Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 3 August 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Castle To Let Cargill's castle, St. Clair, Otago, is to let for a term of one year ahd 11 months. To a repiitable arid financial conipariy the rental will be £7 a week, payable in advance. Furniture, fittings, chattels and a grand piano are to be piifchased at valuation. The building has _ 1B rooms., inclading a ballroom, dining rooms, bedrooms and kitchen. Corisciehce IVloiiey Sums of money, rangmg from twopence to £400; are acknowledged tas conscience money in the latest issue of the New ZeaLand Gazette. They are £1 to the Army Departmeht, £1 to the Land and Incdffib Tax Department, twopence to the Post and Telegraph Department, £6 to the Public Works Department, £1 5s and £2 to the Railways Department, and £176 9s 4d, £4, ahd £400 to the Tredsury. Capital Pufaishmerit "In view of the serious crimes being committed against society this grand jury strongly recommends that capital and corporal punishment be reintroduced, stated a presentfnent made by =the grand jury to the Judgfe, Mr. jpstice Corhish,.at"the opening of the Napier Supreme Court. HiS Honour said the recommendation would be noted and would be referred to the proper authofities. Kakariki Works ,Sold The Kakariki freezing works, which were built during the First World War for the Wellington Vleat Export Ca., have been sdld by the company to, Felt and TextileS of New Zealand, fetd., at a pfice of £60,000. The old building has been used as a wool store for some time, but the wool is now being cleared and a p'ropdrtion of it will be sold by the Joint Organisatioh at the crutchihg sale at Wanganui next week. New Miners' Hostel Overlooking the broad Waikato Siver at PIuntly,;the miners' hostel now nearing completidii by the .'Government is the last word in modern boarding accommodation. Started about six months ago, the buildings, comprising a main block and a series of dormitories, are expected to be ready fdr occtipation in a few weeks. The hostel is made bf wood, withr.tiled roof, and will contain some B0: bfedfooms for unmarried miners. A kitchen, with all iie latest apphdhbes, dining room, lounge and caretaker's and staff 'juarters are embodied in the main; block. No Place Like ... As a witness in support of the proposals of the Christchurch City Council for a Gredte'r Christchurch, the Public Relations Officer, Mr. T. H. Langford, raised a iaugh at a sitting of the Local Government Conimissio'n in Christchurch whepKhe w.as .being. crossexamined by Mr. > E. B. E. Taylor (Waimairi Counfy Council) on his views on Waimairi. When Mr. Taylor asked Mr. Langford if he hved in Wairiiaifi, Mr. Langford rbplied: "Yes, but I would be a party to a petition to get out of it." Earlier he had said that he knew of no more beautiful place in the world ;han the Avo'n River when the cherry blbssoms 'were out.