LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 24 October 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Band to Play Out The Levin Municipal Band is conducting a combined street collection and ' shop stall tomorrow and in the evening to show its appr-eciation of the public's response to . the appeal, will render a programme in Oxford Street, commencing at 7 p.m. Post Office Hours On Labour Day, October 28, the money order and savings bank branches at the Levin Post Office, and the telegraph branch, will be closed to the public all day. No mails will be received or despatched and no deliveries of correspondence will be made. The telephone exchange and public call offices will be, open as usual. Holiday Meat and Bread Enquiries made in Levin today revealed that no bread will be baked during Labour weekend. From Friday night till Tuesday morning Levin will be wit'houtJresh bread. Only one firm indicated that it would be making deliveries on Saturday, and this would be only to country customers. No butchers' shops will be .open, nor will deliveries be made during the period. Trampers' Outings Members of the Levin- Waipehu Tramping Club, at their monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, decid ■ ed to devote tlie Labour Day weekend to work on the reopening of the Waiopehu track, the opinion being expressed that by this means the job could be completed. Some members will spend the entire weekend tfh the track, while cars will leave the post office at 7.-30 a.m. on the Sunday and Monday for day trips. The club's monthly outing will be held on November 10 to Spion Kop, cars leaving the post office at 7.30 a.m. Clothing for Britain The packers of the Levin branch of the Lady Galway Guild have been very busy recently. Eight large cartons containing nearly 800 garments were packed and forwarded for shipment to England. This wa s a very fine -consignment of clothing and beautiful knitted garments, including sets with pleated skirt's to match for girls and outstanding twin sets. The

hand worked garments were especially worthy of merition. The guild again thanks its helpers and donors of money. On sale at the guild's rooms arp tins suitable fo£ sending biscuits, fats, etc., overseas, ^.nd'also several small articles. Rotary Has Farmers' Day The Levin Rotary Club's luncheon this week took the form of a farmer's day. Each member had brought a farmer friend as a guest, and over fifty sat down to lunch. The visitors were warmly welcomed by the club's president Rotarian E. R. Winkler. The chief topic of interest was a talk on the ryegrass family by Mr. E. Bruce Levy, of the Department of Agriculture. He was- listened to attentively throughout and at the conclusion answered a number of questions on the problems which farmers had enGountered, for which he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The function was very much enjoyed by -both the Rotarians and -their guests. Health Stamps There was a keen demand for the 1946 health stamps, which were on sale at the Levin Post Office this morning. The first day covers, which have been available all this week, have also been keenly. sought by local philatelists, and this morning all supplies had been sold out. The stamps, which are double the norma! size, are of l£d and 3d denominations. They are alike in design, the only differenee being that the predominant colour nf the l£d stamp is green and the 3d stamp brown. They portray a New Zealand soldier assisting a child over a stile and into the sunshine beyond, signifying, as the . Governor General yesterday so ably described it, the desire to assist those born during the war years to forget the anxiety of that period, and equip them spiritually, mentally and physically to become good citizens. An appeal is made to the public to assist the health camps by purchasing these stamps. For every 3d stamp sold ld goes to this cause and Jd in the case of the l£d stamps.