LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No Blackout Tomorrow Night In view of the 'co-operation it had received in its efforts to con•serve power, the Horowhenua Electric Power Board has annou'nced its intention of - dispensing with the 7 to 7.30 p.m. cut on the late shoppi'ng night tomorrow. This action, said the managing-secre-tary, Mr. R. A. Frederikson, was a concession to business people -and shoppers. The \yeekend restrictions would continue as usual. Dead Weight? A rumour curreht in Levin that a hearse was beiiig employed to earry loads of black market eggs to Wellington was1' quashed at a ■meeting of poultrymen in Levin. 'The answer was "supplied by a local producer, wlio said he had an arrangement with . a iuneral director who sometimes called and purchased a small quantity of eggs for his persona-1 requirements. Apparently -a legitimate transaction under the regulations which permit poultry-keepers to' sell a certain percentage on the farm. Cat's Bid for Life A story of life and death has just come out of4" Karapiro. It tells of life menaced* by- the rising Waters of Karapiro Lake, of a desperate dive, and a thrilling swim for shore as.- the lake level approached the lip :of the spillway. The hero of this epic, which is tne talk of the district, is a black cat. Marooned on the last portion of dry land near the darn to disappear below the rising waters, the cat made a corol survey of its shrinking island, took a neat header into the lake, broke surface, and swam strongly to reach the west bank. The cat's battle for life was in contrast with the.mute -accepta'nce of their fate by a rabbit and -mouse. - Sitting' peacefully on tlie ;>same log they* plunged to death together over the roaring spillway. Acute Newsprint Shortage The acute shortage of newsprint •in New Zealand is likely to be intensified before the end of the year, according to recent cables received from Canada by the Newspaper Proprietors' Association. At the beginning of the year Canada allowed New Zealand sufficient paper to maintain newspapers at their present size, but cables received from the Newsprint Association of Canada last week intimated that it was. highly probable that the full 1947 tonnage originally allocated would not be shipped. It is Only with the most rigid economy that newspapers in New Zealand can maintain their present size, and then only if the full 1947 tonnage is received; Any reduction in the tonnage originally promised would mean the introduction of further economres. Gazetting of Vacancy The vacancy in the House of Representatives caused • by the death of the Miriister of Supply, Mr. Sullivan, is expected to be officially gazetted next week. This will be done by the GovefnorGeneral, who is requir.ed by the Electoral Act to do so 'when there is no Speaker of the HOuse as at present. OfRcial notice of the death of Mr. Sullivan has be&n sent by the Registrar of Deaths to the Governor-General, whose notice gazetting the vacancy Will be followed by the issue of his warrant directing the DebutyClerk of the Writs, Mr. A. G."Harper, to issue a writ to supplv the vacancy. The Clerk of the Writs is Mr. J. W. Heenan, a membcr nf the Gaming Commission at present sitting in Auckland. With the issue of the writ the .electoral) maehinery for tjhe by-election will be set in operation.