Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 6 August 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Tried Hard That one .itian .with a walking stick had handed him a player's pass at the Manakau football ground was*pointed out by a gatekeeper in reporting to the Horo--whenua Rugby Union's meeting on Tuesday night that the public were using players' passes to gain access to.the grounds. He certainly showed initiative,- • said the refereeS' delegate, Mr. C. E. Wiseley. Church Gives. Assistance St. Andrew's Presbyterian congregation in Levin has given £255 during the year^to Christian work out,side the imraediate orbit ,o£ local congregationalv: affairs. .;T,his. was diselosed atvthe annqal- meeting last night. - vOf .the?f to.tal, i£fil 10s had been donated to-'help'Churches being established In'new- housi'ng areas in New ^Zealand, £139. for the missicnary work . of. the widet church and--£64 10s for the orphanage work of the . Wellington P.S.SA,. • W ! . i\ -i.' v i flaircut Priqe^vHairdressers. "were not .applying for an increase" in the price pf haircuts, saidf a representative of the New Zealand^ Hairdressers and Tobaccamsts'j AS^oci^tion in.-/Wel-iingtoii ye'Sterduy. He'^'* %as" hommenting qn a. repprt publishe'd in Auckland ;this : wee'k which stated unat evidence was "being gathered. by the qssociation's members in Wellington preparatory to making an appiication to the Price Tribunal for an increased price.. Fire Destroys Car A light English car was destroyed by fire after it left the mairi road from Palmerston North aboiu, a mile from Foxton yesterday morning. The vehicle, which collided with a white post, crossed the road and crashed into a ditch at present being 'dug on the side of the highway. ' It then caught fire. The driver, Mr. Vaughan, of Levin, was knocked unconscious, but revived in time to scramble free without being burnt. The car was a total loss. . Ducks'. Migration Two grey ducks, which were banded at Hamiiton's Bend on the Manawatu River near Palmerston North in February and March this year, were slio^ in the Ashburton 'district last season, said a letter from the Department of Internah Affairs received at a meeting of the council of the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society. The Department received five bands from ducks shot in the Ashburton district last year. Banding was considered one of the most important guides on the habits of birds,., the letter added. Progress of Mandalay Skippered hy^21-year-old Terry Hammond, thp 43 ft. ketch Mandalay, which' left Auckland for Honiora, Guadalcanal, last Thursday, was reported last night to be running on her engines in dead

cairn 250 miles north of North Cape. The ketch is fitted with a radio transmitter and will keep in cbntact with Auckland until , her arrival in the Solomons. The eaptain and crew of four are repbrted •to be well. They hope to be back in Auckland witlfin the next two months. Olympic Stamps , The first Olympic Games postage stamps have arrived in Auckland from England. . There are four denominations," each nf which. beafs the King's heafi, the , wo£ds "Olympic ' Games, 1948," arid 'the five Olympic rings (representing tlie five continents) , The S£d ostamp is blue and shows the globe eficircled by laurel leaves; the mauve 3d stamp shows the klobe in space; on the 6d stamp the King's heatl appears against a backgrdund of the rings with laurel leaves at each side; and the ls stamp is brown and shows a Winged Victory hol'ding the Olympic winner's laurel crown.