LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 24 July 1946, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL

■' Personal ; Miss Joy Birch left on Monday to 'spend a holiday in Christchurch. Mrs. L. Delzell, of Palmerston North, is spending a few days m .Shannon visiting relatives and .looking up old friends. The friends of Mr. J. Hennessey 'will regret to learn that he is conftned to his bed on acpount of dalness. i Flag 500 Winners There was anoiher iarge gauhcr•ing at Laurvig's Hall on Tuesday evening for the flag 500 conducted by the women's section of the R.S.A. Prize winners were Mesdames R. Roberts and E. Thorne and Messrs. R. Sands and R. Buckman. J-Force Personnel Arrive A large' crowd gaihere'd at the Shannon railway station yesterday afternoon to welcome homc returning servicemen who have just completed duty with the New .'Zealand occupation forces in ■Japan. Those who arrived were L/Cpl. M. B. Moynihan, Pte. N. R. Southee, Pte. A. S. Tremewan and Pte. R. R. Veale. Firemen at Snooker On Saturday evening a number ;of brigadesmen of the Shannon Fire Brigade visited Otaki to play j a snooker tournament. The local boys were successful in winning . four of the six games played. Thei results are as follows, Shannon i players being mentioned first: — ; C. Wishart defeated F. Edmotids' 46 — 33, W. Clough defeated F. Boggs 54—48, F. Clough defeated W. ^Wright 44—39, D. Richards ! defeated C. Pilson 54 — 31, K. ! Clough lost to R. Edmonds 61—40 and W. Harding lost to J. Snowden : 45 — 42. The total points were i Shannon 280 and Otaki 260. After a most enjoyable supper thc captain of the Otaki team congratulatcd the visitors on thcir victory and thanked them for coming along. In reply, Mr. C. Wishart, : superintendenT of the Shannon : Brigade, expressed thanks on behalf of the Shannon team, for a most enjoyable evening.