LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 24 June 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Incident at Waipa Races In the Orakau Hurdles at Waipa on Saturday all the jockeys were fined £5 each for lowering the first hurdle. The hurdle was set back to its correct height before the race started. A. and P. Association Ofificials , Nominations for the 1.946-47 officers of the Horowhenua A. and1 i P. Association. close with the secrej tary (Mr. J. E. Fullerton) at 5 p.m. j to-morrow. The annual meeting of ! members takes place in the Odd- ! fellows' Hall on Friday, July 5, at 8 | p.m. Elderly Man Killed An elderly man was killed when he was knocked down by a motorcar on the Mount Wellington highway, Auckland. He was John Rob- : j ert Haggie, aged 73, of Christ- : church. Mr. Haggie, who had come ' from the South Island only i i recently, was killed instantly. j. ! Child's Body Found i The body of a male child wrapped j in a towel, a nightdress and brown paper, and tied with a string was found on the Waimataitai Beach, near Timaru, on Saturday afternoon. At the inquest to-day a postmorfcem was ordered and the inquiry adjourned sine die. The j police are ' conducting inquiries, | Testing Drivers Over 70 ! Each year all applieants for the ; renewal of driving licenses ' who are 70 years of age oiuover must under- i i go a special test. ,A number have 1 already been "put through their i paces" in Levin and a further 34 are being tested to-day by two ; trafflc officers. Traffic Inspector M. ; Kehoe told a "Chronicle" representative this morning that the stand- ' ! ard of driving thusfar was quite j j good. | Strawberry Plant Shortage Shortage of strawberry plants as 1 ! a result of the drought which restricted development of runners, ! i is limiting planting operations in i ! the Auckland district, and it is : | estimated that the area under crop j this year will be down by at least a quarter, states the Auckland Star. j j This means that the strawberry j ! gardens wiil be reduced to around | I 75 acres. Shortage of Maori labour | ! is also causing difficulty. The j j planting season is from early May to early July, and conditions are 1 reported to be unusually favourable. , Gardens extend to Huapai and Tor- j bay on the west and north to Man- j urewa in the south.

Gisborne Calls for Ship Following a representative meeting of the Gisborne Chamber of Commerce, merchants, bakers, shipping interests and the Department of Agriculture, a message was sent to the Shipping Controller suggesting that ■ in view of tlie urgency of fodder requirements of the districts and the arrears of other mercandise the only way was to send a special ship to Gisborne. Tt was agreed that the following were necessary in equal priority with fodder for the next four weeks: Flour, bran and pollard, 800 1 lons; fodder, 500 tons; seed potatoes, 200 tcns; table potatoes, 600 ; tons; general mercandise, 250 tons. "Well, come now," said counsel persuasively, to a defendant in a southern civil case, when the man pleaded inability to pay £2 per month to plaintiff. "Don't you think ycu could reduce your living expenses a bit? There's tobacco, now. Isn't three shillings a weejk rather too much for you to be spending on that?" "Depends on the tobacco," replied defendant. "There are some brands I wouldn't give three bob a cartload for. But I don't smoke 'em. See?" "What brands do you smoke?" enquired counsel. "New Zealand toasted Cavendish, if you want to know. No nicotine in it. The toasting takes it out. That's why. My pipe is my only pleasure, and I can't do with less than three bobs worth a week. See?" Counsel didn't press, the point. Doubtless he smokes himself. New Zealand toasted tobacco is certainly seductive. It's true that it contains no nicotine to speak of. And such a flavour and aroma! There are five brands: Riverhead Gold, Desert Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish, and Qut Pliig No 10; also tailormades. All toasted, and no sore throat, no cough! I