Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 8 November 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Man's Death An nnidentified man, aged 30, who was found lying on "the fqot* path in Queen Street, Auckland, with head injuries on Saturday night, 'died in the Auckland Hospital withaut regaining conscious4iess. ir was nqt known whether the man had beeh the victim of an assault or whether the injuries were eaused by a fall. Rose Day In Levin The Levin R.S.A.'s Rose Day appeai on Friday was mosj; successful, £79 9s §d heing collected. This represented a consi'derable I increase on 'the previous year's total of £45 14s fOd. In charge of a large band of enthusiastic qqL lectors was Ml"5. N. M. Thomson, wife of the presfdent of the Levin R.s.A- The oyganisation wishes to thank all those who contributed.

£Nature's Success" A photograph of a flower, entitled (Nature's 8uccess," taken by Mr. R. T. J. Blick, of Nelson, has been chosen from more than 10,000 entries for the British Photography Year Book, 1949. Earlier the photograph had been selected by the magazine Photography as the finest photograph at the last exhihition by the Royal Photographic Society in Great Britain. Taupiri Mines Purehase More than £740,000 is being paid out to shareholders of Taupiri Coal Mines, Lt'd., 90 per cent. of whom elected to take payment in cash for their shares from the Government instead Qf Goyern- : ment stock. The fact that the Government is new making payments to : former shareholders indicates that it has sufflcient transfers to glve it a eontrolling interest in the company. Cost Of Board In N.S5, Repl^ing to a statement published in a British newspaper that immigrants to New Eeaian'd flnd it difflcuit to secure ^acoommodatiQn Sor less than £3 or £4 a week, the Pubhcation Relatlons offioer at New Eealand House, Mr. A. T. campbeU, said in a letter to the paper: "Assisted immigrants can obtain gcod accommo'datiQn,* for 37s 6d maximum a week. If any single people pay £3 to £4 a week they have more money than sense." Cost Of Rehabilitatian Rehabiiitation had by the ep'd of Septemher involyed an author--ised outiay through the Rehabili'tation Boaid of £76,027,626- Of that sum £56,957,131 was in loans for farms, honses, businesses,, furniture, toois qf trade, and miscellaneeus a'dvances; £7,791,889 was for training and education schames and forspecial grants and allowances; £11,485,639 was for purehase and develqpment of land for settlement; and £792,967 was for assistance to thqse Maqri ex^, Servicemen who elected not to use normal facilities open to Maori and European,- alike.

Farjn Inruates Fntertained The Horowhenua Highland Pipe Ban'd acoompanied by the Caledonian marching team recently Visited the Kimberley Farm whe're they entertained the patients and staff. Later the band and girlg were entertained at afternoon tea by the staff and Mr, Gilbert, the manager, thanked the visitors for the entertainment , by the band and the marching demonstrations, which had heen greatly appreciated. Replying on behalf Qf the Visitors, the Phief of the Horowhenua Scottish Society and 'drurn major of the band, Mr. J. Macfarlane, said that it had been a.pleasure to be present and they would be please'd to make another visit in the near futnre.