LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 18 March 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The operations of the Summer Time Act closed early yesterday morning andilid clocks were put back half an hour to standard time.

Harvest thanksgiving services were held in the Masterton Methodist Church yesterday, both morning and i-vening services being conducted by the Rev. E. O. Blamires. The church was prettily decorated and there was a large congregation. at both services. Several solos were given, a special feature being the children’s choruses. The produce is to be given to the Methodist Children’s Home. It is well known that a number o! people gain admission to the Masterton Park without paying, on the occa s-ione of any special event. On Saturday afternoon, when the Park Lighting Carnival was held, twenty peqple were caught trying to enter the park from Park Street and some more from the ' cemetery. In the evening a further > number wore apprehended. It is re-i Sported that police action will be taken /in future. r The bogie of an engine attached to a goods train became derailed at a sharp curve near Mataroa on Friday - evening, states a Press Association message, from Taihape. The train was it aveiling slowly, and pulled up immediately. No damage was done. The mis■phap was caused by a little boy of eight playing. He put some stones and B a bolt on the line. The services were a not affected. ; A working party was taken to Mt. Holdsworth by Mr D. Grant, when pree paraticns were made for placing a a largo culvert, over the first stream of >,;the Mt. Holdsworth Road. The »South L.Wairarapa County Council has metalled • the road from Mr Thomsen’s house to ■ about a mile this side of the first gate. b.The cunci 1 has made a really good job of the metalling, so that now the first I part of the road is in good condition. • I Pho Mt Holdsworth Club is this week

'having metal placed on the road from • Mr Thomson’s house to the commence- J im«nt of the reserve. | The Soviet admits that it is unable to feed the entire population until rh< , next harvest is gathered, reports a ; cable from Moscow. Therefore, it an- < bounces through the **Pravda,” that ( it will concentrate in the citie® to en- • ®ure that available bread reaches the ] workers. It is stated officially that the last harvest is a million tons below the previous one. It is significant that < there is no mention of importing grain, j which was done in 1921-22 and 1924- ( 25. This is presumed to be due tolTn- j ancial reasons. J | A London cable reports that the /‘Daily Mail” stales following consul tauabs with the leaders of the opposition parties, Mr Baldwin is appointing ;a committee to consider the economic ■side of the Channel Tunnel project, consisting of prominent financier® snd business men. The inquiry will cover , a wide Held, including the cost, effect on trade, employment and . existing communications. There is an optimistic feeling, adds the “Daily Mail,” that an economic investigation will produce evidence strong enough to counteract remaining military objec- ’ tions. . In a sudden burst of insanity the t Chinese cook of an oil tanker recently [ln Auckland ran amuck and came J within an ace of causing a tragedy. ■ His weapon was a lighted taper, one Jof the most dangerous articles a man ; could wield on a ship carrying motor j spirit. Li Fo was the firemen’s cook - who lost his reason while the vessel s was bound from Curacao to New Ori bans with her tanks laden with petrol. 3 One dark night he seized a taper from 3 the galley stove, lit it, dashed out to f No. 2 tank, opened the lid, and dropped a the taper down into the tank, and then t jumped overboard. A column of flame r shot up for an instant and then sub.'sided. Luckily for those on board a there was not sufficient air in the tank tto produce an explosion. The flame 7 |wab caused by an upper layer of petrol ‘vapour ignoring. The mall "'act had been seen from the bridge by (the first officer, who sounded the fire ’ alarm and jumping down on to the fore f deck dosed the tank lid. AH hands 3 stood by at their fire stations and a s lifeboat was lowered, in search of the ’ cook, but he was never seen again. t Gilbert piano for sale. Three-seater English car for sale. Q - Companion-help for Tinui district f wanted. . Two unfurnished rooms, use all con--5 veniences, to let. [. Married woman seeks domestic duties a daily from 9 till 4.30. J Canvasser with own car wanted for J good lines and commission. r At present a very extensive display l- of men’s hats is being shown by J. L. i- Murray, Ltd. Borsalino, Stetson, Eng- •- lish fur felts,' and the famous Tress »- caps arc among the display. Full parf ticulars are given in an advertisement e elsewhere in this issue, and these smart t hats are well worth inspection.