Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1949, Page 4

Local & General

I Migrapts Eager For Woj'k. | .Qne of the most cpmmpn feqlings | among the .displaced persops '^np | are being accqmmp'dated at the I Jtepeptiqp apd Traihing peptre apI pears tq be that^of' wanting t'o get S out and work. The greqt,'majoricy | of them are eager to ' cir'culate i through the copntry anp 'take up I their appoinj;ed tasks. ' Idgny 'pon- | sider that enoug'h has already been i done for tfyem and t'hey wi'sh tq do 1 spmething for thehiselves. Also, 1 mapy are anxiqps to' b(ecorne good I citizens of their neiy coiiiit'ry ahd j jpstify the eonfidence ' ' of the I authotities responsible for bringi iiig theni out from Europe.' v f New Persons Olfering. I "'fhere had bfeen a large number * of applicatipris in resporise. to the p'campaign' for 'persons wishing to | u'ndertake the' special orie-year | training cqurse for primary school | teachers, said the " ' Minister of ! Education (Mr. McCombs)'. It was | expected' that many more appli'ca- | tioris 'would ;be received before "Jtiiy 1 31, the closing ; date.' ' I'f sufflcieht j applicants of the right calibre were I fbrthcorning, lie' expected that ! about 200 woul'd be selected and in | this case 40 wo'uld be attached to i each o'f the five training colleges. I Marathon Dx*ive Tg Business. I Though he lives in Palmerston ! North, Mr. H. T. Lancaster motors I to attend his business in Hastings | and^returns home. each day — a | round jo'prney q| a- mere, 506 miles. | In his late model. cair Mr.' Lancaster | leaves home in Union Street, Pal- | merstpn North, -each day at 7 a.m. 1 and is at his shop in Hastings two | hours later. He leaves the premises | about 5 p.m. and 4s sitting down to = dinner with his family in PalmersJ ston North a little after 7 p.m. | Mr. Lancaster says he enjoys the $ drive, but is fast becoming S acquainted with every po'thole in | the road. His daily marathon is | possible only through friends' genI erous gifts of petrol coupons. I Noah Knew His Woods. • Noah's Ark was mentioned- in | Wanganui this week when the I- question of depreciation of wooden buildings was the subject of argument before the Wellington Rural, i Land Saies Committee. It was subI mitted by a witness that. GovernJ ment valuers had a tendency to de- { preciate wooden buildings too fast, J not giving them long enough life. J, He quoted as an example the Ark,

| ana read an extract from a report | stating that a British. and United I -States expedition was setting out I for Mount Arrarat in an effort to j recover the Ark. He said that it I was built of gopher wood and after J 2000 years was expected to be in a ( good state of preservation. c j Pensioners' Request. | A request for an increase in the j. social security age benefit to at ! ieast £3 a week has been made to | the Government by the Social Secj urity National Pensioners' AssociaS tion, of Auckland. The request is I contained in a letter to the Gov-' j ernment hnd to all mlembers of ? Parliament. The letter claims that, I while the pension has been in- | creased by only 50 per cent. since •J 1939 (from 30s. to 45s.), -the cost of ! living has increased by 100 per | cfent. It is contended that, if wage- * earn^rs, with the incrieases that [ have been made in their wages, I complain of the cost of living, penj sioners have greater reason to comj plain. The letter asserts also that S the people of the country, in gen- | eral, fayour an increase in the age j benefit.