LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 15 June 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A total eclipse of the moon will take place this evening. The eclipse will commence at 6.13 p.m., and. the whole of the lunar surface will be obscured at 7.43. The total eclipse will last for 22 minutes. At 9.36 p.m. the last trace of the shadow will leave the moon.

William Condon, wool buyer, of Masterton, has been adjudged a bankrupt on his own petition.

A first-offending inebriate was fined 10s at the Masterton Police Court yesterday morning. Mr. Eli Smith J.P. was on the bench;

The eleventh annual general meeting of the subscribers to the Wairarapa Patriotic Association is to be held in the association’s offices, Perry Street, on June 29.

The extension of the Wairarapa Power Board’s lines in the Matahiwi district is proceeding satisfactorily and it is anticipated that the line will be completed at the end of this week. There are at present 2950 consumers connected to the Wairarapa Power Board’s mains, divided as follows: Masterton, 1304; Carterton, 651; Greytown, 222; Featherston, 399; Martinborough, 374. A remit from the General Assembly with regard to women as office-bearers was considered at a meeting of the Wairarapa Presbytery. A committee was set up to consider the matter and report to the next meeting. At the Supreme Court at Gisborne yesterday before Mr Justice Ostler, a young Maori named Warihe Waiihi, charged with, cattle stealing and. with receiving cattle, knowing them to be dishonestly obtained, was found not guilty and discharged.—(P.A.). Arrangements are being made for the equipment with wireless of ships of a smaller type than those covered by the existing regulations. The Secretary for Marine (Mr C. Godfrey) reached a satisfactory understanding with, representatives of Auckland shipping interests yesterday. A similar conference is to be held in Wellington, and the Minister of Marine will then proceed to amend regulations. The fiev. J. Davie reported to a meeting of the Wairarapa Presbytery yesterday on the visitation of the Pahiatua congregation. Tho report showed a very encouraging condition of affairs under the ministry of the Rev. F.' McDonald. The Rev. A. Hardie also reported on the visitation of tho Greytown Home Mission charge, which likewise was very satisfactory. An example of studied and deliberate vandalism was submitted by the engineer to the Xttairarapa Power Board yesterday in the form of a “sling,” composing a large stone to which was attached about four'feet of bronze wire. This missile on a recent morning had been thrown on to the board’s transmission lines at Taratahi causing an interruption to supply which cost the board at least £5 to rectify. Arising ent of a fatal accident, at Hamilton on March 15, which resulted in the death of Alice Myra Morris, aged 19, and the subsequent trial and acquittal of the lorry driver, Edward Miller Rouse, tho deceased’s father, William L. Morris, yesterday sued George Jamieson, the lorry owner, for £5OO compensation. The defendant paid £359 12s into Court, which the plaintiff accepted in full settlement of the claim.—(P.A.). Correspondence was received at a meeting of the Wairarapa Presbytery yesterday; from the convener of the i Temperance Committee, and also from tho convener of the Bible-in-Schools Committee, urging the prosecution of the taking of the referendum on the questions. The Presbytery resolved to recommend ministers to co-operate with the ministers of other denominations with a view to taking a plebiscite in their parishes.

When the case of Donald David Wilson, veterinary surgeon, Hamilton, versus Montague Maning, bank manager, Hamilton, in an action for £6OO for alleged slander was called in the Hamilton Supreme Court yesterday counsel for plaintiff asked leave to withdraw the cas£. Defendant’s solicitor opposed the withdrawal, as. defendant still denied slander. Plaintiff therefore consented to judgment with costs amounting to £23 2s.—(P.A.).

A meeting of the Wairarapa Presbytery was held yesterday morning. The Bev. George Mcßae presided. Elders’ commissions were received from Knox Church in favour of Mr N. Miller and Mr J. T. Dagg. It was reported that Knox Church, having now a membership of over 400, is now entitled to a second representative on the Presbytery. The Presbytery congratulated the ministers and office-bearers upon the steady progress that Knox Church was making. Ministers and. missionaries were instructed to notify the Presbytery clerk of the dates of any church records in their possession. ■ Mr John McCabe is a big, cheery Irish-American comedian at present playing a loading part with the “Abie’s Irish Rose” company, which appeared in Masterton on Monday night. Twenty years ago, when under sentence of death from the dreaded Bright’s Disease, Mr McCabe states, he was brought back to perfect health by chiropractic, and from that day to this chiropractic has been his sheet anchor in every health trouble. It cannot bo denied that he has given it a thorough trial, and his tribute to its value is the tribute of one who is entitled to speak with unquestioned authority. ,