LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 15 January 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

jNew Bridge for Rangiotu In oraer to replace the old I broken-backed bridge on the main j Foxton road at Rangiotu, it was I hoped shortly to iet a contract for the construction of a new bridge, j stated an official of the Works j Department, Palmerston North, [ yesterday. The new bridge was expected to be of the ustial ferroconcrete construction. Cigarettes on. Condition Waiting for a haircut in a city hairdresSer's, " an Auckland matn rather timidly asked if he might have a packet 'of Cigarettes. For a. haircut he would have been able to buy one packet, but when he consented to the barber's suggestion that a shampoo as well might enable two packets to be spared, the customer, even though in a hurry, tarried longer in the chair and accepted the bargain. A Smart Rescue Unconscious in the sea after falling over the side of his ship ahd striking a capstan on the wharf during his fall, a seaman in the overseas vessel Vihland, Douglas Bowers, was rescued by Douglas SilVester, Napier. Bowers • was revived after the applicatidn of artificial respiratioh. The rescue was made more hazardous by the ship surging toward the wharf on the. swell, threatehing to crush the pair.

Tyres Bolted' Together ' Travellers have become used to seeihg cars festooned With old spare tyres in variods.stages of disrepair. Probably the most patched spares Were carried by a car which was Oi a Nelson garage being repaired for a run back to Dunedin. The enterprisihg owner had made one tvre from many, the whole of the sides being studded with bolts. There were two spares made this way, one tyre which seemed to be a success having over 50 bolts holding it together. Air-Borne Iriimigrants A young Scotusn couple, Mr. and Mrs. W. McCUtcheoh, aild their 18-months-old soh have travelled rhore than 11,000 miles by air to settle in New Zeaiand. • They completed their joumey on Saturday when they arrived at Auckland from San Francisco by a Pan-Americah Airways clipper. The couple have only one distant relative in New Zealand, the Rev. A. Morton, of Dunedin, who is a second cousin of Mrs. McCutcheon. ' They will be his guests and they will probably make their home in Dunedin. Mr. MCCutcheon, who was a land agent in Glasgow, said he did not know what work he would take up in New Zealand.

Late Tomato Season The unusual weather that has prevailed in Hawke's Bay this season has - caused outdoor-grown tomatoes to be fully a forSnight later than usuaf in ripening. Unseasonable frosts caused la'te plantings and lack of warmth and sunshine has been respohsible for the fruit failing to colour. The market has beeri mainly supplied with hothouse varieties, which are retailing at 2s to 2s 9d a pound. Small q'uantities Of dutdoor-groWh tomatoes ha've'been marketed, these cotning mainly from a scheme organised ih the Wairoa district by the Native Department. a sman quantity has also come from the Havelock North district. Glasshouse crops this season have been affected by the difficulty in maintaining temperatures ahd SOil deficienci'es ! whiCh have eaused disease among ( plants. ,