DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 March 1928, Page 4

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—P°r Press Association.) PACKING OF CHEESE. A VACUUM SYSTEM. HAM ERA, March !). Tilt* Hon (). .T. Haw-ken, Minister of ' Agriculture, was present with a hunI cl red representatives of dairy factories, who assembled to-day at the opening of a plant for the manufacture of vacuum cheese containers, and the opening of a number of containers in which cheese was packed several 10 months ago under the supervision of P. 0. Yeale, scientist at the Hawera dairy laboratory. Twelve containers n were opened. They had in them " cheeses, some, at two days after mannfa ft nre. the rest at fourteen days. Tn lc contrast were a' number of cheeses crated irt the ordinary way. The objprt was to ascertain the amount of ,l shrinkage in different methods of II bandling. Mr Yeale found, after care- ' ‘ fnl weighing, that the shrinkage under vacuum was very small, ljlb for four L " white unpasteurised cheeses and 111) n for four coloured pasteurised cheeses. Tn contrast, the shrinkage in crated cheeses was 22J11) and 2111) respectiveI ” ly. These were-all cheeses taken into v I lie container at two days from nianu--11 factcre. With tlie cheese taken at fourteen days the shrinkage was a II little more. At the same time a container was opened which had heen sealed for f ‘ fourteen months, and the shrinkage ls was found to he only lib. lt; Mr T. A. Winks, president of the 10 Taranaki Hairy Federation, said the IC ‘ saving could he estimated when it was realised that an average for the first '*• fourteen days was one per cent and from that, time to arrival on the. London market 22 per cent, ic 11 FEVER IN FRENCH SLOOP, y WELLINGTON. March 9. 8 > The French sloop Cassiopee (Comc“- mander P. Auverney) arrived in the T ° stream, shortly after 4 p.m. to-day ‘‘l from Noumea, hut, owing to six rat■d ings being laid up with a mild attack l 1" of fever, pratique was withheld, and sc the ship remained in the quarantine * e ground. ,l Hr McTx-an, Port TTealth Officer, ,c will again visit the Cassiopee early a. to-morrow morning with other officers r- of the Health Department to examine It the cases. The exact nature of the >t malady from which the patients are •o suffering is rather obscure, hut it apit pears to be a mild tropical complaint rs of no highly contagious -nature. PRICE OK BUTTER. >f INCREASE IN WELLINGTON. I. WELLINGTON. March 9. e- In consequence of the improved eone- dition of the overseas market for New ir Zealand hotter the local price has ii- been advanced one penny per pound. >y - r- lION. MARK COHEN’S FUNERAL. m DUNEDIN, March 9. io The funeral of the lion Mark Cohen Ii- look place this afternoon in the .lewis is 1 1 section of (he Southern Cemetery. ie The service was conducted by the it Dunedin rabbi, the Rev A. A. Astor, ie the nlol being the same as that in j„ which Mrs Cohen was buried five years u- ngo. in ~e UNSTAMPED FRUIT CASES. b . • WELLINGTON, March 9. )0 Failure to stamp their registered , n .numbers on cases of fruit exposed for sale on their behalf was the charge against J. A. ((onion, market garU 1 doner, Taita. and P. .1. Amery, fruiterer, Greytown. 'Tliti inspector said that registratio'i J not only afforded protection lo the j consumer, but also served to locate the origin of diseased or badly picked fruit, and helped to maintain the standard of quality on the market. Defendants were convicted and were ordered to pay costs. L DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY RESIGNS n ELTTIAM. March 9. 1 Tin* Commissioner of State Forests, Hon TTawken, announces that * Mr 1.. Mackintosh Ellis, Director of Forestry, is relinquishing his position ( ° at the end of the present mouth, in ’’ order to take up an important post [ n outside the Service. The retiring Hi- ' 0 rector, who is a Canadian, states the * Minister, was appointed to the posi- , tion. then newly created in January, i High Commissioner, after consul ta- . tion with Lord Lovnt. Chairman of

« (lirh British Forestry Commission, un- * dor the Forests Act. The appoint- * incut (idiomatically terminated : n *• l!)2o, when Mr Ellis was reappointed for a further term, which was recently extended to 19:51. Mr Ellis is well known in many parts of the world as an expert in forestry work and his guiding hand will he greatly missed ‘ by the Department. There can be no * doubt that since he took charge forr estrp in the Dominion lias progressed rapidly, while the methods ol planting and administration have been 3 brought up to date. The rate of progress can bo measured by the ‘ growth of the Department’s planta- ■ tions, which have increased from an ■ area of 40,01)0 acres in 1921 to about 100.000 acres in 1927. Mr Ellis’s new ■ duties will be in connection with pm. ■ vale and proprietary timberland and ] ! afforestation in Australia and Xew

* Zealand. 1 DEATH FROM INJURIES. AUCKLAND, A larch 10. The death occurred at the Auckland Hospital last evening of Airs Maria Demcke, of Napier, who received spinal injuries through the caiisize of a lorry on the Razorback between Pukekohe and Mercer on February 27th. Her husband, who was driving, was uninjured. £2.1.000 DONATION. CHI?rSTCIIURCH, March 10. Air R. E. McDougall, a well-known citizen, and principal of the firm of Aulsehrook and Co., has informed the Mayor that lie proposes to present an Art Gallery to the City. The estimated cost is £2-5,000 Hut more will be available if it is required. The only condition is that the City presents a suitable site. A BURGLARY. CHRISTCHURCH. March 10. Last night, A. E. Hartshorne's tobacconist shop in Strowan Road, Kendalton, was entered and burglars took stock valued at £35. CAR CRASHES INTO LORRY. GISBORNE, March 10. Advice was received by Inspector O’Halloran, of a serious motor collision at Opotiki, resulting in injuries to a Maori. From the meagre details available, it appears that the Maori was driving a. lorry when it came into collision with a car driven by a pakeha. The native 1 suffered seriously, his injuries necessi- I fating his removal to the hospital, 1 where his condition was found to. be t grave. i In connection with the accident, the police arrested the driver of the other 'J car, who is charged with being intoxi- s ented while in charge of a car. His f name h not disclosed.