Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 9 April 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Softball Postponed The Horownenua softball eompeiition games set down for tomorrow have been postponed until the following Saturday. Heavy Frost At Taupo Foliowmg strohg- and .cold southi westerly winds the last f'ew days i Taupo has had the first heavy frost I of the year— one of between eight and nine degrees. The first frost was some three weeks later than last year. : Cyelist Fatally Injured ■ 'Striking a pedestrian in a. New Plymouth Street, % cyclist was ',fhrown from h-is ( machine and re■ceived head injur.ies from which hc died in the public hospital. He was Rupert Edgar Purrott, aged 35, nurseryman of New Plymouth. Sanatorium Expenditure Inclu'ded in the estimated expenditure for the next year at the Otaki sanatorium are £1000 for a new X-ray plaitt and £1100 for additional furmt-tjre for new buildings and approximately £950 for the improvement • of the surround- | ings. i Sound Reasoning ! "Did you not throw some erock- [ ery at your wife?" asked Mr. G. I. j' McGregor of a petitioner in_ a ■ separation and maintenance action I in the Supreme Court at Palmers - I ton North this week. "No, I 'did not, it's too hard to get," renlied petiI tiqner.from the witness box. | Books For" Germany j In response to an appeal- for books for Germany, about 100 f scientific periodifcals, textbooks and I generai publications have been handed to the Canterbury Universj ity College library by the stalf and | students of the .college. They will j be sent to the National Library Ser- ; vice in Wellington, which is arrangI ing for the collection throughout I New Zealand of such books. ! Nominations For R.S.A. Ma jor- Generai. H. K. Kippen- , berger is the only ncmination for ; Dominion president of the New ! Zealand Returned . Seervices' Association,.. Five nominations have : been received for the office of vicepresident, Messrs. H. B. Rurdekin, K. W. R. Glasgow, A. P. Postlewaite, T. J. Taylor and'T. A. Turner. An election will be necessary when delegates meet. for the annual i Dominion conference in June. # Concern At Prlce Gf Saeks Conaern at the excessive price of sacks being charged hy merchants was expressed at the monthly meeting of the Manawatu proVin- ; cial executive of Federated Farmt ers thi6 week When a remit draw- ! irig attention to the matter was j received from the Levin branch. It ! was pointed out .,that the present I price of barley Sacks was 2s 8'd but j the farmer received a refurid of » only 2s 2d when the sack was re- ! turned. Therefore the cost of each [ sack was 6d but in . all probability ; the same sack was refilleci ahd a I further 2s 8d paid for it. Twelve \ months ago barley sacks could he [ purchased for 8s &d per dozen. The l executive resolved to approach the ! Price Tribunal ta ascertain if the j price at present charged for sacks was authorised. [ At the annual meeting of the ! Levin Red Cross Society in the | O'ddfellows' Hall on Tuesday next at j 2 p.m. the speaker will be Matron Todhill, of Hobson Street, Hospital, j Wellington. The Mayor, Mr. H. B. i Burdekin, will preside. Members ■ land all interested are invlted.