LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 5 November 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Candidate Withdraws Mr. T. P. Hackett, who had | announced that he would stand* as an Independent Labour candidate for Invercargill ■ at the General Election, has decided to withdraw. His reason is that he thinks there would be very little support for a third candidate. The Winterless North For 24 hours to 8 o'clock yesterday morning 2.44 inches of rain were recorded at Whangarei. This brought the total for the year to 85.02 inches which is the greatest since statistics were first taken 33 years ago, and there are still two months of the year to go. Attempted Murder Charge Cyril Walter Goodman, 33, bricklayer, Dannevirke, appeared in the Dannevirke Magistrate's Court yes- | terday charged with the attempted | murder of Mrs. Kathleen Lucy ! Christiansen at Dannevirke on lOctober 12 last. He was remanded j to appear at Dannevirke on Nov- ! ember 18. I ! Fight for Murphy The Hutt Valley Boxing Association announces that Bos Murphy has signed articles to meet the American Negro, Willie Jones, in an open-air bout„ November 30 has been tentatively fixed as the date for the matclijjV' Jones is at present making arrangements to leave Austialia for New Zealand. The actual date of the ma'tch will depend on how early he can proicure the necessary transport. | War Medal Designs The Internal Affairs Department ! has received six entries in the £500 jcompetition for a design for the j reverse of the 1.939-45 war medal. ! The competit'ion closes at the iRoyal Mint on December 31. The ! Under-Secretary, Mr. J. W. Heenjan, said that some entries had Iprobably been sent direct there. 'The Department received about 60 ! applications for conditions, one of j which was that the entries had to jbe modelled in plaster.

Watersiders Work Overtime For the first time since Ootober 14 Auckland waterside workers accepted overtime last night at Chelsea. The subject was discussed i at a brief special stopwork meeting ! of the union. in. the morning. when j members decided to return to night Ishift. Dehiahds * for improved. I change room facilities, now being jmet by the Colonial Sugar Refining |Co. were the original cause of the 1 dispute. The British steamer Stanicleeve has been discharging sugar | from Lautoka at Chelsea since | October 18. Overtime work is expected to improve the unloading figures to enable her to" finish esrly next week. The steamer will then load for London.