LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 11 January 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Minor Associations to Meet I With a view to instituting inter- ' association comnetitions in the , senior B and junior grades, a spec- : ial meeting of delegates of the Manawatu, Horowhenua, Feilding, Rangitiket-and Southern Hawke's Bay "Minor Cricket Associations 'has been ealled for Monday night. In the past, players in the lower grades in the districts mentioned have suffered through lack of opportunities for representative j matches, and 'this new move- re- ! presents an important forward , step.

: Building Permits Issued { Seven building permits to the : total yalue of £4,485 were issued in , the Horowhenua County during the month, as against six for the cor- : responding period last year repre- ; senting buildings to the value of £3,949. These figures were contained in the report of the engineer , (Mr. W. H. Fraser) to the Horoj whenua County Counqil at its I monthly meeting yesterday. The | engineer also reported that the | contractors had ■ commenced work : on the Bath Street property, and it was hoped that this work would be jcompleted at an early date. I Visit of Lord Bledisloe It is not yet certain that Lord and Lady Bledisloe will be coming to New Zealand after their visit to . Australia, owing to shipping difhculties, says an Auckland report. Lord Bledisloe is on a goodwill miiSr sion for the Royal Agricultural Society of England and. is travgl4ingto Australia "in, the Orontes. He is expected to arrive there in the middle of this month. No definite information of a visit to New Zealand is expected until after Lord and Lady Bledisloe reach Australia and if they come it is expected to be for a short period only in March. "Do Unto Others ..." i j When he got into his car one j morning recently a South Canterbury member of the Automobile i Association found the following letter: — "Dear A.A. Brother: Your vehicle's gas tank was observed to be leaking* and investigation sbowed a pin-hole in the bottom. of ihe tank. My only piece of chewing gum has now servbd to act as! a temporary stop gap. Remember | the Dutch boy and the hole in the j dyke. Also fellow-motorist, the main . leaf of your- car's rear spring is broken. A happy New Year once the troubles have been remedied. — A Southfand member." For Backward Children An extension of the training of snecialist teachers to help backward children in New Zealand primary sehools hus been announced by the Education Department, • and special courses will be provided at the Christchurch Teachers' Training College for entrants from all of the Dominion'. Applications will close this week. Candidates , must have had at least six years' , teaching experience in primary , sehools, and must be prepared to undertake a full year's specialist { training, beginning when the Training College session opens in February. They "will be paid at | their present salary rates. Intimating that it does not wish teachers already engaged in the teaching of backward children to enter the new course, the Department states that- its aim is to increase the staff available for this work, without interfering with the existing servfce.