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Wairarapa Age, 3 February 1936, Page 4

Remarkable activity in building, particularly in respect to the erection of new dwellings/ has been maintained at Hastings during the ten months of the municipal year. Permits for 13 dwellings, costing £8913, were issued last 'month, making a total of 81 for the ten months. The value of all buildings for which permits have been issued during the ten months has risen from £90,775 to £118,806.—(P.A.) Investigations are being made concerning the death of Robert Main, aged about 54 years, who resided at 556 Hereford Street, Christchurch, states a Prtss Association telegram. Heart failure is suspected, but a postmortem examination has been ordered by the Coroner. The case has some unusual features. Main walked into a fruit shop in Cashel Street at 9 o’clock on Friday night and asked for protection from a man he alleged was following him. Main said he had been pushed into the gutter by a second man. Main next wont into a grocer’s shop, with the intention of telephoning a constable at Linwood, who, he said knew him. Main spoke to friends on the telephone first, and then collapsed beside the counter and died within a few minutes. Statements by shopkeepers in the locality allege that Main and another person had previously been involved in an argument, though there is no evidence that blows had been struck.

Relieving maid wanted. Girl for housework wanted. Plums for sale at 73 Oxford Street. Steady boy for farm close to Masterton wanted. Cameo brooch lost in Queen Street on Friday. Mauriceville County Council insert notice re registration of dogs. Messrs. C. Smith, Ltd., insert sale specials in the wanted columns. Miss Butment, 45 Essex Street, has resumed teaching Pitman’s shorthand and typewriting. To-day, the Wairarapa Farmers announce next Wednesday as the opening day of their smashing summer sale. Messrs. Fagan Motors, Ltd., advertise on page 1 a special offer to every purchaser of a used car during February. The Misses Stabbings and Frater's kindergarten and preparatory school will reopen on Tuesday, February 4, in the Common Room, St. Matthew’s Parish Hall, Church Street.