LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 9 August 1935, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Amending regulations under the Honey Export Control Act published in the "Gazette” last night provide that the maximum fees payable to members of the board shall be: Chairman, £lOO per annum; members, £5O per annum. -(P.A.) The hon. treasurer of the Masterton branch of the Plunket Society desires to acknowledge receipt of the following subscriptions with grateful thanks:—Mrs. C. A. Cameron, Miss M. L. lorns, Mrs. B. Pinkey, Mrs. E. G. Norman, all £1; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Daniell, 10s; Mrs. W. L. Bell, 7s 6d; Mesdames S. J. Gill, H. B. Maunsell, C. Williams, R. lorns, J. P. Donovan, E. Grantham, Gemmell, Evans, J. Finlay, Unsworth, A. E. Payne, H. M. Morton, K. Gillon, all ss. The Wairarapa Charity Ball will be held in the Masterton Municipal Hall on September 4. Arrangements have been made to make the function the most outstanding ever held by the Charity Ball management. The decoration scheme will.be on an elaborate scale and the music will be of a high class order. His Grace Archbishop O'Shea will be present to receive the debutantes. Those who enjoy dancing under the most favourable circumstances should keep in mind the date — September 4. When Manley Symes, aged 22, a sharemilker, of Pahiatua, appeared xbefore Justices of the Peace at Palmerston North yesterday charged that at Te Matai on July 24 he assaulted his wife so as to cause actual bodily harm, the police opposed bail in applying for a remand, and stated that Mrs. Symes was still in hospital and not yet certified as out of danger. After hearing a plea by the solicitor for the accused, the Bench decided to grant bail in two sureties of £125 each, conditions being that the accused reports dally to the police and does not visit the hospital except at his wife's request, and then only in the company of his solicitor.—(P.A.)

Preparations are well in hand for a I recital to be given in the Parish Hall, j Masterton, at the end of the month, by Mr. E. Larsen’s Hawaiian Orchestra and Venetian Band. This year’s recital promises to excel all previous efforts.

The first meeting of the Unity Women’s Institute (embracing the Manaia, Solway and Taratahi rural districts) will be held in the Epiphany Hall, Kuripuni, to-day at 2.15 p.m. All interested are cordially invited to attend.

Two trophies have recently been given to the Makuri Golf Club, one by Mn H. 8. Evans, of and the other, a silver cup, by Mr. B. A. Wilson, the club president. Members are extremely grateful to the donors for their kindly and generous action in assisting a young club. Victor Frank James Magee, farmer, of Wairoa, who was found guilty on four charges of sheep- stealing on Wednesday, was found guilty on two further charges in the Supreme Court at Napier yesterday. He was remanded for sentence. —(P.A.) The St. Matthew’s Troop of Scouts Will celebrate its birthday to-night in the Scout Den, starting at 7.30 o’clock. The principal events of the evening are an address by the Bev. E: J. Rich, the presentation of badges, service stars, etc., and albums of Jamboree views, a play by the Scouts entitled * ’ Redeeming Their Character,” and the screening of a film of the Melbourne Jamboree held recently.

A new tonnage record for the Port of New Plymouth was created yesterday when four liners were berthed. They were the Tamaroa, Doric Star, P'ort Huon, and Hauraki, of a total of 37,929 tons, exceeding by 4019 tons the previous record established in February, 1933. Yesterday’s record has been made possible by the diverting of the Port Huon from Wanganui on account of rough seas off the river port.— (P.A.)

A late entry for the New Zealand women’s hockey tournament to open at Gisborne on August 30 has come to hand through the Women’s Hockey Association from the Wanganui team. The decision as to acceptance was left to the Poverty Bay Association, which has signified its approval. This makes a total entry of fifteen teams, six South Island and nine North Island. The official draw is not affected, as Wanganui plays the team which has drawn the bye in its section.—(P.A.) The new motorship Triaster, buillt recently for the British Phosphate Commissioners, arrived in Auckland yesterday from Nauru Island with SOOO tons of phosphates. Built specially for the phosphate trade, she represents the latest word in British motorship cnustruction. She has accommodation for forty passengers and also considerable refrigerated space;- Aided by the modern loading appliances at Nauru, the Triaster picked up her cargo in a single day.—(P.A.) A week for the training of Guides has been arranged, to be held in Masterton from September 3 to 9. The governors of St. Matthew’s Collegiate School for Girls have granted the use of the hostel for the purpose and guiders will be present from all parts to hear of new ideas and suggestions from Miss Mona Burgin, Miss Joyce Duthie and Miss Nita McHardy, the three Diploma Guiders in New Zealand. It is the first training week to be held in the Wairarapa and the local guiders are fortunate in having an opportunity to further the interests of guiding.

The Masterton Borough Traffic Inspector, Mr. J. McGregor, is busily engaged at present in testing motor brakes. Yesterday he distributed a large number of stickers, but while a considerable number of cars and lorries were found to have their brakes in good order, others failed to pass the test. Mr. McGregor came across four vehicles yesterday with their brakes in a hopelessly inefficient and dangerous condition. In a number of other instances the brakes were not up to the standard required and warnings were issued that they must be attended to.

At the weekly luncheon of the Masterton Rotary Club yesterday the chair was taken by the president, Mr. F. E. Wells. Mr. A. H. W. Evenden, Stationmaster at Masterton, was admitted as a member of the club, the initiation ceremony being conducted by Mr. H. M. Peacock. Mr. Wells gave a racy and informative account of the Rotary Assembly held in Wellington on Tuesday and Wednesday and described a number of personalities with which he had come in contact on that occasion. On the motion of Mr. 8. L. P. Free, who also represented the club at the assembly, Mr. Wells was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his very interesting talk.

The Kopuaranga Hall was attractively decorated for the annual Settlers’ Ball, held on Wednesday night. Long strings of black birch foliage, interlaced with blue, pink and lemon streamers, were draped across the ceiling, while the walls were decorated with japonica. The supper arrangements, which were of a very high standard, were carried out by Mesdames S. J. Clark, A. Donald, H. A. Evans, R. Kenny, W. Reside, C. P. Jarrett, and Misses R. and V. Jackson. The men’s committee, Messrs S. J. Clark, L. Donald, B. Hurley, H. A. Evans, W. Beside and G. Wright, were deserving of much praise in preparing the supper room, which was a specially erected, marquee, under the most trying weather conditions. The ball was an outstanding success, many visitors being present. The secretaries, to whom much of the credit of organisation is due, were Mrs. S. J. Clarke and Mr. J. Wright. The music was supplied by Minifie’s Orchestra.