LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 23 April 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Petrol Coupons for May-June The May ahd Jurie' petrol coup'fciris are to be made available at double face value duririg -eitlier month, according to advice given by the Oil Fue'l Contrbller (Mr. G. L. Laurensbh) to the' Dominiori s'ec'tetary oi the New Zealand Farmers' Union (Mr. A. P. O'Shea) . "This provision is made to assist dairy farmers with their holiday arfarige'merits," said Mr. O'Shea,- "and the concession will be niuch appreciated by the dairy - ing community." Deerstatlker Drowfted Swept away by the flooded Rangitik'ei River while atteinpting to cross it in wild country at the back of Taihape, Mr. Gordon Anderton, manager of a farm at Pukeokahu, is oeiieved to liave been drowned*. He was a member of a deerstalking party of four which set out shooting on Friday. Two of the party would not attempt the crossing and turned back, but Mr. Anderton and I his brother made an attempt. Mr. j Anderton's brother got over safely, but Mr. Anderton was swept off his 1 feet by the flood waters arid dis- : appeared. A large number of farmI ers have joindd in the search under :j the direction of the Taihape police. | Illegal Telephoiie ' A fine of £50 was imposed upon i Alfred Bruce Roberts, agent of Hamilton, when he pleaded guilty "to a breach of the i?ost and Tele1 graph Act, 1926, before fdr. S. L. ' PattCrsoft, S.M. Seniof-Detective W. ;• R. Murray said at Kone . time ,j defendant had had two Telephones, f but the department had taken one :i away, leaving the wiring in place. :! The lines to a house aeross the road were .connected. with the same pole i ds tfidSe of the defCridarit, ahd j using the experiei^ce he had gained I as a signailer in the Army, defendant -eonnected th£},_.two sets of wire's, giving liini the use of two telephories. The nelghbo'hrs were exonerated fro'rn all blame. Big Changes at Marton As part, of the Government's tenyear - works plah, raii facilities at Marton Junctiori are to be enlarged and reorganised to e'nable faster handling of ■ th-rough Main Trunk freight and passenger services as W'ell 'as those train^ using the iine throiigh Wanganui to Taranaki states the Wanganui- Heraid. Wdrk on this rearrangeirieht may not start for some time, as plans and estimates are not, yet complete, but the Railway Department has already reached the property buy- ! ing stage. At Mrirtori to-day Main j Trunk freight trairis" dome into the station on the eastern side, and : have to change to the west to iriarj shal their loads. Under the new sche'me these trains will e'nter the junction and leave again on the same, side of the station. Radical Policies Discussing the effect of the new elect'oral boundafies' on the general election, Mr. J. A. Lee in his weekly journal states that radic'ai government had beeh long delayfed by the unfair operatioh of the country quota. The change was justified, the article continues, as it would have. been wrong if Labour had been defeated by the vagaries of unfair electdral distribution. The eleCto'rates as now designed assure a radical victory only on certain conditions. The conditions are a radical policy, propaganda that has intellectual and emotidnal dynamism and a new voting system- or an agreement to share seats among radicals. The future of the' Democratic Labour Party is totiched upoh in the article. v "We are giving everyone a last chance to move for unity or preferential voting so that in the radical miiid there will be clearly fixed the guilt of whdever is responsible," Mr. Lee write's.