LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 24 September 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There were very good attendances at St. Matthew’s Church yesterday on the occasion of the Patronal Festive!. The Education Board has receive! a Government grant of £222 for science equipment at the Featherston Dist.lct High School. A confirmation service will be conducted by Archbishop O’Shea at St. Patrick’s Church, Masterton, within the next few weeks. The Presbyterian sale of work at Greytown on Friday was very successful, netting £l2O 7s for the Presbyterian manse fund. It was stated at a meeting recently that 15 or more residents in Featherston district were going on a visit to England early next year. It i s expected (says the Greytown “Standard”) that several patients from Greytown will attend the Hickson mission in Palmerston North nex| month. A well-known dairy factory secretary of Dannevirke is stated to be an applicant for the position of representative in England to the New Zealand dairy producers. The opening luncheon in connecc’un with the New Zealand Club will take place to-morrow." Mr N. Elmslie, Imperial Trade Commissioner, will be tho guest of the day and will address the members of the club. A large attendance of business men is expected. The ferry steamer Mararoa made a prolonged trip from Wellington on Friday night, not reaching Lyttelton until 1 p.m. The cause of the delay was a strong southerly galo in Cook Strait combined with the aisadvantage o'f inferior coak The Mararoa will be decked at Lyttelton for cleaning and scraping. A* a motorist last evening wa s turning from Ilusseli street into Queen street on his right side of the road and at a slow rate an elderly c-yelist who was coming along about the middle of Queen street appeared to become confused ami turned right across in front of tJ’.e ear . The mudguard and the left lamp of the ear were Iwokcn and the cyclist was thipwn against the kerb. He was taken to the hospital, where it was found that ho had merely suffered a shaking. On Saturday evening at the Municipal Social Hall the Masterton Municipal Band held a very Qnjit,-al>lo dance. Th’ere were about 70 couple’s present and ail spent a most pleasant evening, dancing being continued until midnight. Thanks to Mr J. W. lien I derson, who capably fulfilled the duties of secretary and M.C, proceedings went with a great swing. The ladies’ committee, consisting of Mesjan II C ross, A, Gar lner, F. Harrington, and T. Lilley, were responsible for th' SUPl> ° r nrran l ;m,?nt! ‘- Thc "wsic was Elite orel’s -x:'.,. As a result of t’m dance the band funds should derive substantial benefit.

'I he annua] conference of the 'Jhat.ibtre of Commorec t.f New Zeulnm is ♦<> be held in Auckland on November 21 and 22. A municipal band is to be formed in Auckland. Tais was derived by the City Council at it,, last meeting on th*: recommendation of the Prrks Committee. At tho anniversary services of the Congregational Chucch yesterday, there were excellent attcndunces. The annual meeting of thc Church will take place to night. To-day is Dominion Day, the 16th anniversary of the day on which the designation of New Zealand was raised from “Colony” to “Dominion.” An enquiry by "The Age” last evening elicited thc fact that between 40 and 50 members of the Anglican church here will be attending the Hijksou Mission for treatment. “Our school committee js as poor as the proverbial Job’s turkey,” declared the delegate from the Henderson School Committee at the Auckland Primary Schools ’ Committees ’ Association. A car containing 4 ladles was capsized on thc Foxton road near Rangiotu, precipitating the occupants into a ditch. Two of the ladies were injured, one sustaining a broken collarbone, and the other broken ribs and other injuries. Thc car was wrecked. The Auckland Education Board’s advocacy of loans for educational requirements is not supported by the southern boards. Replies were received by the board £rom the Canterbury, Wanganui, and Otago boards, ail of which decided to take no action at preIn a 10-round professional contest, on Saturday night, Roy Overcnd (Hastings) drew with Charlie Cann (Wanganui). In an amateur bout Clinton (Palmerston North), beat Lane (Hastings), North Island featherweight ehampion, on points in 6 rounds. Hay (Napier), North Island welter champion, won on points against Stevens (Napier.) A well-known resident of Masterton, returning from Carterton last evening had an unusual experience. When halfway home, his engine slowly and quietly become stopped. An examination disclosed the fact that thb copper feedpipe of the vacuum tank had snapped with the jolts on tho road. A tow home, after a long wait to get an S.O.S. message to Masterton, seemed to be inevitable, but with that resourcefulness which characterises tho old campaigner he managed to get himself out of the hole. A couple of inches of the tubing of the engine tyre pump securely joined the ends of the broken feed pipe. With a long tube of his engine pump he was able to suck up enough juiee from the benzine tank to flood the dry carburettor and the trouble was over.