Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 2 November 1948, Page 4

Local & General

School Lunch Hour The action of the acting-head-master of the Levin School, Mr. P. D. Chapman, in dismissing the children five minutes earlier each lunch hour to avoid the mid-day traffic rush was the subjeet of favourable comment at a meeting of the Levin School Committee last nighfc. The local traffic officer, Mr. R. E. Mason, had thought it a good idea, remarked Mr. W. A. Whiteman. New Personality "It is a very peculiar thing, but when some people put on an officjal uniform they don with it a different type of personality," said the chief traffic inspector, Mr. L. E. Simmons, addressing the weekly luncheon of the Palmerston North Rotary Club yesterday. Men who were very affable in their private lives frequently reeked officialdom when in uniform and this was very difficult to eombat. Conductor of Orchestra The reappointment of Mr. Anderson Tyrer as the conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra for a further term is likely to' be announced soon. Mr. Tyrer's j two years' term as the first conductor of the orchestra expired in October. It is understood the Government desires to maintain the present conductorship for the yisit of the King and Queen before whom the orchestra will be playing, Making Money At Races A Whangarei racing enthusiast has a system which he has fgund unfailing and yields handsome dividends with no outlay, except time. For eight years he has made a practice of collecting discarded tote tickets. He and three children are on the eourse at daybreak on the morning of the second day and again on the Sunday morning. Hundreds of tickets are taken home and sorted by the family. The man has averaged from £8 to £15 by collecting dividends due on tickets which punters have either lost or thrown away. Building Buoyant Sixty-eight permits for private dwellings to a total value of £115,405 had been issued during the six months ending October 31, 1948, said the building inspector, Mr. H. T. Tilyard, at last night'S' meeting of the Levin Borough Qouncil. Only 40 permits to a total value of £65,052 had been igsued for the same period in 1947. The total value of permits issued for priyate dwellings, alteratjons and additions and other buildings was £125,222, as compared with £69,445 last year. During the month 11 permits were issued for new buildings to a total value of £19,317.