Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 15 January 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Better Wheat Yields ■ Wheat crops in the RangitlkeiWanganui district promise yields above the average and distinctly better than last season when they were affected by the drought and by rust which proved unusually bad. Oats now being cut on a number o.f farms are maturing a little later than usual. Barley, of which more has been planted- this year than last— at the expense of' the oats -acreage ratlier' than wheat — is looking very well and appears to be developing a normal. erop. Immigrants' Quesfions The variety of questions asked was amazing, said Mr. O. F. Thom, who acted as information officer on tihe Atlantis whicli arrived. yesterday from. London. He said the information office had , been open every day except Sundays and he had had a constant stream of settlers seeking • details about their new country, Mr. Thorn, who is , ifeturning from 18 months' duty in the Immigration Division at New Zealand. House, was assisted by Mr. E. E. Grinlinton. Pamir Leaves Next Week The barque Pamir is expected to leave • Wellington next Friday on the first stage of her journey to ' Europe. The Pamir will leave in ballast for Port Victoria, Spencer Gulf, Australia, where she will load a cargo of barley. Her total compiement will be 34 and the crew will be signed on at the Government Shipping Office early . next week. Ifter the recent renovations the Pamir was passed 100 per cent by I.loyd's surveyor and the Marino Department. Rural Reticulation • Proceeding with its plans for the furthering of reticulation in its area, the Manawatu-Qroua Electric Power Board decided at its meeting this week to apply to the Local Government Loans Board for a ioan of £50,000, at a.rate of 3i per cent, on a 20-year basis. Special attention will be directed to the expenditure of the loan moneys in back-country districts. The inanaging-secretary (Mr. K. W. Eglinton) intimated that it would probably be two or three years ber'ore the work could be carried out. Had One Friend A small fox terrier dog which wandered into the Courthouse at Marton during the hearing of a charge of murder against a Maori received a chilling glare from some of the Court officials, but he found one friend. He strolled around until he came to the accused, who was seated on a chair. Accused extended the friendly hand and was rewarded with a gaily wagging tail and a lick. The little scene was interrupted by a constable who removed the dog outside — closely watehed by a pair of wistful eyes, whose owner was securely handcuffed to another police constable. The dog was free, but he was noj;, N.S.W. Farmers Tour N.Z. pie advance agent for'a party of New South Wales farmers who salled from Sydney on Thursday by the Wanganella to tour the Dominion, Mr. Allan Pickering, secretary of the Rural Tours Committee pf New South Wales, has arrived by air from Sydney. The committee, which is representative of seven rural organisations, was formed to facilitate by means of tours an exchange of views on farming methods between the farmers of different lands in order to increase food production. Most of the 46 farmers on tour are either dairy farmers or fat lamb raisers, and the tour will be through Wellington, Palmerston North, Hamilton, Auckland and Christchurch. They are expected in Hamilton on January 22,