LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 9 June 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

^ Old Florifi Found A silver coin, evidently ihinted early in Queen Victoria's reign* was found at Omoto, two miles from Greymouth, embedded ih the roots of an. old pine tfee which had been there fdf the laSt 70 years. The coin was a florin, bearing the evidence that it was "one tenth of a pouhd/' Obstetric Hospital Donation , A donation of £500 to the fuhds for the proposed obstetric ahd gynaecological hospit&l at Auckland was voted at a meeting of tHq Hamilton Gity Gouncii. A lettef from the Hamilton appeal eoriimittee stated that.it wasvhoped to raise £5000 in Hamilton. The council declined pe'rmission fOr the committee to hold a street collection or to have -street stails. United Naitdns Week In an effort to interest the people of New Zealand in the wdrk of United Nations this week is being obseryed as ' United Nations Week, I'nternational fallies and conderts'are being held in severai towns in NeW zealand, aiid a number of .colousful and significant posters, J 4 ' which " reC&riiiy 1 arrived from New Yofkj aie beirig displayed in shop windows throughout ;the country. Simiiar observarices "have b6en heid recently i'n the United States and in Great Britain. Prefer New Zealand "New Zealand is a inuch nicer place than Austrdlia," This is the view of two famihes who arrived at Auckland ih the Marine Phoenix from Sydney with the view of settling here. A former English CommandO Colonel, Mr. T. Vaughan, of Kent, and his wife Spent six weeks in Sydney and toured the New South Wales backblocks. with all their belongings in a car, but- decided to cbffie to New Zealand. "Even in New Zealand I don't believe it will coSt us what it cost over there t3 Iive —£12 a week," Mf. Vatlghan stated. Another passengef iiiteflding to settle here is an AtiS-^ tralian, Mr.- A. A. Hagluhd, fofih^ erly of the Royal .AuStralian Aif Force. . "One of the ihaiii feasdiis I felt I must leavfe AbStraiia WAs the look of the pe'dpje themselVeS/' he said. "They seemed to have no manners at all.',