LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 30 December 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

G.I.'s Return To Dominion Several XJnited States ex-service-men have arrived at Auckland to .settle in New Zealand. Some returned With their wives. "New Zealand is a young, progressive country with plenty of opportunities," said one of the Americans. No Flower Girls Allowed As no children under 16 years of age were allowed to attend churches or any other gatlierings, this was a breach of the regulations, said the Medical Officer of Health in Southland (Dr. K. J. Davies), commenting on the fact that he had noticed that at several weddings in Dunedin there were children iinder 16 as flower girls and bridesmaids. Lost £100 — Founcl At Home A Masterton pensioner received a nasty surprise on Saturday morning when he went to pay for a railway ticket and found his roll of one pound notes, totalling more than £100, was missing. The matter was reported to the Masterton police, but the missing money was later found to have been left on the mantelpiece of the owner's home. Minor Collision A slight collision between a- truck and van occurred in„ Oxford Street early this morning. The truck, driven by Mr. D. Hair, of Levin, was travelling north when it was involved in a collisioh with the rear of a van, the driver of which was Mr. B. E. Iremonger, of Levin. Both vehicles were damaged, but nobody was injured. Accident At Speedway Mr. Frank Collis, the well-known Manawatu representative cricketer, who is also a midget car driver at the Palmerston North speedway, is in hospital as the result of an accident on Saturday evening at the Showgrounds. His car turned over during the last event and caught fire, and he wap removed to hospital for treatment for facial injuries. His condition is stated to be satisfactory. Old Skeleton Found

A skeleton found on the beach at Bell Block on Friday is believed to be that of an old Maori whose grave had been uncovered by sea erosion. The discovery was made by Mr. A. Tomp'kins, New Plymouth, who, With Mr. B. Judd, was on a shooting expedition. Bones were seen in , a sandbank which had" been eroded and investigaton revealed an almost complete skeleton. Theskull was in good condition, even »to a complete set of teeth. Youth Travel Party In the chargeof Mrs. M. Garnett, 39 members of the . Youth Travel Association of Australia arrived in Wellington on Sunday. They plan to' spend the next 18 days. travelling in N6W Zealand. The tours are organised by Mr. j. L. White. The party which will travel in two groups, will Visit nlost of the scenic spote as far as Rotorua, Timaru oand Mount Cook. The party will sail again for Austfalia on January 16.

MisrrantS From Britain Though no Government assisted settlers were among the 285 passengers who arrived in Wellington in nhe- Rimutaka from London yesterday offlcials of the Department of 'Labour and Employment met the ship to make contact with the new"comers and give them information concerning employment opportun- ' ties in the Dominion. Their visit to ! the ship was part of the plan to make the settlers feel welcome and help them establish themselves in new surroundings. A large number of passengers accepted the help offered. New Township Minginui, a new township of 100 houses, which is about to be built near Te Whaiti, 60 or so miles from Rotorua, is to be a powerful factor in bringing timber from the outback to fight the housing shortage. With modernised buildings and homes, Minginui is one of the villages which repres£nt a new ordef in the timber industry. The houses are already beginning to be buiit in the settlement and water is flowing from the bore which will s.upply drinking Water. One of the landmarks is a new reservoir on a mount, to which water is pumped from a creek, and from which water is gravitated to two of the sawmills to feed the boilers and to supply a sprinkler system — safeguard against the great-fire risk a sawmill represents. Poles To Settle In N.Z. Extreme privations, grief and thwarted plans were described by seven Polish soldiers yesterday when they arrived at Wellington in the Rimutaka. These men, to a greater • or lesser degree, all experienced major upsets in their lives with the penetration of the Germans and the Russiahs into their country. One of them, Mr. Jan Wierzbicki, is married to a New Zealand girl, formerly Miss Cynthia Wilson, Bulls, who returned to New Zealand by air some time a^o. He met her in Scotland while the Polish Army was stationed there. A Sentence of 10 years' forced labour was imposed on one of the soldiers Mr. Leopold Kundycki, by the Russians when they entered the country m 1941. He was a professor of mathematics in Ltov and Was sentenc^d by the Russians because he w+a" military officer and a lecturer at the Polish Cadet Officers' School