Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 12 August 1948, Page 4

Local & General

1 Big Cod Catches | Unprecedented catches of blue | cod have been made recently at : Port Pegasus, Stewart Island. A ! day's catch for one fisherman was I 1500 lbs. of cod, and for three j others, 2000 lbs. I "Pure Wool" j Masterton housewives are alarm- ! ed at the fact that Nev? Zeaiand I goods marked "pure wool" can contain up to 40 per cent. of synthetic material. The opinion was expressed by the women's division of the Federated Farmers there that the division, in association with the parent body, shouid move to have this position remedied. Mild July For New Zeaiand as a whole last month was the mil'dest July since 1917, all stauions recording meani Lemperatures above normai. Most or tne Dommion also had an excess of rain, more than double the average rainfall being recorded in Marlborough and parts of North Canterbury. Near Kaikoura it was ihe wettest month for over 30 years, and probably the wettest July for over 60 years. Dunedin's Streets Which ciuy has the unenviable distinction of havmg the worst streets in New Zeaiand? According to a North Island vishor, Dunedin must hide its head in shame. 'Christchurch is known as the cicy oi bicycles, but to ri'de a bicycle along the rough, pot-holed streets of Dunedin wouid be a feat," he declared on his, return home. He thought visiting 'motorists shouid be warned about Dunedin's streets. Coastal Vessel Bought Bought recently oy the Northern Sueamship Coihpany, the 500ton motor vessel Goldflnder • has left Cardiff for Whangarei via Portugal and Tunisia. She wiil run 1 between Auckland and North Isiand West Coast pbrts and also Picton. Built at Hamburg* in 1939 and fitted with diesel engines in Britain in 1942, the Goldflnder has oeen used excmsiveiy in the Continental trade. Commanded by 1 Captain J. Appleton, who flew from 1 New Zeaiand to England, she wiil : cafry a cargo to Portugal and load j superphosphate ' at Sfax for ] Whangarei. She is the first new : vessel purchased by the company i since the Ranginui ten years ago, « and brings the company's fleet to 1 ten.

V* J.P.'s — And Signatures Seeking an answer to the question whether a Justice of the Peace was 'required to read a document submittfcd to him for witnessing of a signature, Mr. G. "K. Burton, of Christchurch',' wrote to the Department of Justice. I11 reply Mr. Burton received from the undersecretary of the department, Mr. B. L. Dallard, a let.ter in which he says: "The generally accepted view is that the Justice taking a statutory declaration or witnessing a signature shouid satisfy himself as to the nature of the document and that ' the person making the declaration or signing the document is fully aware of its nature and understands the contents of the document. The Justice is not concerned as to the actual contents oi the document, .and accordingly shouid not 'and cannot properly insist upon reading the document unless requested to do so by the deponenfi However, a signature to a form in blank. shouid not' be witnessed under' any circumstances; in fact, it would be improper to do so." • • •