LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, 5 May 1934, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An Invercargill P’ress- Association telegram reports that tKo Colac Bay School, with residence adjoining, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning.

Business people in Dunedin generally concur with tlje Christchurch view that the Melbourne-Bluff service is being reinaugurated a month too late. It is pointed out that‘some of the most attractive features of' the Centenary celebration will take-plbee before the first boat leaves.-—(P.A..) John Armstrong, aged 58, married, a horse trainer, of Sfpreyd’on, died in hospital on Thursday night as a result of head injuries received' when he was thrown by the h'orse Cappy Ricks during schooling operations at Riccarton on Tuesday. He had' been semi-con-scious since the- accident.-—(P.A.)

The certificates and trophies won by the pupils of Masterton West School in swimming and. athletic contests were presented to. the winners at a school gathering yesterday afternoon by Mr. W. V. Madden;, secretary of the committee. The prizes were won at school and inter-school contests.

At a recent meeting of the committee of the ■ Whiiarapa Kennel Club, it was decided to make application to the N.Z. Kennel Club to have the North Island field championship decided at Masterton on June 4. The Wairarapa championship, will be decided on that' date.

“There, is no prospect of it,” said a representative of the Unemployment Board in Wellington yesterday whenasked- if there was any likelihood of the building subsidy scheme being revived for the purpose of removing parapets from buildings in accordance with earthquake regulations.—'(P.A.)'

The following Red Star junior team will meet Featherston in a match- to start at Rugby Park at 2.30 p.rru. today:—Hargood, Simon, Ewington, King, Olliver, Thompson, Horton, Bengq, Henson, Hirst, Lee, Clarke, Barnett, Grantham, Costello, McCullough, Sturgeon.

The monthly meeting of the Opaki Women’s Institute was held at Mrs. Wingate’s residence on Thursday last. Mrs. Carter and her daughter, of Carrington, demonstrated the making of wool quilts, a finished quilt evoking much praise. The membership 1 , since the first meeting has increased considerably, members coming from both town and country. A recommendation that application be made for authority- to convert loans £2,214,700 is made to the Dunedin City Council by the finance committee. The proposal does not include loans totalling £1,102,547 held outside New Zealand, and therefore not subject to conversion, and loans of £330,000 which mature on September 1 next.—(P.A.) A meeting of the Friendly Societies’ Council was held on Thursday night in the Foresters’ Hall, Bro. Robert C. Jordan presiding. Among other business the president introduced the question of forming a Wairarapa district hospital friendly societies’ association, and steps were taken in the direction of bringing such an association into operation. Arrangements for the friendly societies football tournament to be played on June 2 were also made. Owing to the Foreign Mission Anniversary being held on May 13, "Mother’s Day” will be observed in the Masterton Methodist Circuit to-mor-row. The Rev. V. R. Jamieson will conduct the morning service, and in the evening the Rev. G. F. Stockwell will preach on “The Persistence of a Mother’s Love.” There will be an anthem by the choir. Mr. V. Greer will sing the solo “Vali,” and the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be administered at the close of the service.

A very interesting hour was spent at the Wharehui Kindergarten School on Thursday morning when a large number of parents attended to see the children at their usual morning routine, which proved very entertaining and interesting,.and showed how very keen they were on their work. A visiting ventriloquist kept the children amused and thrilled to see and hear “Johnnie” who, for 20 minutes, entertained both parents and children. The school closed yesterday for the term vacation. /

In finding a verdict of accidental death, with no blame attachable to anyone, regarding the level-crossing fatality at Waikiwi, in which Henry G. Brass, stock buyer, was killed, the Coroner, Mr. E. C. Levvey, S.M., remarked: “This is another of a series of very regrettable accidents which have been happening at level crossings. Visibility from the road is undoubtedly .bad. I think I should draw the attention of local bodies to the section, of the Public Works Act which empowers such bodies to have obstructions removed so as to provide a clear view of crossings.”—(P.A.) The total amount received through the “Day of Giving” appeal last Sunday for the extinction of the debt on St. Matthew’s Parish now totals £391 6s. To-morrow is being observed as a “Day of Thanksgiving,” for this great response. AU communicants arc asked to join in the Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and at 11 a.m., when the Vicar, the Rev. E. J. Rich, will be the preacher. At Evensong the preacher at St. Matthew’s will be the Rev. O. S. O. Gibson, Vicar of Tauranga. The Rev. E ! . McLevi,e will be the preacher at the Church of the Epiphany, and in the afternoon St. Matthew’s choir will accompany the Vicar to Taueru, when a musical service of praise will be rendered.