Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 17 January 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Unlawful Entry Attempted An attempt was iiiade during the weekend to bfeak into the faCtofy premises of Levy's, Ltd., Oxford -Street, Levin. This morning the back door of the factory was found to have been interfered with, but nothing has been reported- iftissiftg. Rargain Bones ! The North Canterbury Hospital feoafd got a bargain when it b'O'ttght' a' skeieton for £24. The cifiiifei. ' cost .of: skeletohs— mostiy Importedr— is apout ; £60. . The oniy skeieton in the hospital at present is used for the trairiing' ' of hufses." The' hew 'one will be dsed invthe- oi'thoipaedic ahd Xrray.-de-paftmeiits. - Sardines Ovet- ld Each ' A tin of sardinesi purchased recently for ls .4d. .contained only 14 sardines, ihe largest 1| inclies long. An Englisfr 'broduct, tHe''tiii belied the expfe>Siptt "pac,ked like sardihes," for another sik or mor'e couM haye beeri added without difhciiity. . Prior to the war simi,iaf ' feiz'ed ti'fi^ of a ' 'Weii-khowfi Bfahd retailed at thi'ee for 10d. Can't Takp Gfiticisnl Australia'hs ' doii't ' 'like to be fcfiticised, aceotdihg to Mr. P. Munny formeTl.y of Christchurch, Who arrived at Whenuapai by Skyrhaster last week. "They are Willing to hand out criticism, but hot to take it," he said. However, Mr. Munn has nothing against AUstralians. He went to Adelaide for a fortnight's holiday 14 years ago — and hadn't been back here since. The Wettest Place The wettest town in New Zealand last year was Hokitika, where 105 ins. of rain fell Oii 192 days. However, the highest rairifall recdrded in any part of the Dominipn was, at Milferd Sound, where 247 ins. feil- Qftl' l|0,'!days. : Auck^iand had 53 ips., Weilihgtoh 44 ins., dhristchUr;ch 19 ins. and punedin 31 ins. . The North Island's highest fall was at Kiri-' tahi (East Cape) where there was 139 ihs. The lbwest was Puruatanga (Martinbdrough ) with 24 ins. The South island's highest fall Was at Milford and the lowest at Earnscleugh (Cexitral Otago) with jbst under 11 ins. j Windscreeti As T,arget | The Autohibbile Association badge on the windscreen of a Blehheihi car parked in a Picton street recehtly WdS tised as a target for what is helieved to have been slugs from an air rifle. When the owner entered his car to return to Blettheim he fPuiid that bhe wihdscreen had beett Shattered. iBeing of the safety glass type, it had held togethef, btit cracks radiated from lihree distinct marks where it had been hit. One shot was a "blillseye" oft the Dadge, and twb otherS Wefe "hear misses." Thfe ' WihdSP'reeh - Will h.dve tP he rpplaced, at a cdSt Of ibout £10. Scouts' Handshake Real fpasPh „why scouts shake bands With tlie, left hand was. ?iveri by the Chlef Scolit, Lofd i R.owalian, at the civic reception n his ' lipnPhf at Auckland'. ' Vari)us e'xplahations had been given Sefore a young WeSt African irrived . at the scolit trainini cen;re at ChlWell Park in 1946 and ;pM liPW liis grandfathei, a Chief )f the Ashaftti, had first oifered. ;he ieft handshake to Lord 3aden-Poweil at the end of the sampaigh 50 Vears before. Lord Rowallan jtftade ihqiiifies ahd iound that this saitite WaS'reServYd hy West Afriean chiefs for the iravest and most successful of heir warriors. Achievements of icoutiiig dhring the war, eveh ih lucheh'Wald ahd AUSChWitg, jUSified its use of the left Handhake, said Lord BdWallah.