Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 15 February 1949, Page 2

Local & General

Personal Mr. and Mrs. Stan. Brooks, ' > of Mil} Road, Otaki, are on holiday in New Plymouth. • 1 Mrs. J. Reid, and her dalughter, of Otaki Railway, are visiting Tauranga. Mr. and Mrs. R. Roiri, of Iti Street, have left to spend a holiday in Masterton/ ' Mr. Bruee Knox, accompanied by his daughter Nina, and son Fred, was a weekend visitor to Otaki. ! Dr. A. G. Butchers, Director of Correspondence Schools, and Mr. McKinnon, of the Education Board, were in Otaki on Friday, inspecting the Native College school and hostel. j Misses Moorea Wallington and Valerie Williams, of Main Street, .left on Saturday for their annual ; holidays which will be spent in I Dunedin, Christchurch and Queenstown. Master Michael Cootes, the five-'year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat. j Cootes, of Rangiuru Road, was on j Friday admitted to the Palmerston j North hospital with a fractured leg. iFollowing an operation he is rejported to he progressing. ' I Heavy Motor Traffic On a recent Sunday a local motorist who travelled from Wel- • lington to Paraparaumu Beach I passed no less than one thousand ! motor cars proceeding to Wellington. ' Cave! Evening . I A successful card evenmg, which was held on Thursday in aid of the Citizens' Queen funds, drew a good I attendance. Prizes were won by IMesdames W. Wright, R. Bills, H. J. jMcCormack and Miss Evans, and i by Messrs. F. Edwards and J. Snowi don, while a competiiion was won ' by Jack Anderson. j Beneficial Rain . , . , Following a steady dnzzle which jset in on Sunday morning and ! continued practicahy throughout i Sunday, a heavy fall of rain took 1 placc in the early hours of Mon!day morning. The total fall re- ! corded was 73 points, and the dis- ! trict. generally should derive much i benefit. .. '