Local and General.

Franklin Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 140, 30 November 1938, Page 4

Local and General.

Dance at Waiau Pa. The Waiau Pa Tennis Club has arranged to hold a dance in Waiau Pa hall on Saturday next. State Houses at Tuakau. A start has been made with the erection of State houses at Tuakau, the foundations of four dwellings In George street having now been laid. When completed, the houses will be a welcome addition to the town, where the housing problem is a serious one. Trots at Claudelands. The Railway Department advertises in this issue particulars of cheap excursion fares and train arrangements in connection with the Waikato Trotting Club’s meeting at Claudelands on Saturday, December 3 and 10.

Grand Carnival Dance The Catholic centenary stall will hold its last dance of the carnival in the Oddfellows’ hall on Saturday evening. Trevor Moody’s orchestra will supply the music while there will be a number of novelty dances. A pleasant time is assured. Testing Officers for Driver’s Licences. The Franklin County Council advises that on and after December 7, testing officers for motor driver’s licences will be in attendance at the county office, Pukekohe, for the purpose of testing applicants for, driver’s, licences, on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays of each week between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Children’s Fancy Dres Ball Tonight. “Tonight’s the night, there’ll be jolly good fun tonight” at the Masonic hall, the occasion of the children’s fancy dress ball in connection with the forthcoming Christmas carnival. Members of the variety stall have left no stone unturned to make the children’s evening the greatest possible success. Proceedings commence at 7.30. Arrangements have been made for Father Christmas to pop in and have a look at the little ones. The music will be in the capable hands of Mr Trevor Moody. •• ■ Everyone will be welcome.

“Blot on Education System.” “The darkest b\ot on our education system is the prevalence of militarism in the schools,” declared a speaker, a •pupil of the Southland Boys’ High School, at the Rotary luncheon in Invercargill. • He was one of the four pupils who addressed members of the club and his subject was “The Need for Reform in Our Education System.” Supporting his contention the speaker referred to the recent Armistice Day service in Invercargill and declared that although the observance of Armistice Day was actually in commemoration of peace the cadets of the school who took part carried rifles. “Nothing could be more absurd,” he added.

Strange, But True. The strange ways cars sometimes behave during accidents was emphasised in the Pukekohe Court on Monday during the hearing of a prosecution arising from an accident in which a man was seriously injured. "When a cart gels a push, it is unbelievable how unnaturally it sometimes acts,” said Mr M. R. Grierson, who represented defendant. “I once saw baby car bowl over a one-ton truck, and remain unscathed.” Ilis Worship, Mr W. 11. Freeman, however, went one better: “Yes, I know; I once saw a baby car hit a steam road roller and continue on its path after it had knocked off a piece of iron so big—(with an appropriate gesture)—and suffer no damage at all. Unbelievable, but true.”