LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 13 August 1928, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. C. M. Hume, General Manager of the New Zealand Herd Testing Federation, is to deliver an address to dairy farmers and others at the Oddfellows ’ Hall, Featherston, to morrow.

Some misapprehension appears still to exist regarding the kind of reflector required under the Motor Regulations. The reflector is required to be visible at a distance of 150 feet, and from an angle of 40 degrees on either side. It is stated that many reflectors in use do not comply with these requirements.

Mr. David Smith states that he did not say at the Masterton A. and P. Association’s annual meeting that some of the entries at ram fairs should not be admitted. He advocated the institution of a minimum bid, urging that as this system had worked well in Hawke’s Bay, it might be expected to do the same here.

George 'Clent, 18 years of age, a railway porter, had a miraculous escape from serious injury on Saturday afternoon, states an Invercargill Press Association message. He kas about to pass between some stationary wagons when another rake of wagons shunted into the stationary rake and knocked Clent down between the rails and the wagons passed over him. Fortunately none of his limbs crossed the’ rails as he fell. He was badly, bruised and removed to hospital.—(P.A.)

Mr. Justice Ostler granted a decree nisi in the Supreme Court at Dunedin in a divorce case, Edward Stephen Gale versus Elfrida Lucia Gale, Ellis Claude W. Hassall, a clergyman, being named as co-respondent. The petitioner stated that his wife told him in January that she had conceived an affection for the curate of the church she attended, and she left home on the following day. Hassall told him he was going to take her away from New Zealand. The evidence showed that the respondent and Hassall were served the petition in Melbourne.—(P.A.) While riding his motor cycle along Bluff Road, Invercargill, on Saturday afternoon, a young man, Collin Nicholson' (21), a resident of Bluff, collided with a car being towed to Invercargill for repairs. Nicholson passed the touring ear did not anticipate the second car and l swung inwards, colliding violently with the car. The impact threw him (Nicholson) through the wind screen, and he sustained a badly cut face and head. He was removed to hospital, where it was ascertained that his left thigh was fractured. His condition is very seriious.—'(P.A.) The Methodist Homo Mission Anniversary was held in the Wesley Church Masterton, yesterday. The service in the morning was conducted by Rev. C. Strand on behalf of the Home Mission Department, and the evening service was taken by the Rev. E. O. Blamires. Dr. Prior, the Circuit Secretary for Home Missions, made a statement during the course of the evening service, urging a full atjendance at the annual meeting to be addressed by Mr. Strand on Thursday next in Wesley Halt The Home Mission Department has for its special objects the development nf the work in the back-blocks settlements and among the Maori people. An unusual type of accident occurred during a Rugby game at Invercargill on Saturday afternoon. Thos. Finnerty (32), a married man, residing at the Bluff, acting as a line umpire, was ning up the line to signal “touch” when an opposing wing three-quarter, diving for the ball near the line, collided at the twenty-five flag, knocking the flag and Finnerty over. A crack could be heard all over the ground and it was thought that the flag was smashed. It was soon ascertained, however, that Finnerty suffered most in the collision, receiving a fracture of both bones of the lower left leg. He was removed to hospital.—(P.A.) Two draught horses, frightened by the dense crowd streaming out of Athletic Park and down Rintoul Street, Wellington, after the Poneke-’Varsity match on Saturday, broke away from the man leading them, states a Press Association message. They dashed off down the road among the crowd. Ono hoirse struck a young man, hurling him with violence several yards along the road, badly injuring a leg. The other horse struck another man, hurling him headlong and rather badly injuring him about the head' in his fall to the roadway. The horses were stopped and caught before doing further damage. The wonder is that no> more people were injured. This was due to the horses keeping to the middle of the road.