Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 2 April 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Money Sewn in Garment ' W-hen a housemaid in a private j hotel in- Hamilton was tidying a| room after it had been occupied by j a middle-aged couple, she founu i £395 sewn in a garment left on the ' bed. She noticed the garment crinkle when she picked it up, and i on pulling away some stitches found the money. It was restored! to its owner. Unusual Bowiing Scores ; An interesting sequence of num- i bers was noted at the-finals of the , Auckland Bowiing" . Association s Easter tourney on the Carlton , green yesterday afternoon. In the | final of the Intermediate Fours, j with four heads to play, the board read: 15—15—15. Not to be outdone, ! the Easter Four finalists hoi&ted 1717 17. A few minutes later the ; scores in the Intermediate final : read 17—17—17, Rites Grdered Down 1 ; Taking advahtage of the strong, j j gusty wincl, some New Plymouth! ! children succeeded recently in get- , i ting thir kites aloft to a - record height. But they were not allowed to enjoy thsir fun for long, a police conetable telling them that, as the kites could be a danger to aircraft flying in the vicinity, they wouM hnw tn be nulled down. They were

alro informed that it was an ; offence to fly a kite in a public jr I place. a I Water Run-ofl j ' | To emphasise the value of good : • | native grasses and forest in the * control of water run-off, the Pas- ! toral Liaison Officer of the South I I Canterbury Catchment Board, Mr.i | 'iC. J. Kerr, provided the following;1 J ' information: Forest will absorb 5:6'/ I ins. of rain in an hour. Native f ■ ; tussoek will absorb 4 ins. of rain an i! I! hour. Poor pasture will absorb .7 j : of an inch of rain in an hour and i completely eroded ground .45 of an , inch. Mo'derately grassed and , closely grazed land gave 87 per | cent. run-off; completely eroded i land, 92 per cent.; good grass t cover, 78 per cent., and forest^no ■ run-off at all. • I Salvage of -Dredges Owing to the general shortage of materials, all gold dredges on the West Coast which have • ceased I. operations in recent years are being salvage'd and put to various uses. After lying idle for some years the Bundi tin dredge at Camerons is being cut up and the steel is to be • used for various purposes through- ' out New Zealand. The dredge lad- | der, it is understood, is under oft'er fl to a Government department for | constructional purposes. All of the | "Blackbair Creek dredge has . been I sold, the last item to go being the J pontoon, which was acquired by 1 the West Coast Rugby League, and I the big qjiantity of Australian and i New Zealand timber in it will be I used for seating at Wingham Park. j The Barrytown dre'dge has been I complete.ly dismantled and crated, | ready for dispatch to a new locality ! which has not yet been finally I decided, although it may be i Malaya. I New Zealand Wood ' I To anyons with enthusiasm for I the beauty of New Zealand timber, I a committee room in the ChristI church City Council Chambers 1 should prove of absorbing interest. | The walls are panelled with speci2 mens pf rimu, matai, beech, totara, j kaimahai, kohe kohe, white pine, ! kauri, kawaka, and silver pine. I The polish and grain are exquisite. | In this room the Canterbury Court 1 Executive made plans for CantdfI bury's contribution to the Centeri- ■ nial ExhibitiOn cif 1939-40. To comI niemorate the success of that conf tribution the executive has had I the room reconstructed from the I original materials as a repressnta- ! 'tion of the Canterbury Reception I Room in the Canterbury Court. An I aerial view of Christchurch takes V up a great part of one wall, and. I scenic views of Canterbury have J been let into the paneliing. The "• fireplace is of Hanmej: marble. ~ /