LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 26 May 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Queen Mary 80 Today The flag at the Levin Post Office was flying today to mark the 80th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Mary. Boys Needed for Band Boys up to 17 years of age are nvited to make application for membership to the Levin Boys' Band. Most of the instruments available tend towards -bass. There will be a practice at the . bandroom on Wednesday evenine at 7.15 p.m. Record Price for Bull The highest - price yet paid in New Zealand for a yearling Jersey bull, 510 guineas, was brought by a nine-months-old calf at a sale of the Rata GlCrr stud of Mrs. E. 3. Corlett and 'S'on, of Inglewood,, on Saturday. The animal was " cata Glen Right Royal and the purchaser was Mr. S. A. Tippett, of Okaiawa. Converted Motor Cycle A radio announcement regarding a missing motor cycle, converted from Palmerston North-, vas heard yesterday by a Mana;au resident,. >i>--who subsequently gave information to the Levin Dolice which led to the arrest of David Archibald, who will bc 2harged in the Magistrate's Court, Palmerston North, for the unlawul conversion of the machine. Appeal for Clothing The 45,000,000 .unaer-clad anc under-fed children in Europe present a big problem, but if all will assist the present Red Cross xppeal in Levin for clothing foi these unfortunate children . aurinj. the coming winter, the people of the town will be able to feel that they have played their part. Parcels left at the depot near the Levin Post Office on Friday next vill be appreciated. Not a General Service That the checking of vehicle lights at the Horowhenua Powei Board's depot la&t-'wbek was not a general service .to motorists. bu. merely the inspection of heavy vehicles' lights narried out annually by the vehicle inspector wa: pointed out today by the district traffic inspector, Mr. M. Keboe He added that he had been besieged with telephone enquiries froir. motofists asking for a test, anc wished to make it quite clear thal he was not giving this service. Man's Body Found Two boys playing in Grafton gully found the body of a membei of the Royal New Zealand Nav, lying below Grafton Bfidge a; about 4.30 on Saturday afternoon He was Chief Petty Officer Elli: Grey Bustard, aged 28, married, o: H.M.N.Z.S. Bellona. Petty Officei Bustard, who was suifering fron. var neurosis, was an inmate oi the military annexe at the Auckland Hospital. He was given leavlast Monday but did not return to the hospital. Joining the Navy ir 1939 he served successfully in th cruisers Achilles, Gambia anc Bellona. Exhibition in Christchurch Tentative plans for the- lay-oti and buildings of the exhibitior which it is proposed should bt held in Christchurch from Octo ber, 1950, to Easter, 1951, werc approved by the provisional directors and will bb the basis of approach to the Governmen for help. Constructed of prefabricated pinuS insignis panels with laminated pinus insignis roofing the buildings will be designed fb] the maximum salvage value. The total cost of the buildings, layout and all service connectionS, is estimated tentatively at about £9000. The proposed site is the same as that used for the 1946 exhibition.

Well Used Bfidge o Daily tisers o'f Wanganui's 75-year-old .town bridge — motorists, cyclistS and pedestfiahs — averdge oetween 19,000 a'nd 2d,000, aceording -to traffic tallies made by the °ublic Wtirks Department this month. Auckland Honesty Tram-car passengers in Auckand have higher ethics than their i'ellow traveliers in ]:he capital city. It may be a prejudice, but Auckland Transport Board officials" lave reached this view after readihg reports from Wellington that E500 gces "down the drain" there ekly in unpaid fares. However, officials admit that a Well organised inspection syStem may contrib.ute to Auckianders' apparent ibnesty. They also admit los'ing "a little" in unpaid fares on. short rides at peak periods. "But £500 veekly? An instilt to customers who are nearly always right.'^