LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 2 October 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dangers of Mt. Egmont Egmont, one of New Zealand's most deceptive and dangerous mountains, had the highest mortality rate of any peak in the Dominion, said Dr. G. H. Home, in an address to the New Plymouth Rotary Club. To date, 22 people had been killed 011 Egmont. Treacherous beeause of its apparent simplicity, Egmont was an easy mountain on which to get lost. Champion Bull of Show The champion bull award at the Manawatu dairy bull and heifer show, held in Palmerston North on Tuesday, went to Messrs. Atkins' Bros., of Manakau, with their Ayrshire, "Mahoe's Brownie's First." This bull carried olf the honours mainly on account of its greater depth of body, better shoulders and general quality throughout. There were 110 entries at the show and Mr. H. J. Lancaster, of Levin, was the judge.

Truancy at Gisborne Concern at absenteeism from schools in Gisborne and a request that the Hawke's Bay Education Board appoint a truancy offieer for the district, were expressed in a remit carried at a meeting of the Federation of Women's Institutes in Gisborne yesterday. One delegate said that boys had often been seer fishing off the wharf in schoo] hours, or going to the pictures, and some of the larger boys frequented billiard rooms. The parents were responsible, but unfortunatelj would not always co-operate witf the authorities.

Donation for Sanatorium A donation of £15_, the proceeds of a concert held in Levin, was received from the Levin Boys' Band at a meeting of the Western Districts' Joint Sanatorium Committee yesterday. A covering' letter intimated that the band recognised the great services carried out by the Otaki Sanatorium and wanted the money to be used for comforts and amenities fqr the patients. The managing secretary, Mr. A. J. Phillipps, stated that the money j had been placed in the patients' comforts account.

Foreign Mission Work A very interesting and pleasant evening was spent with Mr. Tom Bamford at the Seddon Street Church of Christ recently. Mr. H. Grinstead presided and spoke of the many mission fields the Church of Christ was interested in. Mr. A. Scott welcomed Mr. Bamford in a few well-chosen words. By means • of the screen and comments Mr. Bamford reviewcd the mission in the New Hebrides, India and Africa, and the very wonderful progress that had been made in educational and church work. Mrs. Fenn was at the organ and the ladies of the church provided refreshments at the close. Section Valued at Nothing Another instance of a prospective purchaser of a section in Greymouth being placed in the position of having to pay nothing for the property occurred at a sitting of the Westland Band Saies Committee. The vendor of the property — a leasehold section in Preston Road, Greymouth — applied for the committee's consent to the sale of the section to p. A. Pearson for £2$. After the committee had applied the formula it uses for leasehold transactions, considering the fr'eehold value and the high rental charged for the seefion, it assessed the value of the section at nil, and the transaction was approved on that basis.