LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 10 May 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Band Concert in Gardens With the promise of a fine aftemoon tomorrow citizens will be able to take advantage of the band concert in the Levin Public Gardens bomme'ncing at 2.30 p.m. Four Years' Detention Found guilty of causing.his wife bodily harm with intent, Galley Akeroa Bristow, a half-caste Maori quarryman, aged 27, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Callan in the Auckland Supreme Court to four years' reformative detenition. The jury put forward a strong recommendation for mercy. His . Honour said the offence was a very grave crime and one of the few for which a sentence of life imprisonment could be imposed. Escapee Arrested His arrest at Parnassus, 85 miles north of Christchurch", at 10.50 .yesterday morning ended the bri'ef spell of liberty for Jeffrey Corbett, labourer, aged 27, who escaped from custody in sensational circumstances at the .Supreme .Court building, Christchurch, at 5.15 on Thursday night. When arrested he was sitting on the railway station. Corbett said that he had ridden all the way from Christchurch on a bicycle. \ Morning and Evening Stars Some cufipsjty Has been expressed about thehrillfaht mbrning star now displayed tcL'early risers and poor sleepers. iir is Venus, which some months agd Vas.at its brightest as an evenihfr star. In a few days it will be. closely 1 associated in the sky yuth Mars, ' rriuch less showy, but .ea'sily' recognisable from its red. colopr. Second in magnitude to Venus is Jupiter, which is a prominent objedt in the evening in the east, and is visible all night: - — . ' * Pillaging on Ship Instances of pillaging " which amounted to a clean sweep of articles consigned to a Dunedin firm of importers/occurred recently. A case containingMJO dozen stainless steel table knives was brought to the Dominion by the Rangitata and after a long delay at Wellington was transhipped by the Wainui to Dunedin. On the Wainui's arrival all that could be found of the consignment was the empty wrappers, even the case having disappeared. In a subsequent search four dozen knives were found hidden in various parts of the ship but no trace was found of the remainder of the consignment. Search for Daughters Somewhere among. China's 400,000,000 people an .Auckland Chinese hopes to flnd his {two daughters. He has not heard from the girls, who are now in the early twenties, since before the war. During the last 10 years China, ravaged by warfare, has seen one of the greatest migrations in history, but, undaunted, this Chinese is returning to_ make the search. He is not alone in this mission for in the past few months other Chinese living overseas have sailed for their homqland to seek their families. Last year about 20 left Auckland and more recently another group sailed. Already in the first four months of this year about 20 have left for China. Jam Tins Full of fcennies When boys playing about an unoccupied house in Mornington, Dunedin, returned home with jam tins full of pennies, their father, a taxi driver, intrigued by this unexpected bounty, hnade further inquiries. He was told by his children that they had found the tins in the washhouse of a vacant house. Investigatioris proved their statements . correct and disclosed moretins fiiled with money. Th'e taxi driver informed the police and they found that the -house was owned by a retired civil engineer who had left it to live elsewhere, leaving there most of his, personal effects A search of the liouse brought to light more jam ' tins - fiiled with money as well as bottles containing coins. The collection weighed 301b and amounted to £28. The second of the series of dances being conducted by the Levin Volunteer Fire Brigade takes : place in the Regent Ballroom tonight. Excellent arrangements have been made and the evening should : be a pleasant one for all who at- ; tend. . - i /