Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 8 June 1949, Page 4

Local & General

French Beyond Them. It's had enough to understand some official reports when they are printe'd in Engiish, but when they are in another Janguage, it is just [ too much. New Zealand Unesco I officials recently received a copy ! printed in French- of a repol*t on I the universities' conference at Utrecht. They serit it back, and an /Engiish edition is.now on its way. C.P.A. Survey Flight. The Canadair Four aircraft lav- ; ing vhe trail 'for a new service bfeI tween Canada, Australia and New ! Zealand is expected to arrive at Whenuapai from Sydney about 7 a.m. tomorrow. 'f'he survey flight is. being made. by Canadian Paeific | Airlines whicli' hories to begin the service riext montm. The* ■aircraft will visit Ohakea during the morning and will leave for Vancouver i that night. 1 Motor Registration. | All Automobile Association mem- | bers are reminded of the service ! rendered by the association in re- | gard to the registration of their 2 vehicles. . The . local .patrol officer, ! Mr. R, Keenan, is desirous of pointI ing out the necessity of early reI gistration, both in the interests of | his office and the post office staff. I He therefore, asks members, parI ticu^rly farmers with tractors and 1 other such vehicles, to call earlj | and arrange payment with the as- | sociation so that it can carry ou1 | the registration of their vehicles.

S Dunedin Doctor's Post. j An important surgical post in | Britain has been accepted by Dr. j John Borrie, of Dunedin, and he j has already left for New South 8 Wales, wher'e he will spen'd a short I period before proceeding to .Eng- | land. He has left tb take up the i position as asslstant surgeon to the I regional chest surgical unit of J Shot.ey Bridge 'Hospi'i.al, Newcastle. I Under the new' health scheme I opsrating in Britain, counties have I been divided into groups. The I group to which Dr. Borrie has gohe I caters for the northern counties. | It has £,000,000 . under its charge. I There iS a chief surgeon, and Dr. I Borrie has left to becoftie one of h'is I three specialist assistants. I Just A Hani! i From Monday morning to Friday | evening he handles bacon and ham, ! particularly the latter, and at the i end of the week he feels a bit like I" a ham himself, so it came as a ! happy • thougnt that he had won I first prize in a raffle held by a I Christchurch organlsation. In great I glee he rang up the secretary of I the sponsoring group to 0.btain | more details of his goo-d luck. Af Ler | all, he could.be in line for a radioI gram ' or a washing machine. i Strange, though — yes, that's the | answer; the first .prize was just a 1 ham, and his friends . still think I it's funny. f Union's Fine Record. j The Southland branch of the | New Zealand Timber Workers' ! Union had never had so much as I a SoOp-wbrk meeting, although it I was within almost a year of celeI brating its golden jubilee, said the * secretary of the branch, Mr. T. F. | G'Byrne,- M.L.C. He added that I relations between emp'oyers and I erhployees in the timber . industry 1 in Southland had always been cor- | dial. - Mr. D'Byrne expressed the ! opinion that the wages granted in I the latest award of the timber | workers represented about the | peak and effor'ts now should be I concenirated on keeping dbwn the j cofet of living rather than increas- | ing wages. Mr. O'Byrne has' been | secretary of the union since 1906, I and he rfecalled that the wages arid I conditions of timber workers had ! been steadily improved without re- ^ sort to direct action. ,