Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 12 August 1948, Page 2

Local & General

Personal Miss Pam. Radclifte, of Otaki Keach, has entered Wellington Hospital for a minor operation. Mrs. D. C. Blake, _of Otaki Railway, who has been on holiday, has returned to her home. • Golf At Otaki Mr. Browne, secretary of the Otaki Golf Ciub, advises that the match for the third found of the Tris Harper Memorial, which was postponeu last week, will be played this Saturday, August 14. Afteraocn Church Services Bogmnmg witn a service to be held m the Anglican Beach Church Hail on Sunday next at 2.30 p.m. the Rev, R. Grice will couduct a JVlethodist Church service at Tasman Beaeh on tlie third SUnday afternoon of each month. All local resi'dents: and visitors are cordially in'vited to attend.

Intermediate Marching Team Good -progress has been made by the Intermediate Marching Team, -at Otaki, and they have reached 'a stage where their coach, Inspector C. Davis, of the Transport Department now desires the heip of a parents' committee./ A meeting to form this committee is to be held next Tuesday afternoon. The management of the Civic Theatre, has agreed to sponsor the team. Marching Coach Wanted The spiendrd attendance of juniorl girls at the Otaki Domain in recent! weeks, in response to the offer of' the Bandoliers coach, Mr. H. N.. Pearnley,- and his team, to put thej juniors through the preliminaryj stages of marcning, has resulted in at least two teams being fonned! from the numbers present. Trafflc; Inspector Davis has generousiy| offered his services as coach of one of the teams, and Mr. Fearnleyj woui'd he pleas'ed to hear of anyOne who would care to assist in coaching the remaiiider of the girls..

I AUOKLANi*, August J0. i Wlien the Au.stralian troopship Dun- , troon licrthcd today, inost of the 500 j returning members of the J 1" orce who I diseiubarkeil, wero eoinpletiug the Jast : major step in their anuy .careers. AIthough they uere glad to be hoiae, ; inany of them adiuittcd that Jife in ! the service had been iuteresting. This was [iroved lator when over •>) inembors of the draft ans\yered the call for recruits t'or the regular force. They had voiunteered to continue their services with the army while they wete in il'apan and a linal clieck on apjilicaats was made by ollicers from Aim\ , Ueadquarters, Wellington, before the iuen wont ashore. A total of 270 niembers of the .T Fo'rce have offered themselves for the regular force and about : 210 have been accepted.