Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 13 April 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Sxpressive English. A sch joI chi d's tendency to use r literal translation from the dietionary when instructed to use the word acce'lerate in a sen.ence brought forth this howier in a discricc school the other day: "The (sight of a bull in the paddock jcaused Patsy to accelerate to a jnearby tree." j Unwanted Bracelet. : Somewhere there is a girl who ! attachod a 'dain .y chain bracelet to jthe wrisc of a young man who ati Lended a party at Napier. She did it j to see how the bracelet wou.d look Ncw the young man is looking for he girl because he cannot detach I the bracelet He doesn't know the igir1, or how the catch works, and | is afraid to use force for fear of jbreaking it. j Admission To Rugby Games. t Admission to rugby games under the control of the Haowhenua ; Union will be at a charge of ls for c!ub ma.ches. No chaige has yet been decided for representative fixcures. Season ticksts will be so d at the rate of £1 for men and £1 10s for a double. Players' passes i will be issutd on the basis of 20 ! per team, but these wi.l not be ! available for odier than club [ matches. Parasites From Swordfisli. Parasites from a swoi'dfish caught by a Whangarei spjrtsman in ihe Bay of Isiands area during the week-end are soon to make a contribution .o the cause of science. They are sea lice taken from a 195 b. striped mar in and are to be sent to the institute associated with i.he Ya.'e University. This is an outcome of the recent deep-sea fishing expeditim of Yale scientists to the Bay of Isiands. Danger In Street. A woman crossing Co'ombo Street, Christchurch, no.iced a sma.'l red ob.iect and kicked it twice before picking it up to take horne for her child to play with. She had just put L in- her purse when a youth, whe had seen her pick it up, told her the object was a detona or "Someone was certainly looking after us," she said later, "because my husband is away, and neither he children nor myself know what a detonator looks like." £10,000 To Gisborne. The first nrize of £10,000 in an overseas ccnsu tation has come to a Gisborne syndicate — a typist, a garage manager, and a pensionergardener. The trio are Mrs. R. Birchnall and Messrs Foden and G Harris. Mr. Foden suifers from a severe disabi'ity a.s a result of war service. The non-de-plums, "Ear 3asher," was chosen by Mr. Harris because of Mrs. Birchnall's habit oi giving direc.ions in a high pitched voice. Sarly Pioneer Houses. One of the first homes bui.t in Onehunga, that of Captain William Davies, who - occuoied it in 1852, is shortly to be demolishe'd. A ong with other old houses on the east side of Princes S reet, it is being cleared away to make room for industry. Captain Davies, who was -ater the first Mavor of Thames arrived in the sai mg ship Berhan. pore in 1849 and set up a ship chandlers shop in Onehunga. In 1868 Captain Davies and his family moved to Thames, his house at Onehunga being bought by Mr Boiand, who livtd there for sonu. 50 years. : Fu'.l hc-spi al benefits at the rate of 9s per day, are to be paid from 'the socia' security fund in respect 'of mothers admitted to Karitane hospitals on a doctor's recommen-' : dati 'n to accompany iheir babies . undergoing treatment there. This was announced by the Minister of | Health, who said that in future the payment for mother and child wou'd be 18s a day instead of 13s 6d. In consideration of the payment of benefits from the social security fund, all Karitane hospitals alford free treatment to a ino her and child when they are admitted upon the recommendation of a medical man. The increased payment, operative from January 1 last, is to compensate these hospitals for higher costs.