LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 16 October 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Cottpott Saviiig Meat coupons to the value of £219 have been handed in to the Levin Post Office during the past twelve months in respon^e to the Government's appeal to citizens to save their coupons. Coupons representing 1651bs. of butter have aiso been received by the local post office. Leyin Exceeds Quota The Levin Pokt Office has sold health stamps to the value of £2'80 sihce the campaign opened. This figure is £14 over the district's quota for the campaign. Saies- are continuing at a steady level and it is hoped, when the weather permits, to reopen the street stall. Ration Books Stdleu The Toko Post office was broken into and 286 new ration books were stolen, states a Press Association message from New Plymouth. Entry Was gained by forcing the back door of the building. Nothing else was taken. Toko is a township, 37 miles southeast of New Plymouth. Gannets Late The gannets at the Cape Kidnappers sanctuary are nesting later this season than they have been before. This is the opinion of Mr. D. G. Williams, honorary ranger to the Cap.9 Kidnappers Bird Sanctuary Board, who has just returned from an inspection visit. "How Things Began" A request ihat the question of the sudden suspension of the Series of broadcasts of "How Things Began," be ref erred to the education committee of the House of Representatives to hear evidence and to detfermine the causes and reasons for the suspension, was made in a petition presented to the House yesterday by Mr. H. E. Combs' (Onslow) on behalf of Mr. C. L. Bailey and 28 others. Mdre Fodd Fdr Britain In common with other schools in Levin, the Levin Convent School is contributing a large amount of food for the aid for Britain campaign. On Friday last this school, with 136 pupils on the roll, sent a 3001b. case of assorted foods to the Convent of the Good Shepherd in Cornwall, England. Previously a 1501b. case was sent to the Paeific Islands. Supplies of edible fat have also been despatched to England. New Ration Books With a greater number of coun- ! try visitors in town yesterday, the [ issuing of ration books showed a i marked increase. Altogether 672 were issued for the day. There are j still a large number who have yet to collect the new books, and to avoid a last minute rush and addi- j tional pressure on the post office : staff, the postmaster, Mr. L. A. j Whitham, requests householders to secure the books as early as possible. Stay-at-Home Doctors j The withholding of Social Security payments from doetors who re- j fused to attend to patients at their own homes was requested in a notice of question put by Mr. T. E. Skinner (L., Tamaki) in the House of Representatives yesterday. He added that it had been reported to him that certain medical practitioners refused to attend their patients unless they visited the surgery in the doctor's hours. Alleged Libel Action Deoember 10 has been fixed as the date for the hearing of the £1000 damages claim by Mr. Randolph Spencer Churchill against New Zealand Labour Newspapers, Ltd., the pfoprietors of the Southern Cross, for alleged libel in a leading article in the Southern Cross, dated October 1, and headed "Randolph On Show." At the making of the fixture Mb. L. G. Rose appeared for Mr. Churchill and Mr. T. P. Cleary for Labour Newspapers, Ltd.