Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 1 December 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Tributes To Bands At the Horowhenua Marching Association's championships on Saturday thanks were expressed'to the Levin Municipal Silver and Horowhenua Pipe Bands for their contribution jto the successful day. The pre^te&|yfe^he New Zealand W. R. Ja^BB^^oke of the high standard aifwmsic and the variety of marches" "played by the bands, and said how much it had been enjoyed by the teams and public. Long-tailed Cuckoo A young long-tai-led cuckoo was caught in a Masterton garden by Mr. J. Bradbury after it had been bailed in a corner by his racing greyhounds. At first thought to be a sparrow hawk, the bird was Identifled by Mr. J. M. Cunningham, secretary of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. The bird, which cannot yet fly properly, is brown with buff markings, and with its 10-inch long heavilybarred tail, presents a handsome appearance. Settlement of Soldiers Until the end of October, 861,058 acres had been purchased, acquired or set aside for the settlement of ex-servicemen under the Land1 Settlement Scheme. This is apart from about 5000 individual farms bought by ex-servicemen with rehabilitation assistance from private vendors. Already 468,203 acres has been allotted, divisible into 1226 farms (496 sheep farms, 626 dairy, and 104 mixed). This leaves 392,855 acres, with a potential of 851 farms (340 sheep, 494 dairy and 17 mixed). ^ Lake Levels Rise Rises are shown in the levels of Lake Taupo and Lake Waikaremoana for the week ended at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. Levels, compared with those for last week,

were Taupo, 1176.75 feet (1176.6 feet); Waikaremoana, 2007.1 feet (2006.1 feet). The Mangahao dam which was half full last week is practically empty today. Rainfall in the three areas compared with that .for the previous week was: Taupo, .58 inches (1.49 inches); Waikaremoana, 3.85 inches (5.53 inches) ; Mangahao, .77 inches (3.19 inches) . Parental Delinquency Advocating a revival of the era .when the child was brought up at the knee of the devout mother and across the knee of the determined father, Mr. W. C. Mackay, of Auckland, governor of the 52nd Rotary district, told the New Plymouth Rotary Club that "we have in our midst an . unspanked generation." Many youths today regarded their homes only as places to hang their hats and sleep, he said. Too often moral training was lacking. Parental rather than youth delinquency was the problem, the root cause of ..which could be summed up as irreligion/ Jewellers' Protest Jewellers are concerned about the ban on importing most lines of goods such as jewellery, silverware, electroplated ware, fancy goods and brushware, all of which are in public demand. Stocks iri the country, it is stated, are so small that they will no.t even be able to meet the Christmas buying, let alone the whole of the next licensing year period. The Auckland branch of the Jewellers' Association has decided to seiid a strong protest through its national council to the Government. Most members have had all their applications to import such items turned down entirely.