General News

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 17 October 1942, Page 4

General News

Munut'a timers’ Conference Problems of manpower, supply of materials, standardisation and simplification. publicity, and the relationship of llic manufacturing industries to rehabilitation will be the major subjects for discv&ion and on which a clear statement of policy will be necessary at the annual conference of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation next month, according to Mr R. T. Alston. secretary of the Canterbury Manufacturers' Association. The conference. which will be in Christchurch, will be opened by the Minister of Supply (Mr D.'G. Sullivan) at 8 p.m. on 2nd November, and will continue on 3rd November, and part of 4th November. News From Canton Large numbers of letters, mostly by way of Lorenco Marques, have been received in the Dominion from New Zealanders interned in South China. News from the Rev. H .Davies, a veteran of the New Zealand Presbyterian Mission, is that he had reached Shanghai from Canton and expected to be joined there by Mrs Davies, who I had been interned at Hong Kong. Mr ! Davies had expectations that both ! would be repatriated. The four New ; Zealanders remaining at the Kong IChuen Mission Hospital near Canton, | the Rev. E. G. Jansen. Sister D. Robertson. Sister A. Lilburnc and Miss F. Wilson, had an offer of repatriation by i the Japanese, but they elected to re- | main at the hospital, where they arc I still able to carry on restricted work. Membership af Automobile Association Membership of the Marlborough ] Automobile Association has dropped i from IGSI to 1556. Commenting on this ! at the annual meeting, as reported in ! the “Express.” the president (Mr Roy ! p. Furness' said the recession was only j natural under existing conditions. He. however, thought that, of those who j had laid up their cars, a few had acted j ; very short-sightedly in withdrawing . from the association. There were benefits to bo obtained by continued memj bership of the A.A. even though a man had temporarily ceased using his car. j and these need hardly be enumerated. J “But there is one which, to my irund, I transcends all others, and that is the j duty we each have to see that our : troops—and by that 1 mean the whole : three Services —when they return from ; the war shall not be able to reproach I those of us who stayed behind with | having ’slacked’ in any particular. Ca ; 's j will run again; camping grounds will be |in greater demand, it is hoped, than ever: the A.A. van will again become a welcome sight on the road; car insurance on the most favourable terms possible will be locked for; the campaign for better roads in this district will have to be resumed.” proceeded Mr Furness. "The motorist will have to 1 fill again his pre-war place in society ; To accomplish all these things money is : necessary, and the easiest way a motorist can help to provide that money is by retaining his membership of his A.A., which, although its activities have necessarily been considerably curtailed. still finds things to do that are of 1 advantage to its members and of value • to the country as a whole.”