Local and General

Chronicle (Levin), 7 February 1949, Page 4

Local and General

Autograph Hunters Hundreds of autographs were signed by Mr. Anthony Eden, deputy-leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, during his two-day visit to Auckland. ' Many albums were left at his hotel, and signing them occupied some time last evening when Mr. Eden remained in his room attending to [ correspondence. Coates Memorial Church An Auckland firm, N. Cole Ltd., has received the contract to build the Coates Memorial Church at Matakohe. Conflrming this,' the foreman, Mr. F.-C. Scale, said the | price was. about £17,00Q.: The firm had received offici^l.notice that its tender had been accepted, but before work could start the contract would have to be signed. Construction would take about six months. Junior NationaDParty Its first club night of the ■ Njew I Year will be held by the Levin j Junior branch ; of the National . Party'.in the Oddfellows' Hall next ! Thursday, commencing at 7.45 p.m. Mr. E. J. Stanley will give a talk on the aims and work of the Levin Boys' Training Centre, and it will be followed by supper and dancing. It will be the final club night before the branch's annual meeting. Another Slight ; Dunedin, the capital of Otago, still smarting from the unkind treatment of the New Zealand cricket selectors, has suffered a further indignity. The person who labelled a packing case which came from London to Dunedin in the Port Fairy did not even know liow to spell the name of the Otago capital. The stencilled label on the case is "Durnedin." !

£10,000 To Auckland The first prize of £10,000 in an Australian consultation has been won by an Aucklander, but his identity has not yet been established. The winning ticket bears the nom-de-plume "50-50" which was used in the same consultation by several people. The seller thinks the winner is a watersider holidaying in Thames, but will not know till he returns home and sees the ticket. Caught Both Ways Cyclists who "double-bank" and overload bicycles in Invercargill will be prosecuted. Reporting this to the Invercargill City Council, the city traffic inspector, Mr. C. Harvey, said that in spite of repeated warnings in the last two years no appreciable improvement had been noted. Replying to questions from councillors Mr. Harvey said that double-banking was illegal under the city by-laws, but some thought to defeat this by carrying a passenger on the back. There was another by-law that prohibited over- i loadmg a bicycle so that it was not : under proper control.