Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 16 September 1949, Page 4

Local And General

^ Bou'nd For Singapore The first of the five Dakota aircraft taking a detachment of the i R.N.Z.A.F. to Singapore for supi ply flying to Hongkong, left WheI j nuapai at 6 a.m. yesierday. The ; i next aircraft leaves- on Sunday, ! I and the othe^s at two-day inter- \ i vals after that. j ! Acciilents To Children | | One serious matter before the | , New Zealand R^ad Safety Couheil I at the present time was the number of accidents and fatalities [ , among pre-schoo1 children, said ! T&r. W. H. Brown, president of j (the North Island Motor Union, in ! his annual report to the union | yesterday. i Flood Damage NeaT dannevirke ' Damag.e estimated at £1900 was ! caused in the Dannevirke County j by the fioods of August 7 and 8, j and as a result all the work plan- ■ ned for the year in the couhty j may not now be carried out. This was reported to the monthly ! meeting of the Dannevirke County I Council by the engineer (Mr. R. j • H. Kirkwood) . I Poisoh For Wallabies j Poisoh baits for wallabie's have [ been lo.id oh Rangitoto Isloh'd by | the wild-hfe branch of the In- [ ternal Affairs Deoartment. Waha- | bies are still present on the island | in large numbers, and are' a rrien- [ ace to native vegetatiori. They are [ prPsumed to have crossed to R^nI gitoto from Motutapu, where they were probably kept oh a farm many years ago. j 2500 Schools [ He could not very weh complv r with the suggestion of a certain | school commiftee that he should t visit each school in New Zealand [ three times a year, said the | Minister of Education (Mr. Mcj Combs), speaking at the opehing of a new school at Makikihi. There I were 2500 schools, and he y/ouid havd to visit 10 a day for each day the schools were open, he said. Horowhehua Building Progtess Building work worth £64,093 has been carried out in the Horo whenua County so far this year, in comparison with a building programme worth £43,981, iii the . sa-hie period last year. . In his ! report to this week's meeting of j the Horowhenua Cbuhty Council, j the engineer (Mr. W. ,H. Fraser) ■ said that permits to the value of [ £9590 had been issued during j August by the council. i Fertiliser Shortage? I Because farmers are not order- | ing their fertilisers, believing it j to be in ample supp7y, fertiliser ! works in New Zealand are actuai - I ly slowing down production, said j Mr. L. I. Plimmer at yesterday's j meeting of the Aid For Britain I committee in Palmerston North. j With the ending of fertiliser rai tioning farmers had got the' impression that there was plenty of fertiliser in the country, but the lack of orders had caused fertiliser works to curtail operatiohs | Farmers shou7d place their orders j immediately or there might be an acute shortage of fertiliser in the [ autumn.' Pleasdnt Sbcial The Horowhenua Scottish Society held 'another of its popularmenibers' nights . in St. Mary's j Hall, Levin, on Wednesday night, there being a large attendance Dancihg occupied the major part | of the evening, the pianist being j Mrs. P. Campbell. During the j evening the gathering was enter- ! tained by some fine exhibitions of I dancing, those taking part being I the pupils. of Miss Jean Scott's >' school of dancing, and in-dividuai I items by Janice Pederson, Jan j Rollet, Elizabeth Buchanan, ahd | Yvoiine Watkins. Mrs. Andefson \ fouhd favour with a bracket of ! songs. An excellerit supp'er was j provided and dancing continued until midnight. On Saturday members of the band and its supporters will travel to Wellington to attehd §, ScottisH aoctal gather^liiing ia the evemng.