Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 5 November 1948, Page 4

Local & General

I Search For Youth - Despite an intensive search for | Ernest Weekes, who was lost 011 [ Thurs'day last when a boat overturned in the surf at the mouth - of the Mohakatino River, near Mokau, no trace had been found of i him on Tuesday. He is a son of Mr. F. C. Weekes, of Napier,, and a nephew of Mr'/ J. Weekes, of iMaxwell's Line, Palmerston Nortli. College Memorials , ... , " . Although the subscription list for • the . \.,Horowhenua 5 College memorials- -has. -been ppen, only two months, the total amount subscribed- in-. donations is npw £135' I 6s 4d. It is madeup as follows: — [ Amount previously acknowledged, : £42 15s 6d; donations "Sinoeqreceiv1 ed, £77 -19s, 5d ,>■; amount raised .by pupils of the college, . £14 11s 5d. Otira's "Sweat And Blood" The Minister/ of. Works, ,Mt". 'R. Semple,, who wprked" op.| fh§ ; £bnstruction.j of the Otira.'-, tunnel'" f.or two years,. . speaking at ' 'the twenty-fifth .anniversary of! the opening of tfoe.-. tunnnel/,! said enough sweat had been lost to fill a paddling pool for the children pf Otira, and he had swallowed enough gelignite to kill a bullock. He recalled that five men had' been killed on the tunnel construction. Wot— No Snakes! Possibly unaware that New Zealand has 110 hoxiou's snakes, a firm in Colombia is willing to sell botanical products, such as snake and scorpion bi'te antidote, "i'nternationally recognised and produced exclusively in Colombia," to Dominion importers. 'An inquiry about trade has been received from the company by the Canterbury Manufacturers' ^Association. Among its lines, the company also mentions raw shark skins and fresh shark livers. The Helping Hand Favourable comment on the issue to passengers of leaflets giving advice and information to settlers was heard aboard the liner' Waiwera on her arrival from Liverpool on Wednesday. "This is a marked improvement on the position some years ago," remarked a widely-travelled passenger paying his third visit to the Dominion. in addition to a leaflet from the immigration division of the Department of Labour and Employment the new arrivals were hand,ed a folder issued by the Auckland Immigration Welfare Committee and the Auckland Provincial PubJic Relations Office giving details of housing, farming and other conditions and a list of organisations likely to be of assistance.

No Beer At 19th An application to operate a liquor booth at the club house * of the Otago Golf Club during; the New Zealand golf championships which will 6pen on the Balmacewen course on November 18-, was refused at a spe.cial meeting of the North Dunedin Licensing Committee. The application was made by Mr. F. Fay, hotel licensee;; who stated that the intention was to operate the booth free of clfarge, the profits to be handed tq the Otago Golf Cltib. A licence for the sale of liquor at a booth has not been in force at any previous Dominion golf tournament. When the New Zealand dog trial championships were held in June at North Taieri, the Central Otago Licensing Committee granted an application for a conditional licence. The Horowhenua Highland Pipe Band will be in attendance at the races tomorrow and will render a suitable programme during the day.

Celebrated Choir's Visit Levin residents are to be favoured with a complimentary visit from the celebrated Wellington Tory Street Choir, which will appear in the Regent Theatre on Sunday at 7.30 p.m., in the full strength of its 45 members-, in voluntary support of the Second Advent Campaign at present .being conducted. The choir,. "under the qualified baton of Mr. B. N. Coppin, head.master of the Tawa Flat School, has given excellent renderings in broadcasts for some years, gpd their recordings are- u'sed by man'yreligious bodies and are greatly" appreeiated. A fuh haif-hour programme at tl^e comiiibncement on this occasion includes a section of the "Messiah,"' and a fairly recent addition to the personnel is a famous Indian Bass baritone, bel-ieved to compare with Paul Robeson. The campaign committee is to be congratulated on securing such outstanding talent and the people of Levin and district will 110 doubt show their appreciation of this gesture of goodwill on the part of the visiting vocalists and musicians. The Second Advent campaign is' non-sectarian in its endeavours for the good of the community. and large numbers are attending the prophetic lectures.