LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 11 March 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Elderly Man Missing .0.11 iuma,ue or tne Awapuni Home, Palmerston North, John Thomas Winter, aged 85, has been missing ance 10.80 a.m. Sunday. He was •vearing a blue suit and black shoes. He had sandy hair and is going oald. The Way to Die ihe aUDjeet of fishing caused a taugh at last week'a meeting of the Southland Presbytery, reports the Southland Times. There was a solemn pause while mention was made of the unexpected death of a man while he was sitting on a river bank fishing. The Rev. C. J. Tocker, who is widely known for his pisca- ' torial enthusiasm, interjected: ! "Brethren, what better way could j any man die?" , Communication With Patrols t For the first time in New Zealand ■ radio communication with police ! patrol cars will be established in Auckland in the near future. A transmitter is to be operated from the Central Police station and it is understood that at least two patrol . cars will be equipped with receiving sets. It is understood the equipment will not provide a two-way ! communication service as sets capi able only of receiving are being , installed in the cars. — Press Assn. Only a Few Remain With the removal on Saturday of . the declaration of essentiality over •! tramway services, the only remaining industries subject to manpower control will be saw-milling, coalmining, dairy factories, freezing ; works and some small industries i subsidiary to them. The Minister of j Industrial Manpower (Mr. McLagan) said at the end of January that. the declarations relating to ] these industries would probably be ! xifted on March 31.

Goat Meat for Indian Troops i It is probable that 'some thous- ' ands^ of live goats from Hawke's Bay will be sent to Japan to be used for feeding Indian troops. An , urgent survey of goats on farm j properties in Hawke's Bay and Pov- ; erty Bay is being carried out . at present. Large numbers of goats are kept by farmers in Northern Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay for 'j blackberry control. The DepartJ ment of Agriculture at Hastings has ■' received promises of 2500 head. j "Foxton Toughs" itcitiencc; wo "Foxton toughs" •| was made at the special meeting of ! the Borough Council held on Wedi nesday evening. It was stated that j when an inspection was made of j the Royal Theatre it was disclosed ! that the stairs and other portions | of the building had been damaged j when these youthful saboteurs had broken into the building and rolled bales of tow about. Damage had also been done in another building at the southern end of the town, it was said. Electric Trains for Wellington Four million pounds win be spent by the Railway Department in a - series of improvements in the Wellington area, which include the - electrifieation of the WellingtonHutt Valley suburban railway system, providing multiple-unit elec- : tric trains of three, six or nine cars, 5 running on a new double track to be l built east of the Hutt River on all- ! day, half-hour service to Upper | Hutt, trains to and from Taita every i 15 minutes and a better than 10- ' minute service between Petone and the city, with even more frequent jrains at peak hours. Tax On Petrol "Now the war is over we are asking the Government to remove the taxation of 4d a gallon on petroi that it imposed for war purposes," Haid tne president of the Automooile Association (Auckland) ,. Mr. F. G-. Farrell in addressing motorists in Gi aborne. The recent reduction of 2d a gallon was not a gift from the ucovernment as it had been made out of a reduction by 2d, ca.used by xower freight and war insurance he said. Referring to Main Highways Board finance, Mr. Farrell said the North Island Motor Union hau requested the Minister of Works, Mr. Semple, to receive a deputation to discuss the subject. Out of Is 2£d a gallon paid by motorists the board received j,ust under 6d. They had requested that this taxation paid by motorists for uses other- than roads should be reduced. . . j