LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 21 June 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

High Price for Wool An excellent price has been obtained hy a local jfarmer for three bales 'of wool branded "Karamu." The average weight ■ was 350 lbs. per bale and the wool sold at 28|d per lb., or £41 15s per b'ale. Wsm/lrtj' TiPP'5! Three hundred and forty-three pairs of hawks' legs were received by one of the rangers of the Southland Acclimatisation Society last week. The sender of this ufiusually . great bag was a Winton woman, and her reward — -£17. The society pays out ls for each pair of legs as hawks are a serious menace to young ducks. Teachers in Slacks Another effect of the power shortages and- restrietions on the use of radiators was revealed when two women teachers requested of the Taranaki Education Board permission to wear slacks while teaching dufing the winter. The board replied that it had no jurisdiction in the subject, and suggeSted ^at application be made to' the sqI^oqI committee ponr Cerned. . . ' „ Stole and Sold Two Boats A man who stole two boats from the foreshore at Auckland, one valued at £45 and the other at £49 10s, and transported them by lorry to the Manukau Harbour where he sold one, was charged in the Auckland Police Court yesterday. He was Ciaude Solomon Clarke, aged 30, a labourer, . and pleaded guilty to the theft of the boats, also to the theft of an outboard motor. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Irritating Shipping Delays Delays in shipping in Australia were just as irritating and as rife as they are in New Zealand, Mr. S. W> Peterson told a meeting of the Council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce this week. "When I was in Sydney- I was told there were 30,000 tons of cargo awaiting shipment to New Zealand," he said. "Increased efficiency in the use of available shippihg is a most urgent necessity for the national economies of both Australia and New Zealand." Shoplifters Active Periodic dim lighting necessitat sd by the power cuts has particularly affected Palmerston North shops, and most of them have met the occasion by providing gas lainps or other emergency methods 3 of lighting. That some people have taken advantage of the situation, however, is shown by a report concerning the prevalence of shoplifti'ng, an offence which has always to be combated in large stores. It is reported from one chain store that- during a halfhour period two of three fairly large docks which were displayec on a counter disappeared. These are only items which are more easily missed. No indication could be given as to the number of smaller goods which had been pilfered. Colin Horseley's Piano Colin Horseley's grand pia'no, which he brought with him to 'New Zealand, has been purchased by a Wanganui resident, and donated to the city for the /'use of visiting artists and to further cultural development in Wanganui, says' a correspondent. The piano is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Robin-' son, and in a letter to the Mayor (Mr. W. J. Rogers) Mr. Robinson said that as he had decided to retire from- active business, he and his wife had a wish to give something back to the city of Wanganui, which, he said, had been good to them ' over the past 19 years. "The fact that the instrument belonged to one of Wanganui's brilliant sons, who has distinguished himself ih the world of hiusic," writes Mr. Robnson, "adds further interest to the piano itself, and should prove' a soiiree of mspiratioh to Ml who use it." A bring-and-buy evening will be held in St. Mary's Hall on Tuesday jl evening at 8 p.m.