LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 12 November 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Sale of Health St.amps Health sxamps amuunting to £98 have been sold at the Levin Post Office since the commencement oi the campaign, an improvement on saies for a similar period last year, which amounted to £52. The total for the whoie of the campaign last year was £135. Council of Sport Project Discussions which have been held for several weeks now with a view to forming a council of sport in Levin will be continued at a meetjing to be held in St. Mary's Hall tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, at ! which delegates from all the interested sports bodies will be present. R.S.A.'s Appreciation Appreciation has been expressed i to the public by the Levin Returned jServices' Association for the generj ous response to its Rose Day appeal ilast Friday, by which £60 17s was { raised. The association also extends j its sincere thanks to the ladies' , committee for the excellent work J done in selling the roses. I Three-Legged Kitten j One of three kittens born to a cat | belonging to an Awapuni resident, 1 arrived in the world with only three j legs. The kitten is perfectly formed in other respects, the resident stated, and there is a small stump where the fourth leg should have been. The birth took place a week ago, 'and the three-legged kitten is now getting around in good style, despite its handicap. ! New Zealand's Culture J "I have heard that New Zealand is greatly interested in art and culture — more so than Canada," said Mr. C. Turpin, who arrived at Auckland on the Pan American Airways clipper Lightfoot on Sat- | urday. Mr. Turpin, who has lived j on Vancouver Island for a number j of years, said that as an artist he | was very interested in what he had I heard of New Zealand, and parJ ticularly wanted to do some work {on the West Coast of the South : Island. He intended to remain in ;New Zealand, and was hoping for i his wife and family to join hjm i shortly. ' Young Boy Shot Ian Hamilton, aged 14, son of Mr. W. Hamilton, of Guppy's Road, Greenmeadows,, was shot aecidentally at the Taradale Rifle Range on Saturday morning. He was shot in jthe pelvis, and his condition on Saturday evening was reportedl to ibe very serious. The calibre of the rifle was .303. 'Hamilton was assisting the marker in the pit below the targets when the accident occurred. The boy climbed {from the pit while firing was in {progress, and was about to adjust a jtarget when he was struck by a i bullet. He staggered down the j bank into the pit and said that he j had been shot. j Where Tinned Salmon Goes i Throughout the war years practicaliy the whole of the output of Canada's salmon canning industry' had b'een used in providing food for the armed services, and since the cessation of hostilities it had been expor.ted to Britain, said the Canadian Assistant Trade Commissioner, Mr. M. ft. M- Dale, speaking to the Levin Rotary Club last evening. Very little had been seen on the Canadian civilian market, while it was completefy absent in those countries where it had been available in large quantities prewar. Mr. Dale said it was expected that in another twelv.e months nonnal exports would be resumed, and that salmon would then be available in. New .Zealand again, Radio for Power JBoard In his repojrt to the ManawatuOroua Power Board yesterday the engineer (Mr. T. Donald&on) stated that two radio transmitting and receiving sets, which had been manufactured for Arrny work, had been purchased from the War Assets Realjsation Bpard, with a view of experfmenting as to their adaptability for use between the board's "troublemen" on the road and the Bunnythorpe sub-station, The engineer added that tests had not been carried out pending authority from the p. and T. Departme.nt but that it was hoped that the sets would solve the diffb cultjes of .communication, which was quite a problem after country: telephone .exchanges had been ' closed. \