Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Junior National Party. Tne Levin j anior National Par'ty ihexd a pxeus«.n„ suciai evehing ih j bxte Odaftllows' Hall last night, Lvarii ty being the keynote of ! tiie ■ enterbainmen.t. Coinpetitions, garrus and 'vAanemg oceupiecl rncsi, of ihe evenmg, tne M.'C. uemg Ivlr. ;W. Lerii&e^g. Alfcxois B. Lind ahd LenL.erg aiso provitied Ihe aeloompaiiiments. ! ' Cost Oi Living In IJnited States. ixt-e^diioe to ihe hugh co^t of 1 living in the United Staies is con-j ft^inod. m a isttor sent to iooai resi'denis Ly an Ameriean residing in I Springfield, Pennsyivania. "We iread .about qur prices comingj 'down," he says, "fcut I fail to sbe Iwheie. Some things may be a litjue -O-S, but others aro higher. Meat 'is stiil outrageons. Pofk chops ate ;almost 4s a ponnd'and steak about 1 6s a pouna. "We have to market Iwhere we can do best." Foa' With Three Legs. | Bcrn with only three legs nearly a year ago, a foal on the farm oi { Mr. J. N. Anueroon, of Wekaweka, Hokiama, is still otherwlse nor'mal ana neaithy and can waik, canber, ,ancl ga lop, but not tio . The one ;fronc eg has'developed to a greater lextent than normally, as it has to Ido the. work of two, and the shoulJder development on that side is ! also greater than on the othe'r. The jfoai can ie down and roll and get ; to its feet again. Persuasion The Aim. As the .argest m the Dominion, the Auokianu Master Grocoiv As•soci.iion had at times aroused a cer aiu amcunt of jealousy in the Suiib.a, . aia a past p.cs.dent, Mr. H. R. Bxo.l, at the jubilee dinner. But thougxx ius renresen.atives never forgOu thsir duty to their metnbers, iney had always tried to co-o.per-■ate'with the other associations "for the good of the trade. "We have neye: tried to force our own view.on them— until they were ready to see the light,'' he remarked. Too Many. Tribunais. » A arm at the continued growth oi admmistialive and seml-iudiciai , xribuna s, was expressed in a re;mit carried at the Associated 'Chsmbeis of Commerce confer!ence. The remit stated the triibunals had power to adjudicate on ' maueis mvolving freeaom, prop'crty and rights of citizens and L urged their reduction to ihe mln'i- ■ mum exsential to speedy dispatch of commercial business. Lt alsc : urged that there should be righ of appeal to the Courts of Justic'e. ' Dang erous Importation. j No furiher imnor.ation of birds ior mamma s should be made with'out the ful est scientific investigation, according to a decision reach-.-ied ty the council -of the Royal So-. ;Cietv of New Zealand. Experience ;had shown that every specie-s es jtablifhed had done some harm, i lonly to disp-ace native species iv/hixe i'l was Dractically impossible | to ex eiminate cny kind .of bild jmammal. or insect that had ru jwild, stated a report submLte'd by ithe wi'd life committee. All iiberlated animals, it said, soon reachec' the remotest narts of New Zealand. i Regeift Hall RenQvatibns. The renovations to he ROgen iiall are prog. essing at a fnst nae'e the major work at- p"ssent tein? the ::em- val of the w r den wai betweeii the ckr k reom'and the sthl'c jroom and the forma io^i o ar aic.Lj.w y ' etween he s'ere roo'n and w?hat war a pho'o'granher's tudio. The latter task is a big one as the wall is af reihforced concrete and care has to be takeh not tb interfere With the "main 'Stflic- : ture. The archway wiil be a wide one, however, and when the taslf •is eompleted a tar-ge suppef roomy which could also oe used for meetings, will be provided.