Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 27 September 1949, Page 4

Local And General

Churches' Aid To Europe. Since 1945 the National Council of Churches has forwarded £53,500 in cash and goods, and 500 tons of clotliing and footweai^ to assist in European Church programmes under the 'direction of the World Council of Churches. This aid is exclusive of hundreds of addresses distributed in New Zealand to people willing to send individual parcels. New Australian. Stamp. To mark the 75Lh anniversary of'the foundation of the Universal Postal Union, the Australian postal administration will issue a eommemorative stamp on October 10. Coioured blue, the stamp depicts the delivery bf letters by horseback and by aeloplane. The value is 3-|-d. The union was formed in 1874 with 22 member-countries. There are now 87 memhers. Women's Surf Team. At a recent meeting of the Levin-Waitarere Surf and Life Saving Club a women's team was inaugurated with Miss P. Prendeville as instructor. Plans ,|o^i a clubhouse are now well 'ih haha and the blue print for the bullding is to be drawn by the Boys' Training Centre, Levin, which once again has volunteered its services to a community effort. The site of the proposed new clubhouse will be on the foreshore just to the south of the road" to the beach. It commands a fine view and is close to the sea. Theatrical Record. "The Kiwis," the company of New Zealand entertainers which grew from the warnme Kiwi Coni cert Party, were the finest ambas--sadors in Australia this Dominion had had, said Mr. E. E. Wahlquist, business manager of J. C. Williaxiison's Theatres, Ltd., who arrived from Sydney yesterday. Sinoe their debut in April, 1946, "the Kiwis" had played to 1,750,000 t people, he said. Their 114-week 1 season in Melbourne was an Austraiian record and the company was now playing to crowded houses in its 35th week in Sydney. WallaMes Delayed. A four-hour wait at Whenuapai before leaving for Sydney yesterday moming did not perturb memhers of the victorious Australian rugby team. After the customary farewell speeches and the loading of the Biedisioe Cup into the Skymaster, the players stood about for some time and then became engrossed in another, less tiring, "national game" of Austraiiaon the tarmac, away from the eyes of their manager, 2dr. R. Walden, a police sergeant. The game broke up when the call finally came for passengers to board the plane. The aircraft should have left about 10.30, but the 44 intending passengers had too much baggage for the space available. The Skymaster left at 12.45 p.m. Co-operative Hay-baling Scheme. A proposal for a co-operative scheme for hay-baling in the Kiritaki - Maharahara - waiaruhe district was reported upon by Mr. A. D. Dunford at a meeting of the provincial executive of Southern Hawke's Bay Federated Farmers. Mr, Dunford said that a set of rules had been drawn up to apply to groups of hot 'more than six farmers if they decided to purchase a pick-up baler and press their own hay. The total charge per bale to the farmer would 'be 8d, of which 3d was for depreciation and 5d for running costs, and maintenance. The actual cost to piess a bale of hay was in the vicinity of 3d. In drawing' up the rules, a large amount had been allowed for maintenance in order to build up a fund to cover breakages. The depreciation fund would provide that the farmer would be able to recover his initial oilfclay if he wished to leave • the group after a few years. The initial cost for a press would be about £1000.