Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 10 January 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Bdys' Lucky Esc'ape A .young Maori boy, aged about 10 years had a miraculous escape from serious injury on the 'farih of M's parents, near Ohau, yesterid'ay, when he f ell iri the pd'th of a hay sweep. Thb boy h'ad bieeh fiding the horse which was pullihg the ■sweep 'and had fallbh froihdts bafck. He suffel'ed ihjuries tohis afm and was taken to the Palmerston North Hospital after receiving medical attention loeally, RegihneFs' Lhck Although New 2'eaiand- i§ "noted for the amount of mofiey wagered on * horse -facihg .5"it appears thiere are stfll a ffew adults' who ^seldom,. or.never, have been. to a race meeting. One of ' these' was probably the punter at- Addington who backed a'j horse which ran iifto a plac'e. Aftef collecting' h'iS diVfdehd, he' cdnfounded the ftiaft ih the totaliSatof by dertiandihg the feturn df his tieke ts. The punteL possibly Wahted ; them as a souvenir* of his first ebllect at the faces . 'p (i*-> i >iii ;hik hVi.! Wasb-house Fire . 'A fife which could MVe had serious reSults broke out this mofhirig in. the ,wash-house. attached to a hoUse in Susse-x Street, Levin, occupied by Mr. and -Mfs. H, J. G. Dumbell. The. 'outbreak. priginated from the overheating of a metal chimney pipe from a chip .heater. The hot iron pipeAgnitfed the uh-" protected 'matchwood ceiiing. Fireinen were ,oh the scehe pfofnptiy f'olloMng the c'all and, J Under the supervisioh of SUperintendent W. Salmons, extihguished the outbreak with bucket pumps. Malaya and Maoris. To ' study educ'atiohal methbds and their applicatioh to 'the Maofis, Mr, G. D-. Westwood, a Malayan master in the Govferhment English Secohdafy i&chool for boys, has come to New Zealand unofflcially. "In Malaya we think very highly of the Maoris though I have not seen ane," Mr. Westwood said after drrival by air from Sydhey. "Ite hopes : to ascertain .why the Maoris hdve

reached sUch a high stahdard of living. The Malayan Goverpment was concerned in educating natiVes so they could take a bigger share in the life of the cquntry. Mr. Westwood added that he was not ihterested in politics or the 'racial problems of the Maoris.. Wreck Exposed The French warshijp l'Al'cttiene, which was lost in 1851, has been partly uncovered by scouring of the beach at Bayly's Gbrge, between Hokianga and Kaipara. The hull is lying in a trougn aiid the whole length.of the upper part is exposed. The corvette PAlcmene, a three-inasted VesSel mounti'ng 36 guns, Was wrecked oh June 3, 18when bound from Austialia to New Zealand to load kauri spars. Twelve I of her company were drowned. j Sorne years ago, when the wreck

j was compietely uncovered, it was visited by a party of Frenchmen.,' who made a record of hef size, positiort ahd other details, and. removed souvenir fragments from the hull. The vessel was built of teak and oak. Earcels Not Returned Parcels posted from Varioiis parts bf the Dohiinon to NeW Zealand servicemen in Japan have not been retiifheti to them sihee their affiVai home. Before leaving for NeW Zealand each serViceman Was .dbliged to complete h poS'tal redirebtion brder for letters and parcels. . On the lat'ter he had to consent to paying a new .posta'ge rate. One soldier Who ieft Japan late in' Septfember had twd parcels ff&fn Wel-1 lngton and tWo from Rotorua addressed td , hihi feeVefal Weeks earlier. So far neither he nbr the sefrdefs have heard of the parcels, Before i the sailing dates pf the jttbopshipS ffoih. ,dapan were hnnounced two Auckland suburbah post offices deeUfted ro weeef>t parcels for personnei in Japah, thohgh the parcels office in Albert Stfeet faised hd diffl&uities.

Teachers' Refresher Two h'undred and hf ty of the best imiversity, post-primary, and Educatibh Departmeht iecturers ,will help to cbndhct teachers' refresher ^courses throughout New Zeaiahd fiom JanUary So to January 26/ Mbre than 1100 teachers from ibrae|ibaliy eVery ppst-piimary schodl in the pdrnlhioh will attend the courses in addition tb many from primafy an'd priYate s&hools.