LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 2 August 1946, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Personal Advice has been received that: Dvr. N. Coley, who has been sta- i ; tioned at Burnham Camp, sailed j Iwith the J-Foree relief on Tues- 1 'day. J On Tuesday morning about twenty members of the Shannon branch of the Women 's Institute travelled to Koputaroa for tne institute rally. Mesdames R. Roberts, J. A. Eas- j !ton, Lester (Mangaore) and M. j jParr (Tokomaru) have retumed i J from Wellington after attending j jthe annual conference of the New • Zealand Women's»Institute. ! * ! Election Approaching i Coming events cast their i | shadow before them and there is | much local activity in compiling j lists with which to check the j 'electoral rolls; the latter should j ' come to hand from the printers j within the next few weeks. i : Special attention is being paid to ' those who have attained the age of j ;21 since last election, to ensure that I i their names are now on the roll.'i . Inter-School Sport Last Friday saw further activity . in inter-school sport. At Tokomaru i a combined football team, repre- i ; senting Tokomaru and Opiki I Schools, defeated a Levin School j team by 15 points to nil. In the | basketball section Levin C defeated ■ Tokomaru 19 — 5, Levin A defeated ! Opiki A 15 — 4, Opiki B defeated Tokomaru 6 — 4 and Levin A drew j . with Opiki A 3 ali. Telephone Extensions The necessary renovations and : alterations to the post and tele- ■ graph poles and lines are now being carried out in the borough in | prcparation for the installation of 1 several additional telephones, j ' which will be available for new j subscribers in the near future. The I staff of the Horownenua Power j Board is also busy in Shannon j i checking the users of electric water | heaters prior to installing the new i pilot line. i