Patriotic Appeal, 1942

Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 210, 3 September 1942, Page 4

Patriotic Appeal, 1942

Further Kairanga donations arc slowly coming in through the post, including the following:—J. Collis £2l, D. B. McEwen £2O, Mr and Mrs L. Millward a; 10 10s, C. W. Turner IS 10, L. J. Collis £lO, H. A. McEwen £5 ss, H. W. Alve £5 ss, W. Clegg £5, H. E. Turner £5, C. R. Hunt £5, W. H. Davy £6., C. E. Barnes £5, H. R. Green £5, L. A. Flews £5.

Worst Honey Season According to evidence presented to the Armed Forces Appeal Board yesterday, the past honey season was the worst in the 55 years’ experience of Palmerston North beekeepers.

Lights in the Clock Citizens felt that they were renewing acquaintance with an old friend when they discovered the Post Office clock illuminated again last night as a result of the casing of the black-out regulations. Home Guard Future

Asked when a decision on several matters of interest to the Home Guard could be expected, the Minister of War Expenditure, Mr. Holland, said the report ot the committee of inquiry into Home Guard affairs had been completed and circulated to members of the War Cabinet. He expected that the various recommendations would be the subject ol a decision at almost any time now. Abolition of Hanging and Flogging

"Thai the Government be asked to rescind the Act abolishing capital punishment and Hogging, because so many murders have been committed and the safety of women and children is now threatened." This was a remit from the Watkanae branch which was adopted at the bimonthly meeting of the Manawatu provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday. Members were of the opinion that there was now a jtnreat to women and children in remote areas, and believed that the Government would welcome an expression of opinion from Me public. Farmers on Appeal Boards "In view of recent changes made in the liability for military service, it is proposed at an early date to re-establish the Armed Forces Appeal Boards, and I shall be glad to give consideration to the representations which you no\V make,’ said the Minister of National Service in replying to a suggestion by the Manawatu provincial executive of the Farmers Union that a person representative of the farming community should be appointed to appellate bodies. "Every endeavour will be made to see that there is a representative of the farming community appointed to each of those boards whicn are concerned with the hearing of cases in rural districts," the Minister added.

Dangers of Tetanus After a case of tetanus, which regultco in the death of a child in New Plymouth recently, a wanting was given to the public by Dr. J. H. Blakeloek, medical officer of health for Taranaki. Tetanus was not infectious from person to person, Dr. Blakeloek explained. The germ was In the soil or anything contaminated with soil, especially when the soil was manured. When horse manure was used the greatest number of tetanus germs was found. Any wound contaminated with soil was therefore likely to be & seat of infection, said Dr. Blakeloek, particularly if it was a deep and penetrating one. When this was so, and the soil could not be washed out, it was wise to consult a doctor for an anti-tetanus injection,.