Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 17 September 1949, Page 4

Local And General

Linesman's Lucky Escape. Mr. T. H. Sunley, an. employee of the Horowhenua Electric Power Board, had a narrow escape from injury yesterday when he came in contact with a 230-volt power line He was not injured but suffered shock. Mr. Sunley was shifting' a service line ih Goldsmith Cres. , at the time of the accident. | Divorced After 39 Years Married. ; A mother of 1;2, Annie Isabella Mc- ! Carthy, who wa§ married in I Whangarei 39 years ago, was j granted a decree nisis by Mr. Jus- ' 4ce Gresson in the .Auckland I Court yesterday on the grpunds of j mutual separation. Petitioner said : differences arose between her and ! her husband, James McCarthy, and i they agreed to separate. She was granted the interim custody of her two ytouitgest children, both. of I whom are under{21. . • Homes For Married Soldiers BLK Since April, 1947, the Army had j built for married soldiers, 7,4 [ houses and 89 flats, the majority ! in training camps and coastal | forts,- said the Minister of Defence, [ Mr. Jones yesterday, The Minister j added that wherever possible army | buildings no longer required for [ other' purposes, had heen converU [ ed into dwellings and where conI version was not possible, they had i been dismantled and suitable. [ timber used in the construction of j houses. The huilding had been ) done by the army's construction [ squadrons which had mad© a iis'eI ful contribution toward easing New Zealand's housyig problem. I Daylight Limited. j The advent of the Daylight [ Limited express to Auckland and the fact that Feilding is not on the list • qf scheduied stopping [ places has' created interest in the [ town and prompted the Chamber I of Commerce to make representations to haye this train stop to [ meet district requirements. The [ Chamber has pointed out in its j approaches to the member for the district (Mr. E. B. Gordon) that outside Palmpeston North, Feilding is the largest town on the Main Trunk lin© and serves a large back [ country commuhlty- m addition to its citizens. Footballer Stood Down Sequel to an incident duiing the Awahau-Athletic junior match j at Foxton on September 3 was the appearance before the Horowhenua Rugby Union's management committee of an Awahau player, Thompson, on a charge of striking a player during the match. The referee, in his report at last week's meeting, stated that he had ordered Thompson off the field. | Thompson, who was unable to j attend last week, appeared at this 1 week's meeting, Called before | the committee, he denied striking I any player. After a brief discus- [ sion he was stood down for two | playing Saturdays.