LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 7 February 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

' * r Eltlerly Man Killed" A retired schoolmaster was killed instantly wheii he was struck by a mixed goods train as he was walking over the level crossing near Swanson, Auckland, yesterday morning. He was Mr. Joseph Butcher McLauchlan, aged 81, married, of Henderson. 7921b Black Marlin Caught The first black marlin and the heaviest fish caught so far this season on the T3ay of Islands fishing grounds was brought in by Mrs. D. Rose, of Devonport. The fish : weighed 792 lbs and was played for six hours. The fish are running well on the grounds now and sucI cessful sport is resulting. Lamb Carcase Competition The results of the carcase competition conducted at the recent Horowhenua show' for three fat lambs, weight up to 42 lbs., most suitable for the London market, have now been received from Wellington, where the sixteen entries were judged on the hooks. Mr. D. A. Stewart's entries won first and third places, Mr. H. F. Stewart's second and Mr. Rex Mexted's fourth. Parliamentary Session Parliament will almost certainly begin. its 1947 session on Wednesday, June 25. Late June is the normal time for the beginning of a session. Suggestions that the 1947 I session might start as early as.the | end of April are no longer favoured j in Parliament House. The coming session will be the first of New ; Zealand's ' twenty-eighth Parliament, which was elected on November 27, 1946. Rimutaka Road The question of widening the one-car bridges on the Rimutaka hlll was raised by the- Wairarapa Automobile Association at a meeting with members of the Main Highways Board in Featherston on Tuesday. The association also drew the board's attention to the danger to tyres arising from the use of square concrete blocks to mark the edges .of the road between Greytown and Tauherenikau. The board members agreed to look into both matters.1Relief for Motorists News of interest to motorists was brought by Mr. T. G. Patex-son, fedieral secretary of the Australian Automobile Association, who arrived in Auckland the other day. He said that the association, backed by 300,000 motorists and road transport operators,. successfully pressed the Federai Government to remove Id per gallon of the fuel tax, effecting a saving of £1,000,000; to motorists. Mr. Paterson is to make an extenslve tour of the Dominion to see how the New Zealand motorist fares and for an exchange of id'eas on all allied topics, including road: safe^y. Clearing of the GoUrt "People cohcerned with the welfare of children should have the opportunity to learn what dangers children are exposed to," said Mr. Justice Fair in the Wellington Supreme Court when the Crown Prosecutor, Mr. W. H. Cunningham, asked for an order that the Court should be clearod. The case was one in which a 5i-yfcar-old girl is alleged to have been raped. The Judge said he was loth to clear the Court. He thrugbt he ■should only make the ordhr when ofiences were so gross that publication of the details would be injurious to the public interest, or if the public was Mkely to attend only out of a salacious disposition.