The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1929. LOCAL & GENERAL
Viscount Craigavon, speaking to an Auckland Star reporter in regard to the Dominion’s extensive cheese export, said: “I particularly wish to see the organisation which can capture 52 per cent, of the trade in gheese in England, a country which itself is a manufacturer of cheese, lying alongside of Belgium, Holland and Prance —all cheese making countries.”
A new Anglican Church is to be built at Otaki, and tenders arc now invited for the work. Plans, etc., are now available.
The local temperance workers arc reminded in another, column of the visit of the Manawatu Area President, Rev. G, Brown, M.A., who will speak in St. Andrew’s Hall this evening.
During last summer the Saturday train leaving, Wellington at 1.20 p.m. for Paekakariki was extended’to Otaki. This enabled a number of week-enders to reach Otaki earlier than if required to wait for “Fields.” The train is being re-introduced as from 21st instant and will run until further notice.
At a meeting of the committee of the Levin Amateur Swimming and Life Saving Club, held last evening, it was decided that the club’s swimming-sea-son be officially opened with night sports at the Coronation Baths on Tuesday, December 17th. A sub-committee was appointed to draw up a programme and to endeavour to arrange for a team to eomo from Palmerston North A welcome was extended to Mr T. Chipper, who has been appointed school’s representative on the committee. As soon as the weather becomes settied, the local life-saving elasscs will commence their practices.
In moving that the Borough Council’s sympathy bo extended to the relatives of the young men, Hubert Dew and Leslie Go'ldsack, who were drowned in the Woodville swimming baths, the Mayor of Woodville said both the victims of the sad occurrence had beeii sons of railway servants, members of the Salvation Army, and members of the Salvation Army Band and Rochabites’ Lodge. The Council placed on record “its admiration of the act of the baths custodian, Hubert Noel Dew, in endeavouring to rescue Leslie Gw.usack from drowning in the nlunicipal baths, which act cost him 6 his own lift), and that Ddw’s brave action be brought under the notice of the Royal Humane Society for official recognition.”
"One does hope,” said the Cover nor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, in laying the foundation stone of Massey College, '“that the establishment of this college will give a increased im petus to agriculture and the settlement of land in New Zealand, One of the greatest problems in this country is that which is called the ‘back to the land ’ question. Going round the schools and asking the headmasters what thenpupils are going to do, this is always brought home to me every day when you find perhaps only two out of every 100 boys thinking of the -land as a profession, and the rest shaping themselves for the towns and over-stocked professions. The land seems to me to bo the last thing the New Zealand boy thinks of. That is something which to me, is melancholy to a degree. If you talk to a boy and ask him why he does not like the land, he will not probably tell you his real reason because ho is ashamed. But you will boar his reason, and it is that farming is hard work. Of course it is hard work! But is not the New Zealand ,’of the past lone monument, tc hard work? Surely the New Zealand of the future is not ing to fail because the rising generation is afraid of hard work."
For the next ten days Alexander’s are selling all their frocks, underwear, hosiery and millinery at half price. This is an opportunity that seldom occurs before Christmas and the next ten days will surely be busy ones at “The Fashion.””
Whdn buying (British made goods one is always sure of getting value for money while you are also in some degree contributing to your own pros perity, A few of Britain’s best products are listed in Messrs Allraand’s, Ltd., replace advertisement in to-day’s issue.*
One of the most notable of recent developments in men’s dress is the wearing of flannel trousers for every day use, with lounge jackets of various styles. Clark’s, Ltd., are showing big stocks of the latest shades in trousers priced from 17/6 to 35/-, and coats priced from 26/- to 55/-/
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