LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 12 April 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Raglan Petition ' Keen public interest is being shown throughout the Waikato district in the election petition of Mr. Hallyhurton Johnstone, defeated Nationalist M.P. for Raglan, who will claim before the Election Court at Hamilton next Monday that he should have been elected in the place of Mr. A. C. Baxter, M.P. Flowers in DemafLtf^*'^ " " ^ An exceptionaiiy strpng demand obtained over thfe*- week for all varieties ' of eut ^flowers, report Messrs. George 'Thomas and Co., Ltd., of Wellington. Poppies brought from 5s to 9s a gross, gladioli ls 3d ,to 2s 3d a bunch and carnations ls to 2s 3d, while values for cyclamen, dahlia, asters and.-gypsop.nbla alladvanced over the preceding-Week. Cats Catch Influenza A virulent form of influenza is attacking man'y cats in Napier, and one chemist ■' said that he knew of more than 200 that had died from its eff ects during the past few weeks. ' The infiuepza takes the form of' a very heavy cold with severe i'hflammation of the eyes. Older bats' apparently reeover fairly easily, bu.t- it is often proving fatal. for kittens up to the age of 12 nl'onths.' J-Force Enlistments Applications for service with JForce are still coming i'n steadily. The total number of enlistments for the Central Military District since the commencement of recruiting now stands at -1509, made up as follows: — Area 5 (Wellington) , 516 Europearis, 73 Maoris; Area 6 (Wanganui), 288 Europeans, 64 Maoris; Area 7 (Napier), 168 Europeans, 201 Maoris; Area 8 (New Plymouth), 124 -Europeans, 35 Maoris. . Train Chased in Plane Racing in an aeroplane across sea and country in a dramaticdash to catch the afternoon express for Wellington, a maffi from Great B.arrier Island made flying history, in New Zealand on Wednesday, Delayed by bad flying weather, he took off from the island in a Whitney Straight piloted by the Auckland Aero Club's chief instructo.r, Mr. Robinson. He landed at Rukuhia at 4.35 p.m., .engaged a taxi • and caught the express at Frankton junction. Babv Locked in Car ^ An unusuai case was heard byMr. G. G. Chisholm, S*M-> in the Timaru Magistrate's Court last week when the father of a child , aged four months was flned £2 and costs for leavi'ng the child in a locked car while he and his wife attended a ci'nema. Senior-Ser-geant S. King said that at about 10 p.m. the attenfioh of the police was. drawn tos>a number of people standing around a three-seater car near a theatre, A baby, lying ih\a basket on a shelf at the back , of the seat, was uncovered and crying lustily. ■ "Surely it .is possible to makp more rearonahle provision for your child," said the Magistrate to the, defendant "I hope you appreeiate that it was a foolish thing to do. If I have another case of this sort before me I will treat it as a serious mat- *■). ter."