Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 15 April 1948, Page 4

Local & General

i | Ohau Card Tournament i There was a good attendance at ■ the weekly card evening at Ohau | .on Wednesday night. The -prizes, I which were donated by Mrs. J. Guerin, were won by Mrs. C. Eagle (la'dies) and Mr. J. Bowling (men). ^arm for Ex-Servicemen Among properties purchased by the State during February was the KonCwa farm settlement of 1836 acres at Pohangina Valiey, 30 miles from Palmerston' North, according to information received at the office of the Miniscer of Rehabilitatioii, Mr. Skinner, today. ' The property, which- was bought from Mr. F. B. Grotrian. includes a dwelling and outbuildings from which : two sheep units for ex-serviCemsn j a.-e expected. I "Cow Population," "That the cow- population equals the human population" was the | r eply given by a Tasmanian f armer t to a friend who aske*d for his outj standing impression of his visit to i New Zealand. The number of dairy , ' cows in New Zealand is approki- 1 mately 1,800,000. At the beginhing of the century it was 372,000, but by i 1914 had increased to 750,000. Such ; was the progress of the dairy industry betWeen the two world wars that the totai almost doubled to 1,500,000. i Slioddy Furniture 1 "Shoddy suites for soldiers" seems j to he the slogan of certain Auck- j land furniture manufacturers, j according to complaints returned ! men have expressed to the presi- j dent of the R.S.A., Mr. A. P. Postlewaite. At an execu'tive meeting this • week Mr. Postlewaite saitl the mat" I ter was so serious that it warranted f an inquiry. In order to get some "ammunition," the executive decitied to ask the complainants td attend the next meeting and relate the facts.

Parcel Post Offer Declined The Government has vetoed a scheme to include New Zealand in the countries which will be linked by an air parcel post service between the United States and parts of the Pacific, in spite of the 33 to 50 per cent. saving promised by the American Post Office. The present Dominion-United States airmail rate is high — 2/- per £-oz — but New Zealanders have to pay this or use irregular surface mails or the PamAmerican Airways air express, which charged 13/- per lb. with a minimum of £1/11/3. Panair cOnsiders that it could carry parcels under the proposed scheme at 11/per lb., or one-third of the airmail rate. Women's Ages \to be Rfevealed Women in the public service are going to have o-ne of their most guarded secrets revealed. For. the first time for about 30 years the 1^948-49 classification list jrablishe'd by the Public Service Commission will contain the dates of birth of women in the service. A commission spokesman stated that thO men in the public service had to work 40 years before they could retire. Women were able to retird after 30 years. The new clasSilication list would solv,e the difficulty of knowing how much longet a womari had to serve when considering feminine applications for promotion, and would help in the selection of candi'dates for more responsible posts. The Levin Women's Insituto will celebrate its 2 lst birthday in St. M-ary's Sall this evening. Mefnbers and their friends are cordiaiiy invitedr 1