LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 4 March 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Boy Falls Over Cliff A small boy, John Whimp, aged 6£, only son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Whimp, Blenheim, was killed instantly on Sunday when he fell over a 40-foot cliff at Rarangi, some 10 miles from Blenheim. Infectious Diseases Only three cases of infectious diseases were reported in the Wel-lington-Hawke's Bay Health District last week. They were: Scarlet fever one, diptheria one and erysipelas one. There was one death, from tuberculosis. Licensing of Tobacconists Tobacconists throughout the Dominion are anxious' to have tncn businesses licenged in an effort to do away with after-hours trading by shops which stock tobacco and cigarettes. They have been trying to have the trade ljcensed for the last 10 years. The licensing question will be raised again at a conferehce of merp.bers of the NeW Zealand Federation of Tobacconists and the Tobacco Trades Council in Wellington next month. Ex-Servicemen Students Admissions of ex-servicemen to second year classes at the Medical School this year will total 47, ;hough places . were reserved for only 35. Eleven re-admissions from last year, and one special admir.sion provide the difference. The number is a record. Of the remaining 73 students accepted by the L'niversity, 27 are graduates and 42 are from the non-preference category. The special admlssion was "of an ex-serviceman who was accepted for 1946 but was still overseas and could not attend. Honour Deteriorating "The standard of. honour in New Zealand has deteriorated slowly for ;he past 20 years since the" advocates of strikes, go-slow policies and more pay for less work have been ruling the eountry," said Mr. L. R. Craig at a meeting of Central Taranaki Federated- Farmers. Mr. Craig -.aid he thought tne time was comng, once the world food shortage nad disappeared, when foodmiporting countries would not buy from New Zealand and put up with ihe slow turn-round of ships and high costs. They would buy in Mieaper markets, and then everyonc in New Zealand would suffer. American Generosity Passengers on an inward trarn from St. Kilda, Dunedin, were agreeably surprised and not a little amused by the insistence of a visit•ng American sailor from one of the United States navy ships berthed at Port Chalmers in paying the fares of every person who boarded the tram during the journey to the Exchange, says the Otago Daily Times. Both the conductor and the passengers were somewhat disconcerted at the outset by the action of the sailor, who produced x handful of nqund notes and silver, and held the respective lots in ither hand" while he' imparted his vish to the conductpr. Amid xfriusement he' persuaded all on board to be his guests for the trip. Tiger Cubs to £eave Zoo The three tiger cubs at the Wellington Zoo are leaving within the next few months. Ngaere, the only female, will go.to the Auckland zoo. and the other two,'Boris and Rangi, are destined for the Sydney zoo. Ngaire will be taken to Auckland in a few months' time, but the departure date for the Sydnqybound cubs is not definite. All the cubs are in excellent health. A mate for the new baboon is ejfpected to arrive sqon from the Melbourne zoo. Mr. C. J. Cutler, euratqr of the zqo, is aw&itmg a letter from Calcutta concerning f.n elephant ordered there several nionths ago. This beast, wbich was booked for a passage on the steamer Narbada, did not arrive in New Zea- | land.