LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 August 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Consequent on the statement iff Parliament regarding the illegal use ot telephones lor the purposes at 'betting, the Post and Telegraph authorities made, a move in Wellington yesterday. It is understood that, a number of telephone connections, about which suspicion existed liave been disconnected. The censor’s ban oil the film All Quiet'on the Western Front” has been .removed. This decision was made yesterday by the appeal 'board, which recently upheld the ruling of the Government film censor, Mr W. A. Tanner, but which after reviewing the picture decided that it might be screened when certain excisions had been made lilt, board consists of Mr H. M. Gore (chairman). Mrs K. Preston and Mrs E J. R ighton. The report is being submitted to the Government by the chairman. The wrestling match between Ted Thy© and Billy Edwards, two American wrestlers, which took place m Sydney last night, resulted in a draw according to. advice .received m Wellington. Both the contestants in the bout which was staged at Rushcutters’' Bay, secured one fall. Two referees were needed to bring the match to a conclusion. The first was knocked out in til© sixth round, and the second, who took the ring for the remaining two rounds, also .got mixed up m the affray.

Traffic on the railways gives indication of an. unusually heavy season in the transport of ‘‘bobby ’ calves, said an official in conversation with a, “Hawera. Star” reporter this morning. Approximately 2400 calves were trucked on route to works at Patea., Wanganui and Waitara yesterday from the South Taranaki district. Consignments occupied 30 trucks, which i passed through the Hawera yards on the way to the three centres, the trucks averaging about 60 calves each. In addition. 10 trucks for the north were booked at stations between Hawera and Stratford. Of the 30 previously mentioned, 18 trucks were loaded on the Opunake branch line. “Wo are the ones who are alleged to I do the killing, and we should do all we can to educate the public in safety first principles,” said Mr A. E. Batt, at the meeting of the Wellington Automobile Club last evening upon the receipt of an offer to place the facilities of the Radio Broadcasting Company’s station at the disposal of the club for weekly talks to> adults, and also during the children’s session once a week. The company stated that a motorist had suggested that weekly talks _to adults and children would be very timely, and the company would h© pleased to place facilities at the disposal of _ the chib. Members might arrange to give weekly talks to adults and children. The chairman agreed that the offer should be accepted, and considered the suggestion one of the best which had .been made. It was a national problem. He also urged that a subcommittee be apointed to arrange a series of weekly talks over a period of two months. The proposal was agreed to.