The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 June 1939, Page 4

The Levin Daily Chronicle THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■Suffering from loss of memory, Mr. Ernest Edward Earnshaw, married, 175 Houghton Bay Road, Wellington, who was missing from his home on Tuesday, was found yesterday in Manners Street at 8.30 a.m. Mr, Earnshaw was taken home none the worse for his experience.

A fine of 10s with costs imposed by Mr. A. Coleman, S.M., on William Joseph Robinson, managing director of Londontown, Wanganui, for releasing balloons filled with gas in the Avenue on May sth, whereby traffic was obstructed. Senior-Sergeant Capp stated that Robinson advertised that on May sth the firm would release 100 small balloons from the balcony of a »hop in the Avenue. In some of the balloons were signed orders entitling the linder to New Zealand-made goods ranging in value from 2s to £5. Boys were on the verandah to release the balloons, but they had not been filled with sufficient gas and dropped in the Avenue, where there was a scramble and traffic was obstructed. Defendant, when he saw what had happened, instructed that no further balloons were to be released.

A deputation of South Westland interests and of ski-ing and mountaineering representatives is being organised to go to Wellington to impress on the Government the great desirabilitv of toe erection of an aerial ropeway up the side of the Franz Josef G 1 icier to open up the vast ski-ing and mountaineering fields in that region of the high alps, states a message from Waiho to the Christchurch Press, Disappointment fell among interested authorities that there has 'been such a long delay by the Government i' J coming to a decision os. the scheme, particularly in view of the b’,g increase in tourist traffic to this part of the South Island. It is stated on j-vod authority that some time ago, after.a survey had been completed by t', 1 .-! Public Works Department of the 'proposed route of the ropeway, a decis ion was made to send the data to England for the advice of engineers experienced ir. the construction :f such ropeways, but that so far this has not boon cone.

Although in nautical miles, the Dominion is quite a considerable distance from the Antarctic, the keen southerlies we experience every winter suggest a much closer proximity. Incidentally, a really effective way to counter the cold weather is to invest in a comfy overcoat from W. M. Clark’s, Ltd. All the latest styles in both men’s and women’s overcoats are available at this popular store at prices that will appeal to everybody,*

No fewer than 13 new houses are being built at Foxton Beach at present. A speaker at a meeting held to discus* the terms of leases granted by the Foxton Harbour Board said this was evidence of the growing popularity of the beach.

The winners of the donation competition held under the auspices of the Levin branch of the New Zealand Labour Party, in aid of the Horowhenua College Assembly Hall Building Fund, were: Mr. H. Harvey, Cambridge Street, Levin, 1; Mrs Moore, Cambridge Street, Levin, 2; Mr. James Hill, Grand Hotel, Levin, 3.

About 150 stone adzes obtained from primitive hill tribes in the mandated territory of New Guinea .have been sent by Mr. Frederick K. G. Mullerred, a scientist who is a resident of Mexico, to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. They are part of a collection h* made in New Guinea, the remainder having been given to the Sydney Museum. Apparently Mr. Mullerred obtained most of the adzes on rhe exchange principle, the natives much preferring used safety razor blades he was able to offer them to adzes.

The twenty-third anniversary of the Battle of Jutland, between the British Grand Fleet, under Admiral Jellicoe, and the German High Seas Fleet, under Admiral Scheer, fell yesterday. In the few hours of a bewiideringly complicated series of engagements, heavy losses were inflicted and received before th<German fleet made its escape under cover of darkness, mists and minefields. This was the only occasion on which the two fleets met. The conclusive comment on the result is that the German fleet never ventured to sea again until it surrendered to Admiral Beatty at the close of the war.

For the first time for some months the Poliutu Geyser, which many years ago was one of the principal attractions of the Rotorua thermal district, gave a number of displays on Sunday. Activity in the Whakarewarowa Reserve is more noticeable at present than for a long time past. The Waikite and Waikorohihi Geysers, which ceased activity about 12 months ago, when Pohutu played fairly consistently for a short period, have also again become active and have attracted considerable interest among visitors to the districtThe Pohutu Geyser’s shots ranged from 40ft to 90ft. Interesting displays were also given by the Prince of Wales feathers. The cauldron was still fairly high and boiling furiously, but no more shots were given by the geyser.

The opinion that the shortage of skilled labour in the building trades was being accentuated at present by the drife of workers into occupations in which there was a greater degree of security and in which there was no loss of time because of wet weather was expressed by Mr. P. M. Butler, secretary of the Wellington Labourers’ Union. Wet weather gave little cause for concern for the majority of workers, said Mr. Butler. Their jobs went on. There were no worries about the pay envelope being smaller at the end of the week. Building trades workers, on the other hand, were never free from this uneasy feeling. At any time rain was liable to cause work on their particular job to stop. No pay was received for this lost time. It was impossible for them even to attempt to budget their expenditure from week to week.

On the ship on which Miss Betty Hannam travelled to England, a baby one day could not be made to sleep, slates the Christchurch Press. The mother told Miss Hannam • that the child missed the sound of the wireless. “One wonders what effect continual music will have on the modern child, said Miss Hannam to the Society for Imperial Culture on Saturday evening. “Is it not likely to create a spirit of unrest, and a lack of disposition foi silence and reflectiveness as well as a lack of concentration? Some modern babies are reared with the radio turned on practically continually, so that it becomes just a pleasant sound, without intelligent listening. It is not merely listening, but how we listen, that counts. Some say they can criticise music on the radio while working, but that is a different view from that of the Oriental, who studies concentration so much.”