Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 15 September 1949, Page 4

Local And General

* Growing Membership. \ "The total membership of affiliI at'ed associations now stands at j 106,737 which is an increase of | 7851 over 'the previous year," says ! the annual report of the North | Island Motor Uniom "Sin'ce 1945 | the increase is 36,051 which in1 dicates that the motorists realise I the value of the services given by j the various automobile associa- | tions. I think it is worthy of I mention that when an approach S is made to a Minister of the | Crown on any matters affecting ! motorists, the two unions now I j speak with a total supporting | | membership of over 150,000." j j Kiwis In Northland.. | I A survey made in the past three ! | months shows that there are more I ; kiwis in the Whangarei 'district | i than anywhere else in New Zea- ! land, except Stewart Island. Mr. I |E. R. Rye, of the wild life branch | I of the Internal Affairs Depart- $ | ment, discovered this while lead1 | ing a party of six shooters in ex2 i terminating 8000 goats within a 1 j 30-miIe radius of Whangarei. He \ found that the kiwis were being I | worried by dogs, particularly near I i settlements. Plentiful 20 years ! ago the weka has almost disapI peared and the native crow is | practically extinct. Mr. Rye said ! the goats which had been exi terminated had been spreading I footrot in some districts. I Claim For Loss Of Dog. j At the Feilding Magistrate's 5 ! Court on Tuesday, before Mr. A. I | Coleman, S.M., W. D. Cantwell, of S Feilding, drover, sued W.' J. j -Bowater, of -Levin, carpenter, for ! £30, being the value of a working 1 dog which plaintiff alleged had 2 been killed by being run over by ! a car- driven by defendant. PlainI tifF, supported by independent i witnesses, stated that on March | 12 last, when in charge of 'stock I on the Mt. Stewart highway, dei fendant was guilty of negligence | in colliding with and killing one ! of his working dogs which he I valued at £30. After hearing the I evidence the magistrate gave ! judgment for plaintiff for the full I amount claimed, together with | costs, amounting to £10 15s. 1 Modern Arts Exhibition. 2 A.good deal of interest is being ! shown in the exhibition of mod- ! ern arts, sponsored by the Levin | Arts Society, which is to be held 1 in the college iibrary on Saturday 2 next. Miss Helen Hitchings, of ! Wellington, is arranging a showI ing of paintings by New Zealand I artists, and there will be also a 5 number of pottery exhibits, woven I and printed textiles and examples j of modern furniture designed by I Plishke. During the evening Miss ! Hitchings will give a short talk I on the various exhibits and forms 1 of art represented. Miss Hitchings, ! who has her own gallery in Bond I Street, Wellington, held a similar | display in Wellington last month. J This was opened by Lady FreyI berg and aroused considerable ini terest. I Below Standard. | Tourist attractions were heavily ! publicized in Australia, but the 1 standard of accommodation was | far below expectations, said the 2 Mayor of Kaitaia, Mr. David 1 Archibald, on his return from a j four months' visit to the Com2 monwealth. Holidaymakers, of S whom a large number were traveh I ling from New Zealand, were pre- | pared to pay well for the mini8 mum ' requirements of comfort, I quie'.ness, and good food. In many I centres heavily boosted as tourist ? attractions these amenities were ! lacking. Mr. Archibald had noth- | ing ' but praise, however, for the | Australian 'travel services. Air ! travel fares, he said, were notably I more reasonable than in .New I Zealand. ,