LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 11 August 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs S. M. George, D, M. Parsonson, y. Percy, T. Smith and T. A. Weston have been appointed members of the Alfredton Domain Board.

The local Masonic lodges will hold a “ladies’ night” at the ’Masonic Hall on Thursday next, when there will be a programme of dancing and musical items. Mills’s Orchestra will supply the dance music.

At an inquest at Hamilton yesterday regarding the death of Samuel Ernest Kemp (58), share-milker, the jury returned a verdict that it wt/j due' to poison, self-administered! during mental depression.—(P.A.) A reminder is given of 'the annual meeting of the Gladstone Herd Testing Association- which will be held this morning in the Farmers’ Rooms, Masterton, commencing at 11.30 o’clock. Intending members are invited to attend.

The .control of the Pongaroa Scenic Reserve of 56 acres has been vested in a special board for five years. The members of the board are: Messrs L. Johnston, W. E. Davies, W. N. Lankey, M. Kayser, E. R. Mclntyre, T. A. Yoeman, X Mclntyre, F. Wardle , and B. W. Morris.

“I think it is only a matter of time before we get the Royal Show here in Masterton,” said Mr. G. H. Perry at the A. and P. meeting yesterday. Unless,” he added, “they .go to Wellington. That is what will happen eventually. This moving from the North Island to the South Island is not working out satisfactorily.”

The days on which calves will be collected in the Wairarapa in connection with the boneless veal trade are set forth in an advertisement appearing. in this issue. Suppliers are asked to advise agents as follow: South Wairarapa, Mr. D. C. Stuart, ’phone 206 M, Featherston; Carterton, Mr. C. H. Barber, ’phones 8 and 66 Featherston; Mauriceville, Mr. E. T. Evans, phone 1998 Masterton; Mastertan, Mr J. R. Donovan, ’phone 1525 Masterton. The question of excluding foot and moyth disease was being taken, up by the breed societies, Mr. G. H. Perry, observed at the annual meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association yesterday, but he had never seen any reference made to the fact that horses were bing imported from Britain, and did not know whether adequate precautions were being taken to prevent the disease being brought into the country by these animals. Too much trouble could not be taken in closing every possible avenue against the introduction of the disease.

A splendid entertainment was given in the St. Matthew Parish Hall last evening by the Morehu Glee Party. The various items rendered were all excellently received and recalls were demanded in plenty. Not only were the vocal items and the graceful poi dances a credit to the party, but also the music which was played by an orchestra consisting of six instrumentalists. The soloists of the evening were Messrs R. Tamitana, J. Walker, J. Um and Miss K. Takerau. The proceeds are to go toward a fund for effecting improvements to tho Te Ore Ore meeting house. A dance followed the conclusion of the entertainment programme.

Further charges against John Leslie Buckley, of breaking and entering and theft from the premises of the Taumartinui Sash and Door Factory and the Farmers’’ Auctioneering Company in July were heard yesterday afternoon in the Police Court at Taumarunui. The former-,-charge was dismissed, brt on the charges relating to the Auctioneering Company, Buckley was committed for trial at Hamilton on August 28. Ou a further charge mado again*.t the accused of* and converting to his own use a car from Remuera, Auckland, which was eventually found abandoned near Taumarunui the accused pleaded' guilty and was sentenced! to three months ’ imprisopprent, concurrent with the present science.—(P.A.)

Tho gospel of youth- Was preached insistently and with conviction by Mr. Jas. McGregor senior at the annual meeting of the A. and P. Association yesterday. Mr McGregor said that he was always delighted to see young men occupying the position of president and! other important offices. In ancient times, he had often fallen foul of his colleagues by insistijng that offices should be filled with young, energetic ' afid active men. “When we get old,” he went on to observe, “we view things differently. We get conservative and set in our ways. You must get young men if you want real capacity and a readiness to launch out. I would rather take young men, even if they do make mistakes, than old croakers who can’t get out of the ditch.”

When moving to her berth at the Central Wharf, Auckland, at noun yesterday, the Lamb steamer Ihumata, which had just arrived from Newcastle, collided with the western corner of the King’s Wharf. Her stem was badly buckled about ten feet above the waterline and the adjacent plates deeply dented. The vessel’s course took her close to the end of the wharf. The tide was running m strong and apparently an eddy caught the stern cd the vessel and swung her off her course. For a moment she was unmanageable and hoadfd straight on to the corner of the wharf. The weight cf the ’ esse I, whieh is fully loaded with coal and hardwood, bent the stem where it struck the edge of the wharf about a foot out of the straight. Her seaworthiness is not affected and it is expected that the only repairs necessary will be the tightening of rivets, which have been started by the bending of the plates.—(PdL.)

!' The Rev. Hemi Kirs Pon, wh.le : ing a motor cycle along the Mataguns i Roft-4, Tanmarumii, on Thursday afterI noon, collided with a motor leery I driven by H. Smith. Mr. Pon received | injuries to the head, and was convoyed < to the hospital, where 'he is progressing seWsfactorilf. —(P.A.) Tho Public Works Department has informed the Pahiatua County Council that, while the Pahiatua track weuld not be classified as a subsidiary highway, in thZevent of the Gorge Road being blocked', necessitating a deviation of traffic to the track, a reasonable subsidy would be paid on repair work expenditure.

While at school on. Thursday morning Edna Hartle, aged 6 years, o pupil at the South School’, Invercargill, was seized with am epileptic fit and collapsed. She was removed to her home, where she died some hours later. Her death was reported to tho Coroner, but it is understood that an inquest will net be necessary.—(P.A.)

Tho Wairarapa Coursing Club will run another meeting on Saturday. August 18, when the Physiek and Wsdham Cups will be competed for. The attention of trainers is drawn to the fact that entries for tho meeting clcse on August 17 and that the draw wi'l take place at 9 p.m. on that day. To-mor-row there will be 3 hare drive. A ’bus will leave the Farmers’ Distributing Company at 8.30 a.m. Members arX asked to make a special effort to fc-'ul tend the drive. A digressing accident resulting in the death of an infant, occurred at Glenham, Southland, oa Thursday, when Johan Sheila McDonald, aged 12 months, a daughter of Charles McDonald, of Gleham, fell from her pram and was accidentally strangled. Mrs McDonald fonmt the child half out of the pram, cauglit by her dress, which was wound so tightly around the child’s neck that although it was at once removed the child was dead.—(P.A.) The first of a series of fortnightly dances, was held in the Gladstone Town Hall on Tuesday. The dance was well attended .by people from the surrounding districts, and also by the townsfolk. The floor was excellent, while the music was also very good. There were dances to suit all tastes, foxtrots, one-steps, etc., being intermingled with old-time dances, so that both the present and older generations were provided for. Mr J. McKay made a very capable M.C., and kept things going well. TJJie next of the series- is to be held on Tuesday, August 21.

In the case in which Arthur Frederick Rose, aged 18 yeans, claimed £lOOO damages against Grinter Bros., contractors, for the loss of fingers through an explosion of a detonator, the Jury in the Supreme Court to-day, after twelve minutes 1 retirement, returned a verdict for defendants, who out of consideration for plaintiff’s father did not ask for costs. It was -alleged on behalf of plaintiff the det. )n«tnrs had been negligently handled and stored, but witnesses for defence denied this and contended that the detonators may have been stolen by on>e.—- (P.A.) Pearl ear-ring lost. Baled hay for sale. Greenstone brooch lost. Two-roomed whare to let. Grey Persian kitten lost. Bet bits in canvas bag lost. Four-roomed bungalow to let. Furnished house during holidays wanted. Advertiser washes to buy governesJfc cart. First assistant for Ahiaruhe 'Cheese Factory wanted. Cyclamen and anemone blooms for sale at D. Alien’s, Macara Street, Mr. R. Williams, Masterton Dye Works, specialises in cleaning and dyeing work. Annual meeting Wairarapa Girl Guides’ Association, at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday next. Eute Dance, Hall to night, and the opening of the Elite gent competition. The services in the Congregational Church to-morrow will be conducted by the Rev. John H. Bailey, of Eketahuna. The Rev. C. Strand, a valued home missionary of the Methodist Church, will conduct the B/>me Mission Services at Dalefield and Greytown, afternoon and evening respectively. The annual meeting of the Masterton branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society will be held in the Primary Department, Knox Church, at 2.30 o’clock on Monday afternoon. All interested are invited to attend. Afternoon tea will be dispensed. The W.F.C.A. are again making a special offer of men’s suits to measure with extra trousers, from 5J guineas. The idea of extra_trousers to match is a splendid one and has taken on well. Every suit is made to your our measure so there is no chance of a misfit. The fancy section are making a special display of net, lace and guipure and needlerun flouncings; all designs being exclusive to the W.F.C.A.

To-day, the Masterton Auctioneering Co. will sell by auction on account of Mrs. F. Sayer, furniture and effects, at 98 Cornwall Street, commencing at 1 p.m. On Wednesday, at 54 R/nall Street, on account of the trustees in. the estate of the late G. E. Chamberlain, furniture and effects; and on Friday, contractor’s plant on of Mrs. Wilmhurst, at Robert’s Road, Lansdowne. Full particulars are tised on page 8 of this issue.

Attention is drawn to an ac^erti®meat appearing elsewhere with reference to cream supply to the Mauriceville Dairy Co. This progressive and up-to-date concern is making considerable progress. Last season they mado 621 tons of butter—an increase of 240 tons over the preceding year. Their local sales are increasing rapidly. Tho factory is adjacent to the railway and their machinery is of the latest. A rotary can washer has just been installed whieh will insure clean and properly sterilised cans.