Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 8 April 1948, Page 4

Local & General

I Butter Registrations | The Foo-d. Controller, Mr. A. J. ' !* Costelloe, says that housewives may ' transfer .their butter registrations , from.one retailer to another-if they i wish between April 12 and 23, I before using coupons numfcers 25 | and 27. | i | ] Coal From Inclia | The lirst coal from India for 20 [ j years, 8721 tons in the colliei" ! |Rookley, is due from Calcutta in a j ' fortnight's time. The Minister of ( | i Railways, Mr. Semple, said that the J ! coal would be used for the railways. • A second shipment is expected in | J the near ' future. ' ] j Growing Of Wheat [ | The Minister of Lands is to be ( ; asked to give a lead to the farin- | ers of New Zealand by arranging I | for wheat crops to be grown on I j land bought by the Crown for rei j turned. men pending the erection | , of farm buildings, etc., according to ! ! a decisicn of the Wairarapa Proj i vincial Executive of Fe'derated 4 I Farmers. ! I j New Use For Training Centres | I ' Civilian use of returned service- ! 5,-ien's training centres was forei | cust by Dr. C. F. Wilson, medical j ! superintendent. of the Otaki Sana- ! • torinm, at a' meeting at Palmerstc'n | North of the Western Districts j ! Joint Sanatorium committee yes- | j tei'day. Dr. Wilson said the centres I would be used for the rehabilita!j tion of tufcereulosis patients, and iwculd provide much-needed facili- ! ties for occupational training. | Not An Aircraft I Another expedition into the RuaI hines by airmen from Ohakea, . police and civilians was made this week in unfavourabie weather in an ! atfcempt to identify the reported foreign.object in the bush. Though the party failed to reach the spot, | it established to the satisfaction of ■ j| ; the Air Force and the police, by 1 means of field glasses, that the; I bright objects seen were not por- ! i } tions of an -aircraft. • Patients. Left At Home l Twenty-six cases of pulmonary I i tuberculosis are on a formal wait-i ! ing list for admission to the Green , | Lane Hospital, and at least 63 | other patients live in their own ' I h.omes- Reporting these figures to I the Auckland Hospital Board, Dr. 5 C. McDowell said that, in view of I the present reduced number of ! beds, there were probably as many ' I open cases of tuberculosis out of' | | hospital as there were within, it. I Should Stand Togetber t In a farewell message to the J ! Presbyterians of New Zealand prior I ,to his return to Australia on the j | Wahine tomorrow, the Very Rev. A. j ! Campbell Grieve, Moderator of the| 1 General Assembly of Australia, said | in an interview" at Masterton that ( | he hoped to see an inter-change af ! Presbyterian ministers for short I terms between Australia and New | ! Zealand. Both countries should ! stand firmly together an'd as close I as possible in view of world events. I Hawke's Bay Honesty i A novel means of overcoming the 5 labour shortage has been adopted i by a Twyford (Hav/ke's Bay) resij dent in marketing his surplus vege- | tables. Instead of having to attend | to the business of selling the vegeI tables he grows, he throws the pubI lic on their trust by placing his | goods at the gate and allowing I those who want them to help themI selves. With ,the goods price'd and 5 notices reading, "^Telp Yourself — 1 Take and Pay," the public of Hast- « ings rand district have shown an • 'amazing degree of honesty. \

Belligerent Seaman A fine of £3 and sdven days' imprisonment was the sentence Jimposed oii Edmund Patrick Girity, ! 23, a seaman, when he was chargied before Mr. Goulding, S.M., in i the Magistrates' Court yesterday j with creating a disturbanoe in a I public place. The police nrosecui tor stated that Ginty attempted to start a flght in the Regent Cabaret. Cuba Street, on April 6. "I just wanted to have a good time," said Ginty when Mr. Goulding asked him why he caused the disturbance.