Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 28 April 1949, Page 2

Local & General

Personal. Mrs. H. Jepson, of Otaki Railway, accompanied by her son, Eldon, the latter on holiday from Nelson,- are Visiting Tauranga. Mr. Max Ralph, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ralph, of Mill Road, is shortly to join the Otaki Post Office staff on transfer. Master Ian Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Smith, of Tasman Road, has received a'dvice of his acceptance for the Navy, and he leaves next week to "join up." Large Apple On View. An apple weighing one pound

may be seen at "The Chroniele" Office, Otaki. Grown by Mr. R. T. Davies, of Te Rauparaha Street, it is certainly an attractive exhibit and comes from a second year tree. The variety is a new one, "Kentish Fillbasket," and resembles the "Delicious." Financing Otaki Sanatorium. The Western Hospital Districts Joint Sanatorium Committee has struck no rate to finance the Otaki Sanatorium this year and will meet higher operating costs by increasing daily fees payable by member hospital boards on behalf of their patients by 4s a day. The new rate for the Wanganui Hospital Board is 23s a day (19s before), the board was advised this week. Comedy Play Again Presented. The attendance at the Civic Theatre on Tuesday night to witness the third presentation of the local production "Grumpy" was again large, and was on a par with the near capacity houses enjoyed on the former occasions. Again the presentation was excellent, and the War Memorial fund will derive considerable benefit from this latest effort, a very pleasing outcome for those responsible. Card Evenings Popular. Fortnightly card evenings continue to draw good attendances, and two held recently have been so favoured. At one conducted by the Tuis marching team, the prizes were annexed by Mesdames C. Frederickson and S. Brooks and Messrs J. Mudge, R. Mather and S. Harvey. The Otaki Band continued Its series on Tuesday night, when prize-winners were Miss C. Clarke, Mesdames S. Houghton and A. Denton, and Messrs G. Meads, E. Griffin and W. Hammond.