LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 24 December 1946, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Examination Successes Further to the list of names published yesterday as having passed in subjects in the bachelor of commerce and accountancy examinations are those of D. J. Todd, who passed in book-keeping and accounts, stage 2, mercantile law stage 2, and trustee and bankruptcy law; and J. Corbishley, who passed in book-keeping and accounts, stage 3, and secretarial law. Sale of Phiiomel The Government had authorised the sale of H.M.N.Z.S. Phiiomel to the Strongman Shipping Company, of Auckland, stated the Minister in charge of the War Assets Realisation Board, Hon. W. Nash. It is understood that the company intends to tow the ship to Coromandel for stripping and that the materials from her will ultimately become available on the market.The purchase price i-s believed to be £750. Police Patrol Car For the fir-st time in-the history of Palmerston North the City Police Station has been allotted a patrol car. This arrived from Wellington last Saturday and is a high powered saloon. In addition to being used for emergency purposes, the car will be engaged on regular night patrols of--the city. Two poiicemen, experienced in driving police cars in Wellington, are now stationed at Palmerston North to hdndle the patrol car. Cove Call in Tobacco Tin Searches by English women for husbands are apparently becoming keener. One woman, at least, has chosen an unconventional method of seek-ing a mate. A tin of English tobacco opened by a New Plymouth man recentiy contained the following message: "Josephine Mullen, aged 26; no raoney, no hopes, very willing. Trusting for 'an early reply." An address at Pitfield St., Shoreditch, London, E.I., is also provided, but no other essentlal particulars. Tanker Breaks Bown Advice has been received in Auckland that the 8400-ton British tanker Athelvictor, bound for Auckland from Abadan, in the Persiah Gulf, with a full cargo of fuel oil, has broken down as a result of engine trouble and is being towed to Brisbane. The Athelvictor, which was built at Dundee in 1941 for Tankers, Ltd., of Liverpool, was due here on Tuesday. It is probable that another tanker will be diverted to Auckland to replace the Athelvictor. Record Spending The note issue of the Reseicve Bank of New Zealand for the third week • of December was a record, £49,187,915, exceeding the previous record of £46,495,230, reached in Christmas week, 1945, by £2,692,685. The issue will probably be higher for the following week. The figure does not represent the active circulation, as some £6,000,000 to £8,000,000 are normally held by trading banks as till money. The present active note circulation, therefore, must exeeed £40,000,000. Sterling exchange fimds stand at £89,013,042. Stalin's Birthday Russia's leader, M. Joseph Stalin, is 67 on Saturday. A native of Gori, near Tiflis, his family name was Djugashvili, but he adopted the name Stalin, meaning "steel," by which he was known in the Russian revolutionary movement of which be became an acknowledged leader. He first met Lenin in 1905 and became his close friend and collaborator, taking control of the Bolshevik Party on Lenin's death. Stalin was intended for the Church, but he early accepted the doctrines of Karl Marx and after five years he abandonedv his • theological studies. Mail by Plane An Avro York plane arrived at the Ohakea airport on Sunday evening with a cargo of 10001b of English mail for New Zealand. When this aircraft left England there were 40001b of mail for Australia as well as that for New Zealand. Piloting the plane was Squadron Leader F. W. Dewell,. A.F.C., who said that they expected to return to England with passengers, mainly the pilots who ferried the Mosquito bombers to New Zealand. The trip from Australia to New Zealand took six hours. On December 28 the York will return to the United Kingdom via Australia. "The Chronicle" will not be published tomorrow (Christmas Day) or on Thursday (Boxing Day),