LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rose Day Nets Over £60 The Levin branch of the Returned Services' Association benefited by the sum of £60 17s as a result of the Rose Day appeal yesterday. Tomorrow will be observed as a day of remembrance for those who lost their lives in both world wars, and appropriate services will be held ih all churches throughout the Dominion. Boy Drowned As the result of falling into the water from the wharf near the boating club sheds at Paremata yesterday, a young boy was drowned. He was Bobbie Francis, aged 6, only child of Mrs. Francis, of Paraparaumu. The boy apoarently had been fishing from the wharf unknown to his mother, when he fell into the water. Dl\ W. K. Bryson, of Plimmerton, applied artificml respiration for nearly two hours with- ' out result. ! National Orchestra Fifty-nine members of the National Orchestra, who have been rehearsing dUring the past fortnight under the baton of Mr. Anderson Tyrer, will disperse at the end of the week into groups to which they have been allotted. There will be a small symphony orchestra at Wellington, a salon orchestra at Auckland and string groups at Christchurch and Dunedin All will work at times as a whole and it is fexpected there will be a season in each centie yvfiejn , they assemble for concerts. Woinen's Sacrifices "One matter that will figure prominently in discussions at the biennial conference of the Plunket Society in Wellington this month, will be the question of deliveries of household supplies which is of burning interest to all women," said the Dominion President (Mrs. James Begg) at Auckland. "It is a matter of concern to the Society and its professional advisers that the war sacrifices which women have hitherto cheerfully borne, are Still being demanded of them to the detriment of their health and strengthj" said Mrs. Begg. Fare Coricessions Holding that the matter was largely of domestic concern, the annual conference of the Public Passenger Transport Association of New Zealand, which has concluded at New Plymouth, decided that individual authorities could^ best judge for thernselv'es the appropriate date on which fare Cdncessions for servicemen in uniform should be withdrawn. The concessions were granted during war and for a period after it. It was given as the opinion of the conference, however, that no serviceman should be at any disadvantage because of his late return to New Zealand. Race to Save Baby Fails Although every eftort, including a speciai fiieht to Auckland for a dehcate operation, was made to save her, the baby born in the Hawera maternity annexe on November 1 and later discovered to have a serious obstruction, died in a private- hospital in Auckland. She was Sylvia Dorothy Low, infant daugther of Mr. and Mrs. F. Low, of Hawera. After examination ih Wanganui where the child was at first taken, it was decided that the skill of a specialist was required and the child was hurriedly flown to Auckland in the Hgwera Aero Club's cabin aircraft on Wednesday. An operation was performed that night but the child died the "following day. Moreton Bay Mqnday The Moreton Bay, with 46 Service personnel and 69 Service -dependants, includine- 27 wivbs, 28 fiancees and 14 children, will arrive ih Wellington on Monday evenihg and will berth at approximately 6 o'clock. Oiiiy Main Trunk, Wellington and South Island personnel will disembark that evening, the remainder leaving the next day. The Main Trilnk pfersonhel will leave Wellington On the Limited at 7.15 p.m. and th,e South ISlahders, other than those for Nelson, on the Rangatira at 7.30 p.rn. iTie Hawke's feay and Gisborne hibmbers will leave by railcar at 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday, those for Taranaki on the New Plymouth express at 10.15 a.rm, and those for the Wairarapa by railcar at S.5d ttim.j and thoSe for Nelson by the ferry stfeamer dt 7.30 p.m. oh Tuesday.