LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 21 July 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Borer in gtate Houses A statement that State houses in. Rotorua had become affecred by borer within a f>w years of their construction was made by a joiner, Mr. E. J. Miles, in evidence befpre the Hamilton Land Saies Gommittee in Rotorua. He said that one house he had spen was only three years old, yet one of.its doors v;as mfested wiih borer. Control of Hydatids The New Zealand Counties Association had met representativ.es of the Government, and obtained approval for recommendations designed to reduce- the incidence of hydaiids, it was reported to the annual' conference of the association yesterday. The Health DepartI ment had agreed t'o undertake furiher propaganda work, and an educational capipaign' had been carried out through farmers' organisations. The Department of Agriculture had' agreed to approach freezing works suggesting the payment of a bonus when the incidence of hydatids in livers dropped below 40 per cent. Fire at Fort Ballance Two weeks a'fter' they moved into the firs't home of their own after three years of married life, Lieutenant j. W. Donaldson, M.C., wife and child were burnt out at the inaccessible Fort Ballanceab'out 2 a.m. .iSaturday:;morhih^..'-^y: :the ,time the ,firp engines ^achecH the itPP: of ihe -hilh.where 'tnd^fort

lies "and' had' run "a' redord lehgfh* of 2300 feet of hose down the gully to the nearest main at Scorching Bay, all they could do was prevent the fire spreadiiig to other buildings. The occupanfs had reasonable tihie to escape but had no hope of coping' with thp flames as'a stiff southerly wind drove them through , the building. .Most of Lieutenant ' Donald^on.'s possessions were lost in the fire. Thieves' Big Haul A wide variety of jewellery t o a total value of approximately £500 was stolen wherl thieves broke into the shop of Mr.' W. A. Knight, jeweller, in Coleman Place, Palmers- • 611 North, over the weekend. The theft was discovered* when a cohstable on beat duty noticed that he dopr of the' shop was open at 7.50 a.in. yesterday. Nearly all the valuables stoleh were taken from the shop windo'w, and severul factors point to the theft having vbeen hurriedly executed. A quantity of valuable jewellery was not topched, indicaling that the thieves had shown no discr-etioh in what they toqk. In addition, the shop till was robbed of only a portion of-its coritents. A number of expensiVe engagement rings was included in the haul.