Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 14 June 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Paralysis Case „ A five-year-old boy of Rakaunui, 32 miles from Pahiatua, has been admitted to the Palmerston North Hospital as a positive case of infantile paralysis. — Press Assn. Maori Found Dead The body of Temoki Moki Mitchell, aged .22, was found in the front room pf his father's home at Hastwells, Eketahuna, about eight o'clock on. Saturday night. A rifie was alongside the body. — Press Assn. Thieves Burgle Bus Office Breaking frito . the luggage office at the Auckland Central Bus Terminal on Friday night, thieves took more than £50 in cash, the day's takings, at the office, They entered by breaking a glass panel in the door and opening it from inside. It is not known whether ■any left .luggage was stolen. After Hour.Trading j" . The commjftee wished' to .draw attention :to ,the* number of conv2ctions for after hour trading in the district and stress the undesirability of further such occurrences, said Mr. H. J. Thompson, S.IvL, during the Otaki . Licensing Committee's meeting, .on Friday. * Not all licensees were guilty by any means, he added, but all should take warning. Minor Derajlment in, Gorge A minor derajlment of a VB meat van, part of a goods train, oecurrea in the Manawata Gorge early on Saturday afternoon near the Woodville end, and was sufficient to block traffic until 6.30 p.m. It appears that two wheels came off the truck, but this cannot be certified until after the inqniry. Passengers hetween Woodville and Palmerston were carried through the gorge by bus. Second Stator For Hydro Works A second synchronous condenser stator weighing 48-2- tons has been unloaded from the Kaimata and moved to Ngahapranga, where it will remain until the flrst "stator, which was rpoyed la^- month, ls taken off the giant road conyeyor at Paekakariki., At Paekakariki the units will be transferred to a heavy duty railway transporter for delivery to the State Hydro-Electric Department's power distributing station at Bunnythorpe. The flrst condenser, which left Wellington on May 22, has been languishing at Paekakariki for nearly three weeks. Last Year's Immigration A total of 9648 immigrants, 1137 of whom were assisted, arrived in New Zealand dqring the year which ended on March 31. Permanent departures of New Zealanders from the country in the period amounted to 5768, giving an immigrant gain of nearly 4000. In the 12 months, however, 10,726 New Zealanders left the Dominion temporarily and temporary re'sidents departing numbered 10,894. Total arrivals during the period were 72,456 and departures were placed at 65,843, These figures are contained in the Monthly Abstract of Statistics for April which was published om Thursday. Publicans' Obliffations This was a difficulty which w:as being lexperienced throughout the length and breadth of New Zealand, said Mr. H. J. Thompson, S.M., when it was mentioned during the Otaki Licensing Coinmittee's meetring in Levin on Friday that a hotel in Otaki w.as ekperiencing trouble in obtaining staff, Sergeant W. Grainger said that he had informed the publican that he wouid haye to make every effort to provide rpr the public. Publicans were giVen the monopoly pf the licensing trade on condition that they adequately catered for the public, qommented Mr .Thompson, and it ahould be brought to their notice.