Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 31 January 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Ashhurst Land Ballot " Mr. Bernard J. Meads, of Waituna West, was the successful applicant among 49 ex-servicemen who were included in a ballot for a fat lamb farm of 190 acres under the Rehabilitation Department's land settlement sc-heme. The farm is situated at the Ruakawa settlement, Ashhurst. "No Worse Than Oth ers" "Do you • know whether this woman is what is commonly known aS a 'gasbag'? a witness was asked I by counsel at a district court-, martial in Auckland. "No, I suppose she is no worse than any other woman," was the answer. It. had been. alleged that the woman was in'clined to divulge cdhfidential information. Twins At Open Sports | Among the large number of entfies received by the Levin Combined Araateur Athletic and Cycling Club's open meeting to be held on Saturday night next are the names Of J. 'and M. McKean, twins,' Of'Pal-' 1 merston North. Born on January 29, 1933, these two'lads are starters in the 880 yards junior handicap. Although not a rare occurrence in sporting events it is quite an uncommon one and it will be interesting to see how . they .fare in .this eyent. - .-" Canterbury's Centenary Canterbury's cefitennial celebra- , tions extend from August, 1950, uhtil July 1, 1951. The centenary i of the arrival of the first four' ships on December 16, 1850, will fall about the middle of this period and probably "be celebrated at •Lyttelton with the landing of people dre'Ssed as early colonists fromi a replica of one of the ships. These' two recommendations were deci'ded on at a meeting of conveners of the centennial committees. They will be passed on to tne central' executive. | Search For Native Thrush A search for the New Zealand hative thrush will be made in the back country of South' Taranaki by an v expedition . setting out next month. The native thrush is believfed by many ornithologists to be extinct. The last specimens were obtaied at Waitotara in 1900, but potes written by a surveyor in 1887 'guggest that a 50,000-aere Governbient reserve which, so far as is known, has not been explore-d since that date may still contain the species. This surveyor saw native thrushes in "larger numbers than anywhere else I have seen." The Place Of Music -The question of whether music was an entertainment or merely a reflection of a particular society at a particular time was discussed at length at the University Students' Congress at Curious Cove. It was agreed that there was more in music than formal dissectioh and analysis. Patriotic emotions could be aroused by military marches; romantic fantasies by symphonies. But music also had its historic analysis, two claimed. Folk songs refleeted a peasant society, swing' muSic the conflicts of ah induStrial age, waltzes the refinement of a leisured upper class. , Pubiic Trust Business Estates to the value of £568,439 were accepted for administration by i the Pubiic TruStee during the pionth of December, 1948. Tne new business for the nine months ended December 31 was 6,291,355. Grants of administration made by the Court in favour of the Pubiic Trustee numbered 146 for the month. During the month 573 new wills appointing the Pubiic Trustee executor were prepared on behalf of testators and lodged for safe custdy and 508 existing wills were revised to provide for changes desired by testators. The total number of wills now held in the Pubiic Trust Office on behalf of -living pefsons is 143;248. i