LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 27 September 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

— * ♦ ! Day of Prayer Tomorrow j The day of prayer called for by His Excellency the Governor- ! Generai will be observed in the I various Levin churches tomorrow. ! Stock Remedies I Standards to be applied to applij cations for the registration of stock remedies are contained in the Stock ! Remedies Regulations published in the Gazette last night. The standards cover stock licks, vitamin preparations, worm drenches, teat salves, mastitis remedies, grass | staggers and milk fever preparations. and rotenone sheep dip. Lost Property Sale Property left in tramcars by'forgetful Aucklanders was auctioned yesterday, more than 500 lots being sold for over £300. Gloves were offered in bundles of six pairs at an average price of 12s a bundle, while. the assortment of other goods included a dinner suit, which went for £3 10s without any indication of its size. Bundles of five or six umbrellas were among the most poptilar lots 'offered, bids generally reaching £3.

! Youth Goes to Borstal I Charged with the theft of a suit, l j a youth aged 17 years was sen- j | tenced to 18 months in Borstal by | J Mr. C. C. Marsack, S.M., in the i I Children's Court at Palmerston j | North yesterday. It was stated in [ ! j evidence that the youth had at- j j tempted to sell the suit without) * success. He. had appeared before j 1 the« Court on other occasions. The j J Magistrate said thaf in view of the j I fact that leniency on the other ac- i I casions had not had the desired ! 1 effect he ha4 no option but to | place him under constant dis- | cipline. _ j I Meat Coupons In Hotels | From Monday next "H" or "J" | S meat coupons will entitle hotel and j £ j restaurant diners tp two meals o'f j rationed meat, while the 3d coupqn 1 will be available for one meal. In | defining the new values of meat 1 coupons, the Food and Rationing t Controller, Mr. A. J. Costelloe, statI ed that "H" or ."J" co.upons could be I cut in two diagpnaily/'and each | half surrende'red ' for one meat i meal. This applies only to meals | of rationed meat bought in hotels ! and restaurants, cut "H" or "J" j coupons must not be tendered by * the public when buying supplies 1 from butchers, said Mr. Costelloe. !Soap-box Derbies Not Wanted Wniie proposed soap-box derbies J in various centres would probably | be adequateiy controlled, there * would be undoubted repercussions ifrom the contests, which were most undesirable, said Hon. F. S. Hackett, ' acting for the Minister of Transport, in a statement last night, J when explaining the departmental t view on the proposal. Fatalities | had occurred in. the past through S boys riding in trolleys and contests, I despite safety rules for their con- * duct, would cause a revival of trol- | ley riding in the streets — only too ? oi'ten with serious consequences to i life and limb. Whether held on ] public roads or on private property, ! the contests would encourage | hazardous and often disastrous I trolley-riding practices which I otherwise were steadily disappeaiv ! ing. | Naming Miss N,Z, I The name of the ideal New Zea- | land girl will be anpounced at a | special function in the Wellington | Town Hall on the night of Novem- { ber 5. This was announced today i by Mr, K. W. Kilpatrick, executive S director of the Miss New Zealand I quest, being condqeted by the | Royal Society of St. Georgfe to find | a girl who can represent the ! Dominion as the guest of the Royal j Society of St. Georgp in Britain. | The ' district finalists would be I named as soon as the jqdges had I found them, said Mr. Kilpatrick, I and all the finalists would go to i Wellington early- in Novembpr for ! the fiiial selection to be made. They I would attend a Miss New Zealand i ball at the Majestic Cabaret on ■ November 3. .