LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 3 October 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Woman Bookmalcer Flned "In view of your previous good j record your fine will be reduced : somewhat," commented Mr. Mc- [ Lachlan, S.M., in the Masterton i Court this week, • when imposing a !fine of £25 on Mary"Jane Stevens, ! who pleaded guilty to a charge of having carried on the business of a bookmaker. Golfers' Working Bee Members of the Levin Golf Club are reminded that a working bee will be held at the links over the weekend. All available members are asked to be pfesent to assist in the constructiori of three new ; greens, Nos. 2, 14 and 16. The ! secretary, Mr. J. ;E. Fullarton, asks I any members who can lend shovels j and rakes to take them to the ' links.- ; Mayoral Contest ! The local body election campaign I will soon be conimenced in Levin, j | The Mayor, Mr. H. B. Burdekin, ; j advised yesterday that he would I i hold his first meeting of ratepayers j i on Wednesday, October 22, and the ; ! second on Wednesday, November 12, ! i both in the" Century Hall. On j [Thursday, November 13, Mr. Burde- : kin will address Weraroa ratepayers ! in the Weraroa Hall. j Junior Chamber Convention I Passing through Levin on their j way to the convention at Wanj ganui, a party of Junior Chamber 1 of Commerce delegates from Lower ! Hutt and the South Island were j entertained at morning tea today i by the Levin Junior Chamber of ' Commerce. The delegates from | ! Levin will he Messrs. N. Thornley and G. Sorenson. Messr&. D, - J. [ Sweetzer and F. Duigan will also f attend the convention.

j Wee Doch-an-Dorrach j It was apparently his Scottish generosity which had prompted defendant, said Mr. D. P. Todd, [ counsel for William Campbell, of | Paekakariki, in the Magistrate's [ Court, Levin, today. Campbell, who [ was charged with being in posses- | sion of liquor in the vi'cfnity of a j j dance hall at Ohau, pleaded ! [ guilty, but stated through his I j counsel that he was takihg his ! j ! friends out to his car for a drink. 1 [ The Magistrate, Mr. A.'M. Gould- { | ing, S.M., imposed a fine of £1 10s. I j. Court costs were 10s. | Price of Ice Cream The increased price for butterfat I is causing concerh in the ice cream j ! industry. "It seems inevitable that j representations will have to be : made to the Price Tribunal for ! some relief," said the president of j the New Zealand Ice Cream Manuj facturers' Association, Mr. J. H. Naylor, this week. He expressed j extreme doubt whether ice cream j concerns could carry on at present ? selling prices. Costs of wages and | transport had eonsiderably increasj ed, and the wholesale price .of ice i cream was no higher today than 20 years ago, he said. j Limiting Roacl Journeys | An indication that the wartime | measure limiting passengers' trips i by buses and other vehicles to 30- ! mile journeys might be re-intro- | dueed to conserve petrol, was given h by Mr. P. J. Skoglund, Transport ! Licensing Authority, at a sitting at I Hastings yesterday. Mr. Skoglund I said he had been asked' by the Minj ister to make a review of passen- | ger services licences to- see what j could be done in conserving petrol. ; "Speaking generally of the ser- ! vices," he said, "I have in mind I the restriction of journeys to the I 30-mile limit. It is up to everyone, individually and collectively, to conserve petrql."