LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 15 May 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Educational Conference To be discussed at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Education Institute, which opehed oh Monday, are 113 remits. The business is expfected to last until Friday. Telegraph Restrictions In regard to teiegraphic communications with Italy, the post- : master (Mr. L. A. Whitham) advises that telegrams may now be sent without restrietion to the whole of Italy, except Venitia, 1 Julian territory, which includes Trieste and Gorizia, to which por- 1 tion the present restrictions still apply. Pipe Band Contest in 1947 Next year the Domihion contest of the Highland Pipe Bands' Association of NeW Zealand Will be held in Wanganui. The contest this year Was held at Timaru, where a special general meeting of the association Was attended by delegates from more thaii 30 bands. It was stated that 70- pipe bands ,had been reg'isteted in New Zealand and had about 1140 bandsmen. The world tota'l is 1500 pipe bands and 22,500 bandsmen. Missing Boy Fottnd A six-yeat-old boy who was reported in a radio broadffast to be missing from his home in Palmerston North, was found on Monday eVening on the Wellington -Auckland express at Marton. When the train arrived shortly before 7 p.m., ; a passenger, who .had noticed the j unattended boy, hbtified Constable Paget, who recognised him from the descriptioh broadcast. The boy, who Was unconcerned about his position, was feturned to Palmerston North on the 7.28 p.m. train from Marton. Jtugby Union Merger "If amalgamation is decided on the season is too far advanced for it to take eftect this year," said the president (Mr. A. Gillespie) , in teferring to the mooted merger of the Horowhenua and Manawatu Rugby Unions, at the weekly meeting of the executive of the Horowhenua RUgby tlriion last evening. In a brief general discussion of the subjeCt it was pointed oiit that clubs of the distfict should hold general meetings and make a decision on amalgamation and thus be ready to repfesent their vieWs when the union called a general meeting of club delegates to reach a decision. No-License Areas The provision in the Electoral Amendment Aet, 1945, that every no-license district is to retain the same name and boundaries as before the passing of the Act, irrespective of changes in electoral boundaries, will involve a good deal moi'e work in the preparation of electoral rolls in and around the 11 no-license districts. As an iiiustration of what will happen, Brooklyn electorate now contaihs part of Wellington West iicensing district, part of Wellington South Iicensing district (both no-license areas) and part of Wellington Iicensing district (which was and remains a licensed area). An official of the Electoral Offlce stated on Friday that the roll for Brooklyn wottld indicate ag-ainst the name of each elector the iicensihg district in which he or she resided and voting papers would be allotted for the appropriate af ea.