Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 6 December 1948, Page 4

Local & General

Calf Breedera Praised 1 -"hU Praise for breeders on "the. standard of -calves was given by, the well-knbwfi judge, Mr. O. E. Cadwallader, 6f Greytown, at the final judging in this year's competition conducted by the Horowhenua Boy&' And Girls' Agricultural Club,-"and held at Levin' ori, Friday. Never before had he seeri a more eVen lihe of calves, said Mr. Cadwallader, and it was very evident that breeders had played a wonderful part. "There was not one 'rag* here today,-" he added. Pathetic German Letter Bearing no signs ( of censorship, a letter from a German woman living at Tegkwitz, Thuringen, in the Soviet zone of Germany, has been received by Mrs. L. W. Holt, of Mount Albert, who has sent many food parcels for distribution to needy German families. Written in German, the letter expreSses deep gratitude for the gift ovet which the children "Sh9Uted with joy." The woman mehtions that her husband, a clergyman, is still In a Yugoslav prisoner-Of-War camp and 'has not been home fOr 5| years, having never Seen his youngest child. Bookies' Bustle Missed What an English visitOr . inOst misses on the racecourse hefe is the coloitr and bustle of the bookmakers, said Mr. A. S. Black, an electrical engineer holidaying at present in New Zealand. The tracks hefe are much better, and everyone is able to see all of the race, whereas in England hofses disappear "into the blue" for a considerable part of 'the race. Admission charges are much cheaper. Mr. Black instanced how he would have to pay £3 at Ascot to get into the grandstand compared with the 7s he paid at Riccarton — and Riccarton's appointments were superior, in his view, to Ascot's. "The Dream Boat" - A, full dress rehearsal with the orchestra over the weekend added .the final touches to "The Dream Boat," the extravaganza being produced in the Regent Theatre on Wednesday night by the pupils of the Irene Olivef School of dancing and local artistes. With sevefal

changes of scenery tne oacK-suage staff will have a busy time; there are no less tMn 35 sets of ropes to manipuiate the changes throughout this non-stop .shoW. The dfeam .boat itself is- seven feet in lerigth and is beautifully made. i The interest of the audience will be held from curtain rise and the presentation, pfomiSes to be one of the moSt succeSSfiil yet seeii in Levin. The Minister in Charge of Civil Aviation in New Zealand (Mx. Jones), and the Australian Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Drakefoi'd), aeeompanied by offieials of the National Airways Corporation, were passengers yesterday in the largest aircraft yet to visit New Zealand — a Douglas B.C.6 Grldbeihaster' — when it took off frora Ohakea Air Force station. Tlie riiaehine is oiie of four which have been purchased by British CommonWealtli Phcific Airlines, of which Aiistraliil, N«fw ZeAlftnd aiid the IJnited Kingdom are partner govbfnftieTifS. ..