Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 18 March 1948, Page 3

Local & General

. ~ - " • * , Personal . A . _ J The • f-riends ox 2 Mjja-J;, Hallam, .of * Stout Street, wiU regret ' to; learn that- he has found ,it ' necessary to enter the Palmerston North Hospital. ' ^ ^ - : 0 ' Mr. E. J. Gunning, of Stout -Street, who has -been. an .imnate of, the Palmerston .No'rth ' Hospltal for some time, was permitted to returri. home fbr-'yth^v/weekend to attehd the wedding of his daughter. Mr. Gunning refurned to hospital on Monday morhiiag;; - ; Life Member Of Football Club At the annual meeting • of the Shannon Football .Club last week, iMr. A. Gillespie was proposed as a life member in appreciation of his many years' service:in the interests of football in this district. The motion was carried unanimously. Ministers Visit Foxton The Hon. A. H. Nordmeyer, Minister of Industries 'and Commerce, ' and the -Hon. F. Hackett, Minister of ' Housing, were in Foxton on Tuesday. Upon 'their "arrival the Ministers visited N.Z. Woolpack and Textiles' factory and later«:m'et the Mayor (Mr. H. H. sPodmore) and ieading citizens - ;at the Council Ch'ambers, wher.e " matters relative to housing were dikcusse'd. Promising Local Athlet® Adrian Lee, son of Miu.and M, rs. A. Lee, of Vogel Street," promfseg- to put Shannon on the map in ' the field of sport. In -the heats of the ! Horowhenua Col'lege's annual sports on Tuesday he succeeded in breaking the school broad jump record of 18 ft. 5 ins. by ten inches, being ere'dited with a jump of 19 ft. 3 ins. Lee is an excellent allround athlete, having represented his college on the track in both junior and intermediate/events. He was the junior champion of the college last year. On Monday, Lee succeeded in winning the mile event. He shows equal promise in long distances, as v;ell-as sprint levents. Under guidahbe, " ' Lee should go very far in the field of sport, both in. this . district and further afield. ti i' l'j , ■ ' ' • ' ) Unaut|ioj*ised Tree Removal . , • Shannon residfent/' Mr.'R. R" Srfiith, appeared before the Manar, j.watu Catchment Board at its 'meeting -tfiis week to lodge a comjplaint concerning the unauthorised : action of the board in permitting a | buliclh.zerto : entel^his groperty-and , remove - a • numb "er- of .cabb a-g e . tfe es . jThe board had acted without his permission, and while he did not iwish to claim damages, he pointe,d* 'out that if the,. toees .ha.d^..^ ya.lue, to ! | the board itf ' Mi'pqid; a^esledi I and he shduid^-'ibe 5 -V^mburSed^ .aecordiiigly. The chairman of the •board (Mr. W. McKay) expressed his regret at the occurrence, andt 'said that^the engineer had author-' ised the work under the impression that Mr. Smith's permission had heen obtained. There was apparently a dereliction of duty on the part of one of the board's officers, and if the complainant was entitled to compensation he would- get it.