LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 8 September 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Two "Holes in On.e" The unique performanpe of two players holing in one at the same hole was registered at the Queen's Park links, Invercargill, during the weekend. Playing on Saturday J. P. Steans holed hia tee. shot a,t Polygon (the 12fh hole) , a,bouf 130 yards. J. Driver,. a junior pla;y.er, aged 14, also holed it in one yesferd.ay.; Deerstalker's Accident The rescue of. a Feilding deerstalker from the difficult country above Table Flat, Apiti, on Saturday, suffering from a bullet wound in the thigh and calf, as a result of the accidental d.ischarge of " his rifle, occupied many hours on the part of settlers following the receipt of the news of the accident, whiqh occurred at about 9 o'clock. The injured youth was Allan Wickharh, son of Mr. and iMrs, R. D.' Wickham, of 50 .-.Warwick Street, Feilding. " - ' ■' Unwelcorne Publicity A strong protest against what they termed unwarranted. and damaging publicity to Gisborne by the headlines given by outs-ide papers -to accounts of earthquakes in the district was, ex-pressed at a jneeting by the Mayor, Mr. N. H. Bull, and councillors, and by members of the Gisborne and East Coast Regional Council. Speakers agreed on the accuracy of the reports sent Qut from Gisborne, but dpclared that Gisborne visitors to, Wellington and other centres wqre dismayed that the headlines on the I reports were out of- proportion to ! the seriousnes& of the occurrences. ! i Ganqer Research A director of cancer resqarch in New Zealand is tQ be appointed when the British Empire. Gancer Research As'sociation meets in Wellington. this week- The future activifcies of cancer research will b.e , conducted in the .pew: building for the Otago Medical Schpol — the bnly .medical schoQl in New Zealand— at the cojner of Hanover and, Khig; Streets, Dunedin. Speqial lines. of research were conducted in the old , building in King Street until, just before the war, Dr. A. M. Begg left to accept an appofintment to the Imperial Cancer Research In&tk • tute in London.

Houses for Ex-Servicemen During July a fur-ther 145 State rental houses and flats- were allocated to ex-servicemen un.Qer the scheme whereby they are allocated half of those becoming, available. for occupation. The July figures bring the total number of hpm.es provided for ex-servicemen and their dependanta to 7,181. For the, districts of which the towns below are the main centres the July allocations" are given, followed by "the total district . allocations up to, fhe end of that month: Auckland 4^6 (2089), Hamilton 11 (550), Napier 6 (306), New Plymouth. 2 (203), Wellington 40 (2589), Nelson 6 (162), Christchurch -22 (728), Dunedin 7 (410) and Invercargill 5 (144). . Approaching £55,0,00,000 An increase of over £l,800,00f) during July brought the total finance expended or authprised for the re-establishment of' ex-service-men in civil life to £54,325,816," says the latest available repprt of the Rehabilitation Bpard. Of this su,m the largest part is accouhted for by the £40,845,208 authorised for lo&ns for setting up homes, farms and businesses and for the purchase of furniture and tools of trade and other minor miscellaneous purposes. The purchase of land for settlement, its development and related expenses, accounts for £6,832,374; training for trades, both at rehabilitation centres and on wage subsidies including farm training £4,317,00jQ,; education £1,196,568; and special grants, allowances, e^opsea q,nb otlfer minor small items £523,807. ' '