Women's Clothing Stolen

Chronicle (Levin), 6 March 1946, Page 4

Women's Clothing Stolen

Woraen's coats, suits and- frocks, of a total Valtfe of about £500, wcre! stolen ffom the warehouse of Viola Hallam, Ltd., of 23 High Street, Auckland. After breaking a pane of glAss in. the'froflt tiboiT the thieveF| unlocked' the door from inside and t then made a thorough examination i of the stock, selecting only the best i woollen garments. A Serious Problem That men on the high country of New Zealand were facing a serious j problem to-day was the opinion VOiced by Mr. B. V. Cooksley, Dominion president of Federated pprmers, during the course of an address in Levin last evening. He said they were having to p&y up to £3 10s' per acre to keep the land clear of scrub. and the land would not stand it. Mr. Cooksley expressed his pleasure that the sheep farmers were puehing for a Royal Commision tc enquire into it,Sale of Quinine The' restriccion on the sale of quinine and salts of quinine has been lifted. This restriction was imposed m 1942 wnen che japant^ over-ran Java, source of 'most of the world's supply. During the war quinine was required for the use of All'ied troops in'malarial countries. Britain is now permitting the' export under licence of reasonable quantities. Limited stocks held in the Dominion under the control of the Medical Supplies Controller are being released to hospitals and wholesale druggists for distribution to chemists. In- Riisiness at 90

The oldest delegate attending the an-nual '.conference of the New Zealand Retailers' Federation at Queenstown was Mr. John Watson, of P.ort Chalmers. Mr. Watson, who is aged 90, began business on hi. own - account in 1875 and is still a draper. He was a member of the Port Chalmers Borough Council for 40 y.ea-rs and- was Mayor fon six terms-. He retired from public life at the- age of 80v He has supg in the choir of his church for 70 years and is still a member of the choir. His- son is the present Mayor of Port Chalmers. Motor Fatallties Dttring February The- Transport • Department reports that 12 lives were lost in February as, the : result of --motor accidents. There were- five vemcles which -ran off the road (one resulting' in a double- fatality) , a. collision between a car and 'a. motor-cyele at a city intersection; . two other motor-cycle- • accidents ; a: fatality due to the door of aj^LQving .. bus opening and a- passenger falling out, a coHision between a' car and. a boy ridifig ' a bfcycle (the latter being fatallyhurt) and a fatality due> to a-' boy running out' and- collidmg with a truck. In the monthi of February during recent years there have not'been as many- road'deaths as were .recorded'in February of this year: Ih February; 1945, there- were only six.deaths, while- in both February., 1943, and 1944 there were 10i Just prior to the . war when* motor traveilwas., at a peak the monthly figures. were a.gpod deal heavier, 21 deaths. being. recorded in February; ■1938; and 23" ih February, 1939.