LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 22 July 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Maori Baby's Death A Maori girl Veronica Wilson, seven months old, was burned to death in a pram at Te Ore Ore yes- | terday morning while the mother | was at a neighbour's place using | the telephone. The pram was in I front of a fire and caught alight. ! Search for Escapee i A Maori bearing a resemblance to ! the escaped prisoner, Paranihi 1 Dardanelles, was seen on the main ! road south of Levin early this ; morning by a transport driver. The Levin and Otaki police were called : out, but nothing was seen of Dar- ; aanelles if it was him. I Tomato Supplies j A break of only about a month between the end of the winter ' glasshouse tomato crop and the commencement of the spring crop : is expected in Auckland as exceptionally mild winter conditions extend the period of winter cropping and help the growth of young plants. ; Railway Gate Barriers That the railway gate barriers were necessary at Auckland and Wellington to enforce the reserve- ! seat system was mentioned in the House of Representatives by the | Minister of Railways (Mr. Semple) ; when replying to a question from Mr. F. Langstone, (Lab., Waimairino) . . ,,, . 1 Sunshine in July I There is at least one New Plymiouth resident who will need a lot of convincing that Taranaki's wini ter is severe. Taking advantage of ' last Monday's bright sunshine, he ; indulged in a little sun-bathing at : Ngamotu Beach and suffered sunstroke, for which he is receiving treatment. Other young men admit that they s'enjoyed 'good sun-bath-ing on the same day. South Island Quakes i Adviee from Mr. R. Hayes, direcI tor of the Dominion Observatory, ! states that the Kaimata (West Coast) seismograph recorded more shocks than any other station during the recent Coleridge earthquakes, the origin of which appar-erttly-was in the lower part of the Birdwood Range, north west of Lake Coleridge, at a depth of about . twenty miles. Most of the subsidiary shocks occurred beneath the Alps. ^ Music Festival More than 3000 entries have been . received for the music festival and • qo-mpetition-dio^ heLcan&utefepd by tqe 'Auckland Com^etitions c" Society •■ during the coming school." holidayk. Some competitors are travelling from Dunedin and Christchurch, .and a children's choir is coming :l'rom Napier. Twenty-two competi;tors have entcred for the aria contest, for which there is a prize of £75 to enable the Auckland winner to participate in the Australian -elimination contest at Ballarat and, if successful, in the finals in Melbourne in October. The fes- ■ tival will last for 13 days. j Junior Chamber's Tea ' At a largely attended buffet tea, held in the Oxford Tea Rooms on Thursday, the Levin Junior Chami ber of Commerce formed its various groups. The meeting was presided over by Mr. D. J. Sweetzer, and : among those present were five ■ members of the Wellington Junior I Chamber executive, one of whom, | Mr. T. Stacey, gave a short and : concise talk on the aims and ; objects of the movement. The 'groups formed were as follows: — : Civic affairs, public speaking, membership, rehabilitation, entertainIment and publicity. A Young Far- ; mers' group has yet to be organ- | ised. ! Interpretation of Ordinary Pay | The Prime Minister was waited 'on on Saturday by a deputation flrepresenting the New Zealand iFederation of Bakers and Pastry}cook&. The deputation expressed concem at repercussions they con'sidered would follow the recent ; decision of the Court of Appeal regarding the interpretation and definition of ordinary pay in accordance with the Annual Holidays Act. Mr. Fraser informed the deputation the matter would be fully inquired into by the Labour I Department which would report to the Minister of Labour. If neces- . sary the Stabilisation Commission would also consider the problem and report to the Government.

Faulty Cai* Lights One hundred and sixty-seven out of the 290 ears checked in the North Island last week-end were t'ound to have faulty lights, according to a statement made by the Commissioned of Transport (Mr. G. L. Laurenson) at New Plymouth. All of these had faults bad enough to warrant the issue of tickets for trafSc offences. The danger of faulty lighting, he said, was indicated by the fact that out of 18 fatal road accidents in New Zealand last month 14 wei'e during the hours of darkness.