LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 27 May 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Cargo from India With the despatch of the Empire Dynasty from Colombo and Cali cutta with a cargo for Auckland | whefe the vessel is expected on iJune 1, the Eastern and Australian iLine is beginning a post-war ser- ; vice.» The Empire Dynasty will be j the first vessel of the company to | come to New Zealand. I Music in Schools j The Minister of Education (Mr. iMason) has informed Mr. Gladi stone Hill, of Wellington, that j although many difficulties, chiefly ! through lack of staff, prevent the : Education Department at present ; taking part in any further music in schools activity, it is hoped before very long to be able' to appoint a supervisor of school : music. 1 Goif From a Trefe | A competitor in the North Auck- ! land championship golf tournament on the Mount Denby links, Whan- • garei, played two shots from a tree. Driving from the fifth tee in the first qualifying round, J. Clark, of Whangarei, put his ball on a branch of oue of the trees near the fairway. He played his next stroke i from the tree, but the ball lodged on , a lower branch, and he had to rnake j a further shot to return the ball to j the fairway. . J i Ex-Servicemen and CoUrtesy I Unexpected courtesy and help- J fulness displayed by ex-service- ( men in trade and business after the ofi-hand manners- of the war yeafs1 ' is the spbject' of comment in .a | drapery publication. "The same thing has been noticed in many | : walks of life besides men's wear I salesmanship," states the writer. j i "Bus conductors are one obvious ; example, the ex-serviceman snow- j ing a tolerance, good humour and competence which is as heartening j ; as a tonic to a public that has be- | . come used to being generally shoved about and shouted at." • , Theft of Tyres 1 A victim of a daring and par1 ticularly mean theft is Mr. Eric N. Jury, of Omata, a farmer, who lost all the tyres of his light farm truck on Thursday evening. The vehicle disappeared from where it was parked in Gaine Street, New Plymouth, and was later found in J ! Omata Road, resting on two wheels : ; and a jack. There had been ftve , good tyres on the truck. which is I of the type which has detachable j | steei rims. The thieves niade a^ ! clean sweep, taking tyres, tubes and j rims. Complete replacements, if ; available, which is unlikely in the | | pi-esent circumstances, will cost about £50. N.Z.E.S.A. President Re-elected. I Mr. B. J. Jacobs, of Palmerston North, will hold the reins of office : at the head of the New Zealahd Returned Services' Association foi ; a further term of 12 months | Although it was his wish that he : should withdraw from the office oi ; Dorninion President this year, Mr. •| Jacobs-was persuaded to consent to j his nomination again, and his was ! Ihe only nomination received by j Dorninion headquartefs. "I was ! hoping that one ffom the ranks of ' the younger' membets would come. i for ward this year," Mr. Jacobs said i last evening. "We all want to see the' young men take their place at the head of the show, but apparently they are not quite ready yet." Amrminition Explosions The destfUCtion of munition dumps on Kelms Road, bef.ween | Ngaruawahia and Taupiri, during i last week, caused damage to Win- ! dows in Ngaruawahia and ~ afiected ! the nerves. of residents. tThe ffiat- | ter was referred to at a rfieeting of i the Ngaruawahia Borough Coiihcil, when the Mayor, Mr. H. D. Sampson, explained that the officer in charge had informed him that the work had become necessary owing to the leakage of nitfoglycerine and to the danger Of pTemature explosions, The ekplosives, which consisted of anti-tank ammunition, could not be trahSported with safety. It Was ihtended to destroy the munitions in another dump at Hopuhopu and some seven months would be Occtb pied in the work. To "reduce the j charges would occupy more time ' and to make them half-hoiirly I instead of at hourly iiitervals WOitld more severely affect peoplers( nerves. It was decided to leave the'matter in the hands of the Mayor to make the best aLTangeinent possible.