LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 10 April 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Danger Eliminated To eliminate the possible danger from passing traffic to children and others, the Post and Telegraph Department has moved the posting box at the Village Settlement from the eastern to the western side of the main highway. Postings can now be made without having to cross the road. Gold Cup Received Yesterday Mr. E. F. Ward, of Le- ' vin, received the handsome gold cup won by his horse, Langue d'Or, in the Manawatu Racing Club's Awapuni Cup event of 1 1/4 miles on March 30. Late yesterday afternoon there was the traditional ceremony, when a number of sportsmen of the district gathered and extended warmest congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ward on the outstanding success of Langue d'Or. Sanson Tramline ot Greymouth Timber milling interests of Greymouth visited Sanson yesterday in connection with the purchase of a large quantity of rails salvaged from the Sanson tramway which the Manawatu County Council has closed down after many years of useful operation. The rails were widely advertisecd, and their usefulness appealed to many interests, including Greymouth timber interests. Taupo Phenomenon Three falls and rises in the level of Lake Taupo occurred some days ago. This strange phenomenon was experienced by men fishing at the Delta. The level dropped suddenly two feet and rose again in waves in about 30 seconds. Imagining that they were "seeing things," the fishermen thought nothing of the occurrence at first. However, when it recurred they wasted no time In getting ashore. The fishermen said that the feeling of the rise and fall was extremely uncanny. Sale of Cream The department takes a serious view of this offence as the sale of cream is detrimental to the export of butter, stated the police in prosecuting at Dunedin, Cecil William White, a dairy proprietor, for a breach of the rationing regulations. White between January 16 and 30, it was alleged, sold cream on 135 occasions to 50 different customers. The Magistrate (Mr. Bundle), in inflicting a fine of £10, stated that it was hard to understand why the customers were not prosecuted as well as the retailer.

Letter's Long Voyage A letter, which has taken mere than four years to reach its destination, has been delivered to Mr. J. T. Bisman, of New Brighton. It was thrown overboard in a bottle from a transport in the mid-Atlantic on October 9, 1941, and washed ashore on the Norwegian coast on November 12, 1944, and posted on to New Zealand after the liberation of Norway. The writer of the letter was Mr. Bisman's son, Mr. R. Bisman, who, after being commissioned in the Fleet Air Arm, was killed in June, 1944 as a result of an accident on an aircraft-carrier in the Indian Ocean. At the time of his death the letter he had entrusted to the "bottle post" three years before had not completed its slow journey to Norway. When Mr. Bisman received his son's letter it was enclosed with a letter from the finder, Gunner Buen Sor Foya, Norway.