LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Age, 17 June 1936, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In the butter classes at the National Dairy Show at Palmerstop North, the Mauriceville Dairy Company was placed first for a box of jpats, open to butter-makers or first assistants.

The Masterton Municipal Bund held seven practices during May. The Band assisted at the Wairarapa P. and A. Society’s Queen Carnival at Featherston on May 9 arid a.'programme was rendered at the Public Hospital on May 17. First-class entertainment is promised in the concert to be broadcast by Station 2ZD, Masterton, this evening. The programme, which will embody vocal and instrumental items, has been arranged by the Masterton Radio Listeners’ Club.

The following head of stock was slaughtered at the Municipal Abattoir during May:—Cattle, 402; calves, 172; sheep, 1346; lambs, 88; pigs, 71. Fees for the month amounted to £294 17s, which represented an increase of £3l 17s over the figures for the corresponding month B t, , After 18 years as chairman of the .Auckland Hospital Board, Mr. William. Wallace was defeated for the position at the annual meeting of the board yesterday, 't'he Rev. W. C. Wood was elected chairman. by. six votes to five. Mr. Wood has bepn chairman of the relief-committee of the board.—'(P.A.)

The Wairarapa Kennel Club will hold’ Its championship dog trial meeting at tile Lake Reserve on . Sunday. ■Entries are ; expected , from many parts of th® North Island, and a most interesting day; is assured. The public is cordially invited to’ attend. There is no charge for admission and hot water will be supplied free. Fatal injuries were received by Richard Henry ■ Lockyer, of . Hinuera, as the result of la oblfisiqn with a motor-lorry and trailer driven by Joseph Trebes, of Frankton. The de--1 ceased was riding . bicycle towards Hinuera. He was knocked down near the Matamata racecourse and died be-, fore the arrival of a doctor.—‘(P.A.) Mr. Alfred Rasmussen, a well-known resident of Lake Hayes, near Queenstown, was found dead yesterday on the main highway close to a cross road leading into Threepwood. He was engaged in rabbiting on Threepwood and was cycling from his home when he apparently collapsed, His bicycle was found lying on top of him. He was 58 years of age.—<(P.A.) The following are the figures for the Municipal Library ; for May:—-Books issued: Fiction, 5392; travel, etc., 348. Books added: Fiction, 36; travel, etc., 13. Subscribers at end of April, 475; new subscribers, 8; subscribers left during May, 4; total subscribers at end of May, 479. The amount spent in books from April 1 to April 30 was as follows:—Librarian; £l2 4s; committee, £5 Is Ikd- The amount spent in. books for the month of May was:— Librarian, ,£lO 7s 2d. Serious burns to the head, shoulders, and chest, involving the eyes, were received by Donald Gill, aged 12, son of Richard Gill, contractor, when a tin thought to contain an explosive went off in his hand, states a Press Assoeiation telegram from Blenheim. The parents had just occupied a dwelling and the lad found the tin in a shed and struck it, with the result mentioned.’ He was taken- to the hospital. At its meeting last night the Masterton Borough Council decided to draw the attention of tjie Masterton County Council to an agreement of August 15, 1922, relative to - the Northern Approach bridges and to .point out that the Borough Engineer had repetted that ope of the bridges needed immediate repairs at estimated cost of £250. “We feeV’observed,the Mayor, Mt. T. Jordan, “that under th.e terms of the the lability is not the borough’s.” ’ The action of the Superintendent of the Masterton Fire Brigade, ia objecting to invalids being allowed to lie in wheel chairs in the aisles of picture theatres, was strongly criticised by Councillor R. Russell at last night ’s meeting of the Bprough Council; He urged that the matter be taken, up by the council’s: representatives on the Fire Board. Councillor Trevor Beetham, who is chairman of the . /Fire Board, defended the action of’the, Superintendent, stating that he was governed by regulations which had to be enforced. -

A burglary was perpetrated at Waipukuran at about, 2.30 o'clock yesterday morning. A man, thought by the nightwatchman, Mr, E. G. Price, to be between thirty aud thirty-five years of age, was found by;him on the premises of Messrs H. B..PoppeUwell jand Co., Main Street, packing up men’s clothing into boxes. The man escaped and apparently reached a waiting car. He left an overcoat, chisel, and tire leyer behind in. his hurried exit. The man or a confederate evidently stole twelve gallons of petrol from F. Wells’s garage after smashing the lock. Endeavours were mado-to enter two other, shops.—(P.A.) Playing in the’ Y.M.C.A. billiards and snooker competition last night Catholic Club defeated Carriers by six games to four. Following are the individual results, (Jatholic Club players mentioned first in every, case:—Billiards: A. O’Leary lost to j. Moynahan; M. Remine beat V. Gray; F. Remine beat A. Gray; B. Cross beat I.' Gray; J. Currie lost to E. Gray. Snooker: A. O’Leary lost to J. Moynahan; M. Remine lost to V. Gray; F. Remine beat A. Gray; R. Cross beat I. Gray; J. Currie beat E. Gray. To-morrow night Oddfellows will play Post Office and on Tuesday the Y.M.C.A. A team will meet Daniell’s. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For Influenza Colds.