LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 12 December 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Unusual Fishing Catch After a struggle lasting two hours two Gisborne High School iads landed a large stingray weighing approximately lcwt at Wainui Beach. Contacting the Police For the benefit of those wishing jO contact the Levin police in any oiatter, it has been reported that ihe telephone is now installed in donstable A. T. Kelk's residence md the number is 526. The Police Station telephone number has not been altered from 42.

Record Cojlection At a gathering of collectors from Ihe various churches in Levin ,held in • St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church recently, it was reported chat the Levin sub-branch had sent for ward £236 this year to the British and Foreign Bible Society. This sum included an anonyihous ionation of £100 and constituted a record for the branch. The, British and Foreign Bible Society _ endeavours to make available, in every language, copies of the Bible at a price within the reach of all peonle. High Prices for Poultry Persons in England who have :he good fortune to own poultry aan command high prices for it in he market. "We have nine geese grazing on the common, six ducks, a dczen hens, and sorae nice fat ccckerels, so we shall be well off for Christmas this year," writes a man in England to a Christchurch friend. "We are very frightened of poultry thieves as our geese would fetch £5 to £6 each and cockerels £2' or so at the( controlled price,' more in the black market." Woman Killed Injuries that proved fatal-were received by a single woman when he was knocked down by a tramcar in Wellesley Street East, Auckand. She was Miss Evelyn May Irevena, aged 37, cook, of Grafton. The accident occurred opposite the Girls' Friendly Society Building. Miss Trevena was struck by the right hand side of the motorman'j cabin of the tram which was proceeding to the city. She was taken oO Auckland hospital suffering from mncussion and a fracture at the base of the skull. She died later. • Street March to be Held Prior to the Horowhenua March"ng Association's dance in the Regent Ballroom on Saturday night, the girls' marching teams .vill march singly from the post office along' Oxford Street to Bath Street, counter-march and line up outside the ' ballroom, where the Mayor (Mr. H. B. Burdekin-) will innounce the winners. The judges >n this occasion will be Messrs. E. E. Tyrrell and M. Kehoe. The issociatibn's thanks are extended to the Horowhenua Pipe Band for kindly offering to supply the music an this occasion. Old Lady's Dream Come True Eartnbound for the 92 years of her life and bedridden for the past 5 years, Mrs. Mary Prior, of Birkenhead, soared skyward yesterday morning in the br'eathless experience of a dream come true. From her invalid bed she ■ had heard the beat of engines. in the sky and longed for the thrill of a flight. Yesterday she took off in the Auckland Aero Club's air ambulance for Nelson on her way to live with her ;on7 Mr. T. Prior, at Collingwood. In the most exeiting episode of her long life, Mrs. Prior was aecompan ied by her daughter, Mrs. M. A. Matthew. Self Help at Barber's Seeing a hairdresser's shop open in Lyttelton one evening recently, two overseas seamen entered with the idea of having their hair cut. There was nobody in the saloon or shop, and they awaited the return of the hairdresser. In the meaniime, one or two other would-be customers entered the shop in quest of cigarettes, but finding nobody to serve uiem, left again. After waiting a long time, the two seamen decided that they would cut each other's hair. It was while one was in the chair, with his mate making quite a good job with the machines, that a police sergeant and constable entered. The explanation of the men as to the position was accepted. The poliee waited until the amateur hairdresser had completed . his task and then ushered them out. The owner of the shop, who arrived in response to a message from the police, found that the door had apparently been left unlocked and that the wind must have blown it open.