Local And General

Chronicle (Levin), 20 December 1949, Page 4

Local And General

► Fined For Drunkenness. I Rangamate Paul Lewis, a Maori, ! of Kuku, was charged in the Police \ Court on Saturday with being . found drunk in Oxford Street, ; Levin. Defendant was cohvicted 1 and fined £1 by Mr. D. J. Gardiner, ; J-P. ; Softball Results. ; Saturdayfe competition softball i games resulted as follows: — ! Senior men: Wanderers 12, Ajax I 5; Kimberley 13, Wanderers 6; ; Raukawa 25, Athletic 24; Achilles ; 23, Punahau 4; Pirates 17, Ajax 4.

; Women and Junior men: Raukawa ; 23, Wanderers Ladies 11; Achilles ; B 47, Wanderers Stars 14; Puna- > hau 21, Kimberley B 11. ; Bird Converts Car. ; A bird lover, ' Mr. H. Kirkwood, ! Of Omahu, Hawke's Bay, has been ! reluctant to use his car since'"'a j! thrust built a nest in it some weeks ago. The bird's fortitude in !; refusing to abandon her home and !; five eggs except for an hour or 5 ' so when the car was driven into 5 Hastings during the early stages s of hatching won Mr. Kirkwood's ti esteem. Now that the chicks are almost due to arrive he has de- !; cided to sacrifice his car until the l bird has completed her task. ! No Hoardings. I "The entrance to our town is !; not very good as it is, but don't ? make it worse," said Cr. D. J. 5 Sweetzer when commenting on a S I letter received at last night's v I meeting of the Levin Borough Council. The Guardian Trust was writing on behalf of the !; owners of sections in the pjt J; along Oxford Street to enquire if hoardings could be erected there. j!. The council unanimously gave a firm "no" to the suggestion. ;! Medical Discoveries. The medical world 'was very in- | terested in the new hormone prei| parations cortisone (Oompound E) and A.C.T.H. (a pituitary gland !' extract) , said Dr. J. Egerton y Caughey, of Auckland, who has returned from abroad. The two prej! parations had a beneflcial effect on a wide range of disorders, in- !; cluding rheumatoid arthritis and \ . rheumatic fever. The supply was !; so restricted, however, that the ? discoveries had to be regarded as i valuable., research agents only, and > were unlikely to have a place in general medical practice for three j! to five years to> come. !; Insufficient Time. > The possibility of closing a porS tion of Oxford Street to vehicular \ trafiic and bicycles from 6 p.m. on ;! both Christmas and New Year's Eves was discussed last night by i the Levin Borough Council, but !; subsequent inquiry revealed that under the latest amendment to- |> the Transport Vehicle Road Closure Regulations, 1949, at least 14 days public notice had to be glven before main roads could be closed. The suggestion of closing \ the road between Queen Street > and the Regent Theatre was conv ' tained in ,a letter from the Levin Junior Chamber of Commerce. ;i Street Days. s The number of remarks passed \ : to him regarding the holding of the hospital Christmas cheer street day in Levin had made him t Wonder whether it might be ad- ? : visable for the council to recon- | sider the question of allowing a S , street day for this purpoSe, said \ the Mayor, Mr. H. B. Burdekin, at a meeting of the Levin Borough Council last . night. The R.S.A.'s l Rose Day appeal was another one !; which could also be reconsidered 5 by the* council, said the Mayor. I^The R.S.A. itself should give seri- : ous thought to the advisability of 5 continuing this appeal, as it still, : after all, had its Poppy Day appeal;- . . . ,