LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 10 January 1948, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Marton Show Caneelled The Martpn show, set down tQr January 24, has b,een apandoned because of the' poliomyelitis outbreak. A decision to this .efiect has been made by the e?:ecutiye of the Marton Agricultural and JPasporal Associatioh. The ram fair will. however, be held ,.on January 26, as scheduled.

Sunerannuation ilcheme Started Members of Parliament found ] fchat their salary, cheques were j light when they received their last pavment before-. w.Christmas. The i reas'on 'was "*the1"''redhfctidfi'iJ'of £1 a week for the members'- superannuation scheme, the measure which was debated so bitterlv toward the close of last session of Parliament. Hnndred Mile Walk A lQO-mile walk, carrving her rhonth-old baby, from EJurma to the Indian b'order pefore the advaneirig Japanese 'in 1Q42, was made by Mrs. H. Walderi, wno, with her husband, formerly a district forest officer in Burma, has arrived in Auckland from qyergpas to live in New Zealand. Mrs. Walden said she tra velled to the far upnervChindwin district of Burma with a number nf indian women. They had little fnod a-n;d onlv a f.ew small belongings. Tbev ate mostly rice on the frio y^bich tonk a month and a half. "We think we will_ be happy in New Zealand," she said. Cbinese Film in New Zealand French and other Continental films are a comnarative commonplace in New Zealand, but it was a noveltv to Wellington when the ftrst Chinese all-talking film arrived by air freight recently. With the title of "Chui-Hu-Bun-Lu," the tSfilm is a romance with the action "taking place duripg th.e SinoJapanese war bpfcrre the entrance of the Allies into the war against Japan in 1941. Made by a private film company in Cnina,, the film is 9000 feet in length. As it has no English sub-titles it is unlikelv to be shown generally, but it will be welcomed by the large Chinese community in New Zealand. A Practical Prime Minister Big/ taciturn Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Chifley, who looks remarkably fit and agile for a man in his sixties, does not believe in strenuous exereise. He spent most of his recent holifiay in New_ Zealand-— first in seven years — sitting in his hotel room, ppffing his inevitable pipe and reading a novel. He went for occasiorial walks in the Botanical Gardens, bift it was not .until the' last -day of his stay that he was persuaded to take a motor ctrive around the lakes. Apart from visiting every • race meeting, Mr. Chifley's stay in Auckland followed the same pattern. During one of his walks in Rotorua, Mr. Chifley passed a man who was busy erecting a fence. 4s is his custom, he stopped for a chat. Little knowing who he was ad'dressing, the busy householder started to complain bitterly apout the shortage of labour and th.e high post when any help could be obtained. He blamed this state of afiairs on the Labour Government. With his quiet smile, Mr. Chifley tliereupon topk pff his coat and lent a hand with Ihe fencp. '