LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 8 March 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

i: ^ . : | Aepresentative Tennis j Tiis Manawatu intermediate team if 1 'a Lieec the Weilington intermediate : uai at tiie Levin Tennis Ciub's t ,,u ts to-morrow is as follows. — . | : i. Xei i : tf. Ihle (R.N.), C. Atmore 1 i Li^ssey Goiiege) Q- ISt. ! ^Xcis^iil (St. B. ti iiv.'ienee /"Hoskins (I^iigpn) . '! om.iii: P. Mac^en""(P.N.)' , YI Btomi (P.N.), P. Armstro'rig GTaka- : 1 6 ) 1NT. O'Sullivan" '(Feilding} , B. . _aye (P.N.) ; M. McKegg (P.N.) . The : Manawatu team.will arrive by the i ieia s Express in the morning „-.iue the w ellington team will'tra;el by bus and is expected to arrive | .--hortiy before 11 o'clock. Play wii. i commence at 11 a.m., and will conI j ..iae inroughout the day. i'oung Men on Farms xxiore eeems to ee no valid rea- ! I . ii wiiy boys wno are naturalij 1 aiawn to farming and who are iit- !! ted i'or it shoula not be given op- !| iiuiec) at ieaot the eQual of !| jiose they would find in other ini auaJrxes," states a report " prepared j | oy the Christchurch Boys' Vocation- ;! ai Guidance Committ'ee. "That all .nay not possess the ability to ! become farm owners, _ however 1 1 ' uiouia be recognised. Ail industrial i ! apprentices do riot become owners | ; oi uuoinesses. it shoula be emphas'l ,t'ti tnao tnere is a piace in the I farming ind'ustry, as there is in most ;| .x.uL^oxies, lor tne wage-earner, tne I ioreman or ..manager, the , share ; ...awicr, and ' tne owner." i! Retail Deliveries . j! ixid iviiuiooer of Transport (Hon. J. O'Brien} made a contribution 1 ! estfciday to tne uominion-wide disif * u.,non oi tne iailure of retail tradj as to resume h'ouse deliveries. I ■j.uany people," he said, "stiil think I retail deliveries are "being withheld ! .^ecause oi Government restrictions, I jut I would point out that the re- ! .trictions on these services were j ui'ted last September. Since then i« tne matcer has been in the retailers | j uanas." The Minister conceded that II there were still difficulties in the ; .v.x.y oi vans, tyres ana manpower, lS ;in he appealed to traders to make ixii effort, adding : "The retailer w'Hl . t.giects nis customers to-day canm t compiain ii' they neglect him to !| jiJlTOW." I Wemorial Trophy J At the oiiening of" the Levir .i .vnniniiig Cftib's sports .la,st even- ;| mg, Mr. G. Ef.'Glover 'presQnted tln puo w-ith a hah&'Sqme jsilver cup t. ecmmemorate 'the ili4rii'ory of hi _t.i\ Aiari, who iost liis liie on a: ■ .perations in th'e Meditferi-anean nieatre of war while serving wiu ,i: j R.N.Z.A.F. In handing the trc Liy to the club's president (Mr. B b. Todd} , Mr. Glover said that Alan nad always been keenly intereste^ j .-l sport, and particularly swipiming j alrs. Glover and he were anxious t. j ; xorpetuate his memory in the plac | : V. nere he liad spent so many happ; | aours. Mr. Todd voiced the club' I lianks to Mr. and Mrs. Glover. Th I . i opiiy, which will be known a^ i r'The Alan Glover Memorial Cup, ,ui oe lor competition in the inter mediate boys' 50 yards freestyL aampionship. AtMetic Sports The puoiic of Levin and surj ounding districts will be treated tc I n afternoon of excellent sport to-. ! norrow, when the Levin Combinea •.mateur Athletic and Cycling Clut vill hold its victory sports meeting. ■ In conversation with the energeti ! secretary, Mr. J. H. Cooper, yesterday, a "Chronicle" representatiw /as informed that entries are a re1 cord for -,the club, ana severa. S. . vents will have to be run in heafcs 'Contestants. are coming from ali iubs on the West Ccast, and the lorowhenua representatives will be vell and truly tested," concluded j Ir. Cooper. Loc.al club members, in association with Otaki athletes and , Cyclists, have had a fair measure : of success at open meetings in thc i orovince this season, and a large j "iumbcr of followers of the sport will ;e p:esent tormoTrow to sese them in j action against representatives fron, ' other clubs, while ho doubt Shan- | non will be iriterested' to see ' how fllts promising junior perforrrier, Lee. shapes against rumlers from out■$ide the district. ^ . .