LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 14 March 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The totalisator investments at the Wairarapa Trotting Club's meeting at Hutt Park on Saturday totalled £16,567 10s. When the meeting wa? held at Clareville last year the sum of £3337 was put through the machine.

On account of Messrs Owen Pritchard and Frank Crowther having an engagement in Palmerston North on Thursday, the Community Sing arranged to take place in the Featherston Town Hall on that evenfiig will now be held to-morrow night. The proceeds are to go to the unemployed.

The Carterton Branch of the Farmers' Union has decided to inquire from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research whether the same insect liberated to subdue white butterflies would also deal effectively with the black diamond moth, and if if an insect had been liberated to eradicate the latter pest. Greytown at present is in the merry throes of a carnival and one of the main events is a plain and fancy dress dance, to be held in the Greytown Town Hall to-morrow evening. Visitors are expected from all parts of the Wairarapa. Similar functions at G'rey* town are invariably well patronised and the carnival dance, with its novel features, should be no exception to the rule.

The hearing of the adjourned civil case in which Thomas Beaumont Dwan, of Wellington, claimed the sum of £299 Tss lid from Frank McKellar, a former licensee of the Blairlogie Hotel, for alleged breaches of a lease of the Blairlogie Hotel, was concluded yesterday before Mr. J. Miller, S.M.. Legal argument occupied the whole of the morning. Mr. Miller reserved his decision. Mr. H. R. Biss, of Wellington, appeared for plaintiff and Mr. C. C. Marsack for defendant.

A tennis match was played on the Masterton Lawn Tennis Club’s courts yesterday in which pupils of the St. Matthew’s Collegiate School were pitted against mothers of pupils. Four singles were played and six doubles. The mothers won all four singles and each team won three doubles. The match was a pleasant sporting occasion, enjoyed greatly by all concerned, and the girls have already issued a challenge for a return match. A pleasant afternoon’s outing is promised at a bazaar to be held on the Tinui Tennis Courts on Thursday afternoon by the Tinui sub-branch of the Plunket Society. Visitors from Masterton are expected, as well as a good attendance from the local district. There will be well-stocked work, produce and cake stalls. Tennis will be played on a couple of excellent courts and popular competitions will claim their share of attention. No charge will be made for admission. Two Featherston residents, Messrs J. Anderson and Geo. Walker, while camping in a paddock at Western Lake last week, had an exciting experience. Hearing something outside the tent Mr. Anderson proceeded to investigate, and was confronted by two big Hereford bulls. He called out to his mate, who just had time to escape from the tent as one of the infuriated animals charged the camp. The tent dropped on the bull’s horns and by the time it got rid of the canvas it was torn to ribbons. In the meantime the campers reached a place of safety, and looked on with dismay at their wrecked camp. An inquest was held yesterday before the District Coroner, Mr. E. G'. Eton, concerning the death of the unknown child, found in Columba Road on Saturday afternoon. Dr. Archer Hosking, who examined the body, stated that it was that of a male white child of seven months' development. The condition of the lungs showed that partial respiration had been established. There were no external signs of injury or of asphyxiation. The immature state of the infant, and the fact that it had not received skilled attention at the time of birth were the causes of death. Two Maori women gave evidence regarding the finding of the parcel. In accordance with the* medical evidence the Coroner returned a verdict that the infant died from natural causes, and added that its life might have been saved had skilled attention been at hand at birth.