Summer-Time Ends.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 126, 27 April 1940, Page 8

Summer-Time Ends.

Summer-time ends to-morrow, officially at 2 a.m. Most residents will follow the usual custom and set their clocks back half an hour before retiring to-night. Exhibition Patronage. The rush at the Centennial Exhibition continued unabated yesterday, with an attendance of 21,982. Yesterday was Diggers' Day at the Exhibition. Five hundred strong,, returned soldiers paraded in the evening. Aftermath of War. The suggestion that a Ministry of Reconstruction to prepare for the aftermath of the war should be established in New Zealand and work with an Empire council was made by Mr F. \V. Doidge, M.P., in an address at the National Club, Christchurch, when he criticised the war effort now being made by the Government and deplored the complacency of the people. Soldiers' Parcel Rates.

Reductions in the postage rates on parcels for men on active service overseas were announced last evening hv the Postmaster-General. He also stated that the Egyptian Administration had agreed for the duration of the war to, exempt from Customs duties' all parcels (except those containing tobacco, cigarettes and liquors) lor troops from the various parts of the British Empire serving in EgyptYoung Farmers’ Enlistments. Members of Manawatu Young Farmers’ Clubs who enlist for active service will lie retained in membership, and clubs will take steps to form a roll of honour of their names, according to a decision made at the annual meeting, last evening, of delegates to the Manawatu Young Farmers’ Club’s District Committee, ft was said that between 500 to 600 members of Young Farmers’ Clubs had already enlisted in New Zealand.

Heavy Rail Traffic. Owing to the heavy traffic on the line, both the Limited express and the ordinary express from Auckland, which passed through Palmerston North this morning, were over 45 minutes behind their scheduled time of arrival. The southbound New Plymouth express, yesterday afternoon, was of very- large dimensions—having a total of 17 carriages. The passengers were week-end visitors to Wellington for the Exhibition and the public farewell to the members of the Second Echelon today.

Young Farmers’ Tour. Members of Manawatu Young Fanners’ Clubs will have some varied experiences on their South Island tour early next month, for in South Canterbury they will visit a brewery and a knitting mill, as'well as seeing clover areas, the irrigation districts and being shown stud horses. They will go to Mount Cook and Lake Tekapo, and. proceeding to North Canterbury, will visit the Wheat Research Institute among other places. A trip to the hays will also he included. Thirty-three Manawatu Young Farmers will make the trip. Merchant Service Losses. The masters of vessels in port were honoured at a dinner tendered by the New Zealand Company of Master Mariners in Wellington, last night. Proposing the toast of the Merchant Service, the president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce (Mr XL H. Nimnio) said that in 1914-18 the British merchant fleet had lost 7,830,000 tons of shipping, and Allied and,foreign losses had been 5,020,000 tons. A total of 15.313 men had been lost. In this war the losses had been only about one-third what they were when they were at their height in the last war.

Rare White Swan. A fine white swan has recently been noticed in the vicinity of Bciggy Pond, Wairarapa Lake. This bird is rigorously protected. Membership of R.S.A. A change in the constitution of the It.S.A. in the direction of making returned men from the present war eligible for membership is expected to be made at the annual meeting. New Tasman Service. Nino or ten passengers and about 20.000 letters will be carried ,by the flying-boat Aotearoa when she leaves Auckland at 6 o’clock on Tuesday morning to inaugurate the Tasman air service. Captain J. W. Burgess will he in command. Brigade To Rescue. An unusual call was received by the Wanganui Fire Brigade when it was summoned about sunset to assist a man who was marooned in a tree. The man went up to gather cones and dislocated bis shoulder, a ladder being required to effect his rescue. Sharp Rise In Price. The effects of increased freight and insurance rates, and sterling devaluation, on the prices of Swedish articles, were illustrated by figures quoted at a meeting of the Wairarapa Hospital Board by the managing-secretary, who stated that an order for enamelwarc had risen in cost from £7O to £175. “We should debit Hitler with the extra £105,” commented a member. Farmers’ Resentment. Resentment at statements recently published that farmers were not working at full capacity and that if they received lower prices for buterfat they would produce more pigs was expressed at a meeting of the South Auckland Dairy Association. Mr F. W. Seifert (Morrinsville) said many dairy farmers were in a desperate position because of the shortage of labour, high costs, and uncertainty as to the future. Blind Ex-Soldiers. A decision to offer their services as listeners in ease enemy aerojdanes threaten the Dominion was made at the conference of the St. Dunstan's (New Zealand) Blinded Soldiers’ Association. It was stated that Britain was realising the extra auditory sensitiveness of the blind and now bad 50 men employed in this work. Air D. McPhee was re elected president and Air C. D. Moloney secretary. Hindrance at Wharves. “We must not be hampered when we get to the wharves of the country,” said Air R. 0. Gloyn, when returning thanks for his election as chairman at, the annual meeting of the Manawatu Young Farmers’ Clubs’. District Committee. Air Gloyn was referring to the efforts young farmers would make to increase production, and said they would do all they could, hut should not be obstructed in their efforts for the country by the demands of the watersiders. Surfeit of Cats. The soldiers on coastal defence duty near the city who through an Auckland newspaper asked for the gift of about eight kittens to deal with the growing number of mica in their quarters now have sufficient feline recruits and do not want any more. It was suggested that the kittens might he left in boxes at the Admiralty steps, where they would he picked up by a launch arid taken to the defence point. The Navy says it spent most of two days finding crates of cats on the steps.