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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 15, 17 July 1918, Page 8

A scarcity of houses is still being experienced in Masterton, and furnished rooms'are at a premium. Lieutenant Frank Moore, of Johsonville, was wounded in Palestine on 30th June. This is the third occasion on which ho has been wounded—once during the Ga-llipoli campaign, and twice in Palestine. After giving the unanimous request of conference not to retire from the New Zealand Trotting Association full consideration, Mr. P. Selig ; who has been chairman of the -association since its inception, told a deputation of trotting enthusiasts yesterday (states a. Press Association message .from Christchurch) that he would accede to their desire anU offer himself again for re-election to the board. A penny-in-the-slot telephone has .beon fitted up-near the Masterton Post Office. I A Press Association message from Hokitika, states : Mr. Andrew Cununings, of Kokatahi, died last night, aged 77. Pie was long associated with Westland public affairs, and at the time of his death was a member of the Land Board. The Education Department has writ- ■ ten to the Wellington Education Board requesting information as to the numbers of teachers who during the last five years have withdrawn from the board's employment. In the course of a discussion at the Board, of Education to-day, members reiterated the opinions they have already expressed that the most suitable candidates for the teachins; profession will be attracted to other catlings unless they are offered equal inducements to remain as teachers. It was pointed out by some speakers that the information sought by the Department did not really cover the position, as very large numbers of suitable young people are in the first instance deterred from becoming teachers by the better inducements oft'eisd elsewhere. Mr. Thomas Moss, of the National Efficiency Board, states that over 20,000 farmers and farm labou^grs in the Dominion have already been accepted for military service abroad. A six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hagley, of Ahiaruhc, Carterton, died in the Masterton Hospital on Monday from an attack of diphtheria. Factory butter is being retailed in Masterton at Is 8d per pound.