LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 12 March 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Lancastrian Leaves The Lancastrian ' captained by Squadron Leader A. J. Bradshaw, vVhich arrived in New Zealand at; 2.20 a.m. on Sunday, took off from! Ohakea at 2.4 p.m. yesterday for the | .-eturn tfip to England. It is ! ixpected to follow the same route as I r,hat over which it travelled on the ; I outward joufiiey, meteorological | ^onditions permitting. j j Shrimps Washed Up * ! j bnums oi any dead shrimps have been washed up on the foreshaw of 1 the local beaches. They were observed in the water on Sunday and when the tide receded a threefoot wide fringe of the crustaceans ! was left on the sand along the j whole length of the beach from the ! Ohau to Manawatu Rivers. With them has come an unpleasant : odour. Infectious Biseases Of 24 cases of notifiable infectious diseases reported by the Department of Health in the Wel-"lington-Hawke's Bay district, which includes Levin, during the past week, ten were scarlet fever. T'here ■ were seven cases of diptheria, three I of tuberculosis, two of hydatids, one | of trachoma, and one of typhoid j fever. There were two deaths from j tuberculosis. ! Levin Contributes j Levin contributed £189 6s to Nut.ional Savings last week. Palmerston North recorded the sum of £1369 6s 7d and Dannevirke led the country towns With £309 12s 6d. ; week's 20 towns to secure their quota v/ere reduced by one, Shannon having to fall back — temporj arily; it is hoped. The full list was: I Palmerston North, Apiti, Ashhurst, ! Bulls, Dannevirke, Feilding, Fox- ■ ton, Halcombe, Kimbolton, Levin, Manakau, 'Pahiatua, Pongoroa, Rangiotu, Rangiwahia, Rongotea. i Sanson, Weber and Weraroa. ! Prefabi*ication Unprofitable? i In the Governrnent's view, pre- | fabricated houses were an unprofitable pioposition, it was reported to ; the quarterly meeting of the Auck- : land branch of the Second N.Z.E.F. Association. Mr. E. P. Meachen, : M.P., when approached by a delegation on housing, had stated that the only private attempt made at prefatrication had been a failufe. Mr. Meachen had added that he underwood an Auckland company, with a capital of £100,000, was proposing to build prefabricated houses, but ! at present there was a hold-up over pateiit rights. First Becoration One of the wireless operatofs on j Ihe second record-breaking Lancastrian which left Ohakea for j England yesterday, was the first R.N.Z.A.F. man to be decofated. Hs j was Flight Lieutenant C. B. G. i Knight, D.F.M., of Christchurch. At j the time of winning the award — : December 14,. 1939 — he was a| corporal of 99 Wellington Bomber j Squadron, a.nd was wireless operator in the crew of another well- 1 known New Zealand airman, Squad- j ron Leader, now Air Commodore, A. ! McKee, A.F.C., D.F.C., of Oxford, j New Zealand, in a reconnaissahce on the Gerrnah Fleet in the Schillig | jRoads. The dorniation' of 12 Wel- | lingtons wa's attacked by 50 enemyi hghters' in the first big aerial battle of the war, which lasted for 50 minates. Knight Wofked his giins skil•'ully, and so successfully defended his aifcraft that it was one of the fortunate six to return. Mail in Four Days! Some indieation of What mdy.be expected in the near future in mail services between Great Britain and the Dominion has been provided by die recent flights of the two Lancastrian aircraft. Sgt. W. G. Philxips, well-known Levin member of ihe 2nd N.Z.E.F., posted a letter in London on TUesday, March 5". It was brought by one of the Lancastrians, reached Palmerston Nofth on Saturday, Mareh 9, ..and was delivered to his wife ih Levin yesterday morning, March 11, Sgt.Phillips was one of those detailed to proceed to LOndon after service in the Middie East in c'Onnection with the ledVe arrahgements for members of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. on the cessation of hostilitieS. He is noW assisting with Ihe wihding-up ahd hopes to be home towdrds the end ^of June.

| ! Price Control j "The Minister said that control; jwill rfot De maintained a momenl , longer than necessary, but Mr. Sul'iivan did not say they would be 1 relaxed as opportunity oliered,' states the March issue of the Nev 1 Zeaiand Grocers' Review. "Trader. are therefore wondering whetlie. price cohtrol is to be maintained a. a war measure even though thstock shorrages now operate over a much smailer field . . . It does seen the time is opporcune for .an easing in price control; certainly it cannot be abandoned, but it can dc narroWed down to those commodi ties where a shortage would oper the door to unwarranted pricc levels." Another Ship for Tasman Tfade A second ship, the City of Glasgow, has been made available by the British Ministry of War Transport to lift the balance of the accufhulated Australian cargo awaiting shipmeiit td Auckland. It was stated officiaily that this would clear the backlog of cargo from Sydney fOr Auckland. The South Island waS practically clear so far as Sydney Cargo was concerned, but a little backlog was motinting up. So far as Wellington was concerned it was recently annotinced by the Minister of Industries and Commerce (Hon. t). G. Sullivan) that, as a direct fesult Of efforts made b*r the Goverhment, the Sammex had beeh • ihade available . by the British Ministry of Waf Transport to assist in clearing Auckland cargo frOm Sydney, and that an effort was aiso belhg made to Obtain a further ship, Mr. Sullivan feferred to the heavy burden noW failihg on the eight freightei's of the Unioii-Goy., which Were endeavouring to meet the deffiands Of practically the Whole of the trans-Tasman trade. Members and friends of Levin Playreaders are reminded that the first reading for this year will be presented this Wednesday, at 7.30 p,ffi., in the College Hall. "Sarah Sirnple" is the title of the play, a delightftil cofiiedy by A. A. M'ilne, atithbf Of "Mr. Pim Passes By," which Was successfully presented by the Playreaders last year. ' j