Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Massey College Scholarship | Monetary collection wouid . $oon begin towards raising funds for the , W. J. Croucher Memprial, and it | was hoped that this would take the j form of a £50 per annum scholar- j ship at Massey Agricultural Col- 1 lege, reporte'd Mr. L. L. Marsden, toj the Wellington District Pig C-aun-j cil. Mr. Marsden .is attached to j the special committee handling this matter. Weeping Totara Only one weepmg totara is ; known to exist, st.ates Forest ahd 1 Bird, journal of the Forest and Bird Protection Society. This .rer. markable tree is: ab'OUt 30 feet in, height,' and near the hase is 26; • inches in diameter: A few cuttings from it have been propagated. One has been planted as a^ memorial to, • the late Lieut. Ngarimu, ViC., and another in memory pf the -late Mn . Tai Mitchell, while a. third is to be planted in memory of the late Rt. Hon. J- G. Coates, ,

Scout Appeai Tomorrpw The Levin Scout Committee ,wm make' its annual appeai tp the , people, df Levin and district to-l morrow in the fpfm of a street and . shop day. The fine wpfk carried oh in the community by the scouts | i'n' ass'isting any' organisati'on re- : quiring their services is well- j known, and'lt is expected that the effort ■ tomorrow Will bi'ing recogni'tion of this help in a generous response. Donations of goods fpr sale on the stall wiir be appreciated, while the .committee hopes that f citizens will giye freely to the [ street eollectorS. I Naming Of City Recallpd A cablegram received by the | Mayor of Dunedin (Mr. Cameron) | j provided a link with the man who j | gave the city its name. The mes- ; sage is from W. and R. Chanjbers; of Edi'nburgh, sons of Mr. Wiiliam ! Chambers, who was Lprd Frpvost | of Edinburgh from 18.6.5 to 1869, j and who first suggestea Dunedinjas ! the name . of .the; new settlement, this being • the. Celtic- name for I Edinburgh. The suggestion was ' first made in i843 and was adopted ■ in 1846. A paintjng of Mr. WiL liam Chambers hangs in the Dunedin Council Chambers". The me'ssage to ;the Maypr eonveys the best ^ wishes of the sons of the mqn whnj 'igave-the- 'city its' h&hie.

Revocation Orders t The revoeation of the order modifying the provisions of the | Factories Act, 1946, in respect of the i rate of paymsnt for work perform- ! ed on Sundays and holidays by I workers in eoal gas works was I announeed by the Minister of ! Labour {Mr. McLagan) on Satur- I day. The revocation order will be i gazetted next week and will be effective from Friday, Mareh 19. It will restore to those workers the usual rate of payment for work done on Sundays and holidays, namely, double time, with, in the ease of • holidays, additional payj ment for the holiday. Similar aei-ioh has been taken to revoke the modification order affeeting sugar milk factories, added Mr. McLagan. [ N,2. Service Dpctors Free passages to Britain, free uniyersity fees a»d boe.ks, and cost of living grants are among the jnj ducements ofFefed to .surgeons, I physicians and 4ental surgeons to | enlist as med.ieah .and dental officers in the Royal New Zealand 5 Navy, the Royal Ncw.Zealand Army •Medical Cprps, the Royal New £eaj land Army. Dehtaf Corp^, and the j Royal New Zealand .Air Force. I TheSe bursaries will be granted to j pfiicers after tliree years* seryj.e.e on | the acfive list. Tlie period of seiv I vice is three years,' but officers .will i be eligible tp. apply for further | engagement. Thejr ranks on I appointment will be based on the I number pf,, years they have. been | SSJMH-.:#. '#otpr. whp has been J quaiifiea two years will be appointI e# .a surgepn Jieutenant, baptain i 1iSUtenant, and a dentist I Mth the aame .qualifications will ► jbe apppmted as. captain.