Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 26 August 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Tornado Anniversary. It is one year today since a tornado s truck Hamilton and Frankton Junction, killing three people and injuring many others. Shops. in the business area of Frankton were wrecked, and hundreds. of houses damaged. Nearly £20,000 was donated to a relief fund, the last payments •; from which were made a,'£ew weeks ago. i • '* Praise For Cricketers. ■ "The one thing- that everyone in England is talking- about is the New Zealand cricketers," said Dr. John McM. Mennell, of Auckland, who returned by air on Tuesday after visiting Britain and America. "Everywhere you go in Britain you hear praise of the D.ominion cricketers, both for their piay and their general conduct," he said. Complaining Of Food. The celebrated Tivoli Adorables, the proficient ' chorus which is touring with the show "All the Best," have a complaint about the quality of New Zealand food which is nqthing if not upusual. They say that since arriving in the Dominion the quality of food has been too much for them — they are gaining weight fast. A male member of the company, perhaps with a smile suggested that the average gained was over a stone. Narrow Escape. A 15-year-oid boy, John Patrick McElhone, had a narrow escape from serious injury at 4.20 p.m. on Wednesday when he fell in front of a truck outside the Palmerston North Post Offi.ce. It is understood that, while .. running across the road wtih three friends, McElhone decided to pass in front of the truck which had just tr'aversed the pedestrian crossihg. He s'ipped and fell in the path of the truck, injuring his leg. He was taken to the Palmerston North. Hospital and was discharged the following morning. Building Union Progresses. • The newiy-registered Auckland Carpenters' Union, which was formed as a result of the holdup in the building industry eariier this year, now posSesses over 1000 financial members. A qnion official said this week that' the organisa'tion had 361 financial members on July 7, fcut this number had grown to 859 by July 29, and had now risen to 1042. In spite of imflagging opposition from officials of -the dereg'istered' union, it was making satisfactory progress. No fTrue Art" In Palmerston N.? Palmerstonians cannot appreciate "true art" accoroling to. s.ome Visiting artists, following a recent show in the city. They were a little hurt that their fan daneer, shapeiy wench though she .was, teceived a few halfhearted handclaps which quickly' died when the pia j ority of tha audienee sat in silepce. In London, New York or Sydney the • ac.t would have been one of the hits of the-show. " Ihe silence of the., audienee may not have come from uhappreciativeness, however. The men appeared a little dazed by the whole affair and the women— well, . they have been known to,_ look in the. mirror at times. Behind" the' silence' the'r e appeared to be a fog of embarrassment, too. This '-'true art" is a puzzling thing. •