Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 27 May 1949, Page 4

Local & General

[ Memorial Hall., ! The Levin R.S.A.. at its annual I ; meeting last night, decided after a I ilong discussion not to acceot the | j Levin Borough Council's offer of I jthe triangle section in Cambridge I :Street as the site of the proposed | \ memorial hall, bnt to continue with F [its previous choice of sections at | !the corner of Chamberlain and | jQueen Streets. I j Heron, Quite At Home. | I An unusual visitor to Waitara is f 'a heron, which has made its tem- [ i porary home on th'e river bank op- | iposite the town. wharf. It is [ ] thought that the bjrd came down- ■ Jstream on a floodpd river. Except j 'for oecasional fligh^'s in the vicinily [ of the town bridge; the heron apI pears quite cont'ent to feed a*o.ng j the river bank undeterred by public ! curiosity or nearby; traffic. Time Was Gettinp On. "I think we §hould come to a decision tonight or, if noL first thing i I tomdrrow morning-" said' Dr. E, T. ; G. Miller when, after a long 'debate [ jon the question of the Memorial j Hall site last night. Levin R.S.A. : jmembers were considering defer- [' ring the matter until the next | , meeting. Dr. Miller's suggestion j was received with much laughter ! |and approval— the' time was five I jminutes to midnight, 1 ! Ilelp For Business Men. 1 Note for the tired New Zealand : business traveller when he gets' to • London: The Overseas League is setting up a secr^tarial bureau at St. Jamss' to deal with all his probleips — such prob'lems, for ininstance, as how . to do business and hold conferences with business associ-ates without an offiee. The league plans the service because it considers the business man from overseas is so handicapped in London today.

Giffc To Royalty. A snecial album of 'aerial photographs prepared by. the. .Auckland Harbour Board for presentation to the King and Queen had they come to New Zealand this year, has been given to them by Mr. J. Melling, former chairman of the' board, at present in London. In a letter read to the board yesterday Mr. Mefiing said Their Majesties expressed admiration of the photographs and the box in which the book was contained. . The beautiful pictures, they said, increased their disappointment at being unable to visit . New Zealand in the spring. Fiordland Expedition. 0 New Zealand and American scientists collected much valuafre material and accomplished a great deal in spite of bad weather during the recent expedition to the unexplored area west of Te Anau. according to the leader, Colonel John K. Howard. He said he couid not say anything about the scientific side of '.'the expedition because analysis of the material was -notcomp1ete. A start had been made in Wellington, where 'Dr; OlaUS J*. Murie, scientific leader " of the group, was working on 'ihe material. Geophysical Survey Near Marton. Suggestion have been made that the New Zealand Government is following in the steps of American oil interests in the war years" in making a geophysical survey of Ihe Marton-Mount Stewart area. Men from the Department of Scientific and Ihdustrial Research state that they are testing new equipment. It consists of drifiing gear and scientific apparatus with which echoes of underground • explosions are recorded on a film which is developed on the spot. The echoes, it is stated, indicate the geological strata beneath the area under study.