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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wool Retention ■ Farmers were reminded at yesterday afternoon’s meeting of the Wairarapa Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union that all who had overdrafts or were financially embarrassed had to make application by May 31 to have their wool retention bonds converted into cash. Destruction of Rabbits. , The need of conserving shot gun ammunition foi' the destruction of rabbits rather than issuing it for duck shooting was stressed at yesterday afternoon’s meeting of the Wairarapa Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union. A remit to that effect was passed, coupled with a remit that the Government should prohibit the sale of ferret skins. Mi’ James Andrew said that the Minister of Internal Affairs preferred that game should be shot rather than rabbits. It was idiotic, said Mr Andrew, the way things were going. Wanton Damage. Wanton damage done by irresponsible and unthinking persons to buildings and equipment of many surf lifesaving clubs has been reported to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, who said in Wellington yesterday that it showed a lack of appreciation of the splendid and self-sacrificing work on the beaches by members of the clubs. The New Zealand Surf Life-Saving Association had shown that while the property of the clubs had scarcely ever been free from the ravages of the vandal, there was today an increasing number of cases of sheer wanton destruction of valuable life-saving fittings. Theft of Tommy-gun. The theft of a tommy-gun, together with a supply of ammunition, is reported from a Home Guard depot near Gisborne, and shots heard at night suggest that the firearm has been put to some use by the person who removed it. The absence of the gun was discovered on Friday, and it is believed that it was removed, together with 500 rounds of ammunition, on Thursday night or early on Friday morning. A window was broken. At about 1 o’clock on Friday, Mr G. S. Taylor, who lives at Wainui Beach, heard shots nearby, and also a thud on the wall of his house. Investigating later, he found a bullet embedded in the wall. Bad Mutton-bird Season. That the present mutton-bird season is the worst that has ever been known in Southland is the opinion of Mr H. J. Roderique, of the ketch Keno, which returned to Bluff on Sunday from a trip to the South Cape Islands. Mr Roderique has had 56 years’ experience of mutton-birding, and his opinion is supported by the older Natives on the islands. Mr Roderique said that up to the middle of the season the older birds seemed to be as numerous as ever round. South Cape and there were the usual number of young ones. After that, however, large numbers of mother birds never returned to the islands. Consequently thousands of young birds were lying dead and others had just enough strength to reach the water, but were too weak to fly.

“Concentration Camp.” A milk producer on the Taieri Plain raised a laugh at the sitting of the City Milk Supply Commission in Dunedin when he was giving evidence regarding production costs on a dairy farm. He summed up his opinion of the life of a milk producer by saying in somewhat mournful tones: “Sometimes I look out of my front door and reckon that if I had a few barbed wires up I’d be in a concentration camp.” Changes of Address. Mr H. L. Bockett, Controller of Manpower, in an interview in Wellington yesterday stressed the obligation on all men and women who have been registered for work of national importance to keep manpower officers informed of changes of address. “It is an offence not to do so,” he said. “This applies to all men aged 18 to 59 years inclusive, and to all women in registered classes aged 18 to 30 years inclusive. A number of cases of failure to do so have recently come to light. Such failure may amount to a deliberate attempt to evade a national duty and consequently all cases of failure to notify change of address must be viewed most seriously.” Bridal Party Injured. Two members of a bridal party received fairly serious injuries when a motor-car struck a bank and overturned in the vicinity of Fairy Springs, Rotorua, early on Saturday afternoon. The driver of the car and a bridesmaid were taken to hospital with concussion. The groomsman suffered from shock, but another passenger was not injured. Following a wedding at Ngongotaha, the bridal party travelled into Rotorua to have wedding photographs taken. The accident occurred when the cars were returning to Ngongotaha. The bridal car, which was some distance behind, was not involved. Treatment of Taxpayers. The methods adopted by the Income Tax Department in dealing with taxpayers who failed to make returns by the due date were criticised by Mr Levien, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, Auckland. He said that the department seemed to be particularly softhearted with defaulting taxpayers. He suggested that when the offence was a continuing one, as was often the case, the department should make very heavy assessments and increase them each year. The only payments made by some people, the magistrate commented, were the fines they paid to the Court. College Board Meeting. At a meeting of the Wairarapa College Board of Governors held in Masterton last night Mr A. O. Jones was elected chairman. The retiring chairman, Mr W. R. Nicol, did not seek re-election. Committees were appointed as follows: Education, Messrs W. R. Nicol, J. D. O’Connor and Mrs J. L. Hair; farm, Messrs L. T. Daniell, T. Hanley and J. G. MacFarlane; finance, Messrs A. O. Jones, T. Hanley and W. R. Nicol; works, Messrs Jones, Macfarlane and A. J. Towns; hostel, Mrs Hair. Mr F. C. Daniell was granted 12 months leave of absence from committee work on account of pressure of work. Fie was thanked for the untiring services he had given as chairman of the works committee.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 May 1943, Page 2

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991

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 May 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 May 1943, Page 2

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