LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 21 April 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

: — — — Death of Boy Fatal injurise were suffered by a ni'ne-yeaivold bdy,r William Alexander DawSon, son of Mr. R. G. Dawson, of Marshland Road, Christchurch. when he was striick jy a car i'n Marshland Road. The. boy . was wheelihg a pushchair along the east- side of the road when he -was overtaken by a car driven by Mr. Wdlliam Desmond Whitham. He was admitted to hospital, but.died soon after. Central Register of Live-Stock The estabiishment of a central register of all pedigree live-stock of every description was proposed by the Royal Agficultural Society of -Ehgland, Lord Bledisloe told a 'meetihg of farmers in Christchurch. Thls was not only to serve buyers from the Argentine, who were clamouring for stock, but all countries. He 'would emphasise that this Was only in prospect and that negotiations were sti'll proceeding, because a report had appeafed i'n New Zealand that finality had been reached. A Premature Incriease I'nformation has reached the Price Tribuhal that some pastrycooks and cake shop proprietors have, as the" res.ult of tne recentiy aimounced ihcreas'e. in the cost-^of sugar to commercial users, increased the price of cakes and small goods. The tribunal stated that no such prices had been authorised and any person who raised the prices was. liable to prosecution. Before higher prices could be authorised, the tribunal must have before it evidence of the finaneial position of the industry as a wh'ole, and if and when such wasv mceiVed a prOmpt investigation ahd dCcision 011 the matter would follow. Education Board Buys Army Huts Faced with an application for a woodshed at the St. John's Hill School, and told by the architect, Mr. L. S. Barsanti, that new building materials were not available,, the Wanganui Education Board decided* to 'bity an Army hut from Waiouru and re-erect it at the school. Then, informed that the supply of such ..huts would be limited, the board decided to buy four more, against future applieations. The huts are 15ft by 8ft and cost £25 and the shifti'ng ahd re-erection costs are estimated at £5, giving a -total cOSt of £30. Four similar huts were. botight for the use of the board's outside bullding stalf. • ^ Ship Rams Fish * While crossiiig tHe Faeific on the voyage from LOhdan to Auckland, the liner Port Spbart ramined' a large fish, whicii was at first ohought to be. a whale. Captaih T. Kippins, O.B.E., . D.S.C., .Saw that the ship had caught the flsh at an. arigle and CUt approximately halfway through its body. The head was partly submerge.d on the port side a'nd its tail was threshing above water on the starboard. After the vessei had been stopped and the engines reversed the fish dropped from the bbw ahd cank. Captaih Hippihs said the passengers were eohvihced it was a whaie, but he thoitght it might have been a tunny. , £