LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 7 March 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

1 ■ - World Scont Jamboree Boy Scouts irom New Zealand will join other members of the moveI ment who will travel next year to ! the world jamboree to be held in I France. The site is about 30 miles j from the borders of Paris. The jamboree, the lirst since the start of the war, will begin in late July and continue until mid-August. Honey in Hawke's Bay As a resuit oi ite dry season and the large-scale poisoning of hives by arsenic sprays, honey producj uon m Hawkes Bay this season will be down fully 75 per cent. For the first time in Hawke's Bay, in some apiaries there is not sufficient honey j to proyide for ihe hives auring tne winter and the bees will have to be ied. Witn tne pastures browned by the drought, bees were unabie to gather their usual summer supplies. Whitebait Season Extended I Aeeorcimg ro a iecter reCcived at a meeting of the Foxton Chamber of Commerce from the Minister of Marine, it is proposed before the r next whitebait season to enact regulations to extend the season in this district until December 1 in each year. The new closed season will be from December 1 to July 31, in place of the period from Novem- ' ber 15 to June 30 in foree at present. I ' ' j ; Houses for Ex-Servicemen | Aiiogetiier 4605 buare rental I houses and flats haa been made j avauable oo ex-servicemen anu | women by the end of January, says j the Rehabilitation Board. This was i under the 50 per cent ex-service. ! allocation scheme. During January 1 only 83 houses were allocated to exservice tenants throughout New. z.eaiand, tne numoer oemg much j miaiier than usual on account of j I vhe holiday poriod. *' Course at Befence College 1 'x wo benio! uzii^ero, uxj.c from the i Army and the other from the j xtJM.z.A.F. wih attend the flrst ! post-war course of the Imperial 1 Befence College in Englandj this year as representatives of the Domi mion. Tne Air Force officer is Group-Captain E. E. Kay, M.B.E., D.F.C., commanding officer at j | » / ijjj. rtiii, v/no wiii rxy to Englana I this month. The army ' officer has . | not yet beei\ selected. ! j Marton Landmark To Go j ! Buiit mure uian 7u years ago the! j jlacksmith's forge in North Broad- [ ; way, Marton, will soon disappear. It t ! is understood that the Government j ; has entered into negotiatiohs to( i purchase the block of land on which i ; the forge stands for the building of j flats. About 70 years ago the forge1 ; was known as the Electric Shoeing | ■ Forge and was conducted by the late Mr. C. Parkinson. For the past: 30. years it has been under the management "of Mr. BrMcCaul. | ) Representative - Tennis The following teams have been j selected to represent the Welling- | ! toii Lawn Tennis Association in the j jintermediate match (under 21) with the Manawata association at Levin on Saturday. Men: J. Crossley (Island Bay), N. Barringer (Crawford Hifl), J. Denton (Island Bay), J. Stewart (Island Bay), A. Gaskin (Karori), I. J. Clarke (Seatoun). Women: Miss A. Walker (Thorndon), Miss A. Mclnness (Te (Ope), Miss N. Enting (Te Ope), IMiss P. Bowlands (Marsden), MissE. Watts (Wellington), Miss B. Macintosh (Talavera).

W.D.F.U. G arden Parfy At a recent garden party held at Mr. and Mrs. W. Bodell's residence ;,))H jevm oiaikn of tne W.D.F.U., there was a good attendance of members and friends. Thepresident (Mrs. H. J. Lancaster) thanked Mr, and Mrs. Bodell for making their grounds ' available for the party, and said that it was a pleasure for the members to see for themselves the beautiful gardens. Mrs. Bodell, in reply, said she was only too pleased to supply the ! grounds, and she hoped that the Inexc party would- also be held there. The competition results are as f ollows : Clock golf, Mrs. Lett and Miss G. M. Kilsby 1 (equal) ; hail driving, Miss G. M. Kilsby; lucky 'spot, Mrs. A. Stewart.