LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 15 November 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

- Upnennost in Mind "Rubbish!" yelled one interjector repeatedly at Mr. Mansford during an address in Palmerston North after Mr. Mansford had replied to one of his questions. "I have often noticed that at times like these, ! people are aiways sure to say whai I is uppermost in their minds," j retorted" Mr. Mansford — with com- | plete suecess. I Whangarei Jubilee I During next week Whangarei will icelebrate thex 50th anniversary of i its elevation x to the status of a foorough. The town is one of the oldest settlements in New Zealand, j having been first established in j 1839. It was evacuated in 1845, during the Maori wars in the north, i but was soon re-established and j .ince then has rapidly 'developed. • Valuable Picture Located A picture believea oo oe a Romney worth about £25,000 sterling, ; was discovered by workmen sent from London to Windemere in the Lake district to clean some "dirty looking pictures." It is thought to ■ be a life^size portrait of Lady Hamilton. It hung for generations at the bottom of a staircase in an j hotel. Romney was born in 1734 ■ and died in 1802. Won £5000 Two residents of the Pahiatua district, Messrs. J. Corkill (Makomako) and C.j Jones (Pahiatua), 1 have been advfsed by letter that I they were the fortunate owners of j i ticket in an Australian consultaI tion which won a prize of £5000. I r5rior to the official notification i there had been some speculation as j io the oWners of the ticket when i the unofficial announcement was made, as four ■ tickets had been ! purchased by Makomako residents. j Man's Body Eound . The body of a labourer, Stanley ; Frederick Gay, aged 56, married, | was found yesterday on the Hutt I Road near the overbridge at the jtmd of Aotea Quay. The dead man ; was lying on his back, partiy | across the centre island of the roacl. I There was no indication that he jhad been involved in an accident inor did there appear to be a sugi gestion of foul play. Gay had i recently been a patient in Hutt : hospitak and was living at the | national service camp at Petone. Heritage Movement ; An appeal to servicemen to bring : to the notice of the Heritage move- : ment any cases of hardship among 1 .he widows of servicemen wlio had '.ost their lives during the war, was i made by Mr. H. B. Burdekin at the 1 quarterly meeting of the Levin branch of the Returned Services' ' Association on, Wednesaay night. ! Mr. Burdekin said it was often very ; difficult for the movement to get ! information obout deserving cases, jand it would appreciate the assist- ! ance of servicemen in this regard. ! Red Cross Meeting ! The monthly meeting of the [Levin Red Cross Society was held j recently, Miss H. E. Bowen presid- ! ing. Matters in connection with j fhe afternoon tea and plant and i produce stall at the Levin Hortij cultural Society's show were dealt ! with and the various workers jappointed. The president of the sewing guild reported dispatching : :hree . parcels overseas to Lady iDuff's list and three to other } addresses. All members were [ "equested to assist with the corltrij butions. Afternoon tea and produce ! plants and flowers for the stall will ! also be greatly appreciated. i i Shortage of Shipping i Lack of shipping ls said by leadi ing stock and station agents to be . blocking what may prove to be the most promising development !in stud stock export iii the history of the Dominion. That there is a keen demand overseas for pedigree animals from this country is indicated by cables just received from Buenos Aires, stating that the re'cord price fOr New Zealand sheep in South America has been paid for a New Zealand Romney rain, which brought £1700. Two other Romneys ibrought prices nearly as high, and jthe first seven of the consignment", .which consisted of Romneys, ! Corriedales, and Lincolns, averaged £1200. A further no'table development in the stud stock market is the inquiry from Chiha for cattle lof good quality.