Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 12 May 1948, Page 4

Local & General

! Sown From The Air I A trial of interest to farmers was j carried out near Bideford on Sat- ! : urday when grass seed was sown' I by air 011 steep hill country. The ; j site chosen was at the northern j boundary of the Wairarapa Catch- ! ment Board's area where it joins | the Manawatu- Board's area, thus j providing information of benefit to j both boards. The seed sown was ! a mixture of white . and suckling clover applied at the rate of- two ibs. per acre. The total weight of seed distributed was 360 ibs. Relief For Cement Users?" ! Early relief of the acute shortage of cement for buildmg nnr_ ' poses in the Manawatu is promised by Mr. R, L. McPhail, the Building Controller, in a xep-v .. j representations made last week by the Manawatu Master Builders' j Association. "In reply to ywiv 1 telegram with reference to the shortage of cement," said the controuer, "the position is fully appre-

| ciated. Investigations are now in | hand concerning a more equitable distribution of the available supplies to the Manawatu. A ship- ! ment is now unloading in Wellingj ton, and supplies which should I reach your district this week will | relieve the immediate shortage." "Shirts Must Wait" "I think shirts will have to wait," cQinmented Mr. Justice Cornish in the Supreme Court, Wanganui, on Monaay, when a member of the common jury sought exemption from-' service on the grounds that he was manager of a firm with a 1« staff engaged in the manufaeture of shirts. Of the 56 members pf the common jury summoned tp'.attend the opening of the sessions, six applied for exemption. Of these, four were granted and two applications were refused. Those exempted were a butchfer engaged in handling stock for export, a cabinetmaker, a plumber working on his own and a dairy farmer, who' said he had to get up at 3.45 each morning.