Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Change Of Speakers. Owing to the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. G. H. Ross, M.P. fOr Hamilton, will be -.unahi e to speak in Levin on Thursday night at a public meeting convened by the Levin branch of the National Party. The meeting will be held in the Regent Hall at 8 p.m., as arr&nged, and the'speaker will now be Mr. C. M. Bowden, National member for Karori. More Food Eaten. NOt only has ihe cosi -of provisions for eachoccupied bed in the Christchurch Hospital rissn from £54 in 1943 to £84 in-1949,- but" the actuai food consumed has greatl'y ihcreased, except butter. "This -is diffieult to undersland," said ; the chairman of the North Canterbury , Hospital Board (Mr. V. C. Lawn) . "but it appears that we have been Very generous irr our supply, and it is hoped there has been. no u.ndue waslage." rf-,f ' +fr- ' Hot Plate. . „ A mmister conducting a service in ,a Christchurch ehurch recent y ,'eceived a note tellihg^ hini to leave the church inlnie'di^te!y. A woman In the congregavion suddenly remembered that she had forgotten j gq switch off the., ove.n- in her home and' when her husfeand came round I with the collection plate, she placed j a note on it. The husband, think- [ ing the note was for the minister, 1 gaye it to him. It read: "Hurty

| home. I've left the oven on." | Hockey Fixtufes. . I The Horowhenua Hockey AssoI ciation's fixtures for next Satur" ! day are as follows: — Men: Levin v. 1 Rahui, 3 p.m. at Levin, Messrs i Weoby and Trass; Colts v. Kimber- ! ley A, 1.45 p.m. at' Kimberley, Mr. I Trass; Te Horo v. Kimberley B, 2 I p.m. at Te Horo, Mr, McDonald. I Ladies: College v. Rahui, 2 p.m. at j Levin, Mrs. Henderson and Mr. | Leask: Textiles v. Raukawa, 2.30 I p.m. at Otaki, Mrs. Ralph and Mr. a Mosen. I Island Houses Purchased. ] Three abandoned houses formerf ly Used by the lighthouse-keeper at j Motupao Island, oft Cape Reinga, I have been purchased by Mr. E. j Bheenan, of Whangarei, who in- | tends next summer to dismantle 1 the buildings ahd remove them. 2 The lighthouse is now on the mainI land and the island is uriinhabited. ■ In h'is launch Tawa, Mr. Sheenan I Visited the. island last week to inI spect the buildings which, except I for some of the rooflng iron being I blown off, are in gCod condition. 1 iBrick Area. I No new materials as a substitute ! for brick and cemeht in brick afeas I "wefe approved by it or, tp its knowI ledge, by any local body in New | Zealand, stated a report from the J Fife Accident Und'erwriters' ASSo- | cia'tion to the Levin Boro'ugh S Council, presented at last night's ! meeting. The report was in answer I td' a letter from the council, which I asked that in view of the nuinber ! of applicalions it was feceiying for I permits to bUil'd 'in the brick area I with other n,ew type materials, it J wOUld appreciate an opinion. I Big Blow To Council. J It was not the trees recommendI ed, but the Levin Borough Council i which was "shaken" by a report | from Massey Agricultural College 1 on the beSt varieties for Stree't 2 pianting in the town. The report, 1 which was submitted to the counl.cil last riight, was prefixed with j cofnment that Levin was situated 1 in a windy locality. "I think the | wtiter hss mistaken the town," 1 eommented the Mayor, Mr. H. B. j Burdekin, when the council reI cbvered from the shock. "He's 1 obviously never lived here," re2 marke-d Cr. A. W. Parlon. "I think j he must have been here tluring the 1 election," was Cr. J. Miller's conJ tribution.