LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 2 November 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

j Borstal Labour In view of the desperate shortj age of man-power, the Building : Endustry of Southland is suggesting ! to th'e Prisons Department that youths from the Borstal Institution tae assigned to work at the brickworks at Waikiwi. There was no other labour) available, it was stated, and if six such youths could be assigned to this work .it would I help to alleviate the shortage of I bricks in Southland. ; Mr. Holland's Hero "I'm still young enough to have a ! hero and I'm proud to haye chosen | Churchill as mine. He is a great I man," said the Leader of the J National Party, Mr. S. G. Holland, ! when speaking in Leyin yesterday. j "When I first met Churchill, it was ! at a gathering in his. private resij dence. He came into the room and : looked across at me and said: 'Hulloa Mr.. Holland. I haven't seen ; you for a long time.' As a matter of fact he'd never seen me before in his life." | October Rainfall 1 The total rainfall in Leyin during October was 4.52 inches, compared with 5.6,5 inches for the same ; period last year. Rain "fell on 16 | days and two; slight frosts .were i experienced on the mornings of | October 7 and 22. The rainfall for Ithe first 10 months of this year j ending October 31 was 40.61 inches, j much less tha.n for the same 10 months in 1945 when it was 45.1 inches. Levin, except for a few spasms of typical seasonal weather seems to have missed a winter of any severity. Grasshopper Menace in Australia ! The grasshopper menace is I becoming moih serious in three States of Australia (says a cable message) . In south-west New South Wales the Department of Agriculture is setting up stations to com- . bat the flying swarms. In Victoria ■poison spray from R.A.A.F. planes has failed to check the grasshoppers which are eating into the rich vegetable and wheat areas. South Australian residents in the Quorn area are using smokescreens ' to keep the pesis away from the [ houses. Some householders have I found difficulty in opening their doors due to millions of ins'eccs clustered to a depth of four inches on the verandahs. > N Moral Obligation "Some peopie" have, erroneou& ideas; they think because a doctar drives a motor-car he need not be paid, but a doctor) cannot live on a'ir anymore than can anyone else." This observation was made by His Honour Mr. Justice Cornish in granting a discharge in bankruptcy at the session of the Supreme Court at Palmerston North. It was stated by counsel that bankrupt had filed nine years ago. There remained only the sum of £60 between bankrupt and his dischaifee, and bankrupt, a'returned soldier, had his gratuity. "I think the doctor who did not actually make any claim really should be paid," His Honour remarked to counsel for bankrupt.