LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 27 October 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Yesterdjgr in the Masterton Police Court, before Mr. Eli Smith J.P., a first offender for drunkenness was fined 10/, in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. The Wairarapa Stud Sheepbreeders’ Association has received an entry of 529 sheep for its annual fair to be held at Solway on January 13. The total comprises 229 stud rams, 200 flock rams and 100 stud ewes.

Support of the protest of the Greytown Borough Council against deforestation of Crown lands on the watershed area of the Tararua mountains, Vraa embodied in a resolution passed, at a meeting of the Carterton Borough Council last evening.

A meeting of tie Lime Works Investigation Committee was held at Pirinoa at the week-end when Mr. H. B. dimie’s revised estimate of the cost of installation of the plant was discussed. Messrs D. S. Warren and G. O. Sutherland were added to the committee. A fund was contributed in the room to cover the cost of the negotiations.

Mr. J. A. Smith presided over a meeting of the committee of the Masterton Amateur Swimming Club held last evening. The ladies’ membership subscription was fixed at 2/6. Fifteen new members were elected. Thanks ■ were accorded to Messrs W. Palamontain, F. R. Bridges and J. Bradbury for donation of trophies.

A trotting stable owned by K. H. Smith, of Belfast, wtte completely destroyed by fire on Monday night. A five-seater car and new motor cycle were also destroyed. The Belfast Hotel, thirty yards away, was saved, though .some of the windows were cracked by the heat. The stable was insured for £4OO and the car and cycle were also insured.—(P.A.).,

At the Wanganui Collegiate School sports last week-end, Alister Williams, son of Mr. 11. G. Williams, of Lans'downe, won the senior championship, his performance being first in the 100 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, one mile, 120 yards hurdles, long jump, putting the shot, and third in the high jump. W. M. Sellar (Masterton) was first in the 220 yards handicap under 14, second in the 100 yards -scratch race under 14 and ran for School House in the junior relay. Alister Buchanan (Masterton) ran second in the 220 yards open handicap, John Hornabrook (Masterton) was second in the junior long jump championship and ran for School House in the junior relay, ana Ewen Davis (Masterton) ran for Hiirworth House who defeated Huntly House in the relay in record time.

Answering a question by Mr. H. M. Kebble at the meeting of producers he addressed yesterday, Mr. Forsyth (London manager of the Meat Board) said that the difficulty of preventing meat from other countries being sold in London as “Now Zealand” was that at present no prosecution could take place unless the butcher selling the meat had given an invoice’in which it was incorrectly, described. There was now before the House of Commons, however, a Merchandise Marks Bill which had been all through the Committee stage and would be passed in the near future. This legislation would impose on the retailer the obligation of stating whether his goods wore of Empire or foreign origin, or of stating the country of origin. In the conditions thus established, it was hoped that much would be done to prevent fraudulent selling, and to boost the sale of Empire produce.

Negotiations are proceeding, a London cablegram reports, for the New Zealand Rugby League foetballers to play a game in London, probably against a mixed League side, in the latter half of January.

Two prisoners, Prindle and Litchwark, escaped from. Rangipo Prison on Sunday morning, but were recaptured yesterday morning near Waihohora. — (PA), The final of the Masterton Bowling Club’s Labour Day tournament was played yesterday, Blewett, Miller, Holmwood, Maxwell (s) defeating Dixon, Wall, McKenzie, Cresswell (s) by six points. A Post and Telegraph linesman, J. Rutledge, residing in Woolston (Christchurch) who received a shock while working on wires on Monday and died later at hospital, leaves a wife and three children.—(P.A.). A Tahitian child, Maera Tiariki, aged twenty months, died in the Auckland Hospital yesterday as a result of severe burns through her clothing catching fire from some lighted paper near the front of the copper at her parents’ home at Birkenhead.—(P.A.).

At the Coroner’s inquest on the death of 'Ngan Lee, a market gardener who met his death by being struck by a train -in Paekakariki Tunnel, the driver said he saw someone on the line on entering the tunnel and sounded the whistle and applied the brakes, but the engine struck the man. The Coroner said deceased was an elderly man, apparently not aquainted with the running of the trains. No blame was attachable to anyone on the train. A verdict of accidental death was returned.— (P.A.).

The inquest into the death of Bridget McGinn, found drowned in the Ashburton. River last Thursday afternoon, was continued before the Coroner (Mr. James Cow) yesterday. The Coroner found that Mrs. McGinn committed suicide by drowning, and from the evidence brought forward he had come to the conclusion that the continued drinking habits and cruelty of her husband so preyed upon her mind that at tbg time of her death her mental condition was sttfili that she WHS not responsible for her actions.—(P.A.) A verdict of accidental drowning was returned when the death of Dr. H. W. Pigeon was inquired into at an inquest in Wellington yesterday? It will be remembered that Dr. Pigeon, having gone out on a fishing excursion, was found lying dead in a pool in the Moore's Valley stream. After hearing medical and other evidence, the Coroner (Mr. J. H. Salmon S.M.) found that Dr. Pigeon met his death by drowning, the evidence pointing to the conclusion that the deceased accidentally slipped and fell into a deep pool,' from which he was unable to extricate himself.

A message from Vancouver received last night states that no more survivors from the British sloop of war Valerian, sunk in a hurricane off Bermuda, have been found. No further details of the disaster are available owing to the condition of those rescued after eighteen hours’ exposure. The damage caused by the hurricane 1 on the island of Bermuda is estimated at from three to five million dollars. The banana winter crops are destroyed. . Twelve survivors from the British cargo steamer Eastway have been landed at Port St. George.

The annual prize-giving of the West Taratahi Sunday School was held on Sunday last and was largely attended. The Rev. W. H. Howes presided. Items were contributed by the following: Mesdames Wilson and Congalton; Misses M. McLennan, E. Anderson, M. Wilson, D. Miller, E. and M. Davies, J. Thompson, D. Taplin, J. Taplin, A. Wilson, N. McLean, J. Congalton, Gladys Wilson, P. Jensen, G. Allen, E. McLean and L. Bishop; and Messrs Breen, Wilson, Clarke, Masters, A. Congalton, H. Pudney, G. Wilson and M. Thompson. The annual report read by Miss J. Anderson (superintendent) showed that the Sunday School was still self-sup-porting. The Rev. Howes gave a short address and presented the prizes. ‘A competition resulted in Miss J. Moncrief!: (Cartertqn) and Mr. F. Moorcock winning first prizes. Trade between New Zealand and West of England ports, the London manager of the Meat Board (Mr. R. Forsyth) stated yesterday, in replying to Mr. G. R. Sykes M.P., was hindered chiefly by the lack of facilities for distribution from these ports. The present shipping freight contract provided, Mr. Forsyth added, that every steamer from New Zealand must call at Liverpool if it has 400 tons of meat for that port. Undoubtedly there was an economic loss in railing tn eat to Liverpool when it could be shipped there at the same cost as to London, but distributing facilities were lacking in the West of England. Less than one per cent, of New Zealand 4 meat exports went to Bristol last year. One New Zealand works last year, Mr. syth stated, sent 29,000 carcases to a West of England port. It became necessary to rail 75 per cent, of this meat to Smithfield. 9

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Mr. R. S. Gerrand advertise* in this issue full particulars of a highly attractive auction sale of superior household furniture and effects on account of Mr. R. J. Smith, 46 Church Street. The sale is to take place next Saturday, at 1 p.m., and should attract a fa.rzo attendance of buyers. The list as advertised is a comprehensive one, embracing every article incidental to a modern well-furnished home. A well-shod fiveseater Buick car in first-class order is also included.