Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 10 September 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Aggregation Alleged The executive of the Dannevirke Returned Seryicgs' Association has decided to bring to, tjie notice of the Dominion exebutive alleged undue aggregation :of house and farm properties by persons in the Dannevirke district while returned i servicemen are unabie to obtain either houses or farms. Man. Dies in Bed Mr^ William M. Parkhouse, aged 62 years, was found dea.d in his bed at an hotel in Palmerston • North yesterday morning. He retired to bed about 6.45 on the previous evehing, apparently in good health, but when a maid entered his be'drqom with a cup of tea yesterday fnorning she dis~ covered he was dead. Mr. Parkhouse was the second man to be found dead in bed in the past two days. Chameleon Mnulds Common moui'ds, sueh as that found on stale bread, which, by changing colour, reveal copper deficiency in soil, will be included in the science exhibiton at Napier and Hastings. this . • rnonth. Research has shown "that New Zealand has more than 100,000 acres of peat lanri on which farm animals suffer from copper deficiency. A mould cap indicate this mineral deficiency within five days. Fire at Auckland Fire virtually destroyed a large building used for sawmilling an'd storage, owned by Fletcher Holdings, Ltd., Penrose, Auckland, early yesterday morning. Six 'fire engines from the city and suburbs answered the call, but could not save the building which contained a number of machines for sawing and finishing .timber, IJsing 2Q00 feet of hpse from five mains, the brigades saved large stacks of timber nearby. Tasman Air Service The normal trapstaspian flyingboat service of six retum flights per week will be maintained next month and, in addition, there will be eight return charter flights by Skymaster aircraft of TransAustralia Airlines and Australian National Airways. T.A.A. aircraft, which will arrive at Whenuapai at 8 a.m. and depart at 9.30 a.m., will operate on Octqber 5, 12 and 22, and A.N.A. aircraft will arrive at 7.30 a.m. and depart at 9.30 a.m. on October 7, 8, 0, 23 and, 24. The following players are to represent the Colts hockey team to play Levin at 2 p.m. tomorrow: Webb, McMinw, Gardiner (2), Walker, Sathprly, Swan, Murray, Hesp, Richards and Thornley, .Ali players are requested to be present. t A social evening will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall tomorrow night, commencing at 8 p.m., under the auspices of the Levin branch of the Labour Party. Entertaining items; community singing and dancing will feature on the programme, and an enjoy^ able evening sbouM result.