The Chronicle

Chronicle (Levin), 27 April 1948, Page 4

The Chronicle

TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1948. I ; j Better Off Now? ; A married woman immigrant ! on her way to New Zealand was j asked why she had decided to j j make the change, "Well, my husband back home was an awfui j man for betting, and the only j [ : cure was to get hira 12,000 miles 1 ' away froni it." I I ! j i Bean In Eardrum [ ' Considerable pain and slight I ; de alness which had troubled . a [ i young Te Kuiti woman since [ • childhood was fopnd recently to . I j be caused by1 a bean lodged fifmly | in the eardrum! of one ear! The | bean had apparently been. in tlie I ear for over 12 years, but was I* ■ only slightly decayed. Silver Wedding Stainps A speciai issue of 2|-d and £1 British stamps has been made to | commemorate tjbeir Majesties' | silver wedding anniversary. The I 2^d stamp is blue," twice the I normal size. The £1 stamp ' is ( i silver and measures 1.23 inches by ; | 1.6 inches. Each has a photo- 1 ! graphic profiLe of-.their Majesties. ] | Lake Phenomenon I I j Passengers aboard a launch on 1 ; Lake Taupo last week saw | between Whangamata and Mine 1 Point, what they described as "a | huge water whirlwind." The i~ ! phenomenon was belieyed to h? ^ 1 been caused by a north-wesr wmu ( } tr-avelling' at an estimated rate of i | | 90 miles an hour. To the onlook- [ ers it appeared to represent a | 'huge wall of water between 50 [ fnd 80 feet high. T'he passengers i I in the launch, includiriP- several ! | seafaring men, declared they had I never previously experienced^ i such wind velocitv | Work On Water Courses i . lihe need for approval being I I obtained prior to the carrying out j j of any work on water courses is ' pointed to by- the Mana wa tu ! Catchment Boaa'd in an advertise- | ment today, This is essential so j that nothing detrimental will be [ carried out and to prevent selfish | interests doing acts which will oe harmful to others. ! It is not intended to be used as an f unnecessary restriction, and the I j* board will give sympathetic con- | sideration and, co-operation to I reasonable requests. Bakers' Union Secretary [ A ballot conducted for the national secretary of the New j Zealand Baking Trade Employ- { ees' Industrial Union of Workers | resulted in Mr. Alex. A. Mct Donald, Wellington, being elected with 484 votes against 305 votes | pollcd by his opponent, Mr. W. C, | McDonnell, . Dunedin. Mr. Mc- | JDonald, who is also secretary ~ of I thP Wellington - branch of the . | union has been national secretary [ for the past four years. His j oppopent was also Mr. McDonnell | at the election four years ago. j What Is ^Loose JVIilk"? I o Ai yesterday's sitting of the Ne. j i Transport Licensing Authority 1 an application for a iieence to transport bottled milk from the I city to one of the beaches not 100 ! miles from Palmerston North and I to brmg as a back load "loose I milk" which, the following day, Ee-^rn t0 the beach as I bottled milk, was granted. it was j au very simple and straigsitj fhe Transport I 7 ^ r- P. 0, Skoglund) | had no hesitation in grantlng the j hcence. That was that. Later, I however, some one asked, "What j w loose milk?" The quesfoon was j still unanswered when tho sitting was adjourned and many who •were apprdached refused to com- > ment. j *