Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 30 April 1948, Page 4

Local & General

"Good Old Pays" What is a poultrykeeper's l'dea oi "the good old days?" They were dehned yesterday . by Mr. S. B. Haigh as the days • before the Internal Marketing Division. Mr. Haigh was speaking as an Auckland delegate to the _ annual Dominion conference of the New Zealand Registeyed Poultry-keepers. "Come Again!" Apologisirig . that he coijld not stay at the Ardmore (Auckland) i Teachers' Training College for the ! afternoon celebrations at the open- ! ing ceremony, the Minister of Edu- ^ cation (Mr. McGombs) said he was glad to see the students were soon to give him an open invitation to return. The chairman of the Auckland Education Board (Mr. G. K. Hamilton) rose and announeed the next musical item, sung by the bollege chorus — "Come Agaln, Sweet Love,5' a madrigal by John j Dowland. ' Stili At Large Despite a widespi'ead police check, Leslie John Parnell, ,who escaped from Mouht Crawford Prison recently, has not been apprehended. A car stolen- from Levin was seen at Waitoa, near Cambridge, and it is likely that the i driver is Crawford. Shops in the ! Taupo district have been entered j and goods stolen. It is likely .that the stolen car is bearing th'e num)Der plate taken from the car at Taupo. Parnell is wanted to face : further charges at the Supreme I- Court in Palmerston North. Vj . . | v '^r % vC" ! Autumn Pastyres j Pastures in the Horowhenua, and j indeed, over the whole of the Wel- \ lington Province-, have responded j with an autumn flush of fee'd to j the warm rains of recent weeks, but the sharp fall in xemperatures | fin the past few days is slowing [ down gro.wth. Farmers say that a [ miid spell now would put them in ! a strong position for the winter, [ but with May just ahead they' may | have to face several dormant ! months. Horticulturists r"*d marI ket gardeners are in a similar posiition. Main activities ahead are tree planting and strawberry j planting, which would be helped by | a moderately ftne May. j Religion In. Education i "it is the decline in morals and j religious convictions m which lies j the origin of inany of the problems j which seems to be baffling our [ democratic life," reads a stateI ment '-made by the Auckland

I branch of the New Zealand Bible in [ Schools League. "The present j difRculties will not be overconie j without persistent effort and J recovery of our spiritual faith. A ! valuable contribution towards the [ religious vitality ' in the communI ity, so -essential in the successful \ functioning of democracy, is being j made by the weekly Scripture iesj son given in the primary schools \ under the Nelson system. Next | Sunday will he observed as Bible [ Sunday in many churches, and [ ministers will stress the urgency of " religious • teaching becoming an | integral part in the education of j pur young people." j The Commissioner of Taxes ' draws attention to a notice appe'ar- !' ing in this issue regarding the j social security charge pf ls 6d in t ' the £ payable on incpme other than i salary pr wages. Persons liable to j pay the .charge are required to ; furnish, not later than May 31, 1948, a declaration pf income. other than salary or wages derivcd dur- - ing the year ended March 31, 1948.