The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 April 1937, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

iSandwiches, meat pies, cakes, pastry, fruit and ginger beer will be provided for more than 36,000 schoolchildren, who will attend the Coronation festival at the Sydney Showground on May 11th;

The cutting of logs for milling and firewood purposes has already been commenced by the Ohau Timber Company on their tract of land at Muhunoa East, about ten men being engaged in the work. The firm expect to commence hauling logs from the bush in about a fortnight 's time.

Radio licenses in force in New Zea land on March 31 last show a remarkable increase when compared with the figures on the corresponding date of the previous year. At the end of March the grand total of all classes of licenses was 243,642 as against 194,482 on March 31 1936, an increase of 49,160.

The Wellington Harbour Board decided last night to contribute £3OOO to the King George V National Memorial Fund. The chairman (Mr. D. ,J. Mc.Gowan) said in the opinion of the wharves and accounts committee, which recommended the grant, the Government could not have thought of a more happy way to perpetuate the memory of King George. V than to establish permanent health camps for children. '

Gannets at the Cape Kidnappers sanctuary have iioav commenced their annual migration, although a fair number of the birds still remain. It has been found from the observations of the rangers that the birds choose a period of full moon for their migration from the sanctuary for parts unknown, find also a period of full moon for their return, usually early in the month of August. Full moon occurred on Monday, and it is expected that by' the end of the week the majority of the birds will have left.

Practically all clothing manufacturing firms in Auckland bound by awards affecting female employees which prescribe that Avhen Anzac Day falls on a (Sunday a holiday must be observed on the Monday following carried on operations last Mondaj-. In doing so, they contended that as the iStatue fixes the observance of Anzac Day on April 25th the Arbitration Court cannot over-ride such legislation, and they challenged the ruling of the Labour Department of the effect that the provisions of awards must be followed on the subject.

[ "Before the next election the National Party is going to have a policy; ttiid it's going to be a good policy carefully considered, attractive, appealing, and" thoroughly practicable," said Mr. S. G. Holland, M. 1?., when speaking at a meeting which Hon. Adam Hamilton addressed in Christehureh. "The policy wants to be something higher, bigger, and more noble than a merely negative policy of anti-Labour." There was applause when Mr. Holland said that in the Wellington, division alone the party had signed up and received fees from 10,000 new members.

The big field that lay open for exploitation in the Dominion for the use of the aeroplane as a means of spreading fertiliser, particularly in the hill country, was mentioned by the organiser to the Farmers' Union, Mr. E. O. Neiderer, at the annual meeting of the Levin branch last evening. Mr. Neiderer mentioned that the use of the aeroplane overseas in Soviet Russia and Canada had already advanced beyond the experimental stage. New Zealand last year used some 300,000 tons of superphosphate alone, and thus the scope for distribution by air was very large.

' The following- tricky problem may help to keep the children quiet: Take the numbers i, 2,3, 4,5, 0,7, S and 9 und add them together in any manner you choose so .as to make a sum which totals 100. Every figure must be shown m the working but no figure can bo i used twice.

While working on the new hangar at the Rongotai aerodrome yesterday, R. J. Roberts missed his footing and'fell , iTom the roof, a distance of 50 feet. '; He was taken to the hospital suffering : from severe shock and injuries to the > spine and ribs. His condition last , night was reported to be satisfactory, i —Press Association.

The number of persons given employment for the week ended April j24th through the efforts of the State | Placement Service was Sl2, thus bringj irig the total since the service was inaugurated to 2969. At the Levin office i two casual farm hands were placed in positions, together with one permanent , farm hand and three temporary labour - I crs.

The fact that the Tarawera eruption scattered dust and sediment over an area of 5000 square miles was recalled by the Bishop of Aotearoa, in an address to the Napier Rotary Club. In Nelson, where he was staiyng at the time of the eruption, the booming of the explosions could be heard, and as this was during the progress of a "Russian invasion" scare, it was felt by many people that the noise was the sound of guns from a Russian warship.

It was impossible to describe the beauty of the Pink and White Terraces by day or by moonlight, said Rt. Rev. F. A. Bennett, Bishop of Aotearoa, in an address to Napier Eotarians. Words could not be found to express the majesty, grandeur, and dignity of the rock formations that had been called one of the wonders of the modern world. It had often been mooted that they might be discovered again, but from his own experience the speaker considered that they had been blown asunder. There was no trace of them anywhere, and at their former site was a great excavation, now part of tho lake itself.

In British Columbia, Canada, there were barns, in which dairy cows were kept through • the rigorous winter, which ,were air conditioned, heated, and fitted with wireless, said Mr. A. J. AVood, of the University of British Columbia, in speaking, yesterday, to factory managers attending at the Dairy Research Institute. Some cows, said Mr. Wood amidst laughter, were very particular as to what kind of music they listened to. One man had told him that when any jazz came on he had to turn -the station off and tune in to symphony music. They belonged, evidently, to the upper grade of cows. The claim was made that music increased production.

Immediate cash savings on your groceries are possible if you buy at Model Cash Stores, and perusal of their list of everyday necessities in to-day's issue will bear this out.*

New styles in Clayson shoes for ladies, have now arrived in Levin, and are on display at Dempsey's. These shoes, representing the latest developments in fashion footwear, are selling at attractive prices.*

The chillj' weather brings with it the need for new outfits of hats, coats, scarves and gloves. Men of discriminating taste and a keen eye for a good bargain will find their requirements fully catered for by Humphreys and Andrews' Ltd., men's and boys' outfitters.*

At this time of the year the housewife is thinking of brightening up the home with new drapings and coverings. Davie's, the drajjers, are making a special display of curtain nets, cretonnes, rustic weaves and tapestry. All quality goods in newest patterns and colourings. —Davie 's for value.*

I The demand for woollen winter underwear is being intensified by the very special "Roslyn" values now available at W. M. Clark, Ltd. As under wear specialists, Clark's are announcing keener-than-ever savings for men and boys owing to quick and favourable buying by the department manager before the sudden jump -in wool prices. All-wool Cashmere boys' singlets are priced as low as from 4/11, and men's heavy fleecy-lined singlets are selling at from 3/11 to 4/6.*