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Family Record While waiting at the Invercargill railway station to welcome his wounded son home from service overseas, Mr C. J. H. Payne, of Limehills, informed the Mayor (Mr A. Wachner) of a family record which must be unique in the present war. He said he had 20 nephews serving in the Army. Freezing Works Licence Advice has been received by the secretary of the Southland Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union (Mr A. L. Adamson) that a meeting of the Meat Board and Southland delegates to the Electoral Committee will be held on Thursday of next week to consider representations against the proposed transfer of the licence of the Ocean Beach freezing works to the Co-opera-tive Wholesale Society of Great Britain. A meeting of Southland farmers last week expressed its opposition to such a transfer and urged that opportunities be afforded for Dominion ownership. Library Figures The increasing use that is being made of the Invercargill Public Library is reflected in the revenue from subscriptions and other sources for the halfyear ended September 30. During this period revenue amounted to £571, compared with £5Ol for the corresponding period last year, and £482 for the corresponding period of 1940. Revenue during September totalled £95, compared with £BO in September 1941 and £7O in September 1940. A total of 8369 volumes was issued from the lending department last month compared with 7634 in September 1941. Next to fiction, which accounted for 5563 volumes in last month’s issue, the most popular types of books were: Travel 575, biography 557, history 246. The number of volumes issued from the juvenile department during the month wag 2935 compared with 2375. Spring Flowers The spring display of flowers in the main gardens is well up to the standard of other years and is attracting the attention of visitors just now. In die rose gardens the roses have made a brilliant display. The surroundings are particularly bright with rhododendrons, flowering cherries, choisya, kowhais, polyanthus, myosotis, wallflowers, Muscari and violas. Short Meeting For once all the members of the City Council appeared to be of one mind and in complete agreement at the meeting of the council last night. The order paper was not particularly long and some of the committee reports were shorter than usual, but nevertheless the council achieved something of a record by dispatching all its business in less than half an hour. Not a single subject provoked a debate, and all the recommendations of the various committees met with unanimous approval. “I think the council should be congratulated on its wonderful effort in putting through its business in such short time,” said Cr R. T, Parsons at the close of the meeting. Hotelkeepers’ Duties A warning that the new regulation requiring licensees of hotels to keep a book recording the time and date of sales of liquor to lodgers after hours must be observed was given by Mr J. Morling, S.M., when dealing with two defendants at Auckland. The Magistrate said that there must be no laxity in this regard, and any further breaches of the emergency regulation would be met with heavier penalties. One defendant was fined £1 and costs and the other £3 with costs. Supply of Fertilizer “The position concerning labour for fertilizer works has been taken up with the National Service Department, and I expect that ample supplies ot fertilizer will be available for the forthcoming sowing of essential crops, said a telegram from the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. J. G. Barclay), sent to Mr H. C. B. Withell (chairman of the Mid-Canterbury Council ot Primary Production) on Monday, rhe advice was in reply to a telegram sent to the Minister by Mr Withell pointing out that there was an acute shortage of fertilizer in the Ashburton County because of a need for more man-power at the fertilizer works.
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Southland Times, Issue 24880, 21 October 1942, Page 4
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