Local and General

Chronicle (Levin), 9 February 1949, Page 4

Local and General

Lemcins Gr6w at Ross On view ih a Hokitika window is a West Coast-grown lemon,- which weighs 2-^_ lbs. The lemon was grown at Ross, a small township 20 miles south of Hokitika. Ross is noted for its goovd elimatd, aiid nestles ih a warm sunny" valley. Barly crops are well'known in Ross, and lfemon growihg, although a Sideline, shows the possib'ilities of the district for growing fruits of various kinds. Insurance Agaihst Polio Since the fresh outbreak of poliomyelitis during the summer, a number of Chfistehureh residentS are seeking insurance agkinst the disease. Those. wishing to be insured pay a premium of £1 dnd the' insurance is £1000, payafele at £10 a week for 100-weeks, df, if tfle patieht is discharged with any disability, the bSlance-.of . the £1000 is paid in a lUrtip Sflfn^ The sum is hot paid in the event of death from the disease. Speech in N.Z. New Zealanders' .pfohunciatidn is : a hdrdy perenni'ai topie for discussi'on with visiting elocutiofi ekarriiners, with mos't concehtr'ation drl vowel sounds,' Which afe criticis'ed freely. Howevef; New Zeala'nders may take comf ort (or they may not) , from the remark made by Mr. W. J. Mountjdy at the pdetry school in Dunedin, that New Zealand yowel sounds are not as bad. ds they are popuiarly thought to be. The chief weakness,- said Mf. Mouhtjoy, was in consonants. A Fbdr Response Sirice January 6 it has tieen. obligatory for tfie , ownefs b'f vehidies operating with a gross load ■ df more than two tons to hoid a c'ertificate fromi Trahsport Dppart- | ment headauarters in Wellington i in place of the ordinary warrant of ■ fitness, but the -department reports ■ that there has befen a poor re- : spoiise to the requirements of the 1 new regulation and that in the No. j 2 lic'ehsing district- aldne there are l more than 500d VehieieS ddve'red by ; the regulation , whose owners have ' still to apply fof their certificdtes.

l^atiohal Savings A further "quota" success was achieved in the P'almerston Ndfth postal district iast week when deposits an-d saies of bonds amourited .to £5912, tlius exdeedihg the' weekly target by over £2000. Depd'sits made at Palmerston Nofth and Terrace fihd aihdUritdd td £2910.- At Levin, the sum of £1955 was invested Wliile othdf difetfiGt towns well repfes'ented were Glen Orotia and Rangiwahia. Tfie doiitinued confideiice diSpldyed ifi the moVfe'ment is indicated by the fact that ih recent weeKs,' the ariniidl target has beeii ffiOte thari doubled at the following towns: Dannevirke, ' Feilding, Levih, Ohau,! Rangiwahia, Shanndn and Weira-, roa, whilst. at Glen Oroua--and| Pongaroa the annual quota has beeii more than trebled. A Hdndy Machme Seeking the Le^in B'ofoiigh CJduncil's approval - to the purchase he had made of ' a machine which Would be of great benefit to the' watef works staff, and prevent 1 much inconvenieiide td f&tdp&yefs, j the Mayor, Mr. H. B. Burdekin, sai'd ' kt this wfeek's meetihg of .the i coiihcil that the machine could be used for thd drilhng and tSjdpihg of water mains under prgSSiir'e With- , out ihe necessitv of .the water havLng to be shut on.- He hdd 8@£n the , madhine demonstratecf dhd had beeii impreSsdd. The firm ha'd only the one machine available, diid he bad not wished to lose the oppor-' timity of makihg d vbltidbld addition td the waterworks equipment. rhe price df £2? lOd wdd appfdvdd oy the council. J,