Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 21 July 1949, Page 6

Local & General

l Lucky New Zealanders. j In the latest overseas consulta- ' tion, the first, second, and fifth | prizes, totalling £12,750, went to i Wellington, Auckland and Timaru | respectively. "Three Mugs,". Mount I Albert, was the nom de- plume [ chosen by the Auckland prize- | winners. i Mt. Ruapehu Lodge. | Members of the Aorangi Ski Club | are building a two-storeyed lodge [ on Mount Ruapehu. The lodge, [ which will sleep 2 persons, has been I designed by an arc'hitect member I of the club, Mr. E. M. Christie. [ Some work has already been done, ? but building has now been post- | poned until after the winter. — j P-A- * | Power Board And Dollars. [ Because of the dollar shortage, \ the Auckland Electric Power Board has decided to abandon a proposal I to buy 82 tons of American high [ tensile steel required to make conj crete poles. "If a public body such !as ours can manage without spending dollars it should do so," said \ the acting-chairman, Mr. J. A. | Steele1, at a meeting of the board. | Napier Coat Of Arms. With Napier approaching the [ city status, the Napier Borough [ Council has decided to approach the College of Arms to ascertain the steps necessary for designing and ! legalising a new coat f)f arms for j Napier. The publicity officer, Mr. ; G. E. C. Rogers, said he understood ! the 'descendants of Sir Charles j Napier, after whom the town had j been named, had granted permis- ! sion for the family coat of arms to I be used in a new emblem for j Napier. He suggested that the new ; coat of arms should include the I arms of the Napier family and j other charges and devices which : would appropriately depict Napier as the' capital of the province.

Naval Rejections. Rejections on medical and educationai grounds remain high, states the annual report of the' New Zealand Naval Board in referring to the examination of recruits for the Royal New Zealand Navy. The report was presented in the House of Representatives. A table in the report shows that during the year ended March 31 last 768 male candidates were called for examination, and of this number 443 were rejected — 107 as medically unfit, 38 as dentally unfit, 177 as educationally unfit, an'd 121 for other reasons. In the previous year 648 were called for examination and rejections totalled 366 — 77 as medically unfit, 39 as dentally unfit, 127 as educationally unfit and 123 for other reasons.

Bank Manager's Evidence. The fact that an employee of a momey bank cannot be compelled to give evidence in the court regarding the state of a client's account, was emphasised in the1 Supreme Court at Palmerston North yesterday when counsel for the accused, Mr. A. M. Ongley, objected to a question being put by the Crown Prosecutor, Mr. G. I. McGregor, to the manager of a bank about the state of an account kept there by the prisoner. Although the bank manager had given the same evidence at the lower court two weeks ago, Mr.' Ongley pointed out that the witness was not compellable, he thought the question shouM be put if -the witne'ss were willing to answer. Mr. warned. Mr. McGregor conlended that the evidence was relevant to the case and although the witness w'as compellable, he thought the question should be put .if the witness were willing to answer; Mi\ Justice Gresson uphel'd 'the objection and would not aUdw the ' question. j

Menu Cards. "In some of the reputable hotels in New Zealand, the waitresses each have only one menu -- card. This.means that a menu is pushed 'in front of your face and whisked away almost before you- can '-make a 'proper choice," said 'Mr; vHans Vogt, a Swiss company director, before he left for Sy'dney ,by air yesterday. "Why not have a ' card on each table It doesn't ...cost much, but it makes it easier. for •everyone," he suggested. Test Match Ball. En-deavours to send the baT. used in the first Test- betweeri the All Blacks and South Africa to' Manawatu for use in the" rugby memorial gymnasium appeal are : to be made by Mr. J. H. Parker, manager of the All Blacks, according to a Jetter received from him by ' the management committee of the Manawatu Rugby Union last night. Tnough expressing doubt whather it could be done, Mr. Parker .'said that he would do his best and if the Test ball could not fee secured he would send an autographed ball from another match.