Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 27 June 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Hockey Results. The following are the- results of Saturday's competition hockey games: — Men: Levin 8, Coits 1; Rahui 5, Kimberley A 2. Ladies: Raukawa 5, Levin 2; Rahui^4, College 1. Unfortunate Trouble. The most exeellent supper arrangements made for the National Party's ball on Frrday night were somewhat marred, through no fault on the part of the committee, by- trouble with the use of the gas fitments. However, the gasworks manager, Mr, A. C. Kennerley, was promptly on the scene and the arrangements were soon funetioning smoothly. ' Supper was served in the new supper room and was a eredit to the committee, there being four sittings In.'all. "Mother Houses." "Mother houses" in Germany, with their emphksis on'the voca-

I tional aspect of nursing, were doing j a great deal to'bebuild the spiritual j side of life theto, said Miss H. Iris ! Crooke, Director-General of Red j Cross V.A.D/si. These "mother j houses." which were supported by ! the Red Cross, were hostels for I nurses. "They are homes as well," j Miss Crooke said. "Any nurse who i has got beyond her job, or any ! nurse on holiday returns to her j mother house. It is a refuge for j many of them." j Early Holiday Booking. ; With few exceptions, New Zea- ! land's tourist centres are already | tully reserved for 'the Christmas j holiday period. Rotorua, Tauranga I and Russell are heavily booked, I and although people are still applyj ing for accommpdation at these re- « sorts they are mostly being turned | away. The Chateau and Waitomo j Caves, according to the Govern- • ment Tourist Department, have ! limited accommodation, and so has | Napier. In Auckland, few city ! hotels have . yet opened their ! Christmas bookings. | Mechanic Before Court. j Charged with the theft of a • motor car valued* at £500, the propI . erty of J. C.-Milnes, Ltd., at Levin, j on or about May 30, a 39-year-old ] motor mechanic appeared before ! Messrs R. W. Priest -and P. M. I Moran, J.P.'s, in the Palmerston j North-Magistrate's Court on Satur- . day and was remanded till July 1. j He was Keith Stewart Dawson, of j Palmerston North. Senior-Detec- ; tive O. Power appeared for the police. There was no application \ for bail, but it is probable Dawson j will appear before the Court again ! this morning to apply for bail. : Cruelty In New Zealand. ! "There is still a great deal of cruelty practised in this country," said the president, Mr. H. P. Bridge, at a meeting of the Christchurch Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Many people complained about .cruelty to animals and asked what the society was doing; but when they were asked to give evidence they would not come forward. "Even where cases have been proved, many get off with light sentences," Mr. Bridge added. It was reported that 80 cases of alleged ill-treatment to animals had been investigajfced during the last six months. Bulk Coconut Oil. For the first time coconut oil was loaded at Suva in bulk into an j overseas vessel at the beginmng of ; this month, says the Fijian News j Bulletin. The Meadowbank took j 1091 tons of coconut oil from Suva : on consignment to the British ! Ministry of Food. The oil was I pumped through pipe lines into a j flexible hose which led to the ves- ' sel's 'deep tanks. The cairn beside I the Meadowbank was in striking j contrast with the bustle as cases. of bananas wero loaded on to the I Matua nearby. The only sign of j movement came from the swiftly- : changing figures on the dial of a ! large meter which measured the L oil as it passed into the vessel.