Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 22 April 1948, Page 4

Local & General

: — ^ f Lives Saved By Mousetrap j Although Mr. and Mrs. R. Love j : and family, of Sefton, Canterbury, !; lost their home and all their j possessions in a fire which comj pletely destroyed the building ' recently, they say they owte their j lives to a mouse which was caught j in a mousetrap which had been set • earlier in the evening. Mrs. Love ! . was awakened by the sound of the j mousetrap being sprung. She ; smelt smoke, ahd an investigation ! of the house showed that it was j well ablaze. The family had only j a few minutesx to escape. j Clothes Pegs I A shipment of clothes pegs from | Denmark cannot be sold on the j New Zealand market and the firm j concerned is sbeking remission of ' penal storage. afjthe dojck site .upth, they can be reloaded for the Australian market. This was reported ! in a letter received by the AuckI land Harbour Board yesterday j afternoon, when it was decided that > penal charges must be sustained, as t their purpose was to hasten clear-

| ance of wharf space to overcome • cargo congestion. To remxt the | charge would defeat the objeet oi ji the regulations, it was stated. t Preventing Termites j "The best means possible to pre- ; vgnt the' export from New South i Wales of hardwood containing live : termites are being pursued by the ■ New South Wales Forestry Commission," said Mr. R. A. Cook, chief timber inspector for the commission, in an interview yesterday. Mr. Cook is making contact with Government ofhcials and others in connection with hardwood supplies before returning to Sydney. "Timber is inspected at the hush depots as well as at ports of shipment in accordance with the requirements of the relative specifications," stated Mr. Cook. Timber Experts Anficipated Facilities at Auckland wharves and proposed extensions will be able to -cope with a- timber export trade of 250,000 tons, a figure expected to be reached in two years' time with milling in the State forest ' area at Kaingaroa. This information is to be forwarded to the Commissioner of Works, Mr. E. R. McKillop, it was decided at yesterday 's meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board, after consideration of a letter from Mr. McKillop. It was suggested b.y Mr. A. G. : Wilson that the board should press for a high priority for its, extension workg. Churehmen's Brairi Trust The brains trust eraze has spread to some 'church organisations. A most successful session was held this week at a gathering of some 60 or T0 members of the Mount Albert Presbyterian Men's 1 Club. , The panel comprised a National land a Laboux member of Parliament, an Oxford graduate .and a jiournalist. Questions rang.ed from women in public life, Communism, correspondence schools, value of "dead" languages to implieations of a tlxird wofld war. Last year a I similar braihs trust session proved a "draw card" at this club. Sunday Spert i In future the Wanganui City Council will discourage the use of city reserves for commercial sport on Sundays. This decision was made following a recommendation to the council's reserves committee. At the March meeting of the council reprfes.entations were made by a deputation from the Council oi Christian Churches, who objected to the increasing use of city reserves on Sundays for organised sport. Mr. R. N; Wilson explained. that it was the council's Antention that the grounds- were not~to be used for sport .on Sundays when ihe public were asked 'to pay for admission.