Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 6 February 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Treaty Of Waitangi The 108th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi will be celebrated tonight in Wellington by the New Zealand Founders' Society. Mr. A. Rive, High Commissioner for Canada, will be' the guest speaker at a 'special gathering to'be held this evening.--You Can't Fool A Butcher "I don't know" if you have ever tried to deceive a butcher about cattle weights," said Mr. A. Duncan, chairman of the council of the Galloway Cattle Society of Great Britain, speaking in Levin last night. "However, we-find that the ; blue grade Galloway cross always ; looks a little f after than it really : is," he commented amidst laughter. | Silver Mug For 7000th Baby j An unusual ceremony, that of i presenting a silver mug to the

: 7000th baby to • be born at St. [ Helens Hospital in Invercargill, was I held recently, when the members j of the execuuve of the Invercargill ! Women's Christian Temperance ! Union visited the hospital. The 1 W.C.T.U.. has presented a mug to each 1000th baby born in the hospital. Britain's Guaranteed Price Speaking to a meeting of the Horowhenua Young Farmers' Club and the Levin branch of Federated Farmers, the chairman of the council of the Galloway Cattle So- , ciety of Great Britain, Mr. A. Duncan, said that prices of beef in I Britain had been guaranteed for the next five years at an average of about 2/- per lb. "I only hope they keep that guarantee," he said. A New Angle An Inglewood resident has offered the Taranaki Aid for Britain eommittee a gift of £200 toward the payment of freight on lime used by returned servicemen pr ; other deserving small farmers who wish to break in fresh land for Jnsifiasing production, thus'olding Britain. The donor says that, j if the scheme is taken up else- [ where and is successful, , he may | make a further gift. [ Sheep For Yugoslavia i Beiieved to be the first New Zea- | land shipment of sheep direct to [ the Continent of Europe, approx- | imately 1,00 Romneys, mostly from | stud flocks in the Manawatu, will | leave shortly for Yugoslavia by the j vessel'Radnik from Auckland. The [ sheep, which will be used for ex- [ .perimental purposes with a view to [ improving the native breeds,. have l been n'urchased from a fund sub.-

[ scribed by natives of Yugoslavia in [ New Zealand. . The consignment I- ineludes five ewes donated by Mr. S A. L. Wheeler, the well-known | Marton breeder. h. | Seed Season Prospects Good [ He was confident that the staff I of the Seed Testing Station at PalI merston North .-would be able to | cope with the expected .rush of j samples from all parts of the I Dominion, said the manager of I the station, Mr. E. O. C. Hyde, yes5 terday. In the past year new I equipment had arrived from over-r | seas but there was a good amount 1 still to come to hand. The station j was experiencing • no staffing I troubles, although the number .'of I girls employed was inclined to ! vary. The prospects for the sea- | son were good, all tests being up | to date. I s The Manawatu Pipe Band will | definitely be participating in the | Dominion contests to be . held at 1 Dunedin from March 26 to 29, stati ed the secretary of the Manawatu | Scottish Society, Mr. F, G. M. Par- ► kinson, yesterday.