LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 13 December 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

- ■ Transporting Tram Takings About 30 fiags of money, weighing . between- seven and eight hundredweighfc, were carried from the l'evenue departmeht to the bank daily, said Mr. E. B. Foster, manager of tlie Auckland Transport Board, at a recent meeting. Swiss Want Potat-oes An inquiry for table potatoes has been received from the firm of Ernst Geiser, of Langenthal, Switzerland, by an Invercargill firm. The Swiss firm, which describes itself as one of the country's largest dealers in agricultural products, states that it is "anxious to intensify relations with New Zealand." Examination Successes In the public exafiiinations for 1945, Horowhenua College gaincd the following passes: B'oardlng bufsaries 2; higher leaving certificates 15; university "entrance, accredited 12, by examination 5; ischool certificate, full passes 24, partial passes 12; professional I accountancy 1; book-keeping 1; Chamber of Commerce typing, senior 5, junior 6; Chamber of Com- ! merce handwriting 11; .shorthand ,8; book-keeping 1; and Pitmaifis shorthand certificates 5. Search for Husband i A furbher request for assistance iin obtaining a husband was receiv!ed this week by the Mayor of Auckland (Mr. J. A. Allum) in a letter from a 32-year-old London telephone operat'or. She gave a description of herself and enclosed [a; photograph. Another ' letter received by the Mayor was from a war widow in Surrey who wished to correspond with a mari "not so much from the' husband point of view, but for companionship." Her letter was referrcd to the Overseas League. College Roll Increascs "The college openea the 1946 session with a roll number of 480 pupils, an increase of 29 on the previous year," said the principal of Horowhenua College, Mr. N. A. Byme, at the prize-giving ceremony yesterday. "The average roll number of the third term was 410, and the average attendance 349, or 85 per cent. Allowing for usual epidemics, and for a certain amount of absence for seasonal work on farms, which in the present situation' of the labour market seems unavoidable, the percentage cf absefice seems tmduly high." Bought His Own Stock A real poser was put to the Kaikohe Town Board at its meeting ( this week. A farmer living a littl'e distance out of Kaikohe wrote stating that he had recently bought a few head of stock through the local pound, but owing to gorse and high- scrub he was not able to inspect the animals. When he tooic delivery he found that they were his own beasts and he now asked for a .refund of the diffefence between the amount paid and the impounding fees. The board. on hearing that the farmer had bought the animals on seeing only their heads above the gorse, readily agreed to make a refund. Labour's Slender Majority Reference$ to the possible effect at sitt'ings of the House of a much smaller majority than it had known previouSly was made by the Minis;er of Works (Mi*. Semple) at a Labour Party victory celebration in Christchurch. When Mr. Semple ^poke, the results in Otaki, St. Albans and Raglan were all still in doubt, and since the speech Labour ; has lost Otaki and St. Albans. Mr. Semple told Labour supporters then that the effect of ,.the smaller majority would be to make much greater deniahds on those members left to carry on in the House, but that the present Labour nlemlers could' be relied on to keep up the fight. Shotgun Fatality Gravely wouhded in the leg when a shotgun was discharged," John Moore, a'ged: 7'2, died before reaching Auckland frdm Waiheke fsland' yestei'd'ay afternoon. Mr. Moore,, who was found shot in his room at the hohie of his nephew, Mr. M. Mooney, at Rocky Bay, Waiheke, was flown to Auckland in a Catalina aircraft of the' Air-Sea Rescue Service but was- dead on arrival. Extreme difficulty was experienced in conveying Mf. Moore from the house where. he was shot, to the' aircraft which wds called up'on in an effoft fo brifig him to Auckland and' under' &• doctor's cafe, in time to sa've' his lif C. Two men who rowed oUt to the aircraft , ifi a chop'jpy sea, la'ter got' ba'ck only With difhculty aft'et a stfuggle ag'ainst the wind aiid sea.