LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, 20 March 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

There are 10 paying pupils out of a roll of 232 attending the Wairarapa High School. For unlawfuly selling a pakapoo ticket in Haining street, Wellington, a Chinaman was yesterday fined £l5O.

The contractors have commenced concreting the right of way from Hall street into the b; k of the Trust properties in Queen street.

Elms about Masterton are now turning to their golden autumn tints. In spite of the high winds they have so far kept ti e r leaves very well. A notice declaring the blue wren or superb warbler, absolutely protected under the Animals Protection and Game Act, 1921-22, is gazetted.

Tables and chairs received at the High School now number 150. This is still 80 short of the required number, and in the meantime long tables and trestles are being used.

A syndicate is being formed in Wanganui to finance building operations on the old Church of England site in the Auenue. The contemplated expenditure is said to be something like £40,000.

It is understood that a petition is being circulated asking the GovernorGeneral to consider remitting portion of the sentence of five years imprisonment imposed on Pakira Haeata for inflicting grievous bodily harm on James Kenrick. A petition is being circulated in Masterton asking that a poll be taken on April 26, the day of the municipal elections, on the half-holiday question. It is not a case of Saturday versus Thursday, but an open question of stating which day of the week the voter prefers for the half-holiday.

A dense cloud of black smoke rising from the grounds of the Masterton West School yesterday was caused by the tank in which tar was being boiled for asphalting operations boiling over and taking fire. The workmen had a strenuous time smothering the flames by shovelling earth over them.

A man named Smith, employed as a seaman on the steamer Hauraki, was shot dead at Hazard’s miniature shooting range, in Queen street, Auckland, yesterday, a bullet penetrating the head under the ears. Details show that he became despondent after receiving letters and telegrams. He fired 12 shots at the range. An attendant found him on the floor with a shot in his skull. For th© theft of £l5 from the Auckland Municipal Fish Mart John Forbes, late manager, was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment. Mr Poynton, S.M., said the accused wn« guilty of systematic and deliberate robbery.

“We are exempted from paying Borough rates on the school property,” remarked the chairman (Mr Grundy) at the High School Board meeting yesterday. ‘‘That’s bad luck,” jovialy replied Mr Pragnell (Mayor), who is a member of the Board of Governors.

When the damage done by deer was under discussion at the Southland Acclimatisation Society’s meeting, Mr Eustace Russell said that one big timber merchant had informed him that more damage was done by wild cattle in the bush than by deer. “Yes” interjected a member, “and the deer get blamed for the lot.” Lack of publicity and advertising gave Chatauqua a severe bump in Wanganui this year (says the “'Chronicle”), and the experience seems to have had its effect in other towns. In Palmerston, for instance, one of the papers came out on Saturday with a half-uase advertisement. Advertising pays, provided the advertiser has the goods.

: In connection with the recent ascent of the highest unnamed peak i of the Triad range in the Southern ■ Alps by Mr Julian Grande, who named the peak Barnicoat, Mr Grande 1 lias received a telegram from the Prime Minister approving of the nam e and stating that the SurveyorI General ds being instructed to give effect to this decision. ; A Haiwera message states that two • men, Harry Miller and Wasford, 1 were returning to Manaia from the races on Saturday on a motor bicycle, which broke down. The men were picked up by a car, which, after going some distance, skidded. A wheel collapsed, the car overturned. Miller was severely injured and died in a few minutes. Wasford was taken to i the hospital. Miller was 18J- years of age, ! The earthquake at Dannevirke on , Friday evening was the- severest experienced for some years. It was preceded by a very audible rumble and a smaller vibration. There was no panic in either the Town Hall or Arcadia Theatre, although some timid folk left the buildings. No damage was occasioned to the new post office, the contractors (Messrs Judd and Russell) stating to a reporter that it would -take a heavy shake to shift the bricks, which had become well set. ‘‘This present-day Jazz stuff” was mentioned in no complimentary manner by one of the speakers at the civic reception to the Westminster Glee Singers at Christchurch. A later speaker, Mr A. Bunz, said he did not agree with the condemnation of jaza music. Beethoven, he said, was full of jazz and if it had not been for him there would be no jazzing. It did not matter what the music was, provided it was played beautifully. Jazz was • no more than the rhythm of a waltz or symphony. All people dur ng the war had gone through a serious time, and they wanted cheering up a bit. The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Private J. 8 Lean, of Port Chalmers, who was accidentally bayoneted during a friendly scuffle in one of the huts at the recent rifle meeting at Trentham, was concluded by the Coroner, Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., at Wellington yesterday. Dr. de Castro said that when Lean wa s admitted to Wellington Hospital he had a wound running right through the abdomen. Following an operation, he died at 5.20 a.m. The Coroner found that Lean died from a bayonet wound accidentally received in a friendly scuffle with his companions. “I may add,” concluded the Coroner, “that I have seen Colonel Burgess, and he assures me that drastic steps will be taken to see that no sky-larking will be tolerated in the future. It is a very s ad affa r for all concerned.”

The Gazette contains a notification that “The Maraetai Fanns, Limited/’ a company in which a number of Wairarapa residents and others are interested, has been struck off the Register and has been dissolved.

The alarm of the chapter of Christchurch Cathedral concerning the safety of iho roof of the building has been entirely allayed. The borer proves to bo in but one place, the rest of the timbers being quite sound. “There is not another colony in the British Empire that is so wisely and sanely governed as this little Dominion of New Zealand. I have been travelling the world for years, and I mean it.” Mi- E. Philpot Crowther, who has arrived in Wellington from Sydney.

The big dance at Kopuaranga in aid of the fund to finance the Wairarapa amateur championship team will be held to-night. Opportunity will be taken at this function to present to R. A. McKenzie (a Kopuaranga boy), the medals he won at the recent New Zealand championships at Wellington. The special bus will leave the Masterton P.O. at 7.30, the fare being 3s return. An old resident, of Eketahuna, who noticed that the flag was being flown half-mast at the Post Office in honour of St. Patrick’s Day, said that if this had happened in the early days when a hundred or so navvies were in the vicinity, they would have promtply taken charge of things apd there would have been something doing. It seems that the flag cannot for .the time being be got above half-mast.

The Ladies’ Missionary Auxiliary in connection with the Church has been busy during the year. Its object is to render help to the home and foreign mission fields. The Ladies’ Guild has been active, and as a result of its efforts the sum of £33 13s was raised towards various causes of the church. The furnishing of the parsonage is the Guild’s especial care (says the annual report of the Masterton Methodist Church trustees). “The Children’s Home work is a social work of the highest order,” says the annual report of the Masterton Methodist Church trustees. “The Rev. J. Cocker, though unable to continue in the more active work of the ministry, is able and most heartily acts as secretary to the committee in charge of the Home. In Sisters May and Annie the children are most fortunate; the unflagging devotion to the comfort and well-being of each child—physical, moral, and spiritual—shown by these good women is quite inspiring to all lovers of children, and the result as seen in the children’s conduct is evidence of the Spirit of Him who said: ‘lnasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these ye have done it unto Me.’ ”

The foreign mission deputation this year (says the annual report of the Masterton Methodist Church trustees) was the Rev. W’. A. Sinclair, Conference foreign mission secretary, who gave a very entertaining address on the work accomplished in the Solomon Islands. He gave a descriptive talk of the original customs of the natives, the products of the Islands, and the general scheme of the work for the amelioration of the condition of the natives. The circuit sent away £lOO to help on the foreign mission effort. The amount raised for home missions was £lOO 16s Id. This represents a most generous response from our people, and the local secretary for Foreign missions (Miss M. Donald), and Dr. N. H. Prior (treasurer for home missions) are to be congratulated in securing such good results.

House to let. Rooms to let. Rooms wanted. Pups for sale. Sewing wanted. Ford car for sale. Southdown ram lost. Boy ‘s bicycle for sale. Furniture for private sale. Washing and cleaning v anted. Tomatoes for sale at P.O. corner. Advertiser wants to purchase a cob. Advertiser wants to buy Jersey heifers. Special end-of-season reductions for Clayson's superb tomatoes are advertised. Tenders are invited for carting an ’ rebuilding a building from Tauheren'kau Training Farm. Andrews and Rolph announce further reductions in bicycle chains, hubs, lamps and all accessories Players and followers of soccer foot hall are invited to attend a meeting a" the Y.M-C.A. Room to-night. Messrs Hubbard Bros., bootmakers, advertise that they have a good lino of men’s watertights now in stock. Notice is given that anyone foun 1 tampering with the manaoles or 4 re floodgates, Te Ore Ore, will be prosecuted. Messrs H. J. Jones and Co., a «» 4 ’>r importers, Masterton, received worJ yesterday that in the Canterbury reliability trials for petrol consumption test the Fiat came first in both the open and private owners’ classes. In another column Mr 11. R. Gibbs announces that he has purchased the well known pharmacy of Mr E. B. Stohr, Queen street, Masterton. Th - new proprietor has had ciiirty years' varied experience in pharmacy in Lon don, Geneva ana New Zealand. 3lr Gibbs is an active member of the Pharmacy Board of New Zealand, ami one of the examiners in the final’examination of the Pharmaceutical Society. He intends to run the businc-.' on the most up-to-dte lin xs, under his personal supervision. One thrill is usually counted on for the success of the average motion picture feature. There are many in D. W. Griffith’s great dramatic epic, "Orphans of the Storm," an adapt i tion of Kate Claxton’r "The Two Orphans," and which under a United Artists' Corporation release, will b? shown at the Opera House on Wedncs day next, and in several of these Monte Blue is the hero. This famous actor, part Cherokee Indian and originally a rider in "wild westerns," long since gave him ’lie greatest role of his career in the part of Dan! , n, loader the French Revolutionary uprising Patrons are advised to reserve seats early for this bkj attraction.