LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 20 November 1946, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

School Examinations The School Ceruficate examinations are at present in progress in the Druids' Hall. Mrs. C. Bartholomew is again acting as supervisor this year. Maori Elections Voting in the Maori elections will take place at Levin on Tuesday next. The poll will be taken in the bandroom, and Mr. F. P. Walkley is the returning officer.

Cubs' Success at Rally Local cubs who attended the scout rally in Feilding recently were placed in every event of the competitions, and in addition secured the handcrai't banner for toymaking. By courtesy of Messrs? W. M. Clark, Ltd., the prize winning toys are being displayed in the window of the firm's shop in Oxford Street. Sports Again Postponed For the second consecutive Tuesday, the weekly athletic and cycling events conducted under electric light at the Levin Park Domain by the Levin Club had to be cancelled last . evening. After such an auspicious opening night on November 5, members were looking forward to ; several good club nights before the i Christmas vacation, and it is hoped I that more settled weather will come and make these possible. Girl Guides' Concert ■ To assist in sending the three Levin scouts to the Paris jamboree next year, the Levin Girl Guides are holding a concert in the Horowhenua Coilege assembly hall on Friday night. For some time now they have been practising^playS;1 mimes, folk songs and dances, all of which should provide excellent entertainment for the many supporters of the guide and scout movement. More American Coal The iourcn shipment of coal in the consignment that the New Zealand Government ordqred from the I United States is due in Wellington j today on the Samwinged. The vesj sel is carrying only 5000 tons of ' coal, which is 3000 tons less than her full load. This short-loading was caused bv the recent longshoremen's strike in'. North America which forced the Samwinged to sail from Portland, Oregon, without her full cargo. Flyingboat Base i The Wemngoon Harbour Board yesterday unanimously agreed that the chief engineer, Mr. K. T. Jensscn, should prepare a report upon the suitabiiity- of Evans Bay» as a flyingboat base, with sketch .plans, a statement of the amenities required, and an estimate of the probable cost. The Board later discussed the matter informally with Mr. G. Puddicombe, technicai representative of Short Brothers, flyingboat designers and constructors in Britain. Church Sold Too "The necessity for care in transfering church properties was amusingly illustrated at a recent meeting of the Central Otago Presbytcry," states the Outlook. "The clerk reportcd that when a manse property was sold some time ago ihe land adjoining, on which the church was built, had also unintentionally been included in the deed of transfer. The clerk said that the purchaser had no desire to occupy the church, and arrangements were made to have the matter righted." Missing Plane and Pilot The pieces of wreckage found at Whariwarangi Bay, believed to be part of the Nelson Aero Club's Tiger Moth plane lost in tlle Takaka district, have been brought to Nelson by the police. No further signs of Ihe plane or pilot, Mr. Max Heath, have been found. A special launch chartered by the Takaka "Aero Club continued the search along the coastline yesterday. Mr. Heath, who spent about four years in the Air Force, had 998 \ hours' flying time to his credit when he took off from Takaka 'drome on Saturday. Advice to R.S.A. "Keep out of politics," was the advice given to the Returned Services' Association by the commander of the First New Zealand Division, General Sir Andrew Russell. General Russell said that at the outset it had been decided^ that the association would . not rely upon party or politics, but should rely rather on the equity and justice of claims it advanced on behalf of all veterans, whether members of the association or not. That policy had beeh fully justified and hb hoped it would be continued when the management of the organisation was transfe/red to the hands of the . Kiwi generation.

Vetexan Driver The issue of a driver 's license rerecently to Dr. T. C. Moore, of Taupo, in his 91st year, is regarded as probably a record for New Zealand. When Dr. Moore was asked by the Government traffic inspector, he had no difficulty in gaining his license. He had to produce a doctor's certificate regarding his health. Although Dr. .Moore had driven a car for years, he had not done so for the past four years. He is well-known in Napier, where he practised for a lofig period and also in Taupo, °