LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Boxing Club Meeting The annual meeting of the Levin Amateur Boxing and Physical Culture Club takes place in St. Mary's Hall at 8 O'clock tonight. All members and intehding members are invited to attend. / Records in Danger Valuable and-' irreplaceable old documents and- records of the ^-early history of New Zealand were endangered when an iron shed close to the Russell library building. caught fire. With .the aid of stirrup pumps residents of the town were able to save ' the v/ooden library building. Wanganella Dispute The dispute over the payment of extra rates to shore workers engaged in repairs on the Wanganella, remains unsettled. A committee of enrployers and workers has been formed but until further inquiries are made by the employers of their principals in Australia, no settlement can be reached. Meanwhile the Wanganella is still regarded as black by the men of seven trade unions. Five-year Horse Trip Two brotheES from Tirau, Monty and Roy Eltringham, plan co leave shortly on a .journey by horse rdund the coasts of New Zealand, wor'ki.ng their way as they go, and expect to take up to five years. They will travel down the east coast of the North Island from Tauranga to Wellington, cross to he South island, work their way down the east coast and back up :-he west coast of both islands to Tauranga. Both are ■ young men, and are doing it for the experience and adventure. They will leave with one riding horse each and a pack horse. 1 Unwanted Kittens Recently a Whakarongo resident reported to the inspector of the Palmerston North branch of the S.P.C.A. (Mr. R. H. James) that she had discovered five kittens dropped from a car near- the Awahuri Bridge, states the Manawata Standard. One had been crushed by a passing car. The resident who found them stated they were too young to fend for themselves so she took the remaining four home and cared for them. Mr. James said that this kind of oifence was all too frequent and steps in future would be taken to bring proceedIngs against those who took this course to get rid of unwanted kittens. Parasite Released A new enemv of the white butterfly, a small fly of the wasp family,, has been released in Gisborne. It is the first time this parasite has been freed in the North Island. The release was made by the orchard instructor to the Department of Agriculture, Mr. J. D. Kennedy, in a paddock of rape and1 thousand-headed kale at Manutuke, both of those crops being badly infested with the butterfiy pest. The parasites, which were sent to Gisborne by' Dr. D. Miller, superintendent of the Cawthron Institute, Nelson, arrived in 'good condition and took to the wing readily. The. fly is very aetive and feeds on the larvae of the white butterfiy.. It is expected that it vfill be more effective than previous > parasitef that have been tried.