LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 1 October 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Police Ruse Effective "HTalt or I shoot," shouted Police Sergeant G. Urquhart as he chased a suspect through the Auckland railway yards. The sergeant was unarmed but the ruse succeeded. The sequel was the appearance in the Police Court of Frederick Carl Wahrlich, tram conductor, married, charged with breaking and entering with intent to commit a crime. He pleaded not guilty and was committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Parliamentary Roles Grave doubts as to the desirability of retaining the clause in the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Bill which proposes the use of the Parliamentary rolls in compiling local body rolls, is expressed by Auckland Town and County clerks in a'letter to the Local Bills Committee which is considering the Bill today. The opinion is that the use of the Parliamentary rolls is entirely impracticable. War Memorial lo Doctors Plans to erect a memorial plaque to commemorate the names of doc- { tors who lost their lives in both world wars reached the final 1 stages at a meeting of the council j of the New Zealand branch of the ! British Medical Association. The j plaque will be erected in the | association's headquarters in Wel-- ! lington. This memorial will be • additional to the provision of funds 1 to assist dependants of those who ' lost their lives. New Waitangi Flag Mast From two kauri spars now seasoning under the historic Norfolk pine near the Treaty House, a new 100ft. flag mast-, claimed to be the j tallest in the Southern Hemisphere, ! is to be erected at the Bay of jlslands on -.the«- 'Spot - where >the j Treaty of Waitangi was signed in i 1840. The rapid deterioration of i the lower part of the existing mast ! has made replacement necessary | and the Waitangi Trust Board has ! aceepted anoffer by the Royal New | Zealand Navy to undertake the I work and to assume responsibility ; for subseqdent maintenance. Lorry Plunges Down Bank j A youthful triick driver lost his j lif e when a truck, in which he was ; the sole occupant, left the road and ! plunged down a steep bank on Mc- ; Artney's Hill, on the Collingwood ! to Takaka Road, on Saturday after-, j noon. He was Mr. Ivan P. Thomason, aged 18. His parents live at i Aorere. Mr. Thomason was cart7 I ing a load of sawn timber from the jBenara sawmill to . Takaka. Another driver of a vehicle ahead I noticed the truck had disappeared j and went back to investigate. He, ! found Mr. Thomason dead part; ! way down the hill, having appar- \ | ently been thrqwn out or having* jjumped. Hitch-Hiking Tour

a nitcn-nixmg tour or over 4UUU nliles was recently completed by [four New Zealand students who are [studying veterinary science at the | Sydney University uhder a scheme j flnanced by the New Zealand Government. They hitch-hiked from Sydney to Cairns and back during their vacation break of four weeks. They found that farmers and travellers who picked them up were more than willing to give them information about the various districts. At one place they were taken to a farm and shown how pineapples. were grown, while at another place they inspected a factory for processing ginger. This journey was not the first the quartet had undertaken. During other vacations they have hitchhiked to rnany other places in New South Wales, as well as visits to Melbourne and Brisbane. Weraroa Takes First Place The continued buoyancy of National Savings ihvestments is again Tefiected in the latest returns covering the twenty-sixth quota week ended last Saturday. The total for the Palmerston North district was £5087 12s ld, with the city cohtributing £1844 13s 7d. On a quota basis Weraroa's £100 10s took first place, while Ashhurst with £381 ls 2d was the second most successful town. Third place went to Pongaroa with £146 12s. Dannevirke was again well to the fore with the substantial total of £1629 5s, these figures being the highest of the country places. Both Ashhurst and Weraroa were successful during the wdek in completing the full annual quota, and these • successes bring the total to eleven towns in the .district which have already recorded similar successes. With the exception of Tokomaru all places were credited with a weekly quota success.