LOCAL AND GENERAL

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23317, 28 September 1945, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Girls’ Marching; Compel i< ion.—Referring in the House last night to the value of girls’ inter-house marchine contests, tho Minister of Internal Affairs said there would be a national display next year with elimination contests in various centres. The first national competition would he held next year in Timaru. and the girls themselves would vote on -the venue of the next competition. His department was giving a beautiful cun for annual competition and badges for members of the winning teams.

Pensioners’ Association.—At a conference of the New Zealander Pensioners’ Association, the Mavor (Mr A. E. S. Hanan) brief! v welcomed the delegates. Mr A. Warner occupied the chair. Remits were forwarded to the conference to he held in Wellington next month concerning retrospective payments. thus bringing beneficiaries into line with all other classes; free radio to pensioners who n rn mt living with relatives: more suitable programmes for elde’iv neonl? on a main station; and a housing scheme for oensioners. It was decided to draw die attention of unions r-ho arg striving for a better standard of living to the fact that th n y ar° not looking to the time when they will have to cease being e?nF’ , s and become pensioners. M r Gndseil, president, of the Chrjsfr-hurch branch, and Mrs Pa™, president of the Dun«din branch, thanked the local committee for its hospital! ty.