Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 10 June 1949, Page 4

Local & General

:1 % Grant. An appeal for a grant to its funds vas ma-de to the Levin Borough Council this week by the Victoria Jnivershy College Jubilee Committee. The request was dec ined. Fruit From Islands. Over 26,000 cases of bananas arived in Auckland in the Matua from Suva yesterday morning. Also on board were 120 cases of rgrapefruit and 1089 cases of cocoauts. • , Escaping Steam. A complaint regarding an alleged nuisance caused by escaping steam from local laundry premises was received by the Levin Borough Council at its meeting on Wednesday night. The. complaint.. will ,be, investigated. a Captain Ordered Player Off. Although it is not infrequent' that unusual happenings occur in Wairoa Rugby an experience that must be rare for . New Zealand camb to the notice "of the 5 executive this week when a referee reperted that at one of Saturday's games the captain of one te&m had ordered a player off for foul play. Footballers As Manpower. A new quantitative method of describing manpower available for work on a road they are wanting was adopted by a Maori tribal committee in a letter to a Government Department in Whangarei. Offering to assistdn supp ying labour the committee wrote: "The number of labour offered is four football teams." New Zealand "Air Lift." 1 An "air lift" has been arranged to transport 18 Sou-h Island territorial force officers from Dunedin and Christchurch to Ohakea tomorrow. From Ohakea they will complete their journey to Waiouru by bus. The officers .will attend a Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps course, all the officers being volunteers for peace-time military training. More Motor Cycles. More motor cycles are to be imported inCo New Zealand' as a result of a decision announced by the Minister of Customs, Mr. Nash. He sai'd the present adocation for motor cycles which provided for imports from the United Kingdom up to 100 per cent. of 'the amounts of the 1948 period licences, was to be inoreased to 150 per cent. of such licences. It was hoped that this additional provision would assist in relieving the present increased demand.