Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 9 August 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Aurora Appears An aurora coloured the southern sky a vivid red last evening, attracting the attention of all wlm happened to be out of doors. At times the display was slashed with streaks of white. Outsize in Swedes Weighing 38 Ibs., an outsize in swedes is 011 view in Mr. K. Shaw's hardware store. It was grown by Mr. A. Mackintosh, of Paretai, Balclutha, South Otago. PerfecLy shaped, the vegetable measures 14^ inches" wi'de and 12 r inches high. Mr. Mackintosh won several prizes in the Kaka Point Sh'ow with a swede weighing 56 lbs. Millions of Sacks "Few people reaiise how important sacks are to the fertiliser • ndustry," said Mr. S.'Irwin Crookes; chairman, at the annual meeting jf the New Zealand Farmers' Fertiliser Company, yesterday. "Our company alone used nearly two million sacks during the year. The problem of securing such an anormous quantity became very serious, because the quota of jute sacks from Caicutta was drastically cut. This resulted in all manufacturers having to biiy large quanti-. jies of special paper bags. These aave not been so economical to handle as jute bags." Wai- on Wasps A determined elfort to check the spread of wasps, which have multipliea in iarge numbers in the Waikato 'during the last three years, is to be made by the Department of Agriculture. Mr. C. R. Paterson, of Hamilton, has been appointed supervisor of the campaign and Mr B. Divine has .been appointed to issist him. A boiinty of 3d is to be 3aid for each queen wasp surrend3red up to the epd of December. Supplies of poisoned powder will be made available during the summer months with which farmers and others may destroy nests, and part-time men will be employed to '■upplement the efforts of the farmers. \ Sasketball Results Results of basketball games played on Satur'day were as folows : — Representative matches : Horowhenua B 19, Manawatu B 9; Roro whenua C 11, Manawatu C 9. Inter-club games: Aces A 11, College B 10; C.O.G. A 24, College C 2; 3t. Joseph's 17, College A 12; Wanderers 22, Tui 3 6; C.O.G. B 10, College' D 7; Kotahitangi 7, Shannon B 6; Aces B 9, K.B.H. 9; College E 12, Capstan 11; Punahau 11, Tui B 11; College F 18,- Aces C 5; College G 9, Primary A 4; Convent won by- default from College H. Akaroa Brings Tea Ten weeks out from London, the Shaw Savill and Albion liner Akaroa arrived at Wellington on Saturday with 183 passengers. Only 36 of these were from England, most of the remain'der having joined her at Sydney} her last port of call in AuStralia. The voyag'e was made via the Mediterranean. Calls were ma'de at Port Said, Adeh, Colombo, Fremantle, Adelaide," Melbourne and Sydney. The principal item ih her cargo for New Zealand is tea, of which thefe are 1584 chests for Wellington, 5475 for Auckland, 1433 for -Lyttelton and 1164 for Dunedin, a total of 9659 chests. Other items are rubber and fibre. Most of her English cargo was discharged' in Australia. ' 5 Results in the Horowhenua Hockey Associatioh's inter-club competition games playe'd at Levin on Saturday - were as follows: — Men: Levin 7, Colts 1; Te Horo 5, Rahui 0. Women: Textile A 2, College 1; Levin 4, Textile B 0; Raukawa 3, Rahui 3.