Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 21 October 1949, Page 4

Local And General

Six Dutch Farm Workers. S.x men from the contingent of Dutch farm workers arriving in theDominion at the end of the month have been allocated to the Manawatu district, the Department of jLaoour auvised the Manawatu projvincial executive of Federated Far;mers at its meeting in Palmerston. North yesterday. Details of far;mers' requimnents were sought by |the department. Poachers' Espionage System. | What the society needed to check the incidence of poaching in the district was a band of active rangers, said a member of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society G'ouncil, Mr. H. Tyndale, at a meeting in Levin this week. "These poacners will soon get to know all acouo any rangers in the district. Tney have a" very remarkabie method of informing each other of approaching danger> which I call the poachers' espionage system." mPride In Rotary. "I am proud of my Rotary Club badge and of the Boy Scout emblem which I wear," said Dr. E. L. Palmer, professor of nature and science education at Cornell Uni-; versity, New York, in an address to the Auckland Rotary Club. Professor Palmer is a member of the Rotary Cmb of Ithaca, New York. "I never want to live in a community," he said, "where Rotary and the Boy Scouts are not treated with respect." Honesty Boxes. Takmgs from honesty boxes fitted to 180 Auckland trams have increased to a steady £35 weekiy. "We are quite satisfied that they are a pajong proposition," said an executive of the Transport Board. Two months ago the boxes were yielding £30 to £35, but meantime .another 15 cars haye been fitted with boxes at each entrance. The remaining 46 trams will have boxes attached as supplies become available. Few coins of the larger denominations are now collected from the boxes, aithough at one stage halfcrowns and florins were often dropped in by passengers. Dentists Not Exploiters. There was an erroneous impression abroad that private dental practinoners were taking advantage of the Social Security reguiacions by accepting during school hours schofol childiren for treatment which the school dental clinics were unable to give, said Mr. W. B. Tennent, at a meeting of the Palmerston North High Schools Board of Governors. The public were not aware of the burdtn dentists were being asked to > carry, he said. Over 2000 Palmerston North children had to be attended to, and if it were to be done after school hours only two-thirds of the number would receive treatment. Obviously an encroachment had to be made into school hours.