Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 5 April 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Next Vear's Sliow • ° 1 Itext year's Horowhenua show 1 will be held on January 29 and 30. 1 This Was annotinced by the presi - •dent, Mr. J. A. Kiisby, at a meeting of the Horowhenua A. and P. Association's general committee on • Friday night. Long-Lived Pony - | A pony owned by Messrs. H. O. J. \ Tucker, of Leamington, Cambridge, ! has died in its 41st year. The pony, | named Nita, was well-known in the ; Waikato, havihg been exhibited at district shows for many years. 1 ! Ladies' Bowling ' j j The Levin Ladies' Bowling Club i lcontinued competiti6n matches J ilast week. In a.challenge for the | singles brooch, Mrs. Forster (the • t holder) was defeated 18 — 17 by Mrs. j |C. Walker. . tTtfe Lett' Bi'Odclles , i pairs competitio'n resulted in a win j j for Mesdames \rMeKinstry and t Mudgway. ' j Bavs' Choir ' '') •■ j Believed to-'be the only church choir in New Z'ealand composed . entirely of boys, ; the choir of the ' St. John's Chur.ch, Johnsohvilie, yestei'day celebrated its first anni- i versary with a tea in the Parish j Hall. Thare-are 1^ boys- in the choir J The organist and choirmasfer is , Mr. Claude Sandfir. i Near-Accident .j ■ A car in whicli the Minister of i Works, Mr." Semple, was a passen- ! ger ran the risk of accident ) ' between Tokaanu and Taupo yesterday mofning when it struck al metal bearing with a sharp prong j . attached. One of the tyres on the ; car ■ was punctur ed. Sevefal smail i 1 Maori children who had place'd the i (object on the road were admonish- \ I ed ■ by the - Minister. Boilquet for Pipe Band - • While replying to a welcome extended him at the band afternoon in Levin yesterday, Mr. T. Gray, of Lower Hutt, a prominent j figure in band circles, congratulat- j e'd the Horowhenua Pipe Band on j its perfect drill. "Their marching | left nothing to be desired and wheri j they came to a halt on the ground i /they were motionless, not a head i moving. They . are. the greatest credit to their dfum-major, Mr. J. R. Macfarlane,'' added Mr. Gray. Doctors and Kehny Treatment Many New Zealand doctors have been converted to the Kenny treatment for pafalysis but a lot of thein won't admit that fact, accofding to the Minister of Health, Miss Howard. Speaking at New Plymouth yesterday, Miss Howard said: "Mr. W. R. Robertson, senior orthopaedic surgeon at the Wellington Hospital, who at first expressed some reservations oruthe value of the Kenny treatment, has now been' converted to it. I think we have converted' a lot of other doctors, but they won't a'dmit it." Future President He had held office 'for what seemed to him too long a period, said the president, Mr. J. . A. Kiisby, at a meeting of the general committee of the Horowhenua A. and P. Association on Friday night.- The annual meefing was drawing n.ear and if members 'desired to nominate a new pfesh dent, he would be pieased,tO stand down. If , however, ' members Wished him to continue he would do so .for another year,' ad'dec^ Mr. Kiisby. They. All KnoW Him Tom Gray— anybody who takeS an interest in bands Has heard of him, and yesterday, when introduchig him to the, audignce at the band aftemoon in Levin, Mr. M. H. Boyce said that he is a life member. of the New Zealand Brass Bands' Association. Mr. Gray, is a composer of mtisic and afi adjudicator at many contests, and apart from that it Would be safe to say that he is the father of brass bands in the Bominioli. He has a wealth of knowledge '^f eafiy bands and bandsmen, and is the moSt , interesting personaiity in the brass band world ih New. Zealand today.