LOCAL AND GERERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 14 May 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GERERAL

Eclipse of the Sun Astronomers pr'edi'ct a total eclipse of the sun today week'. Unfortuna-tely the phenomenon will not be visibl'e in New Zealand. Infectious Diseases Sixteen cases of infectious' diseases were notiffed in, the Wel-rington-Hawke's Bay Health Disjrict . last- week: T-hey were: Tuberculosis, six' cases, scarlet fever, six cases;'' diptheria, two cases; dysentry, one case;. cerebro>spinal meningitis, one case. There wa's one death- from tuberculosis. Competitions Successes In the elocutioh - section at the Manawatu Compefitions, held' at Palmerston North ..yesterday, Miss Acushla Quinn, of Levin, gained 'chi-rd place with 8'4 points in the humorous recitatidhi for girls' from 12 to 17 years, -Marshall Ma'her, of Levin, ga-ihed thif'd pl'ace with 71 points in the recitation for boys from nine to 1'2 f years. £550 Raised' for Hei>ita|;e ] A chequ'e for- ,£^(3; the gross ?^mbunt raised' by; ithe' streefc cOli leetion held . iii, cqnjuhctio'n- withI the' stud'ents' a'hnual' proeession in ! Christchurch last week, haS' been hand'ed to Mr". H. B. Duckworth, president of the- Canterbury ■oranch of Heritage, by Mr. D: F. Symon,. president of the-. Ganterbury University C'ollege Studenfs' As'soci'ation. ' ; » V ' ) Shortage' of- S'eats ' i i Last Siinda-y's band pr'ogramme jin the Levin Public Gardens jOrought to- notiee the* lack- of seatIng available on these occasions. !lt is too much to- expeet citizens jto stand throughofit the duration iof the* programme, which lasted . an hour and a- half. In most , fcowns the parks have am-pl-e sea-ts, usually donated- by publ-i'c-spMted citizens. An. extra five or six would not be amiss • in Levin's beauty spot. Waipoua Forest CoritrdveVsy "I nevef take spiy: notiee of offl- , cial statements. '' I- like ' t'O* s'ee things for m'yself." Thi's wa's the , reply of Tdr. J. J. Mdher, M.P; for j Otaki,, durlng; the- coUfSe of an j in-terview yesterday, Wh'efi" com1 nenting* on the alleged d'estiuction of the Wa-ipoua kauri forest. Mr. Maher intima-ted- that he ; in-tended to pay a visit to the' ' forest Whenever an oppoftuhTty : presented itself. "I have a khowlJ edge of- forestry myself, a'hd will make a point of seeing the forest; i will be q,uite prepared t'o make a itatement then." Hotel Charges The Ptice Tribunaf, referring toillegations that a number oi hot'el-keepers have ihcreased their :harges for ac'Gommoda'tioii' With--out its approval-, sai'd- that it had approved applications for" ihcreas3s in only a very sYnhli ndnib'er of cases, and then ,pnly after the production of bala'nce sheets and .profit and l'oss" accounfS' relating to the whole business, ihciusive of fhe bar trade. ^The matter is 3eing pursued and' prOsecutiOns will follow in- any cases which com'e to the notiee'' of- the t'ribimal : where una'uthorised' inCrea'sCS ■have been- made:. _ ? ^ Fine Piece of tand* "Now that is an' excoil'ent piece : of la'h'd," s'aid1 Mt. J1. J1. Maher; M.P. for Otaki, . when- passin'g' & « Xevin yesterday. Ifr.-. Maher was ; large section- on t'he , olitskirtS of I , Levin yesterday. Mr".- lClaher' was b'eing taken. to : the pfopoSed i .sanatorium si't'e by the secretary > of the .Levin Junior' " Ohaift&ef ' of i , Commerce, , "Gi, H, Sorenso'n;,. i and- Mr.. El-. E.- Tyrreil'.- On. bei'ng . informed that he was speak-i'ng oi ; the land on which it was, proposed i that. the buildings be erected, Mr.. ■ Maher evinced' ' considorable sur- : prise, st.ating that- he was tinawarfe1 of that fact, but that he himselif i had often n'oted ihe? aS*eav wh'ich i; he' consiirered one of- the 'best in the distriet. ;