Local and General

Chronicle (Levin), 25 March 1949, Page 4

Local and General

Winner Of Lottery ; Two Auckland freezing works ■ •mployees, Messrs. Leo Richards, : lagta and Vernon Fletcher, aged ; 25, have received cable news that : 'they have jointiy won £10,000 in a ! Hobart lottery. r.l Ski Hut Time-saver i The foundations of- a ski hut I have been laid at an altitude of I 5600 feet on Mount Ruapehu. Efforts will be made at Easter. to finish the hut, wnich will accommodate 20 people for weekends, or j 10 persons for longer- periods, and I save muGh time in transport from the Chateau , grounds to the ski fiplds each day. j ] St. John Beiiefit Dance 1 1 1 • ; The ,St. John 'Ambulance Brigade ! will benefit considerably if public [ #upport' ' is forthcoming by a j large ' atteridance ^t a dance [ iri the1 Regeht -Hail tomorrow hight, I for the proceeds of the dance, I which iis being organised by I Tahiwi's four piece qrchestra, wid 1 be donated' to that ,organisation. I . Bus'es will be providea to bring up I Otaki dancers. I Praise For Mr. Holland I Praise for his party leader, Mr. 1 S. G. Holland, was forthcoming I from- the National Party member I for the district/Mr. J. J. Maher, at [ Wednesday's annual meeting of the | levin , branch of the National I Party. Should the party be reI turried as the Government at the I general election in November, he I was sure that Mr. Holland would i make the, best Prime Minister the \ country hlad ever seen, comment- ! ed the speaker. j What! I A coincidence in names has 1 caused much amusement to persons j who have seen an American film ! featured this week at a Dunedin i theatre. At one stage an actor I receives bundles of congratulatory I telegrams, one of which to the j great delight of the audience is S signed "Bob Semple." Tnis delight, I however, gave way to .gales of I laughter when the actor asked with I a puzzled look, "Who is Bob 1 Semple?" — (P.A.) Dunedin. 1 ' Increased Iiiiports Of Crockery | ' The decision of ' the Minister of | Customs (Mr. Nash) under the II 1949 import schedule to cut import I licenses for crockery and glassware I to 50 per cent. of last year's I licenses has now been amended. I , The Customs Department announc- | es that imports of these items for A 1949 will be permitted up to 100 per j cent. of the licenses issued in 1948. 1 Concern at the prospect of crock- | -ery shortages was expressed at the ■ recent annual conference of the New Zealand Retailers' Federation. Crash Victims' Funeral , After lying for more than three years undiscovered at the scene !where they met their "death in February, 1946, the four victims of the Ventura air crash near Waikanae j were accorded an Air Force funeral 1 in Palmerston North today, when a 1 service was held in All Saints' I Church,. after which the remains of i the victims were taken to the Kel1 vin Grove Cemetery for interment. f-iThe victims were AC1 A. J. Hay- £ hurst, F/Lt. S. H. Langton, F/Lt. W. 1 G. Jacobs, and W/O H. B. Newell. £ Medal For Architect I A bronze medal for his design of I his own house has been won by Mr. i i R. H. Toy, 61 Selwyn Road, Epsom. I The medal is presented annually by ! the New Zealand Institute of f Architects for the best architectural | design . of the year. Mr. Toy is a I lecturer and instructor in design at j the Auckland University College, i but is at present on sabbatical leave I in England, where he is doing reI gearch work. The building, which | 'has two storeys, with three bed- £ rooms, a living room, a study and a £ kitchenette, was built for just under I £3000, Mr. Toy doing some of the ^ work himself.