Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 9 June 1948, Page 4

Local & General

£500 Beqqest The widow of Mr, Robert Laidlaw, of Herne Bay, Auckland, Mrs. Mary EUen Laidlaw, who died at Waitara on May 7, has left a be- j quest of £500 for the propagation of j the Gospel, to be used at the dis- j cretion Qf her trustees. The estate 1 is worth £20,000. Indoor Basketball The Horowhenua IndOQr Basketball As's-ociation will commence the first round of its competitions tomorrow evening. >•? The" draw is as follows: — 7.15' p.m., Kimberley A v. Kimberley B; T.30, Tui A v. Tui B,* 7.45, Combined v. Raukawa A; 8, Wanderers B v-r- Raukawa Men; 8.15, Aces B v. Raukawa . B; 8.30, Aces A v, K-B.H.; 8.45, Wanderers A v. Otaki. The scorers will be M, Dorne and M, Batten and the time-keeper E. Sp.owden. Wanderers will be. t.he team for 'duty. Lottery Winnei* Cheered Professor A. H./lboker, of Christ^ church, who receritl'yw'on' first prize qf £10,000 in " a'n "overseas lottery,' wa's accorded musical honours when 1 hp arrtved at a meeting of the j Canterbury Chamber of Com- j merce. "Thanks very much; I'm; sure it is .well deserved," said Pro-i fessor Tocker in reply. "I have always been told ■ by my business friends always to keep your funds and your business separate. I always keep my economfcs separate from my funds."

Escapees Arrested Two escapees from the Porirua Mental Hospital were arrested near Alfredton, about 10 miles east of Eketahuna, yesterday afterriPon, by a party comprising Masterton and Pahiatua police. One of the escapees was wounded very slightly in the arm. They were returned to Porirua this afternqon. The pscapees declared that the other man, thpught to haVe been in the party, had never been with them. The poljce recovered stolen firearms, truck and other property, Cable Cars in Demand Six of Dunedin 's discarded- cable cars sold'at prices from £17 10s £37 at auction a- few days ago. A tram fetched £24 10s. Although i't is rather doubtful whether anypne would be able to c-onvert one of the vehicle's into a six-berth cabin, with sitting-room and kitchenette as suggestsd by the auctioneer, the discarded cable cars met with a good demand when they were sold at the deserted sheds of the now disused Stuart Street-Kaikorai line. Spelling Test for Parents Of the 37 parents who took a spelling test-- at a meeting of the Geraldine Parent-Teacher Assoeia-' tion, only six got full marks. The test of spelling a group of Sta'ndard 5 words wa's carried out by a mem-r her of the primary school teaching staff, following a question asked by parents. The meeting took the fprm of questions compiled by the parents and answ.ered by the teachers. Questions dealing with aceredited schpol's, the non-teaching. of the alphabet, the posture of pupils, discipline, homework and examinations were.. discussed. Unloading af Cejhent In order to expedite the delivery of cement supplies to the Man'awatu di'strict, local building coptractors have offered to send gangs of men to Wellington to help unload cement ships when the nped arises. This oifer was made >to the Wellington Building Employers' Association by the Manawatu Master Builders' A'SsociatiQn as a result , of delays in the delivery of cement for the district being stated to have been incurred through shortage of wharf labour to unload the ships in Wellington. A letter receiv.ed from the Wellington association indicat- 1 ed that it had advised the Building Controller that labour would be supplied to unload the ships whpn ordinary wharf labour was not j available. '