LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 19 November 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Child Delinquency Mr. A. A. McLachlan, S.M., was called upon ta deal with six cases of child delinquency at a sitting of the Juvenile Court in 'Foxton this month, prior to the sitting of the Magistrate's Court. Baby Scalded Wnen Koger -Fowler, 20 months, upset a pot of boiling water at his home in Strathmore Avenue, Wellington, last night his face and chest were scalded. He was removed by the Wellington Free Ambulance to the Wellington Hospital, where he was admitte'd at 5.30 p.m. His condition is reported as satisfactory. Empty Beach Houses Tne compulsory ietting of summer baches and seaside houses is not provided for in the Housing Accommodation Bill, according to Mr. T. E. Skinner, M.P. for Tamaki. Mr. Skinner said he had discussed the matter with the Prime Minister last week. The Bill was designed to cover only empty houses in residential areas, River Board Abolition A public enquiry is to be held into the request by the Manawatu Catchment Board that the Mana-watu-Oroua River Board be abolished. A letter from the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council advised Of this fact yesterday and -stated that the enquiry would be held at Palmerston North about tne middle of February. Headmastfer's Record Service When the resignation of the headmaster of the Tawhero School (Mr. F. C. Jennings) was received at the monthly meeting of the Wanganui Education Board yesterday it was stated that Mr. Jennings had been in the board's service for 46 years 5 months. ' During this period he had had only two days' absence through sickness. Levin's Sympathy News oi me tragic fire in Christchurch fiashed round Levin at a laie hour last night, and was received with deep concern. Expressions of sympathy with the bereaved were contained in a teiegram sent this morning by the Mayor, Mr. H. B. Burdekin, on behalf 'of citizens, to Mr. R. H. Ballantyne, managing-director of the firm. Millions of Rabbits Hon. E. L. Cullen, moving the second reading of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Bill in the House-of Representatives said one

pair of rabbits could increase to bdtween 9,000,000 and 10,000,000 in three years. In the last 17 years 202,000,000 rabbits had been destroyed in New, 'Zealand but the menace was hecoming more serious each year. Many farms were going out of production and scores of farmers had been obliged to walk off their land because of rabbit depredations. / Safe Cracksmen Busy A gang of cracksmen attacked a safe holding £290 in a store at Springston, 17 miles from Christchurch, on Monday night. They used two acetylene cjutting" torches in a determined attempt to burn their way into the safe but were unsuccessfui and jammed the door. They stole goods wortll £30 from the shop and also made a haul from the. Springston garqge 5Q yards away. The New Zealand Farmers' Association's store at Leeston was also entered and £80 worth of goods stolen. Burglars also forced their way into four shops in a Colombo Street block near Lichfield Street at the weekend and escaped with a liaul totulling more than £100. I