Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 20 July 1948, Page 3

Local & General

Persona! •' Mr,- and Mrs. Barnett, Senr., of Engle's Road, liave returned Lorne nfter spending a few days at Wellington. The frierids of Mrs.'. B. Clayton •wili be pleased to hear that she is making , satisfactory progress following lier recent operation at the Palmerston North Hospital. Miss-L.. Thomson, -of Buckley/ who was another patient at the hospital for, the past eleven d'ays,;' returned toher home yesterday. Mr. John Barnett, who has been farming ,a p'roperty at Moutoa, left with Mrs. Barnett and family last week to take over a farm at Feilding. The ' farm vacate'd by Mr. Barnett has been taken over by Mr. J. Chambers, formerly of Mangaore. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers and family have now taken up residence in" Shannon.. 'Phone Cables Renewed For the past few days a Post and Telegraph Department gang has been busily engaged in renewing the underground telephone cable along •Plimmer Terrace. A difficult task is now almost completed. State House Occupied After many hold-ups due to material shortages and other reasons, the first of the State house units situated on the corner of Ballance and Margaret Streets was recently alloeated *and the lucky tenants, Mr. and Mrs. F. Mardon, moved into their new place of residence yesterday". Stray Dogs Disappear The council's -warning that drastic measufes would b'e employe'd to rid the town of the stray dog nuisance seems to have had the desired effect, as most of the strays have disappeared over the weekend. Those few which remain are apparently unowned, and it is understood that they will be destroyed. Friendly Football Under .ideal weather conditions, a friendly football match between a Longburn team and a team representing the Moutoa Swamp was played on the local domain during the weekend". There was a' good. attendance of spectators to witness a very interesting game. The Longburn team p'royed too strong for the Moutoa lads and won the game by six points,to three. Maori Bitten By Dog A young. Maori employe'd by an Opiki market gardener had his left wrist and right -hand badly injured when he was attacked.by a 'dog on Saturday afternoon. The youngman was attempting to _ separate two dogs which were fighting, when one of them attacked him. After receiving medical attention at Shannon he wa^ taken to Palmerston North Hospital for further treatment. • * Bride-to-be Honoured 4 - Miss P. Thomson, oi Buckley, whose marriage to Mr. Eric Smith tqok place last Saturday, was the guest of honour at a kitchen tea arranged by Mes'dames Roberts and Ward, of Buckley, and held in Laurvig's Hall last Tuesday evening. The bride-to-be was the recipient of many useful gifts. A happy time was spent in games, dancihg and competitons. Her many friends wished Miss Thomson every happiness in her married life.