LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 13 April 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

11 ■ Building Permits Durmg the month of March 16 ouilding permits of a total va-lue of £7,312 were issued by the Horo- ' whenua County Council. The rangef dealt with 20. head of wandering stock during the same perio'd. The Cburt Twittered Some amusement was c'au'sed at the montlily sitting of the Levin Magistrate's Court yesterday. Counxl for def ence in a ease of the overioading of a bus stated that the drivef had* just returned from over•eas. The Magistrate, Mr. A. M. Goulding, S.M., suggested that his ioss of sense of overeroWding might be due to association with troop jhips. R.S.A. Membership Rises Up to the present time 265 returned personnel from World War II had joined the Levin R.S.A., and its membership was over 500. This was mentioned by the president, Mr. Harold J. Lancaster, while. speaking 1 at the civic welcome home on; ! Thursday evening. He said that I four boys in each of two families ofI the district had served overseas. ! and all eight boys had returned to 1 join the Levin R.S.A. Record for Twins in Family • Six sets of twins among her 32 i grandchildren isxlaimed as a record ■ by Mrs. Mary Lee, 62, of Cannon Valley, Proserpine (Queensland) . . Her eldest daughter, Mrs. Math'ers, ! has three sets of twins among her 12 children. Another daughter of jMrs. Lee has two sets of twins;i her eldest son ha,s o'ne set. Mrs. Lee • herself has 1 1 children. Some years i ago she attracted no'tice by catChlng i and shpoting single-handed a 26ft. i crocodile. . ■ .

Eastern Maori Seaif I Captain Reedy, of Ruatoria, has announced himself a-s an Indep'endent Labour candidate for tho Easti ern Maori electorate. He is the son of the late Mr. J. M. an'd Mrs. Materoa Reedy, and Was a prisoner j of war in Germany for four years. ' Claiming to b'e the successor of Sir ! Apirana Ngata, Captain Reedy, who ; is a fiuent spe.aker, has already opened his campaign. A d'eputation of Maori ex-servicemen ,has asked • Sir Apirana to stand for the Eastern : Maori seat, urging that he was the only one who could look after their interests. The Ngata-Pbrou Will meet at Tikitiki on- Saturday to discuss Sir Apirana's candidature. Kardwood Supplies ; After having attended a confer- : ence in Australia to diseuss supplies of building timbers', Mr. A. R. ' Entrican, Director of State Forests i has returiied to New Zealand.. - Mr. i Entrican said he had discussed- furi ther supplies of hardwood, for both | Government and private eonsump- ! tion, to New Zealand. Production ih ! Australia was at the same stand- ! still as in the New Zealand industry, I said Mr. Entrican, the bottleneck being insufficient manpower for log'I ging and bush Wol'k. Until thc shortage was overcome, and until both equipment/ and ehgin.eering supplies, such as 'tractors and saws. became available, little improvement by the way of expanding production was possible. Shooting Prospect^ Good Althoilgh quail greatly suffered in the forest fires" earlier in the year. reports from game areas througholtt the extensive Rotorua acclimatisation district suggest that good duck and pheasant shooting will b'e offered sportsmen when the season opens on May 4. The game season has - not yet been gazetted, but inquiries already received indioate at least a return to pre-war activity. The Rotorua acclimatisation district extends from Tauranga in che north to Cape Runaway in, the east and Taupo and National Park in the.south. Rangers' and observers' reports throughout this area refer to the excellent prospects for duck, particularly in the Tokaanu, Taupo and Murapara localities-. Pheasants are also plentif.ul. Quail had been on the increase during the war and it was expected they wouid provide excellent sport this season. However, the extensive fires caused very high mortality in fofest co'untry and sportsmen consider lo'sses cannot be made goo'cl for some seasons. On Sunday afieTnoori ,dt 2.30. at Queen Street iiall, Mr. Kevin Osborne, misslbnary from Japan, will give some 6f his exjjeriencbis in the Fukushima interniherit Camp*. Some very beautiful coloured picture^ Wili be shown by Mf, Grinstead at the Seddon Street Churchof Christ on Sunday night at 7 p.ni. The public is welcome,' and the young people specially so.