LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 15 May 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Nazi Symbols for Levin Two flags featurjng the swastika of the Nazi regftne, whiph were said to hav.e hown over the island of Guernsey in the Chanael Islands .Oraup, were ;lgst night presented to the Levin branch of the R.S.A. by Mr. W. T. Cleal, of Levin. : Petrol Co.upons Again? There is in Christchurch a fairly consistent rumour that petrol coupons are to be reinstituted. The rumour suggests that the coupons have actually been printed in readiness for issue when the next car licensing period comes round. N.Z. Ensign for R.S.A. The presentatioh of a New Zealand ensign to the Levin R.S.A. was a f eature of last night's annual meeting. The fiag, which was donated p^4'Mr, J. J. Galiagher, was displa^ed by the president, Mr. N. ^.. Thomson, who called for a vgterbi fhanks to the donor. Stronger Beer The -Rritish Minister of Eood (Mr. Strachey) -has deeided tp festor-e the average -strength of beer to the gra-vity it stood at prior to the . 10 per eent^ reduction imposed on AugtrasP 1 " 1*946 Mr. •Strachey said tbat;. coal and no-fc iugar and eereals, was now the limiting faetor. "The br-ew-ers will >rew the maxi.muhi qushatity • they can froni the coal' stbcks and they might as Well brew it a biit stronger," he said. Empire Youth Sunday . His .Majbsty, the^lGSJg, patrojn of che Empire Youth Sunday on May 16,' has sent a massage to iB'ritisb youths p.articip.ating, saying; "We ask the youths ?i. of the greait

Dommions, Indaa1, the Colonies and Pependencies,'- whe.n they join in observ.ance with the yputh Qf the United Kingdom, to reme.moer that' they arevmembers of one great family. Itj is our earnest prayer that they steadfastly maintain .the great ideal .of hro'thernood on which . the Empire is founded/' j English Tobaceo ; An indioation as'.to-the position .n regai-d to the jfuture price of nbacco' imp.Qrted" from England, was given today by -a representa- - ive of a city wareho.use, who said that a recent .preis statemeni " regarding the lifting of the N.ew Zealand Government subsidy on such toba.cqo; was ' not applicable to s.tockb a.lready held in this country." Future shipj ments would, hoWever, *be affeet- " ed, and a new " price schedule ^ould shprtly be c'irculated tc retailers. Rock Damages RUilding A rock weighi'Pig three-quarters of a ton fel'l from a qparry .ahove and crashed through the r.ear o,f che Napier GrilL.Hall .on Tuesday morning. The rock wrenched .off a: door, tore a largie .hole in the surrounding woodwouk, tcaused some interior damage and eame to' irest; a few feet insidP the buildings The rock was pne ,pf .20 being rolled dpwh. a . spfllway when it struck a projecting piece ;of jcoek, was divpr.tpd frpm. its cbur-se and .covered the intervenihg 40 yaiids. between .the ,hase of the hillside and the bapk ;pf thp buildihg a single hpge bound.' Food Earcels for Britain Food parcels sent from "New Zealand to Britain dpring the quarter January 1 to Marjch 31, ' 1947,. were nearly dpuble the w-eight pf thosp posted -during- the cbrres--' ponding quarter of* 1946.. Guring the first quarter/ of ,this :year 199,808 food parcels of a tatai weight of 1,704,755 1b. (761 ton§ 1 cwt. 1 qr." 9 lb.) were sent to' Britain, compared with 140; 268 parcels weighing 872,685 lb. ('329, tons 11 cwt. 3 :pr. 9 ib.) sent" between January 1 and March 3l„ 1946. The inerease comprised 59,540 parcels weight 832;090 lb. (371 tpns 9 cwt. 1 qr. 14 lb) . The average ^weight of the parcels • sent frotn January i ,t© March 31,, 1947, Shdwed an fncg'^ase froih a. little more than 6 lb. to 84 lb.