WAIKATO TIMES - THE WAY WE WERE
Times
Times
Waikato The annual field day, held under the auspices of the Waikato branch of the National Beekeepers’ Association, eventuated at the Ruakura Farm of Instruction on Wednesday under ideal conditions. There were between 200 and 300 delegates, representative of the whole of the South Auckland district in attendance, and a most enjoyable and profitable gathering was the result. Mr A W Green, manager, and the farm staff generally did all possible to ensure the success of the function. While the officers and members of the local branch, with Mr E W Sage as secretary, had their part of the programme well arranged. 50 YEARS AGO Early cases of cancer of the cervix which warrant further investigation are being detected among women in Hamilton, according to the managing secretary of the New Zealand Cancer Society’s Auckland division, Mr R N Stevenson. A campaign aimed at getting women aged over 25 to see their doctors and have a cervical smear test taken began in Hamilton in November, 1962. Since then, 6200 women, or close on 60 per cent, had seen their doctors for the test, Mr Stevenson added. A Hamilton seminar attracted 250 people by promoting the positive aspects of farming. The message was well received in the Waikato, which is probably leading the country in optimism because of its reliance on dairy farming, currently on an upswing. The seminar yesterday, organised by Waikato Federated Farmers and sponsored by the WaikatoTimes, had four speakers whose topics included farm investment, farm ownership, exporting livestock. Allan Gough, a partner in accountants Ernst and Whinney, advised that farming could be a good investment provided that homework was done.