LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 22 August 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A full list of the, sub-committees of the Masterton A. and P. Association for the ensuing year appears on page 3. A concert programme arranged by Mr. A. E. Vare will be broadcast from the studio of W. D. Ansell, Masterton, this evening, commencing at 7 p.m. The items will be contributed by local amateur talent. A uhop day in aid of the Old Girls’ Hockey Club will be held to-morrow in the shop next to that of Messrs Hendry and Cooke, Queen Street. Farm produce, sweets, cakes and other goods will be on. sale. The lady who was thanked for training the clever little dancers who took such an effective part in the St. Matthew’s School operetta in the Parish Hall on Tuesday evening was not 1 f Miss Searle,” but Miss Molly Sellar. In spite of the wet weather ex--1 perienced yesterday the shop day held in Masterton in ’aid of the County Schools’ Dental Clinic fund was well supported. As a result a sum of nearly £lB was raised. The fortnightly meeting of the Masterton Accountant Students’ Society will be held to-night in the A. and P Association’s rooms. Mr. S. L. P. Free will speak on ” Bills of Exchange. ’ ’ A reminder is given of the Master-ton-Opaki Rifle Club’s ball to be held this evening in the Municipal Hall Dancing will commence at 8 o’clock. Arnold’s Orchestra has been engaged and the function promises to be a decided success. Opposition to the management of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company on the part of the Shareholders’ Association ended yesterday, reports a Press Association message from Hamilton, when the chairman and secretary of the Association withdrew the hostile motion and expressed gratification at the manner in which the directors met them. The overseas trade figures for New Zealand for the month of July, 1929, with the figures for the corresponding period of the previous year in parentheses, are:—Exports, £2,719,835 (£3,355,921); imports, £4,459,652 (£3,666,276).- For the seven monthly period ended July, 1929, the figures are, exports, £40,491,376 (41,071,193); imports £26,997,095 (£24,581,976)(P.A.) An outline of the boys and girls’ agricultural club scheme in the Wairarapa was given in a letter received froty Mr S. Freeman, Field Instructor of the Department of Agriculture, at yesterday’s meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association. Mr. Freeman pointed out the many advantages derived from the clubs and drew attention to a proposal to extend the activities to calf rearing competition, for which the support of the association was asked. The matter was referred to the Schedule Revision Committee for favourable consideration. Speaking at the gathering at which she was entertained by members of the Women’s Division yesterday afternoon, Mrs C. C. Jackson (Dominion President) spoke of the work of the committee set up by the Division to assist in the work of earthquake relief. The committee had got into touch with the authorities and it was found that in most cases people wished to get (back to their homes and not to remove to other districts. Mrs Jackson said she thought there should be an inquiry into the reasons why these were not getting the money they needed to get their houses fixed up.

The one hundredth and seventh anniversary of the Methodist Maori Mission will be commemorated locally on September 2 in the Opera House when a fascinating programme of music, song and oratory will be given by the official 1929 Maori Mission Party. The party is composed of representatives of all the greater tribes to which the Methodist Maori Mission brought the Gospel so long ago and still guides in spiritual matters. A brief speech will be given on the 11 Romance and Tragedy of Maori Missions” and seventeen items of highly educative and entertaining quality will be rendered by the singers and musicians. The party will appear in Maori costume. The Wellington Town Hall was crowded on Monday last wlien the Maori Party rendered their programme. Parcel boy wanted. Domestic help wanted. Four ducks and drake lost. Oak diningroom suite for sale. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Hancox and family insert thanks notice. A cabaret will be held by Miss Molly Sellar in the Arcade Hall on Wednesday, August 28. Tables may be reserved by ringing 1215. Messrs. Robinson, Cunningham and Beckingsale, solicitors, insert an advertisement on page one of this issue re claims against the estate of the late William E. Thomson, teacher. The Masterton Auctioneering Co. advertise a mortgagee’s sale .at their Mart, to-morrow, of a well-built freehold residential property situated in Cole Street. For full particulars apply to the auctioneers. The book of the year by. the author of “Sorrell & Son,” “Roper’s Row,” by Warwick Deeping. The consensus of opinion is that “Roper’s Row” is even a better story than “Sorrell & Son,” of which over half a million copies have been sold. Buy your copy now at McLeod & Young’s.