Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 17 May 1948, Page 4

Local & General

| Ilicles In Demand S Better grade hides are in worldI wide short supply, said Mr. W. C. j Goddard, of London, director of a 5 hide and skin buyihg firm, who I arrived by air from Sydney this i morning. He is on a buying tour, j and has visited India, Ceylon and ! AUstralia. ^ | Royal Birth 1 A son has been born to Prince 2 Tuipeiehake and Princess Meie- ? naite Tuipeiehake of Tonga. The ! Royal couple were married last I June at the sa'me time as GroWn j Prince Tungi and Princess Mata'aho ! TUngi. To Aucklanders,. Prince I Tuipeiehake is- better known as * Prince John. I Vice-Regal Ariki | The Governof-General, Sir 8 Bernard Freyberg, V.C., Ariki of the". I Auckland Savage Club, will pre- | side at the korero to be held in the I Lewis Eady Hall'on Saturday next. 1 His ExcellencyXjwho wifi be installed 2 as chairman -with -the^usual -ritual, I will be greeted fn traditional "Sav- ! age" manner as he passes down the i hapu. j Dried Fruit Imports | Bigger imports of currants ap'd [ raisins from Australia will be ( allowed this year. The Customs | J Department has notified importers [ that licences will be granted to the f extent of 120 pe'ii cent. of last year's [ imports. Muscatels will be to the j same extent as 1'947, as will be pre- j served fruits in juice or syrup from | | Australia. Applications for licences to import tractors for agricultural purposes from North America, and I spare parts for tractors from the j sartie source will be considered. ' j t I ! Bicycle Nuisance Bicycles left lying on footpaths in Hamilton are likely to bring trouble to their owners. So gre'athas the nuisance become in recent , months that the Hamilton Cityi Council has decide-d rigidly toi enforce a by-law covering the mat- 1 ter. Such bicycles will be removed,by the couhcil's traffic officers or by the police, and their owners willbe;. required to call at the council!] chambers to ohtain a poss&ssion !- o'rdcr . Their names and addresses I will thus be obtained and prosecu- ( tions Will follow.