Roses for Maginot Line.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 January 1939, Page 4

Roses for Maginot Line.

By next summer 10,000 rose trees in full bloom are to relieve the grim outline of concrete and steel at various points along the Maginot Line. Recently, with simple, but charming ceremony, Mme. Giraud, wife of the Military Governor of Metz, planted the first tree at the camp of Ban St Jean, near Boulay. Some 2000 more will be in the ground before the end of the year, and the remainder will be planted in the early spring. The first tree, appropriately enough, is of a variety cultivated by General de Vaulgrenant, a former Military Governor of Metaz, and named after him.

Ottawa Agreement. A conference between representatives of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union and the United Kingdom Manufacturers’ Association was held in Wellington yesterday, when it was unanimously agreed that New Zealand’s trade with Great Britain should be maintained. Proceedings were not open to the Press, but after the meeting a brief statement was issued. The following resolution was passed: “That this meeting is unanimous that the terms and spirit of the Ottawa Agreement must be carried out in their entirety.” Those present included the Dominion president of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, Mr W. W. Mulholland, and the president of the United Kingdom Manufacturers’ Association, Mr David Hogg. Pharmacy Committee.

A plan for the organisation of the pharmacy industry having been approved in accordance with the provisions of the Industrial Efficiency Act, the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr Sullivan, has appointed the Pharmacy Plan Industrial Committee to assist in carrying out the provisions of the plan. The appointment of the following members to the committee was gazetted last night: Mr G. P. Adams, pharmacist, Wellington; Mr D. S. Dodds, pharmacist, Christchurch; Mr E. R. Myers, director of pharmacy, Wellington; Mr J. A. Race, pharmacist. Dunedin; Mr H. J. S. Rickard, pharmacist, Wellington; Mr W. H. Stevens, company director, Wellington: Mr D. W. Woodward, secretary of the Bureau of Industry, Wellington.