LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 27 May 1936, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

From March 31 to April 30 fiftyfour campers availed themselves of the facilities at Mawley Park motor camp. Fees collected amounted to £23 7s 6d. At last night’s meeting of the Borough Council a motion was passed expressing approval of the representations to be made to Ministers of the Crown to have improvements effected to the Rimutaka railway.

The annual meeting of the Masterton Plunket Society will be held at the Plunket Rooms, Central Arcade, on Wednesday, June 3, at 2 p.m. An address will be given by Miss Fitzgibbon, Nursing Adviser to the Plunket Society. The following stock was slaughtered at the Municipal Abattoir during April:—Cattle, 409; calves, 144; sheep*, 1313; lambs, 167; pigs, 78. Fees for the month amounted to £295 4s 9d. The fees represented an increase of £7 Is over the figures for the corresponding month last year.

As a result of being knocked down by a train at just after dark on Monday night a farm labourer, George Parr, aged 67, died in hospital at Palmerston North early yesterday morning. When the train overtook him {Barr was on a small bridge and was making his way to a hut, adjacent to the line, where he lived.—* (P.A.) The following are the figures for the Municipal Library for the month of April:—Books issued: Fiction, 4911; travel, etc., 251. Books added: Fiction, 37; travel, etc., 15. Subscribers at end of March, 482; new subscribers, 3; subscribers left during April, 10; total subscribers at end of April, 475. The amount spent in books from April 1 to April 30 was as follows:—Librarian, £l2 4s; committee, £5 Is lid. The Masterton Municipal Band held seven practices during April. Pro* grammes were rendered in the Park by the Masterton and Carterton Bands on the afternoon of April 5. The Band played on the march in Queen Street on the evening of April 9. The Band assisted at the Anzac Day services, at Masterton in the morning, and Featherston in- the afternoon and also assisted at a Band Sunday at Martinborough on the afternoon of April 26. It was decided at last night’s meeting of the Borough Qouncil to take out a public risk policy for £lOOO, at a premium of £l5 covering the council against liability in the event of accidents occurring in the Masterton, Mawley and South Parks. Councillor G. D. Wilson said he understood that the policy would cover all accident cases in the Parks, such as a person getting struck by a cricket ball.

When a locomotive crashed into a motor car at the Inglewood level crossing yesterday afternoon Mrs. W. H. Franklyn, an elderly woman, received injuries to the head and was admitted to hospital for observation. Three other occupants of the car escaped injury, though the driver, L. J. Dobson, was thrown on to the line after the unattached locomotive had passed. The car was crushed.—'(P.A.)

Another road motor service has been taken over by the 'Government. The Railways Department has completed negotiations for the purchase of Read’s Motor Service, operating between Akaroa and Little River, on the route to Christchurch. The Minister of Railways, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, in an interview said the purchase would eliminate competition between passenger carriers on the'route.—(P.A.)

A fire occurred in Eketahuna on Saturday night in the Methodist Parsonage, where two rooms, including the Rev. H'indmarsh’s studio, were ablaze. The two rooms were well burnt out, but the fire did not spread further, though a certain amount of damage was done to the other rooms by water and smoke. Mr. Hindmarsh was out at the time. He will be a considerable loser, as he had an extensive library (which was insured) in his study. He had also left £l5 in notes in the room, and this was not recovered.

At the meeting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce yesterday it was reported that all district bodies concerned had been notified of the arrangements made for a deputation to interview Ministers of the Crown tomorrow regarding the improvement of the Rimutaka railway and had been invited to send delegates. It is anticipated that the Mayor of Wellington (Mr, T, C, A. Hislop), the chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board (Mr. T. R, Barrer) and the president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce (Mr. C. J. B. Norwood) will accompany the deputation.

Copies of replies received from local bodies in the No. 10. Heavy Traffic district relative to the administrative charge made by the distributing authority of heavy traffic fees were received at last night’s meeting of Borough Council from the County Council. The Borough Council decided to fall into line with the majority of local bodies and agree to the 14 per cent, deduction which had been in operation in the past. “In spite of what the other local bodies may say,” remarked the Mayor, Mr. T. Jordan, ”1 have not changed my opinion and still contend that the distributing authority receives too much.”

Clerk seeks positiop. Billiard table for sale. Capable housemaid wanted. Iron tank, 200 gals., for sale. Panther motor cycle for sale. Middle-aged woman with nursing experience required to attend invalid lady. J. Kerslake and Co. will sell by Public Auction at 2 p.m. to-day, poultry, furniture and sundries. t A dance, under auspices of the, Epiphany Ladies’ Guild will-be-held in the Epiphany Hall, Kttripuni, toimortow night. \