke Club. The j others are going to private owners. ; They all proved g'ood travellers and ! arrived in fine condition. Some j j mcmbers of the crew had spent j ! mcst of their spare time in exerI | cismg them round the decks during the voyage.

\ i Itating Electrocuted | i A naval rating. in the cruiser Bel- £ Iona lost his life during the ship's i cruise of the Paciflc, when he was | electrocuted while rigging a cluss ter of deck lights. The victim was | Douglas James Laurence MacdonI ald, aged 22, married, of Auckland! | The accident occurred when the | ship was lying in the lagoon at | Nukualofa in Tonga. Macdonald, | who was serving as electrician's | mate (first classj , received a shock ? through the head and body/ and \ was killed instantly. With full naval i ceremony and with over 150 ?. members of the ship's company as I mourners, the funeral took place in j Nukualofa, the following day. The | sympathy of the Royal House of ! Tonga was expressed in beautiful | wreaths from Queen Salote and § Crown Prince Tungi. The burial | service was attended by many Ton- ■, gans.