Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 31 May 1949, Page 4

Local & General

j Fine Arts Society. ■ ' Following on the exhibition last J year of paintings by Ajiss Gv/en | Knight, a meeting is being held toj night in ihe Horowhenua Coi ege ! libra-ry at 8 p.m. with a view to j forming a fine arts society in Levin. I Ali citizens interested are invited to attend. Heavy Rains In Lake District. Heavy rain which fell ip Taupo land district over the "weekend rejgistered, for the 48 'hoprs enfiiqg 9 o'clock yesterday morning, 2.04 inches, and at Tokaanu 2.75 inches, This heavy rain has done' severe jdamage to the roads, and the road ifrom Waiotapu to the Waikarej moana turn-off is in a shocking [ !state. The lake level is now 1175.15 I jfeet and is steadily rising. [ Big Dividends. I j First day of the South Canterj Sbury Jockey Club's winter meeting- [ ;was one of the few days on whioh ! ;an investment of £1' for a win on I jevery horse racing would have rej isulted in a profit. An outlay of | )i£138 wa(uld have been necessary I for a return of approximately £230. [ jSix of the eight winhers were at j ;good odds and the biggept dividend I iof the day, that returned by Swift j lAction in the last race, was well | jover £100. j Ti'iplet Calves. [ After giving birth to thyee1 ealvps I within a week a cow owned by Mr. ij. T. Gwyn, of Whareora, has died. !The last two calves are also dead. 'On May 17 the cow, a Hplstein, iproduced a normal calf which was 'sent away as a bobby'calf. Exactly ! a week later the cow gave birth 'to I two more ea. ves, one in the mornj ing and the other in the evening. ! Boih died almost immediately. The cow had two qalves last year. Both : lived". ;; r 5 5 \ •; , i $ 1 I X' j Tourist Traffic. J New Zealanders heard a lot about ithe benefit of the tourist traffic to The country's finances, but the |position was not so good in actual fact, said Professor A. H. Tocker, speaking to the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Society of Aclcountants. New Zealanders traveli ling overseas in the year ended iMarch 31, 1949, caused a drain of '£2,645,000 on London funds, he isaid. Overseas visitors to New Zea'land left behind them only £787,000 iin exchange. Pacifie Oversight. New Zealand is missing from what the New York Times described recently as "an international travel section of 56 pages." So, too, is Australia. The ohy mention of eP.her is in a last-page advertisement, inserted by British Commonwealth Pacifip Mrlines, Ltd., claiming to operate tne fastest service from the'United States to Australia and New Zealand. The section lists the tourist attractions of most other countries in the world. National Savings. I.ncluding transfers of war gratuity aecotmts, which matured on 31 March, the sum of £3,000,000 has been invested in National Savings, while during the same period 12,000 new accounts have been opened. Qf these, 1,800 have been added t.p National Savings groups. For the week ended May 20, 307 w^ekly targets were exceeded and 33 towns have already reached their objepr tfves for the vear ending March 31, 1950. Deposits made in the present investment neriod which ends on June 30, will be repayable on June 30, 1951. Deposits made during the tenth National Savings investrnent period from June 30, 1949, to June 30, 1950, become repayable on June 30, 1952. Sums of up to £1,000 may be invested in any one year ending June 30, with interest at 3 per cent payable annually. I