LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 15 July 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Cyelist Fatally Hurt Following a collision between a car and a cyclist in Gisborne 011 Friday evening Mr. Peter Joyce, aged 46, married, a barman, died'in Ihe Cook Hospital. He was sent to the hospital in a semi-conscious5 eondition suffering from head injuries. Large Sale in Cxisborne " A price of £14,700, which represented one of the largest property saies transactions in Gisborne for a number of years, was approved by the Land Saies Committee. It related to Lysners Buildings, in Peel Street. The boroUgh rating valuation was £16,735. Soil Research The Hamilton soil fertility research station is investigating reclamation of 'peat land in the -Wai- . kato. It was intended to try out a system which had been carried out with success in Germany and Holland of peat consolidated by the incorporation of layer sand, the intention being tio reclaim the land without drainage. Heating of Ships in Port "Heat and light. shall be provided by employers on ships in port until 11 p.m. each day, where ships are on articles." This is the decision of the special tribunal under Mr. Gilmour, S.M., which considered the seamen's claims for improved lighting and heating of coastal ships while in port. The tribunal was set up under the Strike and Lockout Emergency Regulations followingthe five-day hold-up of shipping in Wellington over the heating and lighting question.

Food in England Fooid in Engigihd is.discussed in a letter: 5writt>en. to a Jitiiehd iin Canterbury&by ah EnglisiiwlJnaitl.' V'Yqucan only tell the d'ifference b'etween brown and white bread by the size of the loaf," she writes. "The colour is exdctly the same; and • all the buns are brown, of course — what few there are. There were terrific queues outside the greengrocers' yesterday, when the first New Zealand Granny Smiths arrived and we got. half a pound on each ration boo'k. People here have not tasted an apple for months." West Coast Ports "What people must realise is that port work takes a long time. The fact that we are to report on the West Coast ports should not affect the coal position up here for years," said Mr. E. J. Buckton, British engineer, who with a colleague, Mr. A. J. Clark, has arrived to repoTt to the Government on the methods of improving the West Coast harboUTs. Mr. Buckton said they had data on the Westport, Greymouth and Port Elizabeth harbours sent them in England and already had a paper knowledge of conditions. Bei'ore an actual inspection, it was too early to make statements as to how they sould be improved. New Telephone EXchange Further to the instaliatioh of the new telephone eXchange in LeVih, His Worship the Mayor (Mr. H. B. Burdekin) has reCeiVed a letter Irom the Deputy Director-General 3f the P. and T. Depaftment (Mr. P. N. Cryer),. stating that one of a number of new manual exchanges nf the latest design, which have iust been received in New Zealand, nas been allocated to Levin, and :he installation work would be comnenced as soon as temporary aciommodation was available. An idministrative officer would visit Ijevin within the next few days to inalise the matter, and once acjommodation was available no ivoidable delay would OGCur in initalling* the equipment. ,