Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 19 December 1949, Page 3

Local & General

^ J PcrsoiiRli "4 » Mrs. J.' Cullen is at present visit-. ing her parents, Mr1. and; Mrs. J. Martin, Vogel Street. Mr. R. Wylie, of Wellington, . has arrived home to spend the holidays with his parenui*, Mr. and Mrs* v Wylie, Mangaore. ■ Mrs. G. Sceats, of Gisborne, is spending a holiday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Wood,. vbmi Street. Graham Harrison, pf the New Zealand Navy, is spending two weeks' leave with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. T. E. Harrison, Buckley. The Dux award at the Shannon School was this year won by Doreen Moss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Moss, Ballance Street. . Miss Lois Lind, of the Wellington Training College is ' at present spending her vacation with her parents, -Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Lind, Vance Street. Miss B. Staff, c* the Shannon School teaching st, T, left • yesterday afternoon to spend the sehool vacation at her home in Wellington. . The friends of Mrs. T. Wood, of Venn Street, will be pleased to learn that she is improving in health following three weeks of serious illness. A recsnt arrival from Australia and visiting his home towri is Mr. Jim Moynihan. He is to spend a . few weeks' holiday With his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W». Moynihan, East Road. Prevention Better Than Cure. It happened a z a recent' sports meeting on the local domain. The entrants in the boys' bike race were .lined up and the starter was ready with his whistle and gun when .a voice from the spectatnrs called to , one of the competitors that his back tyre was flat. Without taking his eyes off his rival a few. yards ahead, the youngster calmly replied that he wanted it that way as it prevented him getting a puncture.