LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 12 July 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

; More Mosquitoes Five more Mosquitoes are qn * their way from England to New Zealand to join the aircraft e'stabi lishment of the R.N.Z.A.F, Ari five aircraft are bei'ng flown by , R.N.Z.A.F. pilots, who 'Went toEngland for. the purpose. Teri other New Zealand pilots a're in . England awaiting to fly Mosquitoes ; out to the Dominion. Twenty of ' this type of aircraft have already , been ferried>to New Zealand'. £40,000 for Sport ' . ... : An ann'ouncement that £40,000 1 had been distributed amon'g ; sporting organisations- throughouthe country this year was made i by the Minister of- Interhal Afiairsy Mr. Parry, wheh addressing the : annual general meeting of the New Zealand Coupcil of Sport. Mr'. Parry said the .progress of the various organisatiqns -was very pleaa--' ing, but it was hot his wish for the 1 youth of New Zealand to- become too spoonfedr Petrel Panic Rumours that petrol rationing is' • to be reintrd&uced i'n the immedi- ; ate future are again rifer MotorIsts are storing petrol in all . types of containers, ; whiCh are at a* premium. 'Yesterday one farmer drove away from a boWser With hissmall truck loaded with four full 45-g"allon drums. He had received an urgcnt teiephone call from a relative allegedly "in the know" and was taking no' chances. Ileritage Helps War Widbw The work of the Heritage movement is strikingly exemplified- by the case of a youfig War widow who lost a purse containing her peh'sion money in ihe G.P.O., Wbllmgton, recently. She had no other mcney so she advised the organisation's sponsor for hef district of her loss. Inqmries by him proved her story correct and Heritage immediafely gave her the ^ amount lost. That Was one of the 200 or so cases- in which dependan'ts of deceased Servicemen receive assistance each year in Wellington.