LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 10 June 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

New R'adio Station Delayed According "to a le'tter receivfed by the Manawatu-Oro'ua EleCtrie Power Board yest'erday from the! chief telegraph •engineer, the 'erection of the proposed radio station at Himatangi has not yet fnlly been decided upon. . 'Ihe board had written the engineer offeriftg • to supply power for the station and then had withdraWh the offer because of the estimated cost of the material needed. In his letter the engineer said he Would commUnicate with the1 board when it was decided toestablish the station at Himatangi. | National Savin'gs Further interesting -figures wererevealed when the results of lastweek's deposits to National Savings in the Palmerston North postal distr-ict were computed. The district's deposits totalled £7264 15s 4df a little in excess of double the weekly allotment. Palmerston North city and eight other toWns secured three hgure to'tals, among them . being Levin .£589 4s) and Shannon (£421. ,5s). In all £1 towns- " obtainM their . weekly; rquotas, these v Meiudin^ 1/evin/ Manakau, Shannon, Tofcom'airu and Weraroa.

IJ I Constable Stabbed | A knif e .weund,, aboUt .an-. -inoh: I deep in the ...region of the -kidl| neys was snffered by .Constafele H.: I R. Godfrey, of Te' Araroa, on Sat-' I urday ^evening, during' -a struggle I to arrest two .Maoris involved in a [l disturban.ee at Te Araroa, It is I alleged that when the policeman I attempted to acrrest the Maotis |l they drew sheath knives but he | was unaware tb|at he had been. | injured until the mai were looked | up. Mei Ngatai, aged 25, and his | brother, Tawhai Ngatai, aged -28, | Maori labourers, were remanded in | court yesterday on a series ef | charges .including assaulting the | constable. LuxUly Imports A substantial . increase in the quantity of tea imported into New; Zealand las't year, as compared ' with 1945, is shown in the la'tes't Abstract of Statistics. The respective totals Were 4889 tons and 35^3 > tons. imports of spirits were also Sfe • 31'0'000 &alloWs a-gainst 258,000 m 1945, but there was &■. reductioh in wihe impnrts from >

Mu/,uuu gairons "to 155,000. 'The fact that imported cigarettes had Jaarly. constant sale throughout New Zealand during the year is reflected in the toial for this item ■ being shown at 454 'tons, eompa'red with 45 tons in 1945. In the same J Pftmd. tobacco imports rose from1 3129 tons to '3223 tons. : Mr. Fraser's Leadership "New zealand is -one -of the world 's most foftunate 'countries in leadership," stated the natidnal' executive report to the annuai: conf erence of the • New Zealand Labour Party which opened inWellington under the presiden'cyi of Mr. James Roberts. The PrimeMimster (Mr. Fraser) had again1 earned* the gratftude of the whole' movement for his admirable work during the past 'year, said the' report. Besides cbn'ducting a l-splendid election eampaign, he nad had a strenuous year indrrectmg the work ?of the 'c'ountry ; ®e had yisited many districts, and1 the entbusiastie te'ceptiens eyery-' where acco'rd'ed him indicated the1

ucejj i egara une people had for him personally. - I Pre-School Health A new scheme aimed at providmg fuller medical care for -chil•dren to cover the -gap between the ' Se {l16^ leave the supervision ef the Plunket Society .and when g4n 'School is to £e -initiated JJ, Taranaki shortly hy the Medical Officer of Health, iDr. E W PhSS- Pr- that' the had -always hoped WPU^ be able to extend the adeqtiate oare of children up to & %ey..-aatomati-i baliy participated in the Statecontrolled scheme/ The Depart--mTW* .J5eS& ^ ^meTdeai iiAoped to ^Plettient a poliev whereby medical nffieers of fealS wouid attena Piuhket Tonms Gen-' erfX/Ia^itionfers ai'so fee asked to co-operate. t