Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 26 July 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Entered For Band Contest. The Levin Municipal Ban'd has entered for the contest at Master- ' ton on Augus't 21. A suggestion has ! been made that the band render | ' its contest numbers at a Sunday ; evening concert in the Regent ! Theatre on August 14. • Band To Broadcast. I An audition with the hrpadcastj ing authorities having proved suc- ; cessful, the Levin Municipal Band | will play froni :;2ZA; Palmerston North on Sunday/S'ePtember 11,' In j the afterhoon it is to render a pr-o-gramme from the palmerston North band rotunda. ! Levin Maternity Hbme. j The Health Department's comj ments on the draft' plans for the ! proposed " new'; £eyih " rtia'terhity I nome are expectedhb be io'rwar ded to the Palmerstoiv North Hospital Board this week. t stated Mr^Av WJ". j Phillipps, managfrig . sfecretary, in I his report to yesterday's ihe'eting of the Hospital Board. • Irish Politics. The poli'tical situatibn in Ireland | is chaotic, according to Mr. Maurice H.. Henrx„ oi Belfast, who : is visitihg New Zealand. "Vmen- \ ever I arn asked iabou^ ^politics : in Ireland, I say 'tiiat ah Irishman does not know whttt he' wants, and he will not be happy until he gets [ it," he said. • . • . • > Music Club's Evening. The programme at the. Levin j Music Club's last mdrithly evening w'as contributed to as follows: — . j Pianoforte solos, Mesdames Simmons and Gilmour and. Miss Gar'diner; vocal solos, Mrs. Taylor, Miss ! Gibbons and Mr. Edgar; violin j solos, Mr. B. Lind. At the conclusion supper was served by the hostesses. This month's programme is the annual junior evening. Tap In Tree. When a New Plymouth milling firm was cutting fine lumber into planks 'the saw struck a brass tap: j The teeth of the saw were stripped, and the saw was reduced by about half an inch of . steei. It is believed; ! the tap wasi hailed^to f the tree; which eventually envelbped it. The | ; usual foreign ar.ticles found im- : bedded in trees include . bullets, barbed wire, staples and nails. | The Fourthi IViinority. The Commonwealth Statistician's i revelation that there are 43,600 New Zealanders living permanentI ly in Australia means that New j Zealanders are Australia's fourth \ biggest grohp frpim-other countries, I says an Australian writer. Numeri ically, .they come after English, \ Scots, and Irish. They are well ! aboVe Italians (7000), Chinese (5000), Greek (4500), and Americans (3000). j "The First Eight." "The first eight jockeys are re- ! quested to come to the jockeys' j room," was the me^sage broadcast j . following a race at Avondale on ! Saturday. It had patrons puzzled. j A pressman, scenting. an investigaj tion ifi'to some incident diiring the race, made inquiries but sooh found j he was following a cold trail-^the j message had been distorted and ; should have read "A first-aid man ! is required at the . jockeys' room." ; Gorge Road Stiil ClOSefl. I The Manaivatu G'brge Road, I Which has been elosed to- traffic ; since lai^t Wednesday, "Will not be ! reopened for at least another two j or thtee days, the work of clearing i loose rubble from bahks above the road having been delayed by bad I weather. Meantime the Manawatu j Automohile Association is continuing.to advise motorists to use the ! alternative routes via Saddle Road [ and the Pahiatua Track, -botlf of i which are stated to be in reasonable condition for traffic in spite of the adverse- weather.