LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 15 June 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Biiilding Permits Twenty building permits of a value of £13,819 were issued by the Horowhenua County Council during the month of May. Outbreak of Fire The fire siren sounded about 9 a.m. this morning, an outbreak having been discovered in the boiler house at Wistaria Lodge. By the time the brigade arrived it had been suppressed, with negligible resultant damage. College Football The annual rugby fixture between the flrst and second fifteens of Horowhenua Collfege and Rongotai Boys' College will be played al Levin on Tuesday next, on the Levin Domain if the weather is not wet beforehand, or otherwise on the ! college ground. The second fifteens I meet at 1.15 p.m. and the first fifj teens at 2.15 p.m. i Deer With Double Hoof A party of deerstalkers shot a ' deer with a double hoof at Rau- | punga, Hawke's Bay, recently. The , double hoof was on one of tiie front ! legs and was from the joint down. Tlie actual second hoof was about an inch and a-half shorter than the proper one, but was perfectly formed and separate from the main hoof.

Late Correspondehce At a meeting of the Horov/henua County Council in Levin yesterday, the chairman (Mr. G. A. Monkj complained of the increasing tendency of persons to hand in correspondence at the last minute before meetings. In future correspondence , not handed in at least twenty-four hours before the meeting of the council would be deferred until it could be given proper consideration. '3 Foree Arrives The Empire Pride which carried New Zealand personal to relieve members of the New Zealand Occupation Force at present serving in Japan, arrived at Kure on Wednes.- • day, stated the Minister of Defence, } Hon. F. Jones, last nig'ht. The I voyage was without event and I u-oops were in good heart. Tne jship berthed on Thursday and the j troops moved to their stations J yesterday. ! Drum CauSes Accident I An unusual accident occurred on New Zealand personnel to relieve i 44-gallon drum of oil rolled from j the back of a truck and was struck by a following motor-car. The drum rolled under the car chasis and- the , vehicle, with a load of five passengers, swung across the road out of control and missed an oncoming heavy truck by inches. Still rolling on the drum, the car left the road, and ran into the grass, where it came to rest. The passengers were badly frightened, but unhurt. The car was slightly damaged. Grant Deferrfed Ulitil A request by the Levin Aero Club for a definite declsion as to the grant of £100 anhually asked for by the club was received at a meeting of the Horowhenua Cbunty CoiinCil yesterday. The club stated that until the d'ecision was forthcoming, it could not enter into final affahgements with the occupiers of the properties coneerned in the taking over of the aerodrome. The cotincil dgreed unaftimously that the grant cOUld not be made until the required information as to the terms with the occupiers was supplied by thc cltib. Mount Ruapehu Again Residents in localities around the base of Mt. RUapehu have sefeh little of the Volcano in the past few weeks, but they have noted many signs of activity. Ohakune, eight miles from the mountain in a direct line, has reported having heard several explosions. There has been a strong smell of sulphur and clothing left out of doors overnight has been covered with sulphur dust. On occasions .when Ruapehu has been visibie from vantage points around Wangahfii steam or smoke have been noticeable above the crater and it is now thought that the volcano has been smoking more or less steadiiy through the past two months. There have been few ascents of Ruapehu recently so that there has beeh little observation of any more changes ' within the { crater.