Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 22 September 1949, Page 4

Local And General

I Oil-Burners. I Three J class- locomotives, eonI verted to oil-burners in 'ihe Hill1 side workshops, Dunedin, are to be 2 used in the Auckland raiiways | district. They were loaded on to I the Kaiapoi at Lyttelton yesterI day and shipped to Wellington. I No Eggs By Weight. £ Plans to sell eggs by weight in ! New Zeaiand have been abandonI ' ed. A trial was made at Gisoorne, I but as it was not conductt'd satis- ] factoriiy another was to have been | made at Tauranga. This was I cancel ed, however, and the Master | j Grocers' Federation has withdrawn I j its support of the scheme. Handi | ling aiiiicuities were one factor in j | the federation's aecision. | Junior Rugby Victors. J ) PUnanau are tne wmners of this | I year's j unior rugby compe ution I ! and wiri, in accordance with the j 1 annuai custom, play the winners 1 ' of the Manawata competition for I ! the Row.and Cup at present held I ! by Athletic. Punahau secured 28 $ poin.s and the runners-up, AthleI tic, 26 pomts, Tne. ..RQ^^and^ (C,up 1 game will be played ofi on Sat2 urday as a curtam-raiser to the ! Wellington B v. Horowhenua game 2 oh the Levin Domain. I Army Court Martiall j A corporal of the Regular Forces, j i who it was a.leged played cards ! | with two able seamen and an 1 ! aircraf Lsman undergoing detention 2 ; at Papakura Camp on August 19 ! i whiie he was a member of the I 1 guard, was charge'd before a disi , trict court martial at Papakura | ' yesterday with conduct to the I 1 prejudice of good order and milii tary discipiine. Accused, CorI poral Walter Edward Stevenson, I R.N.Z.A.O.C., pleaded not guilty. 1 Stevenson was found guilty and 2 j reprimande'd. I ' i False Pretences. I 1 Pleading guilty to a charge that 1 on January 20 at Palmerston i | North with intent to defraud he I | obtained from L. M. Justice £350 ! | by faisely representing that he I j was 'the owner of an unencumber- | | ed car, Lawrence Albert Sievers, J sh&p assistant, married, aged 37, of 1 Christchurch, was committed to 2 the Supreme Court for sentence 2 when he appeared before Messrs 1 W. C. Cannon and W. R. Hop1 croft, J.P.'s, in the Magistrate's 2 Court at Palmerston North yes- ! terday. j Garden Circle's Meeting. 1 The Women's Division of the jj Federated Farmers' garden circle I spent a pleasant and interesting j afternoon in the lovely gardens I of Mr. and Mrs. D. Stewart, Heath- ! erlea, recencly. The flower disI cussed was polyanthus and Mrs. I Stewart's display of prize b'ooms I was greatly admired. A eonstruc- [ tive article was read concerning I the growing and cultivation of | these plants and the blooms exI 'hibited from members' own gar- | dens were beautiful and varie'd. [ This garden circle promises to be ! both instructive and popular I judging by the number of memt bers and the keen interest shown [ by all present. | Good News For Sportsmen. No ' longer shourd sportsmen be required to slip in the back entrance of grounds shame'fully displaying grey trous&rs, for local j retailers say that supplies of [ cream slacks of good quality are obtainable this season. This is I the first time sinqe before the war that thev 'have been manufactured in any quantity and I their absence has occasioned much heart burning ahibng sportsmen throughout the country. The price, however, is ccnsiderably in excess of that pertaining before the war. The old prices varied from 39s to 59s whereas those seen this morning ranged from 80s to 90s. They were in sizes to fi't slim and stout pien. The | material has been imported and the trousers made up in New ; Zealand. j. . • . . .