Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 6 April 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Wasp Control A rnethod for killing wasps sug- j gested in ■ Auckland was found j eifective by a Hamilton resident.'i Following the directions, he hung ! a bottle containing a small quan- 1 tity of beer on a sun-warmed wall.j In two days, 98 wasps were drown- ; ed in it. ! e I I Chess By Cablegram i For the fust time in the history j of New Zealand a chess match with i an overseas team by cablpp^am has . been arranged. Next Saturday at I Wellington the best eifht players ! in Dominion competitive chess to.day will meet the best players at present in Aiistralia. Referres' Holiday That the referees of Horowhenua j dhallenge Manawatu referees to a ; game of football, was the . sugges- j tion of Mr. L. Sayers, of Shannon, : at the annual meeting of the asso- i ciation in ' Levin last night. The j suggestion was well reeeived, and it was decided that the matter be J taken up later and a match . arranged for the end of the season. Meteorological Talks I A meteorological conference toj which the New Zealand Govern- ; ment has invited representatives ' I from South Asia, the Pacific and I Austraiia, will bevheld in Welling- ; ton from next Monday till the foiI lowing Saturday. Besides New , i Zealand and Australia, the locali- 1 ties from which representatives are drawn include the Hawaiian Islands, Burma, New Caledonia, ! Netherlads, East Indies, India and ^Guadalcanal. ' , ! Softball Games | Games in the Horowhenua soft- 1 1 bait competition were continued 1 ' during the weekend. The results i i-were as follows: — Kimberley Diamonds B 37, Otaki Aces 29; Ajax ! 15, Wanderers 4. Home runs were scoreu cy Rosson (three), Peters j.twoj and Thompson and La Roche (one each) . Friendly games resulted as follows:— Milson Tigers 14, Pirates 8; Wanderers 31, Kia ! ! Toa 25; Kia Toa 26, Pirates 15; * | Wanderers Ladies 13', Kia Toa Laajies 7; Manawatu "9, Wanderers 7. ;