Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 20 February 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Generous Action . Officers, drivers and staflt oi tne Wellington Free Ambulance have subscribed £10 to a fund to make provision for the dependants of a. Brisbane free ambulance officer who lost his life while trying to rescue a man overcoftie by gas ! fumes. Mechanised Cowboys - With a Mid-Western drawl and a great store of experiences, Mr. •John Di'nwiddie has returned to his native Hawke's Bay after 44 years in the United States. He is now an American citizen. Wyoming" cowboys no longer rode speedy palominos and sorrels, but favoured jeeps and station wago'ns, said Mr. Dinwiddie.

. I Uniform Pedestrian Crossings | A decision to make representa- , tions to the Commissioner of 1 Transport that all pedestrian . crossings in New Zealand be of uniform design was made at a j council meeting of the • North ! Island Motor U'hion yesterday. A ; letter from the Automobile Association (Auckland) said the fact [ that some crossings . were marked | with white transverse lines while I others were of coloured concrete [ tended to confuse motorists. | | Travelling To Dunedin [ The D.I.C. (Wanganui) girls' I marching team will pass through j Levin on the New Plymouth [ l.express tomorrow aftetnoon on its I [ way to Dunedin where it will repreI j sent the Manawatu Centre at the y New Zealand Marching and Recrea- | tion Association's annual cham- [ pionship. • The team will be met by j officials of the Horowhenua Marching Association. ' at Levin and as many members of teams as possible are requested to be at the station to wish the team success. Dredge Goes "Dry" On Coast Of all the strange things that might be expected on the West Coast, probably none is more peculiar than that a huge gold. dredge, del^ifig"' 8lTTeet'"mto the earth, working always in a large pond, should have to cease operations because of laek of water. | This is the position of the Arahura dredge, near Hokitika, one of j the largest producers on the Coast, [ with a return averaging about 500 I ozs. a week. Operations were susI pended at the beginning of the [ week and work is possible only | intermittently until a substantial I fall of rain comes.

| rtGo to Shakesjeare and the Bible" I For instilli'ng individuaiity in the | child, there was nothing better [ than making him. study Shakespeare and the Bible, said Dr. G. F. Morton, former headmaster of [ Leeds Modern School,' Leeds, Engiand, in a luncheon'address to the | Auckland Rotary Club. He had | persuaded the British -Ministry of [ Education to take secondary school children to Stratford-on-Avon, Shakespeare's. birthplace, to see | pl^ys in the Sh&kespeare Memorial Theatre. The best companies were engaged there, His sons had been[attending the tlieatre for 25 years. [ | Girl's Bravery ; A 14-year-old girl, Joan Don, of 11 Wynyard Street, Devonport, saved a small boy, Brian O'Connor, from drowning\ when ihe fell- fronj | the Devonport vehicular wharf. The girFs attention. was drawn to the boy by other children and she dived, in fully 'clo.thed, reaching him as ho was going down for the third tiine. She brouglit him to the wharf, where she supported him by h,^ing ■ on tq the piles. Later, although her hand^ were cut on [ mussel shells, she was able to carry L [the boy.tp nearby steps and safety. [ The boy's father presented Joan | th a gold signet ring in recogni- » J tion of her bravery. *

Outrageous. Trespass Uhable to eviet tenants 'from his house at Port Ahuriri by norma! means, Kingi Runga, labourer, • of Napier, attacked the building withj a, pick, hammer, crowbar and. saw, making it unflt for habitation.". This was stated in the eourse of a civil action heard before Mr. Wily,} B.M., yesterday. The tenant, Albert James. Lambert, eiaimed £150 damages from Runga for wilful trespass. The Magistrate eommented that Runga's acts were acts of wilful trespass and nothing less than an outrage.- He awarded Lambert £60 damages, with costs amounting to. £7.