LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 6 March 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

> — Flag at Half-Mast ifis flag was flown at half-mast at the Levin Post Office yesterday as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Sir Charles Statham, Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1923 to 1935, whose death oecurred' in Wellington J yesterday. IOver Levin The record-breaking Australian \Tational Aii ways Skymaster "Amana," which arrived at Auckland from Melbourne on Sunday evening, carrying 41 passengers and a crew of ten, flew low over Levin yesterday afternoon on its way tc . wellington. On leaving Wellington I the "Amana" will return to Auck1 land and from there will proceed to j Melbourne. i Exit Farmers' Union "The Farmers' Union will go into ! liquidation," said Mr. B. V. Cooks•ley, Dominion president of FedI -rated Farmers, in reply to a quesI cion at the conclusion of an address he gave in Levin last evening. He Isaici tliis wouid be determined by members of the Farmers' Union themselves at an open conference, but in the meantime in some of the large areas Federated Farmers was functioning and handling the business of the industry. School Sport The Otaki Public School to-day ' visitecl the Levin School for the : participation in a gala sports day. Otaki brought two boys'- and two ' girls' cricket teams, a similar num- : ber of longball teams, one boys' i and one girls' baseball team and ! ' boys' and girls' tennis teams. Duri ing the day the non-swimmers from i Otaki were allowed to use the t learners' pool at the school, while 1 the swimmers went to the Coronaj tion Baths.

; Imports of Motor-Cycles j An indication that more motofi cycies wixi oe avahanle in New Zea- j j .and is contained in anannouncei ment from the Customs Departj ment, Auckland. This states that the ailocation for imports of motori cycies and side-cars from the ! United Kingdom has been increased ' from 50 to 100 per cent oi une vaiue ; of the applicant's imports of simi- ' iar goods from the same *source in 1 1953. | WomCn's Day of Prayer | The women 's day oi' prayer will be observed throughout the world on iFriday, the theme chosen uemfe, i "The Things Which Make foiPeace." The observance of the day has grown in importance year by year, and is now a great international movement as women of all countries and every denomination unite in prayer for peace on earth ma goodwiii among men. In Levin | the gathering will be held in the ! Salvation Army Hall, and the I thank-off ering this year will be given to the British and Foreign Bible Society.

» School Pupils' Success ; At a Wellington horticultural show open to ail children iri the 1 Wellington Education Boatd's district, Levin children took eight'ouf i of the nine prizes. The three groups j of classes available were nativ'e i trees, grasses and weeds. A Chihese i boy, Leslie Wopg Shee, a pupil of ; the Levin School, was very highly ' commended for his showing of | grasses, and particulariy so for his drawings. The prizes Von by Levin were: — Native trees. — Joah Bdgrie 2, Joan Stewart 3. Grasses. — ^Leslie Wong Shee 1 Helen Read 2, Koy j Sciascia 3. Weeds. — Lois Millard 1, j Dawn Murray 2, Jean Jacob 3. j No Policy Yet , Fecieraced Farmers had no 'policy yet, said the Dominion president, Mr. B. V. Cooksley, at a meetjng in Levin last evening, because it had n ot yet held an annual conference. The conference in Wellington ■ last v/eek had been held to appoint the Dominion olficers of the organisa-. tion and also the Dominion sectvorr leaders. However, when the New Zealand delegation rettirned from ♦ the forthcoming farmers' conference in London, Federated Farmers would have its first annuarconference. When that came off in . July oe August • he lioped. that branches and pr ovinc es - would .'brihg for ward matters from* which.- a policy would be formulatqd.