Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 18 March 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Relic In Drain Auckland and Dunedin museum | authorities are • making investigations in connection with an interesting relic found - on a property at Temuka. While cleaning a drain, Mr. I. Stanley found a curved piece of wood more than 2 ft. in length, with serrated .edges and holes in the centre. It is, thought that it is a relic of P-olynesian nature, with •possibly an earlier history than that of the Maoris,-,. ; ' , Iron ' Lung Pumpe« By Hand • ' When a fault developed recently in the electfic pump . of an , , iron lung in the Kaitaia Hospital, in which a .child was lying critically ill-with infantile paraiysis, a hand pupip had to be psed for five hours to maintain' pressure in the lung. The medical superintendent (Dr. J. ' H. Web'bdf j ahd"meilibers of the hospital staff. in tuni operated the pump until the eiectric motor was ,repaired. 1 Cat's Nine Lives Endaftgered Trapped in the fire wnich swept" •through Heard's factory. on Moni..day nigllt, -a^' large - tomcat, _ Jock, •• was found among hhe debris-in the !• building yesterday. ' Dazed with j shock, it had besn singed by the ' flames, and both 'its forelegs were paralysed as a result of shock. The cat was handed over to the care of the Society for Prevention of I Cruelty to Animals, and this mornling it was thought likely that it jwould recover completely. Food For London Children Justices of the Peace throughout ! New Zealand have contributed 1 1 more than £560 for the purchase of (food parcels for the children of | London. The • Federation of New Zealand Justices' Associatlons has placed an order for the packing of a first consignment of parcels Valued at £500, which will be sent • to the London Magistrates' Association. This organisation will arrange for the distribution of ■' -goods . in association with the National Council of Social Services. Oregons In Cantcrbury North Auckland is justly proud of its kauris, fcut Mr. B: S. Robertson, who lives in the Mackenzie Counj " try, Canterbury is equally proud of the oregon trees which grow on his property 1500 ft. above sea level. The trees attracted the attention of the Royal Commission on Sheepfarming when members visited his j home recently. The trees are j aoout 20 years old and . are thriving in spite of the fact that experts have said they would not grow in the country. They provide excellent shelter for sheep.

| St. Patrick's Day | Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day, | but like so many occasions o,f its kind in this modern matter-of-fact world, a feast day with no very ! apparent festivity. The French j recognise the position with the sar- . donic proverb, : "the saint's day over, farewell to the saint." But to the Irish it is still an occasion for the wearing of 'the green (by the few) and the giving of' the lie direct onc'e again to Mr. BoswelTs cynical dictum that "the Irish are a fair people. They never say anything good about one another." [ By profession a teacher of music, particularly of voice production, the "B.B.C. Gospel Singer," Mr. I Jaeques Hopkins, L.R.A.M., M.R.S.T., f will visit Levin on Monday and | Tuesday next and conduct meetj ings each night at 8 o'clock in the ! Century Hall. ^ Mr . Hopkins receivI ed his musical training at the j Theological Acad.emy, London. He [ was the first Engllshman to gain J for singing the highest award of | the Paris National Conservatoire of | JMusic (the Grand Prix). While in l London he was for 12 years master [ of music in St. Paul's Anglican t Church, Portman Square. His visit rj ipcally will be keenly anticipated.