Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 30 May 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Boys And Krnves. A boys' dirt fight ended in a real fight in which a boy drew a sheath knife and stabbed another boy in the arm, Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., was told in the Hawera Children's Court. The boy was. charged with assault. After- the magistrate had been told that several Hawera boys • carried sheath knives, he agreed to publication of the facts of the case in an effort to stop the practice. Hard-worked Elephdnts. If there was a union for elephants it might have something to say , about the case of Jamuna, * the j- Auckland Zoo's- best-known inmate. ! ■ During the past fortnight she has I 'Worked harder than she has -dorie j j for months, carrying children on ! iholidays. In giving rides to 2700 I lyoungsters she plodded more than I 25 miles around the zoo pond, and ; learned £22/10/- in fares. I I * | ] Road Cycling Race. ! j A furohfer road race was held by I the Levin Athletic andi eycling Club j ! on Saturday. The . wet weather jcaused the competitors some dis- ! 'comfort, but the 18 miles from [Levin to Whirokino Bridge and Iback were completed in. 49£ mins., ■as the fastest time. The results 1 were:— Ross Harper 1, John Taylor 2, Harry Donovan.3. The three. best times were: — John Taylor (49£ mins.), Harry Donovan (495 mins.), and Ross Harper (50 mins.). Oyster Season. i Because the demand is expected 1 to be greater than the supply, rock oysters will again be rationed when the season opens on Thursday. Prospects for the season are considered fair, and the quality of the : first oysters sent from the Bay of |Islands is good. Picking has also I begun in the Hauraki Gulf,' on the Great Barrier and in the Kaipara, but work has been delayed by the . weather. Half sugar bags of oysters will sell at the city depot for 7/and paper bag lots at 2/- and 1/-. . / • ° Air Ambulance. When the- Wanganui Aero Club's Percival Proctor is flown to Auckland this week to uhdergo an inspection for the renewal of its certiificate of airworthiness, modificajtions will be carried out to make it more efficient for the carrying of stretcher patients. The Proctor has . been used on a number of pccasions for the transport of 'stretcher cases already, but on' each occasion a special stretcher has been borrowed from . the Middle District Aero Club at Palmerston North. The modifications to be carried out are only of a small nature, but will facilitate the handling of a stretcher patient and make 'the aircraft more suitable as an ambulance plane. Hours In America. While mdustry in America observed a'40-hour week it operated on a seven-day week basis, Mr. R. W. Marshall, New Zealand Trade Commissioner in the United. States and commercial attache at the Washington Embassy, told a questioner when he met members of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce recently. In the case of shfop hours were a matter for the owners, and they could stay open for 60 hours weekly1 if they desired.> Most shops were now observing Monday as a holiday and opening on Saturday. The delivery system was used, but there had been great development in the "Cash and carry" grocgry business. Due to unemployment, absenteeism was less and workers were not changing from one job to another as frequently as in the years immediately following j the war.