LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 1 May 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

biihefliri's Mfihy MafHagfes The iafgest hufnber bi mafriages fecorded on one month fdr ihany years is reported at Dunedin for April when 145 weddihg licenses were. issiied. "Last yeaf when EaSter feli in March, " l2o mamages were registered. Nfew PoWfe'r. CdnsiimfefS buring Ihe "month, 43 new consumers ,and 53 extensions were bonnectfed by thfe HOfdwhehU'a Electric Power Board, according to a report. receiyed at its monthly meeting yesterday* from the engineer (Mr. J. F. Br.ycfe) . The increase in the total iead Wfis 46? kilowatts. The majority of these installations were of a doriifestic typfe: Community Ligriting Requesti'ng that the community lighting be restored, the.main consideration bfeirig street lighting. for Friday .nights; a lfettfer was received from the Foxton Sorough Cpuncil at the mbn'thly mfefetirig of the i Horowheriua, Power ^ Board . held j -yesterday. " The r'equest was refused J as being inadvisable while the pres- ] ent power Shd'rtakb prevailed. J Food for Brit&in j Speaking at a.meetlng in Levin j yesterday at which the organisa- ; tion of the famine emergency cam- ! paign WaS bfeing discvissfed-, Mr-. W. S-. iOgier advisfed that the Valiife of jcoupons. surrendered at the Levin i Post bffice iri the las't thtee We'eks j waS as foirdWSr-e-Ahfii IS, rhe'at £8 ! 12s, . biittef 131 1 lbs ; Apfil '20, m'eat £2 13s _lBcl, Butteiv 3- lBs; April 27, me'at £7 13s 6d, 'butter 4 lbS. - Not for a Yean-it , . That there wduld be no oiitput of 'electric powei? • frqin $he Karapiro hydro-elebtfib Works fbr at • least a year_ was the ; opiiiiqn express.ed by the chairman (Mr. -ti. A. Monk) , at a meeting ef; the .fiorowhenua Electric "Power Boar.d yesterday. Mr. Monk said that- the delay in the supply of necessary machinery and equipment, frdrh thfe United Kingdom had been rdsjbbhsibl'e for the grbater part 'of this. h'01d-Up, but even so there. was' Still a substantial amount of constructional work to be carrie'd out-. • Rationin'g of Petroi The petrol stbck sitiiatio'n iS so imprbving that it i's lik'eiy that rationing will ' finiSh in a f'ew months, says a Wellington report. The new. mdt'of-vjehicle registration period begins oh July 1- when.it h&s been the practi'ce during ratibning to issue motolist's with their coupons. It is understeod that no coupons have been, printed for the 1946-4^ pcribd^; The sitiidtihh is to some extent cbhnected with dollar funds on which the availability or otherwise df thfe pr'opbsfe'd . -United States loan to Grfeat Britain-has an impbtt'ant bfearihg. Ah fehd to petrol ratiohing wbtild rio't, hbwfeVfef ,' solve the tyrfe sitUatioH. ' Milk RbUtia GbbdWill A Whakarongo farmer who sold his farni sold with it a milk supply of 25 gallbns daily for. five days a week. Thfen he found that he eould i not transf er the milk license without first oifering it for sale to.the Palmerston . North Metropolitan Milk Board. At a, meeting of the board last fevening an offer of the license was receivfed from the farmer's solicitor at a goodwill p'rice of £500, or £20 a gallon!. it was.further asked that if the board did not exercise its right of purehase within the allowable 14 days, a transf er to the purchaser of the f arm at the price stated be approved. The board decided to set. up. a sub-committee to confer with its soiicitor with power to aet. A nqrmal goodwill pricfe for a eity . milk rouhd was stated to . be £10, a. gallbn. "I dbn't, kri'ow^' sdi'd 'the tobaccoiiist t'b the scribfe. "th'a't it's as unlucky as thfej^ say fbr thf fefe shiokers to likht up ff'ohi, thfe sa'me rhaffeh, fe'iit I dp.kfltfW lt% Unlubk^— dfeliced' uhiii'dky— to h'd'ss yb'ur pbuch along.to some absfeht-ihihdfed Bfeggar wh'b fbrgfetfe.tb returh it. I lost a fih'e pbu'ch that 'Way oftcfe— nut hfeVfer agdirif :What,dh,I sihbkfe myseli? Why/'tba'stfed."' Fti smokfe sphiethifit bfettfer if I febuid gfet it-. (3-iyfe mfe 'a Y>ib'e hf ^ut Plh£. N;b. ld .(Bullshe'ad) — s'Ay 'd'ftfer iuhch— tlhd I wourdh't feail thfe bufefen . ifiy aiint ! bld snibkfer s loye it! r Othfer gfemiinfe toasted Blends^ Yfes — two qthers,fo'r tfle mpe,.0avehdish and Navy Cut Mq. 3 (Buildb|). .'rhferi therfe's Riverhead "Gold ahd i)esert Goid, p the, .twb .most fancied cigar ette . tobabeos. See thfe ru'h on them! How do I acicqun't, for the popularity of 'toasted'? Well-,. it's partly due tq thfe quality of the leaf, and partly due to the manufacturers' .toasting proeess-. . There's no 'bite' in tbgsted-.'*' , _The reporter tqbk a ndie. of.it apd. lithis .pipe.. . , ,