LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 20 April 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Warning to • Sportsmeh • Two kotukus (white heron) were liVihg on Lake Wairarapa, reports the chairman of the Wellington ACClimatisation Society (Mr. D. J. . Gibbs). There were also several white swans, and he hoped that sportsmen would refrain from shooting these birds. In the case . of the kotukus there was a heavy penalty for shooting them. Exit Cricket The final games of the season will be played over the Eastet week-end, when tearps from Wellington and the Hutt Valley will visit Levin. The following players have been selected to . represent Horowhenua in these games: Rice, Garrity,' Flut'ey, K. Hudson, W. Walker, Mitchell, A. Walker, Guerney, LyiiCh, Franee, Ropata, Sciascia, 0. Walker, McClune and Clapcott. New Mail ServiCfe Considerabie gratification will be felt by the business cortimunity ih particular and the public generally at an annouhcerhent hiade by the Levin Post Office on Thursday afternoon that an additional mail jfor Palmerston North, closing at 1 7.30 a.m. daily, will "commence in |the near future. This decision fol!lows representations made recently by the Mayor (Mr. H. B. Burdekin) . and the Levin Borough Gouncil, At present some mgil for Hawke's Bay and Taranaki takes two and a-half | days to reach 'its- destination, but ; with this extra service the' time will 'be greatly reduced. 1 Improvements at Corner i Extensive alterations and im'provements are at present being ! Carried' out at the corner of Cambridge and Bath Streets, opposite ithe Public Gardfehs. The road has i been widened and When completed | there will be ari eight-foot grass. |strip and a four'-feet conferete strip | following the CurMture of the road ! on, both sides. The acute angle at Ithe corner of the gardens will bn ! reduced to a gentle curve, and there ' will be a new entrance to the gari dens on this Corner. A rose garde'ii | will be prepared ih the triangle of | land on the raiiWay line side bej tween the grass and the fence. j Levin War .Gratuities j In the first few days of the operlation of wdr "gratliity acCoimts at ithe Levin PoSt Office only a small jproportioh of the amoiints lodged i were withdrawn. Although approxi- : mately 50 of the 333 accounts open- ; ed so faf ' have been closed, these are I mainly small accounts. The hand- ; ling of these new accojmts has meant additional work for the savings bank staff, particulariy as the I present is. the ndrm'al tiffie for ' annual balarices of the ordinary j savings bank accOiints. It is expected that there will be about 1000 gratuity accounts held at Levin when all the applic&tions have been dealt with. Folice Use of Radio Although it has been on the air for less than' a week, the police fadib station ZLKQ being opefated from the watch-house ih Princes Street, Auckland, has alfeady led to the arrest of a number of wanted men by the night patrol. A constable on one of the ■ city beats on Monday night informed the watch-hotise by telephone that he had seen a man riding in the vicihity of Grfey's avenue on a motor-cycle answering to the "description of one stoleh some time earlier. A code mess&ge was broadcast from ZLKQ to a patrol car, which raced after the suspect, who was taken into Custody. The station was also used to convey information to the patrol when it arrested a suspected incendiarist at Mouht Eden. A well-known Englisli surgeon (retired) recently published his "Reminiscences," and among other amusing stories he relates how oh one occasion a man called to consult him about a septic finger. "Why didn't yoii corrie to me before?" quefied tlie surgebh aftbr ah examination. "Fabt is, doctor," said the patient with a twinkle in his eye, "whenever there is anythihg wrong with me — no matter whdt.it is — my wife insists upon my knocking off ,smoking." Siirgeon and patieht had a hearty laugh. t,lTobacco,' said the surgeon, '/is often found 'guilty' by- its enemies when it is obviously quite innocent. Wheh it's at fault it is uSuailv because there's top much nicotine in it." Happily New Zealandfers needn't worry about that. There's very little nicotine in our toasted tobacco. Take any one of the five famous brands— Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold, Navy Gut No, 3 (Bulidoe), Cavendish and Gut Plug No, 10 (Bullshead), also tailormades— and you have not only a perfect tobacbo, Unrivalled fpr flavour and fragfdnce, but a perfectly harmless one. •