Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 19 July 1949, Page 4

Local & General

New Air Letter Forms. An improved air letter form will be available from all post qffices shortly. The new forms which will be similar to the British, will be made of good quality paper, reasonably opaque. Fame. , , , . , The friendly three-year-old held up her doll — almost as big as herself — for the inspection of the visitor. "What do you call her?" asked the district nurse. "Susan?" "No," she lisped proudly, "Mith° Woodward." Truck Removed. While he was attending a meeting of the Levin Borough Gouncil last night, Cr, R. S.Antcliff's business truck was remjoved from outside the borough dfljces. It was subsequently feeovered by the' police in C.D. -Fatm Rdad. > •-

•! ■ -'V •A'T, ,jiiO ; »x v/vic.^ i . Gannet Migration. . An unusual'featuie oi thrs year s annual migration, of gannets from the Cape cKidnappers sanctuary is that 100 ,'or more birds^have remained behih'd. This rare break in custom is attributed to the fact .that in the past year or two the Napie?.: trawling fleet has bepn oper'ating further gtfielci. Gonsequentiy 'thefe would appear to he a big increase in young flsh in the shallower waters along the coastline.* Many adult gannets appareptly are content to linger and partake of the plentiful supply oi young fish in the bay. A Place For Everything. A witness at tlie Local Government Commission of Anquiry in Auckland was rebuked by *the chairman (Judge Goldstine) for taking tablets from a bottle during cross-examination by counsel. "What is this— a confectionery shop," asked His Honour, noticing witness shaking a bpttle of tablets he had obtained from counsel to the commission, and popping two tablets into his mouth. "I object to that— I object very strongly," the chairman added. Witness indicated that he had taken the tablets for his throat. Counsel for the commission rose from his seat and apologised. The offending bottle disappeared.

Stole Wristlet Watch. John Wade, a labourer, of Opiki, who appeared in the Magistrate's Court at Palmerston North yesterday, was sentenced to 12 months' probation for stealing a wristlet wdtch, by Mr. J. R. Herd, S.M. Detective-Sergeant J. G. Long told his Worship that on July 1 the accused took a cyele into the shop ofW. R. Hallett in Main Street to have some repairs effeoted. Wade aci companied Hallett into the worki shop and the propriptor had occa- ; sion to leave the room for a few I minutes. When the ]3icycle repairs j had been completed accused left the shop and Hallett later noticed ! that a wristlet watch, valued at £7, j had been taken from a nail. Wade, ; who is 23 years of age, pleaded ! guilty/ • .; j "Human Scrap Heap." I For its size New Zealand was j building up the largest human "scrap heap" of any country in the f world, said the chairman of the | Canterbury Education Board, Mr. A. j E. Lawrence, addressing members ! bf the South Canterbury branch of i the New Zealand Educational In- [ stitute at Timaru recently,* when a ( presentation was made to two le- | tiring teachers. It was strange that S where the expectation of life con- | tinued to grow, men and women J were retiring at earlier -ages, said I Mr. Lawrence. He urged the retirI ing teachers to take a liyely interS est in some worthwhile activity and | not to let this break ,in their careers | "be the pnd of their usefulness." I Mr. Lawrence said that after he ! had retired he had been able to j find usef ul . occupations for himI self.