LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Building Permits During last month 20 building permits, representihg work to the value of £6,125, were issued by the Horowhenua County Council. Dog Registration So far this year 500 dogs have been registered by the Horowhenua County Council, according to a report by the ranger. Last month 28 head of wandering stock were dealt with. Oollision with Cow While travelling southwards on Thursday afternoon a car driven by Mr. G. Fergusson, of Upper Hutt, came into collision with a cow wandering on the main highway at Ohau. The beast was -not hurt,. but the car sustained damage to the radiator and lights. } Railway Points Frozen i A railcar travelling from Grey- ! mouth to Christchurch was delay- ! ed for more than an hour at Otira j because the points were frozen j and, later, a goods train was delayi ed for the same reason. There is I snow lying at Otira and it is ! between three and four inches deep. Bequest to Salvation Army The executors of the estate of the late William E. Rayner, Masterton, announce that, subject to certain life iriterests, the' sum of £'7000 har. been given to the Salvation Army for its work in Kew | Zealand. Further gifts include j £500 to Knox Presbyterian Chureh, j Masterton, and £250 to Heritage, vVairarapa.

j Steam Shot From Ruapehu j Mount Ruapehu again sprang ; into activity shortly before 7.30 j o'clock on Tuesday morning when 1 a column of steam shot several ■ thousand feet into the air. The | i vclcanic action, which was plainly ! visible from Ohakune, was of a ! | brief duration and 110 further sign i was observed during the rest of the ! day. i j The Harvest Means Life j "The corn was tall and green in 1 the fields as we drove home. To | you a field of corn is just a field of I corn, but here it is life itself," writes a CORSO relief worker in j Greece. "You don't realise how | much depends on having a good j harvest. Early in the spring one of our welfare officers was areeted

j in a village by an old woman who j said 'God has sent us rain for our j crops. He is good; He is our secon d UNRRA.' The best news that I we can send you later is that the harvest has been a good one." i Gladstone Road Acess Improvement of the access to j upper Gladstone Road wTas the J subject of a report made to yesterj day's monthly meeting of the Horowhenua County Council by its | works committee. Following an ■ inspection with the property owners the committee recommended that consideration be given to the .construction of a suitable culvert and spiliway at the first ford, and that repairs be effected to the concrete apron at the Wai-iti Stream ford and a suitable guard rail oe erected on the downstream side oi the ford. The renort was adonted

Mission Campaign Are we near the end of the world? When will Christ come again? Is the date fixed? What are the signs? Are they in theworld to-day? What saith the Word of God? This is the momentous subject with which Mr. C. C. Graham, of Wellington, will open his campaign in the Oxford Street Gospel Hall on Sunday evening at 7 p.m. This address, given in other parts of New Zealand during Mr. Graham's campaigns, has aroused deep interest, and it is anticipated that there will be a good attendance of those ipterested to hear what the Bible has to say. A warm invitation is extended to all interested, the address being preceded oy a song service at 6.45 p.m. The campaign will be continued on Tuesday evening at 7.30, when the subject will be "What Will Happen When Christ Returns?" Sucli of the cable news in this issue as is lieaded, has appeared in the London "Timos" and is sent to tliis paper by special permission. It should he understood that the opinions are not those of "The Tinies" nnless expressly stated to be so.