LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 11 April 1946, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mrs. McClelland, of Toi Street, has been holiaaymg; in Feilding. Mr. and Miss Bond, of Lower Hutt, are spending a holiday in Otaki. Mrs. Chainey has been a visitor to North Auckland. Mrs. Maitland and her small son of Wellington are in Otaki. Mrs. Boyd, of Bell Street, has returned from a vacation in Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. J. Ballinger have left for a motor tour of the Taupo and Rotorua districhs. Mrs. P. Harper and Miss B. Harper have returned from an extenfive motor tour of Auckland and. Taranaki. Mr. "Ted" Egdell, who has been on a trip to England, is at present in Otaki, but she expects to leave agaip by the Maunganui for the Homeland on Easter Monday. Inter-Club Bowling iuaiA.li wiw pxcyea on Saturday oetween Eketahuna and Foxton at foxton, the latter winning by 21—14. Children Help •rne cmicuen of the Otaki State School have made a large contriouuon towards the food problem in Britain, giving generousiy. Rugby Football Hui Mai wiii play Otaki seniors at Manakau, 011 Saturday at 2 .30 p.m., while Otaki and Hui Mai juniors will play at Otaki at 1.45 p.m. Otaki's Rainfall The rainfall in Otaki for the 24 hours prior to 9 a.m. on Wednesday was 69 points. The rainfall for the month to date is 1.72 inches. Payment of Pensions 'ihe first of the family benefits were paid out at the Otaki post office to-day. Age benehts win oe ■ paid on April 17, other benefits on April 18 and war„ veterans' allowances on April 30. A Slur on Otaki At the last meeting of the Foxton Borough Council Cr. Field voiced a complaint on behalf oi a " resident that Foxton's main street 3 was untidy and a breeding place for flies. While agreeing that he would like to see Main St. regularly fiushed with water, Cr. Field said he had since taken particular notice of neighbouring towns and he had found Levin to be about the same as Foxton and Otaki a little worse.