LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 10 February 1947, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Personal Mr. and Mrs. Colin Campbell, of Martinborough, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. M. Campbell, Vance Street. The friends of Mr. Tim Stratford will regret to learn that he has been admitted to the Palmerston North Hospital suffering with a poisoned hand. His many friends join in wishing him a speedy recovery. Mr. E. J. Spencer- who is 011 a ccnvalescent holiday in the Waikato, has found it necessary to enter the Waikato Hospital. Mr. S. Spencer motored through to visit his father over the weekend. The friends of Mrs. E. Chester will be pleased to hear that she was able to return to her home on FriIday after being an inmate of the I Palmerston North Hospital for over six weeks. Local Girls See Australians Memoers of the two Shannon girls' marching teams travelled by ispecial bus to Palmerston North on Sunday to see the Australian champion marching team in action. The local girls were very thrilled with the performance given by the Australians, and some very helpful hints were learnt- The Shannon ! teams are practising very hard for j the forthcoming Wellington proi vinclal championships at Levin on 'March 22. The local public will have the opportunity of seeing the : teams in action at the Shannon 1 sports on March 8, when the two I Shannon teams will give displays. Untidy Streets 1 Although a rubbish receptablc has been provided in Ballance j Street in an effert to keep the j main streets tidy, only a halfIhearted attempt is being made to use it, with the result that the jtown's main streets continue to be I an eye-sore to those who pass j through over the weekend. It is jindeed unfortunate that the public icannot be educated to take a pride In Shannon, and make some elfort to keep it respectable in the eyes of the travelling public. Each Sunday sees. the main streets littered i from one end to the other with jsheets of greasy newspaper and i*.e cream wrappers.