LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 23 July 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Compassionate Allowance The Government has decided to grant a compassionate allowance to the dependants of merchant seamen permanently domiciled in New Zealand on the outbreak of war and who lost their lives in the- seai'aring service during the war. This was annoimced on Saturday by the Minister of Defence (Mr. Jones). Uuilding- Permits Buikling permits ... continue to show considerable buoyancy. Durjing the month of June the Levin { Borough Council issu,ed five permits of a value of £7,880 for new private dw'ellings, and one of £200 for another new building. Seven permits were granted for additions and alterations to dwellings, their value being £1801. ' Bensity of Motor Cars According to statements made by officials of the Transport Department, at New Plymouth, the 300,000 motor vehicles/. in. New Zealand meant an average of about 5.6 persons to every caf,', Taranaki Jiad,. a density of motor' vehicles registrations greater than any other province in the Dominion, five persons per car being the average in that province. Gave Wonderful Showing The ffrst public appearance of the Levin Municipal Band on Sunday was referred to by the Mayor (Mr. H. B. Burdekin) at a meet1 ing . of the Levin Borough Council jlast evening. "The band made a : wonderful showing," said His Worship, "and it is something we can i be proud of that the members have iwelded themselves into such. a [ worth while combination in the jsliort space of three months." • Wide Use of Library I During the year ended March 31 ilast a total of 78,681 books were ,issued by the Levin Public Library, |said a report by the librarian (Mrs. j M. Whitaker) tabled at this | month's meeting of the Levin : Borough Council. It was made up jas'follows: Fiction 63,742, non- \ fiction '4290, . junior 4758 and CouniJfcr'y Library ;Strv|ce &89Jl.n The total JmembcrsJ^-:wa^'ipo^-'2Q5l|?inclu^-fftig" 230 'jtiniors, an mcre&|e of 332 ifor -the? year urider review>New "King's Flight" { Information received from the crew of the Lancastrian which brought home the Minister of Finance (Mr. Nash), states that the King's Flight of, transport aircraft ! is now being re-constituted'. The i old flight has been used lately for the carrying-out of missions involving "important personnel." It is also understood that the commanding officer of the new King's Flight is to be a New Zealander, Wing-Commander E. W. Tacon.

Inereased Abattoir Fees The fees at the Levin Abattoir for the month of June amounted to £899 13s 4d, as compared wirh £599 10s 4d for the corresponding month of last year, according to a report submitted to last evening's meeting of the Levin Borough Council by the manager (Mr. F. E. Larsen ) . The report sho w.ed that the killings for the month were as l'ollows, those for June, 1945, being given in parenthesis: Cattle 654 (835), sheep and lambs 3567 (3968), calves 116 (236) and pigs 347 (14). Commercial Gardeners Meet The annual general meeting of the Levin Commercial Gardeners' Association was held recently. Although it is only a small association, there was plenty of enthusiasm and indications were that membership would steadily increase, especially as more of the available land in Hutt Valley was being taken over for housing. Growers in that district had already moved to Levin, and it was felt that more would follow. The offlcers elected were as follows: — President: Mr. W. Copping; vicepresident: Mr. V. Pemberton; committee: Messrs R. Pemberton, J. Kells and V. Whiley; secretary: Mr. P. B. Nichol.

Arbor Day Observance Arbor Day will be observed at the Levin School to-morrow with a suitable function at 1.30 p.m. At its meeting last evening the Levin Borough Council received an invitation from the headmaster (Mr. H. F. McClune) for the -Mayor and councillors to be present. Accident With Horse While trying to break in a horse at Netherstones (Otago), Mr. T. H. Mann, married, aged 53 years, was pinned under a dray which capsized, and he received injuries which resulted in his death a few minutes later as he was being taken co hospital. All Year 7 O'Clock Sunrise Advocating a seven o'clock sunrise all the year round, a pamphlet by Mr. A. H. Larkman was received at a meeting of the Levin Borough Council last evening, but the proposal did not find favour. The Mayor (Mr. H. B. Burdekin) said it would involve putting docks forward or back a minute daily as the case might be according to tne time of year. There was one practical point of view- which ruled the proposal out, and that was the difficulty parents would have in getting young children to bed and asleep when it was daylight until 11 p.m., which would be one of the results. The council was not pr.epared to support the proposal. Of interest to dairy farmers will be the annual general meeting of ( the Levin Dairy Company, whichtakes place in the Century Hall tomorrow at 11 a.m. Though there is no election of directors this year, a number of topics of general interest will be discussed.