Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 6 July 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Supplementary Roll. The supplementary roll in c~nnection with the referendum on compulsory mihtary service closes at 6 p.m. on Monday next. Builders' Ghristmas Holidays. A recent meeting of the Manawatu Master BuPders' a'nd Contractors' Industrial Union of - Emp oyers decided 'to recommend to the local employees' union that the trade observe the next Christmas holiday period from Thursday eveningz (December 22, until Wed:"Jaiiuai*y 1L 1950/ Masterton Radio. ' ' ' A fadius of only 30 to 40 miles will be1 given to the nroposed broad- - castin^ station -at Masterton. This information wa® given at a meeting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce by the president, Mr. J. M. Laing. He expressed regret that this shouid be so, nointing out that there . weye -mahy events taking place -in the, dM'rict which would be good p'ublicity j for the Wairarapa. Norwegians Chose New Zealand. Three Norwegians who have come to live in, Ne.w Zealand, were on board, the motor ship Tancyed which -reached Dunedin yesterday mo.rning, from Nprway yia Hobart. They, are Messrs Erik Colberg, air'ine Pflot, aged,27. for,„ Auckland; Mr. Thorolf . Kpistiansen, carpenter, who will,al$o :iive in Auckland-; and Mr. Erik Kl^metsreed, bapkinff correspondent, aged 33, who will live in Wellington. Twins Celebrate. Eightv-year-old twins celebrated their hirthdav at Pukekohe on Saturda.y. They were Mr. Hugh McGuire, of Tuakau, and Mrs. Rofee Carroh, of Pukekawa, whose parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. L. McGuire, were nioneer, settlers of Tuakau. The two-tier birthday ca.ke was decorated with the figure "80" and 80 eamdles. Mrs. Carro1! is the widow of the late Sergeant L. Carroll, a nolice oflfcer once well known in Auckland. Plane Overturns. Miss Shirley Bilderbeck, daughter of a well known Palmerston North publican, had a narrow escape from serious injury when the Mi-ddle Districts Aero Club Tlger Moth aircraft she was photing finished up upside down after she had attempted" to land • at ^Milson Airport on Sunday. Miss Bild.erbeck, who was flying solo, was unhurt and the plane suffered only minor damage to the leading edges of the wings and tailplane; Letter From W. A. Hadlee. Gratitude for a food parcel sent by the association was expressed by W. A. Hadlee, captain of the New Zealand cricket team in England, in.a letter to the Canterbury Cricket Association. The letter said that the parcel was very welcome and much appreciated. "I know that Tom made a prompt start and enjoyed the whitebait as a pipe opener," Hadlee said. The letter. was written during the Worcester match, and Hadlee said the. team was ..very . pleased wi+h the previous match. against Yorkshire. ' "The team is in good. heart, and we are hoping that we, can now "get a few quick wins under our belt," he added. • '"'l