LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 29 July 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Westport yesterday Buller beat Australia at hockey by 6 goals to 4.

There arc no New Zealand horses included in the 11 final acceptors for the Australian Hurdle race.

Mr Justice Ostler, at Wellington, granted a discharge fwn bankruptcy to Joseph Edward » Montgomerie, tailor, of Greytown.

The death occurred gA Akura on Tuesday of a well known Maori named Jack Akatu (more familiarly known as Jacky Brown). A large number of deg fanciers in Mastertoll and other parts of the Wairarapa will be sending dogs to compete at the Wellington Kennel Club’s show to-morrow. It is understood that the Prime Minister (Hon. J. G. Coates) will pay a visit to the Masterton electorate at an early date to officiate at the opening of the Parkville bridgo»at Eketahuna. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a member of the clerical staff of the North Canterbury Hospital Board. It is stated that the defalcations amount to. a fairly considerable sum.

That the work of the Wairarapa Patriotic Association is becoming little lighter is shown by the faet that accounts totalling £10,740 were passed during last quarter. Numerous claims for relief have been dealt with.

The retail price of butter has advanced in Masterton and Wellington, owing to the shortage of stocks for supplying the local market and to the attractive offers received in London for outputs to the end of December.

One dangerous feature about the traffic in Queen street is the number of youths who ride bicycles without gripping the handle-bars. It would, probably, be as well if this were made an offence under the borough by-laws. An excavator, which the Hamilton Council ordered after considerable discussion from America at a cost of £2OOO, and which was to have been delivered in May, has not yet been shipped and the Council has now repudiated the contract.

The Appeal Court at Wellington dismissed the appeal against a new trial, granted by Mr Justice Adams in the divorce case Tranton v. Tranton and Lamb, on the petition of the co-respondent on the ground that the damages awarded by the jury were excessive.

A billiards match at Dunedin between Clark McConachy and Tothill was continued yesterday. At the close of the evening session the scores were: Tothill’ (received 4000) 5632, McConachy 3001. The best breaks were: McConachy 660, 212, 126, 87, 87, Tothill 104, 97, 84, 82, 82.

A faulty transformer in the South Wairarapa was responsible for a temporary extinction of the electric system last evening. The lights failed for a few seconds three or four times and were very erratic even when restored. The South Wairarapa section was cut out at midnight and the fault will be rectified this morning.

The second day of the mannequin show at the W.F.C.A. Ltd., was as popular as the first. A rumour that the stock shown was specially brought to Masterton for the occasion is denied by the management, who state that it was all bought by their own buyer. It is pleasing to know that a MaSterton can make such an excellent display. A meeting of the Claims Board of the Wairarapa Patriotic Association was held yesterday, there being present Messrs J. M. Coradine (chairman), R. R. Burridgc, G. C. Summerell, D. K. Logan and D. McGregor. An apology was received from Mr Hugh Morrison. A permanently disabled soldier was granted a load of £250 to enable him to acquire a home. Eighteen claims affecting 'the financial welfare of soldiers and dependents were dealt with.

Shortly after 1 o’clock yesterday, Mrs McNab, while crossing at the Post Office corner, was knocked down by a ear driven by Mr G. Dryden. When he saw Mrs McNab he tried his best to clear her, but she increased her pace suddenly, with the result that the car knocked her down. It was found that she had fortunately sustained no greater injury than a bruised arm and a severe shaking.

In its second venture to obtain a Bishop for the Diocese, the Christchurch Synod has met w(th z partial failure, a member of the clergy in England, whom the, Synod, favoured as a suitable man having refused the offer. "You san say that the delegation' appointed by the Synod has met with disappointment in its first attempt," said the Dean of Christchurch when asked if a reply had been received to an offer it was presumed to have made.

The need for a half-way house between the general hospital and the mental hospital was -emphasised by the Dunedin Coroner at the inquest on Isabella Jane Whyte, ’who was found drowned in the Leith river. Dr. Marshall Macdonald gave evidence that deceased suffered from insomnia and depression. It was not a cose for committal to a mental hospital, but a typical case for a half way house. Plans for this were drawn up years ago, and evidently the Government intended to recognise its respon sibility.

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