Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 17 July 1948, Page 4

Local & General

i Sgrvices Recbgnised [ Mr. P. Nicb'dl, a mettiber df the ! Levin Playrdaders, was at t'his I week's reayding presented with a [ fireside Chair as a mal'k df appreJ Ciatidn fdr his valuable and uritirI ing Work, . bdth as the past secr'eI .tary and for the organisatioh g'eh- | erally. [ Malicious Rat The' dld' thedry that rats have a I malicious sense of humour .which prompts them td ruin any" food with which they cdme in contadt, was' given credence by a DUhedin garageman whep he discovered that a sack of swede turnips had been | spoiled in this way. The rat, I ighoring food scraps. left in the r rubbish tin, jhad . g-nawed the i equivalent ' of ..a'hand'ful of flesh [ from every turpip.. .... , „ , f W.I. Prdsdiltatittil' j The Levin -Wdmen's Instit'utd's j co'medy drama '"Men Are Missing," ! which came a' closd second in the \ recent W'.I. festival, has been enterr ed in the Brit'ish Dram'a League Pestival at Palmerston North, and will be' staged in the Opera House ' on Monday- night. The cast comprises ivjfesdames G. Nichol, Kathleen Black, Bdwater, Wilkinson, Perigo, Hesp, O: Hudson, Wiison. Kirkcaldie, Banfield and Miss J. Perigo. The producer is Mrs. A. A. ■iSavell.