Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 18 May 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Radio Interference. It wou'd be well for persons buying electrioal appliances to ask whether they are fLted with. radio interference suppressors as it would save remedial costs later, said the Postmaster General, Mr. Hackett, yesterday. The Minister pointe'd | out that it was an offence under the Radio Interference Regulations to use' appliances causing radio noise. Wanted For Museum. Copies of photographs of a pamting depieting the landing of the Sir George Seymour's passengers at Lyttelton are being sought for the Canterbury Museum by the Pil- !' grims' Association. The president I i of the association, Mr. E. R. Webb, I believes that a very faded copy ; given to him by the late Rev. F. G. ! Brittan, was the only one in: exist- | ence. I High Wages Bill. j At the present time m all lts ; activities, the Palmerston North ! Hospital Board employs a total I jstaff of .649, including 585 full time ; and 64 part time workers. In ad- ! dition some 50 full time and part I time workers are engaged on clear - | ing contracts. The board's present I weekly wages bill is almost £3500. I Salaries and wages account for | over half the total maintenance j expenditure. I iTransfers Of Footballers. • Ac last night's meeting of the I management committee of the i Horowheiiua Rugby Union, several : applications were received from ! various clubs for transfers of play- | ers from other clubs. These were j heid in abeyance and it was point- ! e'd out that such applications j should be accompanied by a c'ear- ! ance from the club concerned. The re-grading of L. W. Woolley, of the Foxton club, from senior to junior ! was allowed. I The Perfeet Team. ! Emphasising the suitability of his i witnesses in a traffic case heard in j Dunedin, counsel for the defence, ! Mr. I. B. Stevenson, said they might I be described as a perfeet tearn. j "They inciude a justice of the \ peace, a stipendiary steward and a ' poiiceman," he said, an'd was not ' abashed when the magistrate, Mr. J. D. Willis, inquired, amid laughter, if'he was trying to prejudice his case. "The team could be bettered only by the inclusion of a solicitor," Mr. Stevenson replied. j Wairarapa Seat. In response to a deputation of 130 electors in the Wairarapa electorate, Mr. B. V. Cooksley, of Lower Hutt, has consented to his name | being included in a ballot to decide the candidate to represent the National Party at this year's Gen- ! eral Eection. Mr. Cooksley is president of the Dominion council of Commercial Growers. Ih 1943 \ ha was selected as National Party j candidate for the Otaki electorate. j He is a returned soldier of the j First World War and during the i Second World War was _ company | commander of the Taita Home I Guard unit.