LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 21 October 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

ISteamer Delayed As the result of being a flreman short the W eiiington-N'elson steamero Matangi was unable to ieave Wellington on Saturday night. Eftorts were made to secure a replacement on Saturday but were not successful. Today, with the assistance of a representative oi the Seamen's Union, the company secured another fireman and the Matangi sailed at 7.30 p.m. last night. The hold-un will not interl'ere with future sailings from Wellington. Saved From Drowning Three youths whose 14ft. yacht capsized in Auckland Harbour yes-, terday morning, were saved from drowning by the launch of the coastguard service. Caught in a squaii, the boat overturned in rough water near Pt. Chevalier reef and the occupants were throWn into the water. Clinging to the bottom of their upturned craft and suffering from cold and the effects of immersion, they were rescued an hour and a half later after a resident of Herne Bay had telephoned the coastguards for" assistance. Production Lagging Conditions are still wintry and unless more springlike weather prevails in the near future production, which is still lagging behind' normal, will fall still further, which will be serious not only for the individual farmer, but - for those people overseas who need every pound of produce, which can be sent to them, reports the Manawatu otandard's Opiki correspondent. Potatoes and onions are still being planted; some early onion crops are already being weeded, but growers report very . unsatisfactory conditions. Wai* Memorials Records which have been collected by the Internal Affairs Department showed that in some 68 towns where public discussion had taken place concerning war memorials iheir nature differed considerably. The following is a schedule of the «ypes suggested: Public baths 3, community centres 18, memorial nalls 20, hall of memory 1, hospital 1, youth hostel 1, Maori meeting house 3, monuments 2, memorial offices 3, parks 5, Plunket rooms 4, rest rooms 4, R.S.A. rooms 7, sports grounds and buildings 5, town halls 2. _ WXISK. Aritons First Untii the return of several thousand New Zealanders in the United Kingdom awaiting passage home, anct until provision is maae for -the mmigration of British subjects who A'lsn to come to the Dommion, the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, considers it wouid be difficult to bring to New Zealand any of the 100, OuO Polish nationals in Great Britain. A letter to this cnect has oeen received by the Mayor of Stratford, Mr. P. Tnomson, in reply to a suggestion made oy him to Mr. Fraser, that Poies who wished to settle in Great Britain, but with whom British xarm workers and miners had refused to work, should be brought to New Zealand. Tapu Lifted Three months' tapu on ances'tral Maori fishing grounds along a 15 mile stretch of the East Coast, be-, .ween the northern extremity of uhe Bay of Islands to Flat Rock, at Jie southern extremity of Whangaroa Heads, will be lifted on Novjmber 1. The tapu was imposed by oie insistence of the old women Ox the coastal hapus upon the exercise jf an inalienable right. It was placed on the arjea as a result of unsuccessful searches for the body jf a Maori fishbrman who was drowned off Matauri Bay early in August. The ta^u has been scrupulously observed by Maori ana ~>akeha, though it meant the denial of fish whiph formed the staple item of diet. The expressed int'ention of some pakeha to ignore the. tanu was frustrated by the Marine Department prohibiting fishing for the period. . Levin groWs * and progresses with the times. Visitors will now be able to find their way more easily to th'eir destinations locally as a result of numberihg of houses. Tliose who have read the neWs will have numbered the days to the great Victory fair in the Century Hall tomorrow, Tuesday. ThiS opportunIty of securing barghin's in Christmas gifts should not be missed. The fair opens at '2 p.m.