LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Fatal Accident. A collision between a car and an Army ambulance truck on the road leading to the Balclutha Hospital on Tuesday resulted in the death of the infant daughter of Mrs. Wilson, who was returning to her home in Milton after taking her step-daughter to the hospital. Mrs. Wilson and another daughter were admitted to the hospital suffering from shock and abrasions. Local Bills & Questions. A wide variety of topics was discussed in the House of Representatives last night when members considered Ministerial replies to questions asked earlier in the session. Fifty-one questions were answered and several were extensively debated till the House adjourned at 10 p.m. In the afternoon formal business and the consideration of five local Bills, which were passed, occupied the House till the tea adjournment. Further replies to members' questions will be circulated and discussed today. Appeal Dismissed. The extent of his work in the interests of between 3000 and 4000 members of the society in a widespread area extending from the North Cape to Gisborne and Taumarunu was 'emphasised before No. 1A Armed Forces Appeal Board at Auckland, when the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners appealed against the military service of Douglas Murdoch Martin, as-sistant-secretary, and editor of “Union Record,” a publication controlled by the Society. The appeal was dismissed subject to the reservist not being called to camp immediately.

Black Marketing of Eggs. In future all eggs sold wholesale in the Palmerston North egg marketing area will be stamped, said the Minister of Marketing, Mr. Barclay, last night. He said that this course had been decided on after discussions between the Palmerston North Egg Marketing Committee and the Internal Marketing Division. The stamping would consist of the initials “P.N.” and a number in code which would enable the division to identify the channel through which eggs were sold retail in that area. The Minister stated that it was an unfortunate fact that a fair amount of black marketing was in operation in Palmerston North in eggs, and was preventing the division from making a fair ration to all retailers. V.C. Honoured. Residents of Pahiatua and the outlying districts were out en masse yesterday to honour Lieutenant Keith Eliott, V.C., Second N.Z.E.F., now on furlough. The town was gay with flags and bunting and the shops in Pahiatua closed at 1 p.m. for the day. Lieutenant Eliott was entertained at luncheon by the Pahiatua Borough and County Councils, when the speakers were Messrs. A. W. Bisset, county council chairman, S. J. Judd, Mayor of Pahiatua, and J. Robertson, M.P. for Masterton. Early in the afternoon Lieutenant Eliott was accorded a civic reception. The R.N.Z.A.F. band led a procession of the Home Guard, E.P.S.. returned soldiers, women's organisations and school children of the district, the procession being headed by children of the Marima school, the district in which Lieutenant Eliott was farming. The guest of honour took the salute from a dais in the square. In the evening there was a ball at which Lieutenant Eliott and the other N.Z.E.F. men on furlough were officially welcomed by the Pahiatua Patriotic Society. S

No Full-time Service. “Married men in the 41-45 age group who were called in the nineteenth ballot will not be mobilised for fulltime service,” said the Prime Minister,' Mr. Fraser, when replying in the House of Representatives last night to a question asked by Mr. Lee (Democratic Labour. Grey Lynn) on behalf of Mr. Barnard (Independent, Napier). No Licence League. The Masterton No-Licence League held its annual meeting last night, when a large working committee, comprised mostly of business men, was appointed in view of the probability of a licensing poll being held at the same time as the Parliamentary elections. A resolution was, passed urging the Government, owing to the war situation, not to hold a licensing poll this year. It was decided to hold regular meetings of the league. The Rev. G. H. Goodman was elected president. No Vote for Military Defaulters. “Provision will be made to ensure that military defaulters will not be entitled to vote at the forthcoming general election,” stated the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, in the House of Representatives last pight. He was replying to a question tabled recently by Mr. Gordon (Opposition, Rangitikei), who had asked whether it was the Government’s intention to permit persons who had refused to fight for their country to vote at the coming election or any other within the next 10 years. Mr. Fraser said the matter was under immediate consideration, and a statement in terms of his reply would be made shortly. Supply of Medical Graduates.

The Government was giving close attention to the question of maintaining a regular supply of medical graduates, stated the Minister of Health, Mr. Nordmeyer, when replying in the House of Representatives last night to a question submitted previously by Mr Chapman (Government, Wellington North). He had asked whether consideration would be given by the Minister to establishing a medical school at Victoria College. It might be possible, said the Minister, through a rearrangement of the facilities at the Otago Medical School to provide! for additional graduates without going beyond that school. Should it be necessary to establish another medical school the claims of Victoria College would be given full consideration. Production of Vegetables. Stating the proposal of the Department of Agriculture to cultivate 6000 acres of vegetables this year, compared with 1800 acres last year, the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Barclay, told delegates to the annual conference of the Dominion Council of Commercial Gardeners in Wellington yesterday that it was not the Government’s intention to menace the livelihood of the country’s commercial gardeners but merely to ensure that the people got sufficient vegetables. The results of the venture last year had exceeded all anticipations said Mr. Barclay. With the object of maintaining an adequate supply of vegetables for civilian use, the Governmen was also encouraging the development of backyard gardens. It was the Government’s intention to erect two or three dehydration plants for the treatment of vegetables and fruit. He asked for the co-operation of all producers. Any changeover in a system must inevitably hurt someone, but he assured them that it was the Government’s desire and aim to see that the , changes were made as smoothly as possible.