LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 18 May 1932, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Patriotic Association will be held on May 25. The annual report of the Claims Board appears on page 3. The unemployed will hold a dance in the Municipal Social Hall on Saturday night, starting at 8 o’clock. The dance will be in aid of the Self Help Club’s funds.

A Presbyterian Church service will be held on Sunday, May 22, at Mauriceville, Communion Service at 11 e.m.; at Rangitumau at 2.30 p.m. and Sunday School 2 p.m. A meeting of the unemployed will be held to-night in the Municipal Social Hall at 7.30 o’clock. A discussion will take place on the new relief rates of pay and other matters relating to unemployment relief. Delegates will be present from Featherston, Martinborough, Greytown and Carterton. A reminder is given of the meeting of ratepayers of the County of Masterton, to be held this afternoon in the County Chambers, at 2 o’clock, to discuss the proposals of the combined Wairarapa counties for ascertaining the total work that can be made available throughout the farms of the county. Before Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Victor James Jameson was remanded until May 25 on a charge of having at Masterton on November 24, 1931, obtained £245 from Leslie Johns by falsely representing that ho had £BOO lodged with a solicitor in Wellington, and that he owned a farm at Te Kuiti.

At yesterday’s luncheon of the Masterton Optimist Club a discussion took place relative to “Machinery and Unemployment,’’ which was the subject cl' an address given the previous week by Mr. N. V. Brewerton. The discussion centred round the theory that machinery did not in the long run displace labour. Mr. Brewerton was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Invited yesterday by a kindred body to express an opinion on the question of having Anzac Day observed on the nearest Sunday, the Masterton Chamber of Commerce declared itself strongly opposed to any such change. It was observed that the practice adopted here of having special addresses delivered to school children on Anzac Day was one that might well be extended.

The Minister of Finance (the Hon. W. Downic Stewart) stated yesterday that it is intended at an early date to publish for the information of the public a short series of official pamphlets setting out concisely the purpose and effect of recent legislation, more particularly with respect to reductions of interest and rents, mortgagors and tenants relief, and stamp duty on interest from Government and local body debentures, and unemployme.it taxation. --'J’ a.;

A meeting of the League of Mothers will be held in the Parish Hall to-day at 2.30 p.m. A musical programme has been arranged and all members and friends are cordially invited.

An interesting display of ancient and. other coins is at present on view in the window of Mr. H. Jacob, Hairdresser, Queen Street. There are in all some fifty specimens, including 'German, Belgian, Roman, English, Egyptian and other coins. It takes a clever dog to kill a hedgehog, but a sporting dog owned by Mr. Bert Higginson, of Featherston, has rather a novel method of destroying these animals. After finding the hedgehog he carefully picks it up with bis teeth and carries it to the nearest water pool, into which he drops it. The hedgehog immediately uncurls itself, when the dog pounces on it and bites its head, death being almost instantaneous.

The New Zealand Rowing Association has received advice from V. Ollson, Picton, that he will be unable to make the trip to Los Angeles. The association decided that his plh.ee in the Olympic team should be filled by N. Pope, stroke of the Hamilton Rowing Club's champion four. E. Gullery, Wanganui, has been appointed coxswain, and an announcement regarding the coach of the team is expected with(in a day or two. —(P.A.) A reminder is given of the extraordinary general meeting of the Wairarapa Kennel Club, to be held at the Masterton A. and P. Rooms tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. for the election of officers and general. Kennel enthusiasts throughout the district are cordially invited to be present at the meeting as general matters of interest are to be discussed. It is expected that a ladies' committee will he elected at the meeting. His Excellency the Governor-General has received at Taupo the following telegram sent on behalf of members of Nga-Puhi tribe of the Maori race in connection with the Waitangi gift: “We the present generation of the Nga-Puhi people, must respectfully tender to Your Excellency and Lady Bledisloe our deep appreciation and gratitude for the magnificent gift Your Excellencies are making to the people of New Zealand, thus preserving to members of both races that sacred spot where Pakeha and Maori were unified into one nation under the protection of the Great White Queen and her successors for ever. Kia ora.—-Na Nga-Puhi, Nui Tomi.”—(P.A.)

The old-time dance held at the Orange Hall on Saturday night proved one of the most successful yet held by the Waipoua Lodge and in spite of the inclement weather conditions and counter attractions the hall was packed to the doors. Mr. J. Henderson very capably performed the duties of M.C. and together with Messrs Kirk and Barnes, who supplied the real oldtime music,' kept things moving merrily. Thanks are due to the capable ladies’ committee which had the supper arrangements well in hand, and also to Mr. Hooper, who kindly played the extras. The next dance will, be held on May 28 when another successful night is anticipated. A net profit of £26,776 is shown in the annual report of Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., for the year ended March 31, 1932. The sum of £27,141 was brought forward from 1931, making £52,917 available for distribution. An interim dividend on preference shares absorbed £6871. The directors now recommend that, after making the fixed payment of 2| per cent, on the preference shares, a dividend of 4 per cent, for the year be paid on the ordinary shares, which will leave £27,166 to be carried forward. In their report the directors state that the proposed ordinary dividend is two per cent, below that declared last year. In view of the unprecedented world-wide depression the directors have continued their policy of further strengthening their internal reserves against their advances to farmers.

At the meeting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce yesterday, the president (Mr. T. F. Watson) stated that the readjustment of the running times of Main Trunk trains had imposed a considerable disadvantage on the Wairarapa. The express from Auckland now reached Palmerston North at 6.50 a.m. and passengers for the Wairarapa had to choose between a slow mixed train, or another which left Palmerston North at 11 a.m. Other members agreed with the president and said that passengers for the Wairarapa were practically being invited to complete their journey by service car. It was considered doubtful if anything could be done, however, as the Department would naturally be guided by the volume of business offering. The Mast er ton. Stationmaster (Mr. A. H. W. Evenden) said that some six months' notice had been given of the alterations. He would, however, place the views of the Chamber before the Department. Chevrolet touring car for sale. Advertiser wishes to buy lady’s bicycle. Cheap Hawke's Bay cattle pumpkins for sale. Self Help Club wants to buy swedes and potatoes. Messrs. C. Smith, Ltd., advertise special values in the wanted columns. Two well-furnished single rooms suitable for business men advertised to let. J. Kerslake and Co. advertise a sale of furniture and sundries at their Mart at 2 p.m. to-day. Al Fish Mart, Queen Street North, notify that all prices for fish are reduced from to-day. Fish Supply Co., Queen Street North, announce that from to-day all prices for fish are reduced. Carpenters & Joiners’ Union will hold a special meeting in Trades Hall at 7.30 on Thursday evening. A reminder is given of the weekly old-time dance in the Orange Hall on Thursday night, when all the old dances including Tasmanian two-step and Maxina will he in the programme. Good supper, music and Monte Carlo prizes.