LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 26 February 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

| Service Pay Rates ! Tliere is activity in service cir- \ cles which suggests it may not be long before new pay rates for the ' three seryices are armounced. It is' understood these rates, compiledwith a keen regard for the wages to be earned in industry these days, may be instrumental in giving a decided fillip to perman'ent army recruiting. The basis of calculation is believed to have been what a man might reasonably have' earned as a civiliah, reduced by the' price of his keep and clothing, and a balancing up of cofnparable trades and ranks in the' three ser- ; vices. Two Years' Borstal1 Appearing before the' Children's' Court at Palmerston North yester--day a youth admitted four charges' of assaultihg small giris. It wa-s stated by SeniOf Detective O. iPower that the youth had on several occasions picked up a youp'g girl, taken her on his bieyeie to ' some park, giveif her an ice crbam and assaulted 'her. NO serious harm had been- done to any of the girls, but it iXras apparent that if the youth Was not restrained, there would be serieus- resul'ts. The Magistrate committed ■ the youth to the Borstal institution for two years. Library Has Quiet MonthWith the fine weather coinciding with the holiday1 period', there has been a slackeni'ng in the desire for books this moiith, according to the librarian; Mrs. M. Whitaker, in her report to the Borough Council. Light fiction has been mostly in demand. Books issued during the month totalled 5929, comprisihg 5338 fiction, 274 non-fiction and 317 junior. In the Country Library section, 371 books were issued compri'sing 178 fiction, and1 198 non-fiction. Issues for the Country Library Service Were - lower than usual since a large portion of the stock was called in so that the • change could be made on the visit of the Field Library on Thursday, Jahuary 23:. * Use of Cloroforiii' In the opihion of overseas authorities constilfed by the Auckland Hospital Board, the use of ehloroform and ehloroform mixtures in ear. nose and throat operations, is not ih cohformity with mcdern practice. The board sou'ght overseas advice folfowing a cl'ash of medical opinion here and' letterssupporting the instruction of tb1 Director of Anaesthesia, Dr. G. F. V. Anson, that the use of ehloroform -and ehloroform mixtures be forbidden in the ear, nose and throat department of the hospital, hav'e been reeeived from Professor R. R. Mclntosh, Professor of Anaesthesi'a at the Nuffield FoUndation, Oxford; Dr. Geoffrey Kaye, of Alfred Hospital, Melbourne'; and Professor J. S. Lundy, Professor of Anaesthesia at the Mayo Foundation, Rochester, United States>. The re'sult is- that the Auckland Hospital Board' ha's reaffirmed Dr. Anson's instructions. Bees in a House Whether a swarm of bees that occupi'ed a corner of a five-roomed house in Fbrd Street, Opawa, Cmterbury, added to or detracted: from the vaiue of the' hoihse' Was discus'sed at a sitti'ng of the Christchurch tfrban La'nd' Saies' Committee. The' crown Valuef OMr. J. Shaw) sai'd that the bees wefe* constantly flyin'g in and1 out of the hole they had oceupied', an'd1 they constifuted- a1 nuisanee'. ,Thc Cfr'owh' repfe'sentative (Mr. D". G. Ward) said that ohce a1 swarm of bees took Dossession they Were hard dv lodge. ■ Even if they were driven, out and all the holes blockrd up; they would retmrn and fibd some way of getting in. As agajnst the view that the bees constifuted a nuisanc'e, i!f yas sligg'eStc d that they w;ere an a'sset because of the i potentfai vaiue of fheiif honey.- The discussion lapsed without the com-' imittee c'ofnihg to a deeislbn abhut the merits of the presence of the bees. ■

No Reffectibn Inten'de'd "I understand that, ovep the radio descl'ipfion of the fight on Saturday, I was referred to as a nigger," said Willie Jones- yesterday, "Weli, should the announcei ► )r annouhcers be Worri'ed aboiit it. forget it. I khow there are two ; ways of ca'lling a man a 'nigger' and I know that no refieetion wa;s mea'nt. Those radi'o boys have been fnlghty mee to ffie; and they hav'e . my word that it's' okay by me'.''' Gas Worfes Report Reporfing to the Borough COuwcil at the monthly m'eeting on Mohd'ay nfg'ht, Mr. A^ C.v Hemierley, mah'ager of the' gasworks, stated that the ohtput of gas for the fnonth was 31,349' cUbi'c" f'eet. Carbonisation of 1G2 tons 2- cwt. of ceal ^as- carried1 out "and 4 tons 8 cwt. of c'oke were- s'old. During' the m'onth, three new seryices, two gas cookers, and two gas coppers Were instalied', ei'g'ht meters were changed and a number of services attended- to. The inr.tallafion of, , the . new , Bryan Donkin exhauster had: arriveei last m'onish and' had heeh instalied. The machine' had ri'ow beenh'uh in and was.ready for u'se. ^