LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Easter Holidays "Tne Gnruiiiele" will not be published on Friday next (Good Friday) or on Monday (Easter Momday). Revival of Band At thas moniii's meeting of the Levin Borough' Couneil, it was decided to eall a meeting of those interested in the revival of the band. It was pointed out that the instruments had now been returned by the R.N.ZJLF. and it was not desirable to have them lying idle for too :ong a period. The School Age "We are' btill struggiing witn probiems of providl'ng sufficient buildings and teachers to cope with the increased rolls which are due in part to the raising of the school ieaving age to 15. As soon as this situation has been met, consideracion will be given to the possibilitiy of raising the school age still further,55 the Minister of Education, Hon. H. G. R. Mason, has advised the Wanganui Education Board. Urban Farm Lands It was reported to Monday'f meeting of the Levin Borough Couneil that objectioris had been received to the urban .f.arm. lands fi'st it had prepared. Ten of tlieobjections w.ere to the rateaole value and 19 were in respect of areas of over three aeres v/hich had been omitted from ; the list, ' while there were i twelve applications for areas | of under three-aeres to be included j in the list. The couneil adopted a recommendation that Mr. W. R. ! Birjiie, of Palmerston.' North, be j appointed as Its assessor on the j Assessment Court to be- set up fa ! hear and defer.mine objections." Easter Sh«Pl>mg Hours i Enquiries made in Levin this j morning show that with few-excep-I tions all business houses in the i cown will observe a holiday period ' from closing time on Thursdiay until ; Tuesday morning for' Easter. The j butchers are to -close their premises I at 6 p.m. on Thursday until 7.30 I a.m. on Tuesday. As indicated yes1 terday, no bread will be baked on I Easter Saturday and housewives | will require to> obtain supplies on j Thursday to last until Tuesday.. J Other classes of shops will observe : the usual late night on Thursday, and then- close until Tuesday morning. Hunter Week Wlthout Food Without food, shelter or fire for' seven days, Mr. John Hands, Man- ; gapehi, walked out of the bush on 1 oaturday only 12 miles from where i hs entered it on April 7 to go pilg' j mnting. A man of only medium j build, he has lost two stone in j weight, but apart from that he is apparently not suffering from any | physical disability. In the sev.enf i days that he wandered lost in the1 ! heavy bush about 20 miles east of I Mangapehi, Mr. Hands had nothing j to eat. He was even unable- to light • a fire because he was without j matches. Rain fell on most of the I days and nights' he tramped thr 3ush, causing him to sleep under logs.