LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 18 November 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

I ! Lumber Cargo j The steamer Waitemata, a former maintenance ship, has been converted to a passenger-freighter for 1 the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zeaiand, has completed her itrials and has begun loading lumI ber at Vancouver. The vessel is due to sail for Wellington on December 4. Reports Claimed Exaggerated I The opinion was expressed by Mr. P. H. Payne at the monthly meeting of the Hawke's Bay executive of Federated Farmers..of New Zeaiand, held in Waipukurau, that reports concerning the ravages of the redlegged earth mite in the Bay View district had been exaggerated. He i said that to talk of a loss of £65,000 this year in market gardens was ridiculous. Mr. Payne's view was opposed by other speakers at the meeting.

Big Prizes A syndicate at Kamo has won £12,500 in an overseas lottery. The winners are Mr. R. Whitelaw, clerk ^of the Kamo Town Board, his sis- ! ter, Miss A. Whitelaw, and Mr. A. ! Ayling, a gardener at the Kamo i Hotel. Mr. Whitelaw said he bought { the winning ticket in Auckland. A Iprize of £25,000 in the same lottery jwas won by a woman who lives in j Devonport. One of £10,000 was won ! by an Auckland man. ! To Marry at Levin • When Pan-American Airways Clipper Kathay, under the command of Captain Williams, reached (Whenuapai from San Francisco on ! Saturday afternoon, one of the pasjsengers was Mr. D. Gaspard, of Louisiona, a member of the Second I Division of United States Marines i which was in New Zeaiand during ' the war. He was travelling to Levin I to marry a girl he met while stajtioned near Wellington in 1943. I Women Smokers The increase in the number of women who smoke in public was j c'ommented upon by a former Auckland business man visiting-; theje I after an absence of ten years. ""This i was an aspect which immediately struck my attention," he said. "Smoking by women in the streets 'has not reached the proportions it I has overseas," he added, "but it has become a popular relaxation in ; other public places — particularly on !the ferry boats."

I Saturday's Mystery Dance j The Mystery Dance held by the j social committee of the Levin Com- ' bined Amateur Athletic and Cycling Club on Saturday night proved an outstanding success, and was one of the gayest functions held in Levin" of a Saturday. night for : some time. With numerous smaller prizes for novelty da.nces and the.monte carlo, many inquiries were made as to what would constitute the mystery prize, but it was not until shortly after 11 p.m, that the lucky lady displayed to the audience a silk taffetta nightdress, and the lucky man a cream pullover. The next fuhction to be held by the club is a Grand Mystery Dance in aid of the K.B.H. and Caledonion marching teams particulars of which are advertised in this issue. Life and Property The public did not care as much about the preservation of human life as about the protection of property, said Commander C. H. Kersley, secretary-jtreasurer of the Order of- St. John, speaking 'to the Christchurch Junior Chamber of Commerce. He believed this was . the reason why the interest taken in the work of the- order was not what it should be. "When a man or woman falls down in he street, just see how many people walk on and don't bother," he. said. "Human . life does not count.". He appealed to the memb.ers oi the junior chamber not to value- people for what ' they could get. out of them, "There is too much 'What, can. I make?' and 'What can 1 get?'" insfeead' of 'What can X gi.ve?' " he said.