Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 4 May 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Canning Of Eels A steady supply of eels is being obtained from Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, for the cannery which has been operating at Picton for nearly a year. Specially designed eel pots which hold a catch of four to five hundredweight are being used, and hauls; of sevCral hundredweight in one pot have been made. Dance Recital An entertainme'nt not usually enjoyed by residents of Levin will be presented in tjae Regent Theatre tombrroW riight, When pupils "of 'the Loma Hepworth Sichodl of Dancing will take part in ^ recital of dances, songs and playettes. Many pretty scepes will be witnessed, as the players will be seen in no fewer than 35 items comprising many old and new fayourites. There are over 50 children' taking part. Tesfing Headligh^s Hundreds of motor car ljghts have b'een tested ,by officers of the Transport DepaVtment in the Auckland district'" during the past fortnight in the .-annual drive by inspectors to make motorists more headlight conscious. The test period of three weeks ends this week, after which .the Department will reduce operations to norpial routine. Testing is being carried out in every town in tbe Domimon. Main troubles are ineorrect adjustment jf lights and insufficient lightmg. Cars with only one. heaclight or no tail-light are stated to be more numerous than in the past, and the Department is anxious to correct this. ' .

Caves Near Lake Te Anau After the report* of the' existence of a giow-worm and stalactite cave near Lake Te Anau, a diligent search has. been made for further caves in the district. The belief that the area is honeycombed with caves is proving no idle supposition. A hole ipspected led to an underground passage sprpe hundred of yards long, ■ although the entrance was only about two feet across. A Gollection of whitened bones was found in this cave. Their size suggests that they belonged to a moa, and they have been forwarded to Dunedin for an expert opinion. The location in a cave with so small an entrance opens up a field of conjecture. In the cave were also discovered a number of small stalactites. As it is stated that these form at the rate of one cubic inch every 400 years, the cave must have been in existence for a considerable period. Thi*ee Years' Hard Labour When Leslie John Parnell completes the three years' imprisonment with hard labour imposed upon hini in the Supreme Court at Wanganui on February 16 of this year, he will immediately being a further term of similar duration which was the sentence meted out to him by Mr. Justice Christie in the Supreme Cqurt at Palmerston North yesterday. Parnell, who escaped from ]\£ount Crawford prjson, Wellington, on April 16,) while awaiting his trial at Palmer- ; Ston North on eight indictablej charges, was recapfcured at Taupo: on Saturday. When he appearedinj the Supreme Court yesterday he! reversed his earlier pleas to guiltyj on four charges of breaking, enter-i ing and theft and four charges of receiving stolen goods. In addition, he appeared for sentence on a charge of stealing a motor car at Hamilton in Deeember last and to which he had previously pleaded guilty, With ,the exception of two charges* all the offences rejated to crimes in the Qtaki, Levin and Palmerston North areasr »