Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 14 April 1949, Page 4

Local & General

I No "Chronicle" Friday j "The Chronicle" will not be published tomorrow (Good Friday j or j on Easter Monday, but will appear j as usual on Saturday. The office | will be open from 8.30 to 10.30 a.m. | in Saturday. ! A Big: pividendI The 'Government will reap the j benefit of £5882 ' 0s 6d in taxation I from the Levin' Racing Club's ! autumn meeting' last Saturday. It j is made up as follows: — Five per ; cent tax, £3079 5s; dividend tax, ! £2694; stake tax, £33 11s; and f amusement tax, £75 4s 6d. i Building Permits The total value of building permits' issued by the Horo whenua I County Oouncil for the past year was £L29,973, i'eported the engi- ' neer, Mr. W. g. Fraser, at yester- ' day's council meeting. This was £23,560 more than those issued for Lhe previous year. During the ' month 49 permits had been issued ( oo a value of £24,796. f Mothers' Club Meets I ' Members of the Levin Mothers' ! Club held their fortnightly meetI ing on Monday night, with Mrs. W. j Neas presiding. Tiie business in- ■ oluded discussion of a picture eveI ning. A garden quiz was conductI ed and was enjoyed by all present. A demonstration on the making of I oosies was given ' by Mrs. R. W. Fvans,, and it provsd both interesting and instructive. Unclaimed Gratuities Between four and five thousand ex-servicemen "had not yet bothersd to collect their war gratuities, said the Director of Base Records CMr. R. S. Woganl yesterday. The majority of these were for small amounts. Some applications were still being received, ..but there had oeen no pronounced increass as a result of 'the recent appeal to exservicemen to close or transfer cheir accounts. County Qrader Hours The Horowhenua County Council's graders had worked. for 546 hours on the district roads during fche past mopth, reported the engineer, Mr. W. H. Fraser, to yesterday's meeting of the council. These had been distributed as follows: — Tokomaru riding 169 hours, Whirokino riding 232 hours and Otaki riding 145 hours. At the conclusion of his repoft the engineer conimented that the new Galion 202T diesel power grader had been deiivered. Novel Health "Stam^s" Sweden had it&, campaign to raise money for the health of children, but instead of selling stamps boxes of matches with appropriate and beautifully-illustrated covers were used. For the period of the campaign these matches sold at "above the normal price', the balance going to the campaign fund. Miss H. Iris Crooke, directorT general of the Red Cross V.A.D.'s, told this to members of the Levin Red Cross on Tuesday, * when speaking at the'anniial meeting of that' body. She was outlining her experiences as a delegate to the Internatio.nal Red- Cross' conf erence",'lield in Stockholm" last year. Preservation Of "Crucifixipn" ^he 'paster ssasori has always been associated with the present.ation of outstanding sacred music ' and this tradition will be' worthily maintained locally this year. The St. John's Methodist Cl^oir, g,ssis_ted by members of other chioirs, will present Stainer's "Crucifixion" in the St. John's Church at "7.3d p.ni. on Good Friday. This work oflers special range for bass and tenor voices. The bass soloist will be Mr. F. H. Baumber, and the tenor will fce taken by Mr- J- Edgar. Mr. J. Hayfield is o^ganist and the music will be presentsd under the bato'ri of Mr. K. Bowater. Through unforeseen circumstancps' ihe feqrn dance y7hich was to have been held by the Levin braneh of the"Jun*ior Nationai Party has been postponed. It will now 'be held in St. Mary's Hall on April 28.