LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 11 June 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Greenstone Finds Ready Sale Tnere is a demand on the West jcoasi lor the first time in many j years, lor good quality greenstone, | and xt is rneeting with a ready saie, Isioncs wnich have iain u-ntouched ! mr many years being readiiy .nark^reu. Suiprise for Polie® Tne Napier ponce received a surpnse on ounday afternoon when lour boys waiked irito tfie station witn hands full of gelignite which | they said they had found. Inquiry irevealed that the Harbour Board's 1 explosive shed had been broken into and a large quantity of material Istolen durmg Sunday. On Monday Iparties oi' poiice retrieved quanti1 lies of the explosives scattered ' around the clirf area at the waterfront but a substantial amount is sun missing. lt is thought school children are possibly responsibie. Electora! Boundaries The final report of_the Electoral Representation Commission on the electoral boundaries for the Dominion's 76 European electorates, is not expected to be gazetted until next week. It was tnought about a week ago it might have been possxbie ro prociaim it this week but it was ascertained yesterday this would not be practicabie. The bonndarius, as dccermined in the commission's report, will have the force of law after they have been | proclaimed but will not come inta efieci until the expiry of the pres- 1 enx Parliament. Catallna Belayed The reiurn of the R.N.Z.A.F. Cataiina hyingboat which fiew from Auckland to dyd'ney last week to j uiing riome a number of New Zeaiand servicemen who have been stranded there, has been delayed | several days by bad weather. If | conditions are suitable for flying tne Cataiina will make the crossing to-day, arriving at Mechanics' Bay m the afternoon. The second Cataiina whicfi is to bring back the remainder of the men, will leave AUcKland on Wednesday and return .jii Friday. Greece's Lack of Nurses xteicrnng iqje poor sLandard of ^anitation in Groek huspiials, wnere reiuse irom intectious wards and laboratories may be allowed to uuuoiue witiii meo uuzzixig uvci it and chilaren piaying near, a member of a Corso medicai team licre writes: "But piease bear m xiimd that there are prooably more orainect nurses m i-ne Auckianu iluspital tnan there are m th^. wncie of Greece. i think the counvry can boasc of oniy 4u(J. it musv, je heartoreakmg lor the Gieek .mctors wneii uney reallse the tfc-..ic-nuuus task tn^t hes ahcaa oi aic.ni, a task whicn will take aii oi m years. we are oniy scraiciiing Jie surface." aong Delayed Re-fund i\ miiu ciiuck was received by an Auckland ousmessman wno tomt weeks ago obtained a money ordet xur a ia±ny large sum maue payaoie to himself at one oi New Zea.and's" isiand dependencies. The money k was for use as expensew whne visrcmg the isiand. However, Jie trip was eancefied a-nct on approacning the iocal postai authorities ior a refund fie was toia to sign special appiicaciOn forms whicn .wouid be sent to the isiand and returriea with the moneyorder advices to Auckland. Oniy then could he have his money back. As there is oniy a monthly steame'r to the isiand it may be many weeks oefore he gets his cash. CA Stupid Aot" "I'll treat this offence as that of a stupid act and' impose a fine of £3ys commented Mr. C. C. Marsaek, o.M., in the Magistrate's Cofirt at Palmerston North yesterday morning when Johfi Crawley Preston, sharemilker; married, aged 38,- of shannon, appeared befdre him on a charge of having stolen a pair of men's working trousers valued at L9s 3d, frOfn a ,d'rap6r's shop. .Preston pleaded guilty. Detective J. G. Long said Preston came into Palmerston North by car which he parked in front of the shop. A pair of trousers was hanging on a rack outside the store. Preston took the trousers, put them in his car and walked away. A passer-by informed the shop management and the trousers were reeovered. For defendant, Mr. A. A. Ongley said no explanation could be offered for his sudden actiqn. It was unaccountable. An appiication for suppression of. aame was refused._ . . . v . .. . s

j National Savings Although the figures for National t Savings investments last week were i not as hfgh as have been in evi-l ! denee' for some weeks past, " the i total, £4221 14s 2d, was sufficient io! ' ie^orrd a further dudta suecess on I behalf of the district. ' N ti Romance in War i The opinion that .school children should be tattg'ht less about the Wars of the Roses and more about what rfioddrn wkrfare meanli was i expres'sed by Sir^ Ernest Davis, speaking. at a meetihgfif the Auckland Prbvfncial Committee d'f the Joint Cottncii df the Order of St. Johil and the New Zealand Hed Crbss Society. "Old-time -warfare," he said, "had romance and glory — modefn Warfa-re has oniy the' starkest of horrors — and our children should be taiight that it is the mpst terr'ible .of all ■ thin'gs in life.. The shining star tfiat has bebn Ifeft is the valour of our fighting servicemen and women and the valdur of the people of Brifain. The romance has gone, but the glory of fheir valour remains for ever." , I