Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 19 April 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Onlv TiVo Left Iri, Japan. "There are only two New Zealand offlcers left in Japan/' srird Brigadier S. H. Crtmlp who returned by the Monowai after serving for two years with hea,dquarters of .the! British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. "I am one of the tail-end of the foree," he said. "Things there are now all washed up." Narrow Escape. . A nafrow escape was experienced by a womari driver when the yehicle she was drivirig over McKay's Ifevel .crossing at Paekakariki Vesterday broke the front axle in the path of an oncoming express trairi. Fortunately the momentum ' pf the car wds sufficient to carry it forward clear of the track — se'conds befofje -i>.the trairi pasSed 6ver. ; ■ i , -. , •-/ , , . Island For Sale. 1 A' rfcst? and recreatiori qeritVe' for bld pteoiftef slnce' 1943,' Pakatpa' ts.--land, in the eastern Hauraki' iGutl'f; is to- be sOld* b'y^aUction.?,''The Sall vation -Army -hought'> the islrind ari 1907 and, until i943, used itwas the site. of a home ,,for women irifebriates; It consists of 60 acre's oi grassed, rollirig ,. .Qquritry arid has several- sriiall frfeaches. A 15-* foom homestead ' .stands in the main northern bay. Operation Qn Boarcl . Aorangi., ■ An appendic'itis operation , was performed aboard the. Aorangi during the voyage froin Vancou.ve^, to Auckland. ' The. .assistant-purserj, Mr. H.tF. McQueeiiey, "fcecaMt ill 'on April 2 and an oheratioh 'was, impefative. The ship'$' erigmek were stoppe-d to avoid^Yibra'tion.' '.The surgeon was helped. by two' doctors returning to New' Zealand and two nurses, a Canadian and an Australian. The patipnt. is. expected to be recovered fully. by ihe tiihe the ship arrives at Sydney. Beards For Bets. ' Auckland is not the only place where beards are grown to win wagers. The practice is also followed in New Plymouth, and the eifects of it were' seen at Athletic Park- on Saturday. Locking the Tukapa Hugby scrum against Poneke was J. Weir, who wore a handsome beard of reddish hue. His '.eam-mates explained that he was the sole survivor among five menwho had wagere'd that they would not shave for a eertain pefiod;,\Veir has only • to> hold oUt until May 7 and ' he' will collept what was i descrlbed aS "aL tidy .sum," HeaVy Holiday Traiffic. Easter road traffic was the- heaviest for years in the opinion of . the local Pdlice, Transport Department and Automobile Associatioh offieers. No se'rious apci'dgntS wefe reported in the distrifet. ' The Automobile Associatioh fe'presentative iri Levin,Mr. R. Keenan, and the Distriet Traffic Inspector, Mr. B. Boyes, said this morning that itraffic Was heaviest fro'm 3 p.m. yesterday, when the roads earried a contihiious otream of south-bouhd .traffic. At ohe stage there. were 35 . cars waiting at one end of .the Otaki River Bridge. High speeds were not so no'tiCeable, but they c.redited this- to the large aihouht of traffic on the roads probably makihg drivers more cautiouS. Borough FifectdfS' Meeting. The forthcomihg municipal byeleCtioh is ' crbating considefa.bie' intefest, riinO candidates havipg offere'd th6rfiselvfes. As the majOrity of them are very kee'h, the campaigning should not lack variOty and will no doubt develop intense enthusiasm. The campaign starts in earnest, tonight, ■ twp of • thp' contestants, Messrs N. Thpriiley and R. S. Ahtcliff Jiaymg' conYened a meeting .iri. Williams' . re'ceptiOri room. owing to .tpe shOrtage' Of halls and Iri ari [Offort to- O'nable' cafididates to address the maximum number-of electors at thd orife time, they have invited all contegtants tO share the platform. The converiers hope' the citizens of Levin Wiri show the Same amount of interest in eivic ;affairs as the large field of candidates, and attend the meeting in large numbOrs.