LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Inter-School Cricket At a general meecing-of the Horowhenua Cricket Association it was decided to write to the primary schools of the district in an endqavour to commence inter-school competitions. The two grades of cricket in the local competition y/ere left as they stand now. Child Drowned I A two-year-old child who fell in ! the Waitara River at Waitara to- | day while playing, was drowned :before help arrived. He was Garry jJohn Steel, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Steel, Waitara. The child's body was recovered about a mile down- : stream from where he fell from the , bank. I Theft of Silk Stocki.ngs ; The theft of anoLher valuable ; consignment of silk stockings is , reported from Dunedin. The haul comprised over 600 pairs shipped ' from New York in the steamer Port i Phillip for Arthur Barnett, Ltd. | The theft was discovered when the case, which was transhipped from • Auckland, reached Port Clpalmers. Eleven Pound Trout When fishing m the Waimea River at Appleby recen'tly, Mr. W. B. IStead, of Stoke, landed the largest 'trout to be caught in the Nelson i district for a numbdr of years, says jthe Nelson Evening Mail. It had a jlength of 28 inches, a depth of 71 inches and weighed 111b. Mr. Stead 'was using a light fly rod and a live ' minnow bait on the evening rise. Cliff Face Collapses , A Napier family had a narrow i escape when a portion of the cliff (face at Cape Kidnappers crashed | down on two of their bicycles standing below. The party were 'visiting the gannet sanctuary and had ridden around the beaoh on their bicycles. While waiting for the tide to ebb, they sat down junder the 100-foot cliff face, but some peddles falling from above 1 warned them to move out to the : beach. They took two machines jwith them, and left the other two | bicycles under the cliff. Suddenly ja substantial portion of the cliit ; fell on the place where the party ! had been sitting, badly damaging I the two bicycles. i . Former Governor's Wish • A wish that he and Lady Fer- ' gusson could return to New Zea- ; land to -meet the people again "is I expressed in a letter from Sir C'harles Fergusson, former Gov- ; ernor-General of New Zealand, in a letter received by the Rev. G. E. 'Moreton, formerly Angiican chaplain at the Auckland prison. In his letter, which was written from Ayrshire, Scotland, Sir Charles thanks Mr. Moreton for the gift o'f | his hook, "A Parson in Prison," and 'says: "It is 16 years since We left i'New Zealand, and we have never jforg'otten our happy time there. I wish we could come back for j another sight of that delightful lcountry and to meet its delightful i people." He added that his son jBernard served with General Win1 gate in Burma during the war, ; being a brigadier a't the age o'f '32. i

| Safety Cahipaign j It is the inten'tiofi of the various automobile associations on the JWest Coast of the North Island :to jinstitute an intensive sa'fety first icampaign from December 9 until |December 21, with a view to bringing before road users, as forcibly as possible the added hazards and dangers liable to be encountered by the traveiling public during the coming holiday period. An adver - tising campaign will be carried out at the same time. Apart- from' advertising, special street days such as pedestrians' day, cyclists' day and motorists' day, will be held during the second Wedk of the campaign. "On these\ crccasions, A.A. patrols will be stationed at wantage points and will poilit 'dUt to those who do break 'the rules, just wherethey are at fault, and hand them pamphlets appropriate to the o'ffence. Mohday, 'December '16, will be set aside for concehtrating on school children.

Waitarere W.I. There was a fair attendance at' the November meeting of the Waitarere Women's Institute, ove" 'which Mrs. Fletcher presided. Mrs. Stanley, delegate to the council meeting at Paraparaumu, deait with matters arising therefrom. After afternoon tea Mrs. Stallar-.! gave a very hiterestihg talk on her tra'vels in AuStralia. The competition results were as follows: Christ-' mas novelties: Mrs. Hood 1 and 2; 'Christmas cake, Mrs. Benning. CORSO Work in. Levin An energetic committee in Levin, with the assistahce of a large number of -citizens who are anxious to help '"CORSO in the magnificeht relief work it is carrying out dn war-torn countries, continues to ensure that this district makes a worthwhile contribution. Two drums of fat have •been collected and will be railed shoftly to CORSO headquarters, and many parcels of clothing, which the committee gratefully acknowledges, have been received and are also being forwarded. 'The Levin Junior Branch of the Red Cross 'Society and two Horowhenua College classes have made a number of toys, while farmers are beihg iiivited to donate •fleeces for despatch overseas. These latter may be left with Mr. S. Small, 'of Messrs. Abraham ■ and Williams, Ltd.