LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Camp Fatality. The Army authorities have stated that as the result of the accidental discharge of a rifle, Sapper K. C. Morgan, aged 20, son of Mr. C. F. Morgan, 43 McGrath Street, Napier, was fatally wounded at a camp in the Manawatu district on Friday. Memorial Service. A memorial service to the late Rev. Canon Sykes, the first vicar of Tinui, was held at St. Matthew’s Church yesterday. The Ven. Archdeacon E. J. Rich paid a glowing tribute to the life and character of Canon Sykes. Hymns suitable to the occasion were sung. There was a large attendance. Apple Distributing Centre. Because of the national transport problem New Plymouth has been made the distributing centre for Nelson apples over the district from Auckland city to Palmerston North. Since the arrangement was put into operation a fortnight ago, 33,000 cases of apples have reached New Plymouth, whence they have been despatched to other centres by train. Dance at Te Whiti. A dance was held in the Te Whiti Hall in aid of the Red Cross Society funds on Saturday evening. The music was supplied by Mr L. Daysh and Mr W. Tahora and extras were played by Messrs Morris, Mita and others. Mr W. Bradley was M.C. Specialty dances were won by Mr and Mrs Swinson and Miss J. Rogers and Mr V. A. Manghan. Supper was provided. Central School Dance. The Masterton Central School Parents’ Association held its first dance of the season at the school on Saturday night. There was a large attendance, including a good representation of visiting service men, who enjoyed the programme of modern and old-time dancing, under the able supervision of Mr. W. R. Nicol as M.C. Mrs. Ashton’s Orchestra played the dance music and a ladies’ committee was responsible for the supper arrangements. Marketing of Honey. Commercial beekeepers at Wanganui will give full support to the Canterbury producers in their endeavour to obtain a fair deal under the Honey Emergency Regulations. They have taken the matter up with the Prime Minister’s Department, pointing out that the price being paid by the Internal Marketing Department is below the cost of production in the Wanganui district, and if the regulations are enforced hundreds of hives will be abandoned or removed to better producing areas. Production of Linseed Oil. Opening a linseed oil factory in Dunedin on Saturday, the Minister of Supply, Mr. Sullivan, said that in 1940 New Zealand imported 962,000 gallons of this oil, valued at £259,000. This year we had 4000 tons of seed from the flax crop and the estimated oil yield was 350,000 gallons, or one-third of the Dominion’s requirements. An important by-product would be cattle-cake a valuable concentrate for increasing the production of all stock. Reviewing industrial progress over the past seven years, Mr. Sullivan said that the Dominion had established on an average three new factories weekly.