Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 13 June 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Visit of Dr. W. G. Slade. A formef minister of St. John's Methodist Church, Dr. W. G. Slade, is at present visiting Levin as the representative of the Methodist Overseas Missions. Dr. Slade is an ex-president of the Methodist conference and obtained his Doctorate in Diyinity from Toronto Uhiversity Jastri year. ° Barrister "Honbured.'* .-v "You .are the ohly practitioner in Auckland who has been honoured by- an American serviceman husband entering a deferice in a divorce aetion," Mr. Justiee Callan told a barrister ih the Auckland Supreme Court. The barrister, Mr. Mahoney, said hA'-Had since been instructed to withdraw tihe defenc'6. "Well, he reVertexi to type fairly quickly," his HonOur commented. The Purpose of Leisure." "The true purpose of «leisure..is to wake you up to the wonder . pf thp universe into which you have been born and to some understanding of it, and to help you to s'peak for yourself,.. and. to , listen ,to others when thi?y speak. ' That achieved, you are a real individual, you are a human being, you are safe." — E. M. Foster, celebrated British noveljst, speaking of his personal philosophy in a B.B.C. service. Praise This Time. •Customs officers and their methods at Whenuapai — ofteii the subject of criticism in the past — were praised last week when the Canadian Pacific Airlines aircraft arrived from Sydnev. After being cleared, one of the company's executives said: "I must say that the Customs are better here.than in Sydney. We were treated like lepers there. It was no trouble here this morning." Displays Not Dangerous. Open displays of animal organs infected by tuberculosis and hydatids— part of the Department of Agriculture's display at the Hamilton show — were not a health menace, even if handled, said Department officers in reply to criticism of the displays. Hydatid cysts were harmless to humans and tuberculosis specimens in which the germs were locked inside the lesions were chosen for the display. All specimens were form-alin-treated to kill surface germs. "No-Man's Land." "I believe this is the first time that men have penetrated .this sacred territory," said a member of a party of Auckland farmers, who visited Levin yesterday, in thanking the Women's Division of Federated Farmers fdr- providing afternoon tea for them at short notice — the shortage of tea room accom-modation-in Levin had resulted in the division securing permission to hold the function in the W.D.F.F. room Tn the " Plunket Society's building. "I hope," he said, "that the Press will not publish that remark, or if they do that they re* quest the Auckland papers not to copy it." Suva Rainfall. The rainfall in Suva in May created a recbrd of 57.59 inches. The previous wettest. May on record was in 1936 when 25.63 inches of rain fell. Suva's normal yearly average of 120.86 inches has already been exceeded this year by 12.56 inches, the rain registered in the five months being 133.42 " inches. During the night of May 28 and the morning of May 29, a fall of 14.39 inches was recorded in Suva. Twelve miles away at Adi Cakobau School, Sawani, 11 inches fell in 14 hours, and at Nausori there was a fall of 7i inches. The Waimanu River rose 9ft. In hours on Sunday morning, Levuka had 11.75 . inches of rain.