Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1948, Page 4

Local & General

j Ohau 500 Tournament j The weekly 500 tournament held in the Ohau School drew a iarge attendanee in spite qf oool weather. ! The winners of the pompetition | were as follows;— L.adips: Mrs. Hill; j Men: Mr. J. Bowling. j Ngaurphqe Sfill Active | It is over ten "weeks since the | eruption of Ngkqruho'e began. On | Saturday morning the voicano was j showing plenty of activity. A. thick ! volume of smoke which was being I blown away in an easterly direcj tion, was pouring from the voT- - cano. Inter-College Rugby The annual rugby match between the first fif teens ' of Horowhenua and Rongotai Colleges wiil be prayi ed qn the Levin Park Domain torporrow at 2 pah; • This is Horowhenua's second inter-college match qf the season, the first havipg been against' Dannevirke High School, who suffered defeat after a particularly bright an-d open exhihition of football. Australia's Liquid Riet Aqstralians are drmking less tea; but rnqre coffee, ' beer and * wine than they $id before the wq,r, according to the Federal Bureau of , Statistics. The annual consumption of tea per head of the population has dropped from 6.9 to 6.7 pounds, but the consumption of beer has increase'd from 11.4 to 15.9 gallons, of wine from .62 to 1.1 galions, and of coffee from .6 to 1.1 pounds. Qld Plane to be Tearponf Formerly the pride ' of Tasman Empire Airways' service, the flyingbqat Aotearoa is to bepoipe a tearoom at Mission Bay. The purphasers of the aircraft were granted pennission by the- Auckland City Council to place the aircraft on' vacant land on the eorner of Patteson Avenue an-d Tamaki Drive. The conditions attached to the grapting qf the applipation provided fpr the qwners to enter into a £500 bond and agreement, guaranteeing tfiat the plane wouid be removed after two years, pr upon reecipt from the council of two months' notice of removal following that date. The plane must not be used as living quarters. Report from Whaiers Tory Channel whaiers hgve now tahen' §1 whales. They m&dp their last two kills on Friday morning. Althpugh pnly 21 whales had been taken on June 16, they 'did not consider it an extraordinary fpat to hgve taken 60 whales since that time — jus't over three weeks. Mr. J. A. Peranq, manager o'f the fleet, said the whales were'-"at their thickest towards the last week in June." The percentage of. oil produced •from the whales was high. . Mr. Perano added that the whales, being in very good condition, last year was a record seasop when ffl Whftles wqre killed. The Tpry Channel whaiers were now three whales ahead of the hgure for the corresponding period last yegr. Phe seasoh pio.ses in mid-August. V •'* Air Services Extendeil Frqm August 2 two daily return air services will be . operated between Auckland, Whangarei, Kaikohe and Kaitaia. This wgs apnounced yesterday by the National Airways Corporation. The increased Nqrthland service is the hfst stefi in the development plgn whlch will eventually mpet the full air trgn/sport requiremen'ts of the Dominion. The next step will be thp inauguration on Jqly" 19 of an air^ freight service between Apck- ' land and Christchurch via Paraparaumu. This service "will be : piaititained by a Douglas Dakota aircraft, which will leave Auckland or Mophays, Wednesdays ap4 pri^ 1 days. J:

British Girls For Farms Parmprs may nominate suitable Brftish women who are prepared to come to New Zealand to work as dQipestics pn farms, says the Aid for Britairj Council in a statement to Fpderated Parmers, The girls, who must be slngle and "betweep the qgea Qf 18' an4 35, will be brought tq the Dominion under the Gov-ernment-assisted settlement gohenie. . While the Mayor of Mt. Eden,'Mr. R. I. Mills, was having supper with inembers qf hi§ family on Friday nighf, a hnrgjar entered the horhe qp4 stple £118. This is the second burglary in the hquse in six weeks. Egrly in the mqrning of May 22 a thief entered and, after finding th£ key, opened thp s'afe and stole abQut £300 wifhout disturbing Mr. Mills or the family. Friday night's haul incluhed £80 in cash, the rerp.a.inder being phequpS: Fifteen ru|nutes after Mr. Mill8 had placed the money, which was in a bag, i$i the room, he heard a dog barkipg. Qn ipypstigatiQTi he fpund "the money gone.