LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 15 June 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The hairdressers in Auckland city have reduced the price of a haiicul from Is <>d to Is 3d. No reduction is made in the price of a shave, 9d, which is declared to be unprofitable now, nor is the price of women’s haircutting lessened. —(P.A.) Just before the close of a soccer game at Christchurch on Saturday between St. Albans and Kaiapoi, following an argument about a penalty awarded to St. Albans, a Kaiapoi player smacked the referee on the face. (The offending player did not leave the field.—(P..A.) Owing to unforseen circumstances, the Musicale which was to have been given in the St. Matthew’s Parish Hall this eviuing by the Mastertbn branch of the Music Teachers’ Association has been postponed. It will be held on a Jater date of which due notice will be given.

'The man who was killed by on Friday evening, has been identified on Friday evening has been identied as Miles Valentine, employed, on the Tawa Flat tunnel. It is believed that he was a single man, between 38 and 40 years of age, with no relatives in New Zealand.

Speaking at the dance in St. Matthew’s Parish Hall on Saturday night Mr. B. Iveson, who acted as M.C., offered the grateful thanks of the Rovers and their friends for the assistance given by Miss Molly Sellar with her clever dancing pupils, and paid a warm tribute to the skill of Miss Sellar as a teacher of dancing. Married and single unemployed Catholic men are invited to hand in their names to the Rev. Father Moore at the Catholic Presbytery. An effort will be made to secure a few days’ work a week for the men. The proceeds from the weekly socials, held in the St. Patrick’s Assembly Hall, will be devoted to a fund for the relief of Catholic unemployed. A meeting of the .Masterton Accountant Students’ Society is to be held in the A. and P. Rooms, Perry Street, to-morrow evening at 7.30 p.m. The speaker will be Mr. A. A. Jenkins, of Wellington, who will speak on ‘‘lnsurance in Relation to Loss of Profits.” The subject is of considerable commercial interest and a large attendance is anticipated. The success achieved by military balls in the past has made these events very popular with the public, who will be pleased to know that in spite of the prevailing conditions, it has been decided to hold a ball this year as usual. The arrangements for the ball, which will bo held in the Masterton Municipal Hall on Thursday, July I'6, are already well in hand. A custom which seems to be on the increase at dances held in Masterton is that of young men dancers standing c round a doorway or in the hall instead of dancing when there are plenty of partners available. This is due either to bashfulness or to the fact that they do not know the lady dancers. At the dance held in the Parish Hall on Saturday night Mr. B. Iveson, the M.C., said that there was such a bevy of charming young ladies present that there was absolutely no excuse for the young men to stand in the doorway and run the risk of catching a •told in the draught, or of “sittting out,” When they should be dancing. (The remarks bore good fruit-, and the men dancers saw to it that the ladies did not want for partners.

As a result of a collision in June of last year between the motor cycle he was riding and a motor car driven by Marius I‘etersen, Eric Whale received a broken leg. At a later date when recuperating from the accident his crutch slipped, and his leg was again broken. During the hearing of a civil action in the Magistrate’s Court at Masterton two weeks ago, when Eric Whale claimed from Marius Petersen a substantial sum as damages, including the hospital expenses incurred through the second break of his leg, the question was raised whether or not defendant was liable for these. Mr. J. Miller, S.M., who gave judgment for the plaintiff, reserved his decision on the point raised. Mr. Miller’s decision was released on Saturday and in it he holds defendant is liable for the hospital expenses in respect to the second break. The total amount awarded the plaintiff is £214 0s 9d, including costs. At the hearing Mr. T. Jordan appeared for plaintiff and Mr. N. G. Whiteman for defendant.

Commissioner of Transport inserts notice re classification of Rimutaka Hill section.

Mr. Chas. G. Monro, architect, invites tenders for the erection of a residence in Cornwall Street. Comes a time in the lives of every man and woman when it’s time to be up and doing. Business firms have the same experience. To-day, more than ever, it is necessary for everyone to make a determined effort to meet the needs of the times. Conditions are improving but no one can afford to sit back and wait for good times to come. Go out to meet prosperity. Make the most of your present opportunities, and there is no better opportunity for thrift than that offered by the W.F.C.A. smashing winter sale which commences on Wednesday, June 17.