LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 18 November 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

I Regent Theatre Lease I At last night's meeting of the 1 Levin Borough Council, Cr. F. D. j | Chainey eongratulated the Mayor, i | Mr. H. B. Burdekin, on his success j | at having brought to a elose the I negotiations for the lease of the S Regent Theatre. The.. final agree- | ment was signed and sealed at the ! meeting by Crs. Chainey and C. I Sherwood. j Most Shops to- Close j To meet the direction that | employees should be given suffi- ! cient time off tomorrow to vote in | the local body elections, the j | majority of shops in Levin will | close at 3 p.m. and not reopen | | until Thursday morning. The I 1 drapers, mercers, chain stores, j 1 grocers and furnishers have ; I definitely decided to close at this 1 hour. ! Roval Wedding Film i A speeial black and white two- | reel film of the Royal wedding, ! with Miss Anna Neagle as com- j I mentator, will be made and des1 patched to Empire countries by ! airmail. It is anticipated that the j I film will be ready for mailing j i approximately one week after the | eeremony, which would mean i ! exhibition in New Zealand approxi- | S mately a fortnight after the wed- I | ding. 1 National Savings 2 Last week's National Savings | activities in the Palmerston North I district resulted n a total of £2958 I being subscribed. The city con- | tributed £1817 but the best effort J on a "quota" basis was Woodville's I £313. Dannevirke returned £367. | All places were again credited with j f a weekly success, the list being as I follows: Palmerston North, Apiti, i Ashhurst, Bulls, Dannevirke, Feild- | ing, Foxton, Glen Oroua, Hal- | combe, Kimbolton, Levin, Mana- | kau, Ohau, 'Pahiatua, Pongaroa, | Rangiotu, Rangiwahia, Rongotea, ! Sanson, Shannon, Tokomaru, I Weber, Weraroa and Woodville.