Local and General

Chronicle (Levin), 26 February 1949, Page 4

Local and General

| Petrol Coupons For March i Petrol coupons numbers,' 25, 2,6 ? and 27 1 will be avaLable for the I; mo.nth of March at fu±l face value.. [ This was. announced yesterday by f tne Minister of Supply, Mr. Nord- | meyer. In addition, any unused js coupons numbers 22, 23 and 24 wiU i be available at full face value durf ing the same month. ; Welsh National Day To celebrate St. David's Day, March 1, We^sh people in Welling- ' ton have arranged a gathering -at the Dominion Farmers' Institute, to start at 7.45 p.m. New arrivals from Wales will be welcomed, and the orgahisers hope for a big attendanee. The St. Davids Day f church service will be held tamor- : row at The Terrace 0ongregat|onal ' Church at 7 p.m. and' on Sc. David's 1 Day the Welsh choir wili foroadcast. I More Fencing Wire s The United Kingdom is to send [ I New Zealand 2300 tons of fencjng wire representiiig 90 per cent. of [ the amount exported during this year. This is neariy half as muqh . again as the 19.48 aJocation. Advice ' to this effect was received by Mr. Nordmeyer from the British Board of Trade. The Minister said subj stantial supplies of fencing wire had also been arranged froin Belgium, Czeohoslovakia and the United States.

Season For Ducks I First match of the English tour j wou.d be against YorKshne on May il, which comcided with 'the open- ! ing o.f the duck season in ChristI church, said the New Zealand cricket captain, Walter Hadiee, amid laughter a-t a State reception to the representative team yesterday. "I hope we can leave that thought for the Yorkshiremen," he added, promising that without taking undue risks the New Zealanders would try to make their play interesting for themselves, their opponents and the British public. Snakes Alive! Live snakes found aboard the Wairata, which arrived at Wellington this week with, a full cargo of steel from New Guinea, has delayed the berthing of the vessel until ; fumigation has been earried out. Itis hoped the fumigation will be completed by Monday, when it is expected the vessel will unload. The Wairata at present is out in the stream and y/ill not berth until all "noxious vermin" in the cargo has. been eliminated by fumigation.