Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 4 August 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Illustrated Address Tonight A reminder is given of the address, iliustrated by lantern slides, to be given in the Gospeli Had, Oxford Street, Levin, tonighi' at 7.30 p.m. The speak^-r will be Dr. Herbert Money, M.A., Ph.D., of the Peruvian Evangelical Church, and his subject will be "Christian Work in Peru." A hearty invitation is extende'd to everyone interested to attend. Gaol for Vagabond Samuel Hammona, 65-year-old labourer, of no flxed abode, wa s sent to prison for six mOribhs when he'appe&red- before Mr. J. R. HeiU, S'.M., 'in 'the Magistrate's . Court at Palmerston North yesterclay, charged with being, ,a .roguq and vagabond. Senior-Sergeant R. Aud.ey said defend'ant had no Visible means of support, had been previous.y convicted as an idle and disorderly person, and had 15 convictions agamst hira. Agriculture! ,Ad4iser5 • "I wish I were mofe qualified to address this gathering, but I am glad -to announce, tnat my Government 'has'..ddpi,decl,:to appoint an . agnauftur^i' adviser to my staff," said.JS:r, Patrick DufT, High Com- | missip.^er . for : tbfep United'Kirigdom, addrfessing ,a f^Vmers' conterence in Auckland yes.tei'day mbrfiing. Sir jPatrick added h'e' was Sdhe his agriJ cultural expert would' have much to learn from New Zealand farmers and, in turn, he hoped they would be able to diseuss with him the agricultural problems of the two countries ahd the. methods by which they were bein'g ' tackled. Mutfon Birds Scarce Regulated prifces have seriously aflected the miitton bird trade on the West Coast for the second year in succession, though small quantities are finding their way to the province and are meeting with a ready sale. These are, however, purrny private transactions and are not conducted for profit. The Price Tribunal several seasons ago fixed the price - to be paid for a bird. Because the bird was a luxury and only a sideline, "the trade was not worth handlingy-said one mer'chant. He added that if the situation remained unchariged the mutton bird would bec'ome a still rarer delicacy .on the VTest' Coast. Rabbits Came Like a Torrent The difference the war years made to the rabbit population of New Zealand was strikingly illustrated by Mr. H. E. Crosse at Hastings in evidence, to the Royal Commission on sheep-farming. He mentioned that, whereas between the -years 1902 and 1939 the kills varied only between 100 ajid 200 a year,. when he returned to Patoka Station in October, 1944, he found rabbits everywhere, and from then on- they came "like a dirty mountain torrent in -flood." Mr. Crosse said that for the years 1945-47 no fewer. than 120,000 rabbits had been killed on Patoka, and the indications were that the 1947-48 kill would be about 75,000. "N.Z. Boys Are Gentlemen" "I could always teil New Zealand boys from Australians: they're such gentlemen."' This compliment came from Miss R. -Yee, a pretty young Chiriese, who arrived in Auckland ' aboard' the Marine -Phoenix, .on her way to .the TJnited "States. Miss Yee alTived in Australia from China just before tne war and recently graduated as a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University. It was at the University that she encountered several New Zealanders, She is now on her way to study medicine at the College of Medical EVangelists at Loma Linda, California. After a course at the White Memorial. Hospital in Los Angeles Miss Yee ' intends to work as a medical missionary for the Seventh Day AdVehtist Church, "somewhere iti China."