Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 10 May 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Jasketball Cancelled. Became oi tne cinficulty of prdvidihg referees durmg the schooi holidays, the Horowhenua BasketDail Associauon has had to cancei ail fixtures for May 14 and 21. No matches will be p ayed during this period and the cornpetitions wili resume on Saturday, May 28. I.P. Makes Arrest. Usua-iy a poiiceman arrests a lawbreaker. But it was a Hastings jusnce of the peace, Mr. J. Strickland, who, finding a drunk man near the home of a coup.e prohibited j?rom drinking, placed hira in a car' and drove him- to the police station. The sequei? — a fine of £1 for the offender.

Marlborough Seat. Mr. T. ±\.c>nand, the sitting member, has been unanimousiy endorsed as the National Party candidate for Marlborough at the forthcoming General Election. Mr. J. C. Henare has been ;&hosen as the National Party's 6andidate for -theNorthern Maori seat at the Genera Election. He was the only nomination. Possession Of Gardge. Decislon was reserved by Mr. A. Mr, Gouldjng, S.Nh, in the Magistrate's Court, Levin, on Friday, when hearing was resumed in a case in which Macfarlane's Transport Company sued for possession of part of their premises occupied by P. A. Petersen. The defendant's counsel, Mr. T. P. Cleary, raised a legal issue and it was on these grounds that Mr. Goulding reserved his decision. Plaintiff was represented by Mr. G. I. McGregor. i Health Camp Committee: That the activities of the Otaki Heahh Camp were curtaiied during wet weather was the reason given at yesterday's meeting of the Manawatu Health Camp Committee for the reducnon of the quota of children taken into the camp during winter months. It was decided to bring up the matter of raising finance to exmnd the camp at the next three-monthly meeting of the Welhngton District Health Camp Committee. Hockey Fixtures. Saturday's hockey fixtures for the" . Horowhenua association s championships are as follows: — Men: Levin v. Colts, 2 p.m. at Levin, Mr. Leask; Te.Horo v. Kimberley B, 2 p.m. at Kimberley, Mr. McDonald; Kimberley A v. Rahui, 2 p.m. at Otaki, Messrs Webby and Ralph. Women: Rahui v. Raukawa, 3 p.m. at Otaki, Messrs Webby and Ralph; Textiles v. Levin, 2.30 p.m. at Foxton, Messrs Mosen and. Trass; Col.ege, a bye. Land For Settlement. Farm land in the Waikato, opened up as the result of the hydroeleetric schemes on the river, wili accommodate their firs'j settlers in July. Eight farms, to be bailoted for among ex-servicemen, will provide a town milk supply for Mangakino, which will be the labour pool for the new power stations for the next decade. Access to the Mangakino district opened up thousands. of acres. The eight new farms are part of 3200 acres of Crown land sown in grass by the Lands and Survey Department since the latter paru of 1946. Public Trust's Year. That the steady growth of the Public Trust Office since it was established 77 years ago is being maintained, is demonstrated by the ■figures for new business for the past 12 months, which have been re'eased by the Public Trustee. Estates to the value of £7,894,636 were accepmd during the year for administration. During the year 7,884 new wills appointing the Public Trustee executor were prepared and lodged in safe custody and a. further 6,584 wills were revised to provide for changes desired by testators. The total number of wills now hel'd on behalf of living persons exceeds 144,000.