LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 1 August 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Vital Statistics The vital statistics at Levin for the month of July,- states the registrar, Mr. H. J. Henderson, were as follows, the RgUres for the same month o i 1946 being given in parentheses: Births, 17 (19) ; deaths, 3 * (8) ; marriages, 6 (5) . July Rainfall Though the rainfall for June was the highest in any single month for a number of years, Juiy was not a very wet month, Mr. H. Harvey Cambridge Street, advises that rain fell on 15 days to make a total of 4.15 inches, as cjompared with 4.28 inches in July, 1946. The total rainfall so far this year is- 26.51 inches and for the same period in 1946 it was 25.9 inches. Conscience Money Seven conscience stricken citizens have eased their minds by sending money to Government departments, aeebrding to a notice in last night'sv- Gazette. n.The amounts werC:-^£32 10s to the Customs Department;, £1 11s to the Land and Income Tax Department; 3s 6d to the Mental Hospitals Department; Is -6d to the Mines Department; £1 18s ld to the.. Post and Telegraph Department; £3 to the Railways Department; and £12 and 8s 2d to the Treasury Department. Ship for Immigrants The Government, through the British Ministry of War Transport, has been successful in securing the use of the vessel Atlantis which would leave on her initial voyage to New Zealand about September 2, said the Minister of Immigration, Mr. McLagan, yesterday. It was anticipated that 252 "assisted immigrants and 200 Boy Scouts returning from the World Jamboree would be carried. The Atlantis, which would accommodate 500 passengers, would make a further trip 'to New Zealand with assisted immigrants later in the year. Airmen Sentenced The two members of the fire fighting unit of the New Zealand Air Force at Whenuapai aerodrome who set fire to a building at the aerodrome "to demonstrate the unit's efficiency" appeared for sentence for arson,-- and each was admitted to four years' probation . by Mr. Jusdce Blair, who com- : mented that there was no element of risk to life in. the fire caused. The airmen sentenced were Douglas Gordon Robertson, aged 19, and Douglas Albert Edward Major, aged 22. Each man will be required to pay half of the £233 damage fco Government property.