Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 13 October 1949, Page 4

Local And General

!c Himatangi Beach. The mcreasing popularity of ) Himatangi Beach as a hoiiday re- | Sort was emphasised at yesterday's S meeting of the Manawatu County j Council. It was reported that 38 i sections had been transferred to | private owners during the previI ous month. I linsoived Mystery. | F'ive weeks ago on Monday I Rear-Admirai H. S. Briggs, O.B.E., ! R.N. (reiired) disappeared from \ his home- at Takapuna, and "he f has not been seen or heard of * s.nce. A thorough search by police I and civilians over a wide area in | tne Glenfield district has been | uasuc^essiul and organised search- | ing has been abandoned. J A Slrange Egg. i An excepnonal discoveiw was $ maae by Mr. E. G. Knight, of I Ohingaiti, this week. While dig- | gmg m his garden he found a I tnrush's egg, oi an unusual shape. § It had a hooked appearance and | ! a tapering shape. It was found ! | lying m an open space away from * any trees. Apart from its hooked I | characteristic the egg is quite | Inormal in colouring and size. i I Konmirs To Weraroa. | | On a quota basis, Weraroa has = | been ihe -most successful office in f ! the Palmerston North postal dis- | ! triet with national savings in1 I vestments. It is the flrst to quad- ! rup^e the annual quota- Deposits j and saies of bonds in the district i ' last week amounted to more than S ; double the weekly quota of £4022, I investments actuaily amounting to j , £9581. i ! | ! Office Efficiency. | i A Christchurch businessman this I week had to pay 2s '6d postage due 1 on an airmail letter sent to him | from Bl'itain. He was rather an- | noyed when he opened the letter | and found that it was merely a ( business circular. On reading the 2 circular, he returned to good humS cur, for it was advertising a new | filing system and other devices j for ensuring office efficiency. j iWanted — 30,000 Houses. j | Between 30,000 and 35,000 houses ? 1 were needed in New Zealand, Dr. ( ! R. G. McElroy, chairman of the i City Council's housing committee, ' ! told the Auckland Creditmen's | Club. It might take six or seven j years to overtake the housing shortage. Although the building I programme provided for 15,000 j houses a year, 10,000 of these were j ! needed for normal annual rej J quirements. iAssistance Planned. I | With 'the object of overtaking : I the time lost by Mr. R. Hill in the I | erecdon of his house at 69 Queen ' j I Street in consequence of the inj | juries he received in the recent ' j level crossing accident, offieers of I | the Levin Everyboy's Rally are j ! organising a busy bee there on ; ! Saturday. All friends and symI. pathisers are invited to attend j and assistance during the whole ; or part of the day will be wel- ! comed.