Local and General

Chronicle (Levin), 7 April 1949, Page 4

Local and General

1 I "Fish And Chips." 2 "You have the fish and you came ! here to get the chips," remarked I Mr. Justice- Finlay in the Auckland i Supreme Court during the opening ! of a civil action. Plaintiff, now a ! . f armer, it was stated, had bought f I a fish business from defendant, a | fishmonger, and was seeking dam- | ages because of an alleged breach I of warranty in the condition of a i motor car. I j Wangaehu to Become Whangaehu. i i Wangaehu is now Whangaehu on j : the register of the New Zealand f Geographic Board. A notice in the | current New Zealand Gazette says | i that the final decision of the board I on the determining of new place I j hames is that from May 25 next the i 1 "railway station, river, etc., eight [ ' miles south of Wanganui, shall be J known as Whangaehu. The same I notice also changes formally Kai i Iwi beach to Mowhanau beach. I Rheumatic Diseases. I i Confidence that a really worth- | while set-up for the treatment of 1 rheumatic diseases, would be de- | veloped in New Zealand, was ex- | pressed by the Minister of Health, ! Miss Mabel Howard, in an interI ' ; view in Hastings. At first only 2 those cases would be taken where ! it was thought a cure was possible. I Staffing was the immediate difflculI ;ty but as the scheme developed it j j would be possible to take in incur- | ab7e cases and give them some reJ lief. . . ! | R.S.A. Ladies' Evening. 1 ; Ladies who have rendered valu2 ab'e assistance to the Levin R.S.A. ! in its various activities are to be | the chief guests at a ladies' evenS ing in the Regenfc Hall on Satur- | iday. Invitations have been issued ! as far as possible to those lady j helpers whose husbands are not | ; members, but anyone who has not | received one is specially invited to j attend. A large gathering of members and their wives and families j is expected. The entertainment jwill be provided by the Tin Hat JClub, Wellington. | | Red Cross Visitor. | J The Levin Sub-Centre of the Red ! ( Cross Society is to have Miss Iris | jCrooke, M.B.E., director-general of i {Red 'Cross v.a.d.'s in New Zealand, j as guest speaker at its annual meeting this month. Miss Crooke j was one / of the official delegates to jthe world conference in Stockho'm ; and. has just returned. She will , have a very interesting story to reMiss Crooke is tknown to many local workers and is an interesting speaker. An open invita- ! tion is extended to all interested to attend. Flying Circus Thrills. Last weekend the Kiwi Flying Circus thrilled the crowds at Wanganui. with their flying stunts and ;parachute jumping. Evidently jthese stunt pi.ots believe in the old | moito of the "shcw must carry on." iRecently the circus had the misforj tune of having r rather a serious • mishap, which wrote off an air- ; craft and put one of the members ,in the hospital. Undaunted, they jhave carried on the itinerary and have advised that they will defin- ! itely be appearing at the carnival next Saturday at the Palmerston North aerodrome. Bounty For Rabbits' Tails, | Ratobits are gaining a stronger foothold in Taranaki and encroaching more and more on dairying pastures, it was stated at a, meeting of the Taranaki County Councii this week. The council , agreed that the Egmont County Council's action in offering a bounty of threepence a tail on rabbits was a sto,p jn the right direction and promised full support to any combined campaign to check the rnenace. The Egmont Council reported the bounty had been paid ; on 511 tails in three months' trial 1 of the systeih. )