Local and General

Chronicle (Levin), 5 April 1949, Page 4

Local and General

I Grounds Dispute, 1 Considering the price put fori ward by the club to be excessive, j the Horowhenua A* and P. Assoeia- I , tion's general comonittee, at a j meeting on Friday night, 'decided' j against the1 purchase .of the Levin [ Racing Club's interest in the joint- | ly-owned ground ■ in Mako Mako 1 j Road. . The._a§soci.ation- will noiw j ask that joint control, as reeom*mended by the joint arbitrators, beadopted. . > Midget Car Championships. Tne Manawatu Midget Car Club will conduct its- chanipionship meeting on the showgrounds at Palmerston North tomorrow night and patrons' are assured of a thrillmg evening s sport, as the highpowered midgets battle their way | j to championship honours. ' Levin iwili oe represented by two local enrhusiasts, Messrs. N. Bird and P., rJ. Ward, and there will no doubt bea large following of local fans'toj see unese boys driving. j Stock Tethering In Streets. i The prevalence of the tethering of stock in-borough streets and the danger it exposed traffic to, particularly during darkness, was re- ! ferred1 to by 'Cr. D. J. Sweetzer at last night's meeting of the Levin, j Borougn Council. In one case he ' had observed, said the speaker, the : I length of rope used had allowed a j horse to wander across' the full" j - width of the streel. When the over-r ! seer, Mr. E. Lycette,. asked the conn-^ i eil for a ruling on the matter, Cr. j Sweetzer moved that tethering be ! not allowed, This was carried ' unanimously. ! Parts Of Skeletons Found. I Parts of two skeletons have been j found buriedi in a bank abbut 20ft. - dbove the Waikato River, on the ! property of Mr. J, F, Wymer, a mile north of the Fairfield bridge, Hamilton. Mr. Wy,mer saw two bones . protruding from the bank, and on digging down about 18in. he found a skull and other human bones. the spot where - the bones were , found was 'the site of an old Maori lianding groundi which led through a deep track to trench fortifications, where Mr. Wymer's house now stands. They are thought tpi be the remains of Maoris. Parts of ; another skeleton were found near ! the same place several years ago. i Sail Plane at Ohakea. ! A truly amazing demons'tration I of gliding was given at Ohakea last j week by the Australian gliding e.k- • per.t, Mr. Nardinge, in his modern sail plane. One of the most j astounding features of this de.moni stration was the fact that the- sail plane was towed off the ground by | a motor-car, andi at 400ft. Mr. Hardinge siipped the release, actually soared up to 4000 feet, and then carried out a full display of aerol batics including loops, stalls, turns, j etc., finishing up with a beautiful | landing on the tarmac in front of I the control towe-r. This s.ail p-lane I is one of the very latest design and [ in the air gives the imipression of ! a seagull gliding gracefully across 1| the sky.