Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 2 June 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Post Office Holid^y. .The Levin Post Office will be c^sed in all branches qn Monday | (King's Birthday) advisss the post- | mas-er, Mr. A. V. Morgari. The 'telephone excha.nge, hqwever, will jbe open continqousjy. i Sooial Security Payments. j Social security _ oenefics 'wPl be ;paid this month qn the fqllowing Idates: — Family benefit June 9, age ! benefit June 21, benefits fqr widpws jrqiners, invalids and orphans june i 22, war pensions June 23, wai' veterans5 afiowance June 30, and universal superannuation June 30. Sight-Saving Class. Special ciasses for children with defec.tive eyesight are to be started shortly at the Waltham School, Christchurch. Eye ^pecialists have noted vhat children. -- with^uvisual defects often suffer great strain in trying to compete with children qf normal sight. In this. sight-saving , class they will be competing only mmong themselves. i Taupo Road Sealings • Motorists and Taupo residents have welcomed the £50,000 allqcation for the sealing of part qf' the Taupo-Napier rqad,' particularly the Taupo -Rangitaiki seotion. Notorious y bad for many years, this seption is expected tp be one 6f the finest routes in the country once !it is sealed. • Easketball Teams. i Horowhenua Old Girls' Basketball teams for Saturd^y next ^re; — A leam: D. Rowe, N. Saulbrey, L. Hayneld, N. Staples, J. Arcus, M. Karauti, J. Parr, S. Parr and J. Roberts; reserye, E. Hudson. B (Leam: I. Waldron, J. Patterson, B. i Norton, B. Hooker, B. Young, AJoil, T. Bird, Sylvia Johnsqn apd D. ijohnson; reserves, J. Lyons and 'Shirley Johnson. * Municipal Band Entertains. The Levin Municipal Band made yet another trip to the Levin Farm to entertain the inmates and stafL on Monday nigh't. An excellent programme was arranged and was jmuch appreciated. Particulany pleasing were the solos and quartettes " rendered by the younger members of the band. The projgramme included solos by Peter |Knox, John Simpson and John iHarrison, and Messrs A. Dowd and G. R. Lester.