LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 630, 6 May 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Readers will note a new advertisement in this issue from Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland, in which a special message to farmers regarding manures, is made. Every farmer should read this.

At the annual meeting of householders held on Monday night the following' were elected to the School Committee:—Messrs F. Perkins, -T. Patterson, A. F. Brown, J. W. Johns, F. J. Morrow, J. G. Ward, E Smith, W. Wyatt and J. Russell At a subsequent meeting of the committee Mr J. Patterson was elected chairman.

Messrs Frank Perkins and Co. have been appointed chief agents for the New Zealand Refrigerating Co., Ltd., who have about eight freezing works in New Zealand. This is the largest freezing company in New Zealand, and a company which 'specialises in fertilisers and preserved meats for the local markets. Mr Perkins received intimation on Wednesday that 24 cases of preserved meat and samples of Eclipse fertilisers had been railed to him for exhibition at the forthcoming Franklin Winter Show.

Mr Goodfellow last evening at the dairy suppliers’ meeting in the Oddfellows’ Hall briefly outlined the cause of the money shortage in the Dominion. The New Zealand merchants had bought heavily in England for the past two years and had recently received delivery. The banks had been drained to find the cash to pay for these goods. If the Government had not extended the Moratorium Act to cover deposits placed with trading concerns, some of the largest mercantile institutions in the country would have gone into liquidation. The Government’s prompt action had averted a very grave ctisis.

At the Waterways Commission in Auckland last Thursday week, Mr C. H. McCutchan gave an account of the method by which the Rangitaiki river had been dealt with and advocated the same course being pursued with the Waikato. The liver required more “punch” to enable it to clear away its sand bars, and this could only be given to it by clearing away the obstructions in its bed. Mr A. G. C Glass, chairman of the Waikato River Board, produced a quantity of accounts, reports and correspondence. Some of the reports and correspondence had been lost by the Lands Department. He urged the Commissioner to point out a way by which the 100,000 acres of waste swamp land might be drained and expressed a hope that in future all parties concerned would work together amicably for the improvement of the Waikato.