Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 19 March 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Band Concert In Gardens On Sunday night next the Levin Municipal Band, under the conductorship of Mr. G. R. Lester, will render a programme of selections in the Public Gardens. The band h-opes that, the public will attend in large numb.ers, as it is the band's first 'after church concert,. Woclehouse 1 1 Concern has been expresse'd by some parents at the inclusion of P: G. Wodehouse in a list of; recommended authors for children in a section of" a'ssighmfents ' frdm 'ari* Auckland, :seho01v , Wodehouse, .tiiey cons'ider,'>ii; stili.tihder" afcloud for his broadcasting activities during 1 1 the war, there are [ ! many authors suitable for children jother thaix, Wodehouse .who coul'd ' have been siiggested. v r, | BeaCh Racing . • • • | A prohibition a& from May 1 on I I the use of New "Zealand beaches for • motor-cycle > and motor-car I | race's was annouiiCed yesterday by I ! the • Minister > of Mar-ine (Mr. j • Hackett) ; . Be . said he felt sure I t everyone would agree • that • the I | beaches shoul'd be : retained as f ar [ as possible for the-'enjoyment of all I ! the people all the time.

! Outsize In Tomatoes ! j A weight competition in tomatoes I | has developed this week, but the | i two outsizes quoted by newspaper's [ ! are eclipsed by one showh to "The : I ' Chronicle" yesterday. A Gisborne 1 I. j resident produced an American | | Climbing Giant tomato weighing | 1 1 lb. 4 ozs., and a Khandallah I | grower one of the Be.efsteak i | variety which tipped the scales at ! | 1 lb. 3 ozs. Mr. J. Cormack, of 1 I Beach Roa'd, has produced the local I | triujnph. It was also a Beefsteak J tomato and it weighed 1 lb. . l:bzs. v I Scout Appeal Raises £42 I The combined 'street and shop i day conducted by the Levin Boy I Scont^. /Conimitte'e ' on Tuesday S resulted in the raising of - £42 11s. I The committee is very gratified at I j the response, particularly in view I j of the likelihood 'of several boys i | being sent to an Australian jami boree in December or January. The | committee extends thanks to all I I those who so genepously supported I the appeal. I Post Office Holiday I The Levin Post Office will be I closed in all its branches on Good ! Friday, March 26, and Easter SatI urday, March 29. Oh Thursday, I March 25, the money order and | postal counter will be open from 7 I to 8 p.m. On Saturday, March 27, I the usual Saturday morning hours I will be observed, but no postmen's 1 deliveries will. be made. The tele- £ phone exchange wiil be open conj' tinuously thropghout the period. j Can't Take It With Him 1 An application '' to establish a ! drapery business from a car,ayan tp | be established on a section at Nae2 nae for three days a week and at 1 Taita for twd- days a week, was reI fused at the last meeting of the 1 I Lower Hutt City -Council, on the | ground that such a busihess would I not comply with the city's health j and other regulations. Whpn this I recommendatioii from the by-laws | committee was before the council, i it was eriticised by several coun- | eillors, who considered there was ! little 'difference between this bus- | iness . and that of a travelj ling grocer and a travelling I* greeilgrocer, Who were already doing business in' the same localities._ The view that the one was a semi-established business and that the others were operating" under hawker's licences, preyailed, however, and the application was I refused.