LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 16 March 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A Presbyterian Church service will: be held on Sunday next' at Wangaehu, at 2.30 p.m. A Wellington Press Association message reports that the Wellington grocers’ dispute is unsettled and proceedings have been adjourned until April U. ~.j

A very successful garden party was held at the residence of Mr. B. Roberts, Parkvale, yesterday afternoon in aid of the Keith Hooper Benefit Fund. The takings for the afternoon amounted to £2 19s.

There are at present 104 single men engaged in the Masterton County Council’s unemployed relief camps. Each of the four camps has its full complement of men and; the work is proceeding smoothly and well. The five bells of the Wellington General Post Office clock tower are undergoing overhaul! and; are sflenfc for the first time for many years. The clock, however, continues without interruption. The bells have done duty since 1899.—(P.A.)

The Carterton Branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, at the annual meeting, elected the following officers: Presidient, Miss Gatherwood; vice-presidents Mesdames Stent, Catherwood, Misses E.. Liddell and J. Moncrieff; secretary,. Bev. R. J. Liddell. During the- year a sum of £25 4s was raised.

An electrician employed by the Auckland Harbour Board, John McKenzie, fell’ 30 feet from the platform of a crane on the King’s Wharf yesterday morning. He crashed to the edge of the wharf and rolled over into the harbour, but was rescued by waterside workers with a loading net. He was unconscious when taken from the water, and was sent to hospital with a broken leg, arm, and severe back injuries.-— (P.A.) A reminder is given of the shop day to be held to-morrow in the shop next to the Central Garage, Queen Street, in aid of the funds of the recently formed Te Ore Ore Ladies’ Hockey Club. A full and attractive range of home-made cakes, produce and other goods will be on sale and prospective buyers are assured of excellent bargains. The proceeds will be devoted towards the purchase of playing materials for members of the club.

Music-lovers are looking forward with eager anticipation to the concert this evening by Paul Vinogradoff, the noted pianist, who.is to appear at St. Matthew’s Parish Hall. On the occasion of his previous visit to Masterton Vinogradoff created a very favourable impression and many residents will welcome the opportunity of again hearing this artist. A second concert will be given at Solway Colegc to-morrow evening. A final reminder is given of the bazaar to be held on the Tinui Tennis Courts, at 2 p.m. to-day, by the Tinui sub-branch, of the Plunket iSociety. Ar> attractive array of goods will be offered on work, produce and cake stalls and tennis will be played on two excellent courts. Popular competitions will also be conducted. Visitors from Masterton should find in the bazaar the opportunity for a pleasant excursion and a large attendance is expected from the local district. Admission is free.

Charged with the theft of a newspaper from under a shop door, a woman was fined £2 and 10s costs in the Rotorua Magistrate’s Court, states a correspondent of the “New Zealand Herald.” For the prosecution, it was stated that owing to complaints regarding newspapers having been stolen, a policeman took up a position and detected the defendant stealing a paper. Boys who delivered newspapers had been dismissed from their situations owing to complaints. Since the proceedings had been instituted no further papers had been taken. Counsel for the defendant said that there had not been a cessation of complaints regarding the delivery of newspapers since the case was instituted. The defendant was a respectable married woman with seven children, and she had resided in Rotorua twenty-five years. Her action was inexplicable. The Magistrate (Mr. S. L. Paterson) said he had a public duty to perform. Although the article stolen was trifling, It had an intrinsic- value, and the act had had a bad effect on the boys who were employed in delivery. In the circumstances ho would have to inflict a heavy penalty. Dog lost. , Advertiser wishes to purchase light truck.

Messrs. H. M. Morton & Son insert particulars of a dairy farm for sale.

Mr. S. Millar elsewhere notifies that he is still cutting firewood at reasonable rates.