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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Sale of Organic Fertilisers. From April 30 the sale of organic fertilisers except to market gardeners or for resale to market gardeners will be prohibited- unless with the consent of the Primary Industries Controller. A notice to this effect was gazetted last night. Use of Raw Rubber. The use of raw rubber by factory owners for any purpose without the consent of the Factory Controller is prohibited, according to a notice appearing in last night’s Gazette. The owners of stocks of raw rubber are also required to furnish •returns of such stocks to the controller. Five Per Cent Wage Increase. The five per cent wage increase recently awarded by the Court of Arbitration definitely does not apply to any ■wages fixed under- the Defence Works Labour Legislation Suspension Order, 1942. This was stated yesterday by the Commissioner of Defence Construction, Mr J. Fletcher, who said he had received a large number of inquiries on this point. Orchards and Apiary Registrations. Five thousand orchardists and 7000 apiarists who would normally have been obliged to make the quinquennial registration of their orchards and apiaries this year will be spared the trouble of doing so under regulations gazetted last night. To economise in manpower and in paper supplies it has been decided that the existing registrations shall remain valid for the duration of the emergency. Log Cabin Air Shelter. In Lower Taranaki Street, right in the centre of the road, Wellington is being introduced to the log cabin type of air-raid shelter. It is a surface shelter composed almost wholly of pinus insignis logs about nine feet in length placed upright close together in the ground. The bitumen has to be removed to gain the foothold, but these shelters are said to be effective, for the reason that a pine log, eight inches in diameter, will take a lot of knocking about from bomb splinters before its term of usefulness is sped. Waterside Earnings.

A move to rescind the machinery by which the cost of handling cargo and the earnings of waterside workers are announced at each meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board, is to be made at the meeting of the board next Wednesday vzhen Mr J. O. Johnson will move: “That the' resolution of the board of December 17, 1941, that the costs per ton of handling cargo, and the earnings of waterside workers employed by the board, as,set out in the chief executive officer’s report (publication of which has been approved by the Director of Publicity) be laid on the table at each meeting of the board, be rescinded.”

Soldier Injured. Trooper Robert Fraser Scott, of Gisborne; was Admitted to the Masterton Hospital yesterday, suffering from an injured ankle, received while playing football. Blackout Trial. An advertisement appearing in yesterday’s issue in respect to a blackout trial on Sunday, April 19, referred to a trial to be held in Featherston Borough only. No other centre in the Wairarapa will have a blackout on the date in question. District Church Services. Presbyterian Church services will be held at Wangaehu on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Alfredton at 6 p.m. and at Eketahuna at 7.30 p.m., when the Rev. D. McNeur will be the preacher. At Eketahuna there will be a harvest thanksgiving service. Competition Winners. Winners of competitions drawn at the Patriotic Shelter yesterday were: Pullover, Mrs G. D. Robinson, Box 36, Martinborough; dinner, E. G. Frost, 54 South Road, Masterton; desk, M. A. Sturtevant, 29 Victoria Street, Masterton; coffee set, Mrs McPherson, Perry Street; order, Mrs Ryder, River Road. V for Victory. Nature it appears, is freely producing V for Victory signs. In the window of Mr George Wong, Queen Street, three exhibits all displaying the sign of V are on display. An egg, laid by a hen owned by Mr A. Chorley, Rangitumau, has a clearly defined V embossed on the shell at one end. A marrow and a potato, grown in the shape of a V are also on exhibition. Golf and the War. Changes in modes of living caused by the war, and the petrol shortage, have reduced the number of people who can play golf. A result of this is that the resignations of 22 clubs from the New Zealand Golf Association were accepted by the council of the association at a meeting this week. They were the Amberley, Blenheim, Ellesmere, Gordonton, Huarau, Kai.take, Malvern, Mokorua, Nightcaps, Ngaruawahia, North End, Pahiatua, Papakura, Pokuru, Palmerston North, Rai Valley, Raumai, Te Ngutu, Tinui, Utiku, Wainui and Walton golf clubs. •

Navy League and Schools. A circular has been sent to the chairmen and secretaries of school committees in the Wellington Education Board's district, suggesting the passing of a motion at the meetings, of householders next Monday, asking that Navy League representatives should be allowed to address primary school children at least twice a year for an hour on each occasion and that children should be allowed to join the Navy League during school hours. At present Navy League representatives were permitted only a half-hour per year in which to address children and pupils wore prohibited from joining the Navy League during school hours.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1942, Page 2

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Tapeke kupu
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LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 April 1942, Page 2

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