LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 20 December 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Accid'eiit on Wharf Mr. Patrick Joseph Clancy, a railway employee, ag'ed 74, single, : 'who. was injured in an accident on the New Plymouth waterfront, died . ih hospital. Mr. Clancy was strh'ck oy a hopper that fell from a 'slmg when being loaded into the Samcrest. He was admitted to hospital sufterlng from a fractured arm, possible internal injuries and shock. Yacht Released The yacht Te Rapunga which has been moored at Napier during the last six years under Government bond, while the owner Captain George Dibbern was interned on Somes Island as ah enemy alien during the war years, has now been released by the Government. The vessel will sail for Auckland in about a week's time and may parjticipate in the trans-Tasman yacht jrace in January. | Box Factory Guttcd i The Dannevirke Woodware Co., { employing 24 men, had its factory |in Queen Street destroyed by fire, 'the cause of which is- unknown. ; The loss is expected to be in the ' vicinity of from £10,090 to £15,000. All the plant was destroyed or 1 damaged. The future intentions of ;the company have not yet been !decided. The factory and contents were insured in the South British office for £2800. The destruction of ;the factory is a serious matter for local dairying concerns, which depended on it for the manufac- ; ture of cheese crates. i Wrapping of Bread After a date to be decided on I under the new Health (Food> iAmending Regulations 1946, enact- | ed under the Health Act, 1920, l power is taken to require that ibread must be wfapped before I delivery over the counter to a Cusjtomer. The regulations also provide that after January 1, 1948, or Jearlier if deemed expedient in cer- ; tain areas by the local authorities iconcerned, all bread must be i wrapped before Tea viiig the bakej house. These regulations come jfrom the Government concern at i the manner in which bread has . ; been handled and sold during ' recent years and the ilumerous complaints received on the subject.