Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 18 November 1949, Page 4

Local And General

Broadcasting History. Western Samoan Legislative Asserritly debates were broadcast j recently for the . first time. The | New Zealand High Commissioner, l Mt. G. R. Powles, who opened the sitting, sai'd it was also probably ! the first time in the world that entire proceedings of debates had been broadcast in two languages. I Record Cricket Crowd. When the New Zealand cricketers played England at Ol'd Trafford, the gate takings on the second day were £5750, and that was 80 per cent. of the whole of the takings on the 1937 tour, said Mr. W. A. Hadlee, captain of the New ' Zealand team, in a luncheon ; address at Christchurch. The efowd at Old Trafford that day. was the largest ever assembled at any cricket match in England. Injured All Blacks. According to information received iby the executive of the ' New Zealand Rugiby Union the All j Black fullback, R. W. Scott, hasi ! fully recovered from the ankle andkne'e injuries received in South ; Afriea, and it was considered that ,E. G. Boggs' shoulder would not j require further treatment. F. R. Allen still has a heavily bandaged j knee, and N. H. Black fs likely to jundergo an operation to cure Mis back;injury. Left Behind. I Three passengers for New Zea'land were left behind — temporarily — when the Solent flying-:boat took olf from Sydney this week on j its return flight to Auckland, They i were so interested in the speeches • at the inaugural ceremony that I they did not notice that other passenge'rs had gone aboard. However, their plight was noted after the aircraft had taxied some distance and it returned to collect them.

Motor Union Concerned. Concern at the lack of adequate fire-fighting equipment wihere cars are parked in laarge numbers at race meetings and s'hows, was expressed by the council of the North Island Motor Union.. It decided to suggest' to the Fire. Brigade's' and Underwriters' Associations and Counties' and Munieipal Associations, that they take active steps to see that sufficient firefighting equipment is provided. at all formal gatherings Where t'here are large numbers of motor vehicles.