LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 4 June 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The King's Birthday Yesterday was observed as the King's Birthday, there being a general holiday. The King's oQicial birthdav-in the United Kingdom is observed on June 13. , Building Costs Saying he had been in practice in the city for 30 years, Mr. C. N. Hood, architect, told a Compensation Court sitting in Wanganui, that from 1933, a year of slump, to 1946, building costs had risen by 100 perj cent. This percentage was necessarily an assumption, but that assumption was based on records held and other material open to him. Welcome Tea Shipment The arrival of a substantial cargo of tea from India would be wel- ! comed by blenders, said an Auckj land tea merchant, but any noticeI able relief of the present shortage j would depend on further shipments in the near future. Apart from a ! small consignment which arrived i about three weeks ago this was the 1 first shipment of any quantity that j had been received for some time. ! Induction of Minister ! Members of the Levin Methodist Church will gather to-morrow night ! for the induction of their new minj ister, the Rev. H. S. Kings, who is | fflling the vacancy caused by the I departure of the Rev. G. R. Harris I to Hastings. The chairman of the ■] district, Rev. W. A. Burley, will pre- ! side, associated with Rev. J. D. Mcj Arthur and Rev. Ashleigh Petch. ' The induction service will be followed by a social. 1 Wallaby Pest I Replies to the board's question- ' naire indicated that the wallaby i pest had extended as far north as ! North Pareora River and south to j the Waiho Forks, said Mr. C. J. Kerr (pastoral liaison officer) in his ! report to the South Canterbury ! Catchment Board. He added that jrunholders agreed that the Catch- | ment Board and the Department of j Internal Affairs should take strong 1 measures to control the pest at II suitable times of .the year. Apart from eating the most palatable sheep feed, the wallabies fouled the ground and drove the sheep from ; the warm gullies, said Mr. Kerr.

, Maoris' Food Contribution j Maori growers will make a major contribution to the campaign for increased maize production whiclv is a part of the national food proI duction drive. In order to ensure ; sufficient grain for p'igs and poul- | ,ry, a target of 12,000 acres in maize has been set for the whole Dominion. Planting is not normally undertaken until October, but it is ex- , pected that Maori settlers in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas, : which have obtained high maize i yields in previous years, will grow | fully 1500 acres. ! Eighteen Years' Service At the Levin R.S.A.'s annual reunion on Saturday night Mr. W. 1 Bull was made the recipient of a beautiful inlaid wooden standing as'h tray." In presenting the gift, the president of the Levin R.S.A. (Mr. H. J. Lancaster) said that Mr. Bull had acted as honorary auditor j for approximately 18 years and now, as the branch had grown to such large proportions, it had been found necessary to employ a paid auditor. Mr. Bull was unable to confTnue with the work, apd had been forced to retire. Eollowing the popular I presentation Mr. Lancaster drew ati tention to the fact that the gift jhad been made by disabled servicemen in Wellington. j Tyre Priorities Commenting on the new tyre priority list, the president of the South Taranaki executive of Federated Farmers (Mr. E. W. McCullum) said it appeared that farmers were farther down the list than the importance of their industry, repeatedly stressed " by the Government, might have led them to expect. He noted the fact that tractors and agricultural implements were inciuded in priority 2, a little ahead of the union secretaries, but pointed out that there was no specific mention in that class of farm trucks, which he took to be included in the fourth priority under "primary producers." If that were the position, he said, then the position of the union secretaries, if that was what the ter'm "industrial and agricultural organisers" meant, seemed hard to understand — and harder _! still to justify.

The following additional donations to the O. and G. Campa.ign, the object of which is to assist the fund to provide an Obsetetr-ic Qha-i1" at the Auckland Hospital for i women are gratefully acknowliedged:

1 £ s a 'Previously acknowledged . .9 9 0 Arne Larsen 1 1 0 L. A. Humphrey 1 1 0 J. W. Holdstock 1 1 0 ^ ^ £12 12 0