LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 9 January 1948, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

■ Counterfeit Coins I Silvered pennies designed to be I mistaken for half -browns are in I circulation in Aub'kland. One of I these counterfeit coips came into | the possession of a tobacconist. | Spme of the silyer had been worn j off it through friction with other I coins, but it was easily recpgnisable | by its weight and ring. | No Longer Justified [ One of the two/ radio telegraph 1 circuits between New Zealand and I the United States'will be clos.ed I dpwn tomorrow, said the PpstJ master-General, Mr. Hackett, last I night. Traffic conditions no longer i justified the retention of the two 4 radio circuits which were pstablishI ed to the L^iited States early in I 1942 to meet war requirements, he [ said. 6 Feilding Show Off 4 At a largely attended meeting of ! the Feilding Agricultural and PasI toral Association general commit- [ , tee last night, it was deeided to ! abandon the annual show this year 1 in view of the infantile paralysis 2 j situation and need for health pre8 | cautions. The ram fair wiU proceed I ' as usual and the usual show classee I ' at the fair-will be held. ! I | j What Next! I j , "W-e Remember Your Birthday," is an alluring caption over an «advertisement in a Wellington paper calling for a shorthand typiste. Among the usual offers of high wages, excellent conditions, morning and afternoon tea and ample holidays was the promise, "and | every girl's birthday is remembered 8 by the friendly management • and I stp.fi." • _ • Mail Jettisoned j When an R.N.Z.A.F. transport j plane from Japan had engine 1 trGuble over the . Philippines o*n | Deeember 19, 27 bags of mail were 2 jettisoned, the Postmaster-Generql 1 (Mr. Hackett) said yesterday. The [ mail was parcels posted by J-JToree [ men in the 2nd N.ZE.F. and 8 R.N.Z.A.F. areas on Deeember 1^ I and in the Tokio and Kure areas j between Deeember 11 and 13 I An Arrest Follows Fire j The house.of Inspector P. C. Fel8 ton, of the Christchurch police, wqs 8 found-on fire about 9.30 on Tues- | day night. A man whose move- [ ments were thought suspicious was j ohserved in the vicinity, and af ter I surveillance he was taken into [ custody and charged at the Magi- ! strate's Court, Christchurch, with | breaking and entering the house of j Inspector Felton.- Accused wps | Keith Robert Barker and he was I rpmanded in custody. Considerable j damage was done. to one room of the house. The cguse of thp fire | has not yet been ascertained. Inr | spector.Felton and his family were absen.t at the time. Mission Ship's Visit On her first visit to the Dominipn since 1938, the Soutfiern Cross VII, j the Melanesian Mission yessel, will j arrive at Auckland from Sydney at' ! the week-end ,or early next weejr. | The general secretqry of the Melaj , nesian Mission, Majpr H."F. N. Robinson, will be among the pas^engers. He will atten'd the consecration of the Very Rev. S. G. Caulton, Dean pf Aupkiaud, as' Bishop pf Melanesfa, at St. Mary's Cathedral Church on February 2. Sopn after his consecration, the new bishop hopes to. visit the Islands in the Southerh Cross. He yull fhen go i to the Lambeth conference of bish-' Jops which opens in July next year.

Slot Machine Fays Out If all penny-in-the-slot machines are as liberal as the one used for purchasing stamps at the Levin Post Office, they should be popular institutions. Inserting two pennies in the ma'ehine yesterday, a resident was'surprised when he received baek two penny stamps — and a halfpenny. Fish Plentiful Hqliday-makers at Waitarere Beach were disaPPPinted at the Yery small catches of fish made the're duripg the Christmas period. At this tijne pf the year it is usual $p land spme very large hauls crf fish, hut this Christnias very f-w catches were made. However, over the last 4§ hpurs, a large snoal of flounder, kahawhai, and sphnapper iia-Ya been feeding eff the cpast. Nets and set lines have been used t,p good advantage, with spme good results. Last night pne party with a two=rnan net caqght 42" flounders m one hapi. Cupro-Nickel Coins A quantity pf the new cuproniekel cpinage has been released fpr circiilatien in Mellington, in the half-erown, florin and shilling denominations. A very few ^ixpenees have heen released also. Cqpropickel coinage was first' released in Auckland several days ago. The "new coinage differs in eolour from the existing silver-, having a bronze tinge in some lights. Care must he taken to avoid confusing the halfcrown with a penny' in these circumstances. Return Cargo For Famir The High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom, Mr4 W. J. Jprdan, l}as been re1quested tp negotiate a suitable cargo for the barqqe Pamir fo lpad and .retqrn tp New Zealand. The Minister of Marine, 'Mr. -Hackett, announeed this last night when ppinnienting pn Press feports from kqncipn abpqt the barque- "Qo'al is phe possibie cargp,,i said k4r. Hackeft, fapd fAis, as • . weii as qthers, & be|ng invesfigated. Bat, in £ny cagfe, it, is hope4 to sepure a ^uital?Te and essential cargo for the vessel very shortly."