Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 31 August 1948, Page 4

Local & General

/ Inside Information? The woman treasurer of Riccarton Borough Council went to her bank to change an Australian £5 note, and was told it was worth only £3 18s 9d, she reported to the couhcil. "I was advised to keep it for a week or two as the bank thinks that the exchange rate will be altered for Australia." i 10,000 To See Pamir Though more than 10,000 people visited the King's Wharf, Auckland, during thg" weekend to see I the barque Pamir, only a few, | friends of Captain H. S. • Collier I and the crew, went aboard. How- ; i ever, the ship will be open for visi- ! | tors next Sunday when an admisI sion charge will be made in aid of I the Sea Cadet , Corps. A count I taken just aften'3 Q'clock on SunI day afternoon ( sliowed that more . I than 200 persoris entered the wharf I I in five minutes. Thfe flow of people t ? 'did not begin to slow down until | 4.30 p.m. 1 Last of Earthquake Ruins I With the demolition of the ruins |- of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church I in Napier will disappear what is 1 probably the last. remaining evi1 dence in the toivn of the disastI rous earthquake - in 1931. It was ! hoped parts of the building coul'd I be used when a new church was | eventuaily built, but a recent | report from a Wellington firm of 5 engineers reveals the impractica- 1 I bility of doing so. The first Presby- | terian Church in Hawke's Bay was ! built on the present site, but was i destroyed by fire on April 5, 1929. S Immediate steps were taken to | erect a new church in brick. How- ! ever, this building, with its lofty I spire overlooking t)he town, was, | with the rest of the church pro- | perty around it, destroyed by the I earthquake and fire in February, j 1931, before it was compietely I built. • Emigrants' Circle I Links between waiting emi- ! grants in Scotland and Scots who I have already arrived in New ZeaI land have been forged by clubs i1 I started in Edinburgh a,nd Glasgow. | And the success of the clubs S depends on the number of memj bers who leave them! They have ! been formed to assist emigrants to i feach the Dominions. Writing to I a recent arrival in Auckland, the I Glasgow chairman. Mr. C. Mc-

I Namara says that 'as a result of i the clubs' scheme many members | had jobs a waiting their arrival. ! Mr. McNamara himself is hopihg i to come to New Zealand with hls I wife and child one day soon. "I | have never known a day's idleness | since I left school, so I'm not I worrying about empioyment prosi pects. It's only the housing short- [ age which worries me, because j I've my own home in Glasgow," he says. [ Feltex for Ex-servicemen The scheme by which exservicemen receive, o,n the recomI mendation of thfe Rehabilitation j Department, special quotas of fe'lj tex for furnishing their homes has ! been renewed for fresh applicaI tions. The scheme was inaugurj ated in March, • 1945, ex-service- ■ men being able to' receive the | speciall feltex releases from their j retailers. By June, 1947, the popu- ; larity of the scheme had resulted I in an accumulation of unexecuted I orders, and it was decided not to j accept further applieations until ■ these orders had been met. This ! has now been completed. The | 'various offices of the Rehabilitaj tion Department are again receivi ing applieations from ex-service-I men who cap show they need j such assistance. Already 11,886 [ ex-servicemen have received .. quotas of feltex under the scheme.