Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 4 August 1949, Page 6

Local & General

V Chapel For Sanatorium. Provision for a chapel is to be ma'de in the proposed new tuberculosis sanatorium which is to serve the western hospital distriets. This was stated at yesterday's meeting of the Western Hospital 'Distriets Joint Sanatorium Committee. Cooked His Goose. A batsman playing in a holiday cricket match near Southampton did not get a duck — but he got a goose. He hit a 6. The ball landed on a goose and killed it. The captain of the team paid 20s for the goose and. he and his team-mates had it for dinner. Slip Delays Trains. A slip which fell on the railway side of the Manawatu Gorge on Tuesday night necessitated the transfer of p&ssengers from the two morning railcars to. bus serviees and delayed the up Napier •express for a half an hour yesterday. The slip was cleared by the early afternoon and normal services resumed.. Oil Gusher. A column of oil shot more than 90ft into the air with an earsplitting roar at the Moturoa well of New Zealand Oil Refineries, Ltd. Because it was becoming clogged, the 800ft long tubing from the surface to the tapped oil was removed and the gusher went up. Workers, their clothes soaked with crude oil, s'topped the flow before more than two or three barrels had been lost. "Peter Fraser Junior." When the name "Peter Fraser" was called by the registrar of the Auckland Supreme Court, Mr. C. O. Pratt, during the empanelling of a jury yesterday most people looked to the back of the courtroom where waiting jurors were seated. "Who's that?" asked Mr. Robinson as the name was called. Without the trace of a smile the registrar called: "Peter Fraser, junior." The juror, who by this time was making his way to the jury box, took his seat without challenge.

Two Girls Missing. The Auckland police are seeking two girls who have been missing from their homes in Avondale since Thursday morning last when thej left for school but failed to arrive They tre Lucky Agnes Ryan, 1£ years of age, of .Great North Road and Margaret Rose Gordon, 13 years, of Bollard Avenue. The twc girls are believed to be together, Lucy Ryan is believed to have been in possession of two train tickets but where these are for is not known. Both girls are believed to have been seen in Karangahape Road on Friday last. The police think they may seek employment in factories or as waitresses. Living In A Dream. "I ha>ve been over to the West Coast, and simply cannot understand why the timber resources in Westland are not opened up and developed,"- said Mr. c. Smith, a visitor from Borneo, in an interview. "West Coasters are- the salt of the earth, and I have not met finer people, although I have travelled all over the world. But high taxation, the 40-hour week, the lack of vision and enthusiasm by business men, and the fact that the workers have no ambition has brought progress t'o a standstill. The farmers are content to make a living off a few sheep or cows and take no thought of developing the land. They spend all the money they take off the farm and .put no money back into the land. This 'is fche very opposite of the industrious Chinese' in Borneo. New Zealanders are living in a dream, and soon Borneo will be showing them fche way."

Radio Beacon Fails. Efforts to provide a radio beacon near. Taumarunui for adrcraft flying the Main Trunk route between Auckland and Paraparaumu, have failed. Experiments have shown that the equipment is unstable in the high country conditions there. It is understood engineers in Wellington 'are trying to develop equipment that will overcome the difficulty. Meanwhile National Airways aircraft are flying a new route further away from the mountains, passing over Raglan Harbour, Ohura and Wanganui. Zoo Offered Kiwi, A one-legged kiwi has been offered to the Auckland Zoo by a resident of Opotiki. Gaught unwittingly in a trap in the Opotiki district a month ago, the bird had its foot amputated and has been nursed back to health withr the help of. school children who have been keeping it supplied .each day with a diet of choice- worms. The bird's temporary owner, not wishing to send it back to the uncertainties of life in the bush, has asked the zoo curator, Lieutenant-Colonel E. R. Sawer, to accept the kiwi. The City Council has accordingly written to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Parry, seeking permission to keep the bird in the zoo,