LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 15 December 1936, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On Sunday last the Model Aero Club held its second flying contest at the Hood Aerodrome. The wind at times was gusty but apart from this the flying conditions were quite favourable and some good times were recorded. The section for fuselage models was won by W. .Tones with a flight of I minute 10 seconds and the Spar models’ contest was won by W. Gemmell with a flight of 1 minute 9 seconds. There were also a number of other flights of over a minute. Miss Agnes Cassidy, of Belfast, who was injured in a motor smash at Springbank on Sunday, died in the Christchurch Hospital yesterday. Eric Register, a young man, also of Belfast, was still unconscious at noon yesterday. The driver of the car, Mrs. A. Robinson, suffered head injuries, and two other passengers, Roy Polson and Miss E. Cassidy, were slightly hurt. The car skidded when coming down a hill and crashed through a culvert.— (P-A.) A lighted match dropped near a chimp of baqjboo and shrubs caused a fire yesterday which threatened a nineroomed house in Dixon Street owned and occupied by Mrs. M. A. Carpenter. The Fire Brigade received a call by telephone at 11.35 a.m. The weatherboarding on the north-east side of the house was scorched and the washhouse was slightly damaged by Are and water. The bridge, under Superintendent T. B. Clark, quickly suppressed the outbreak.

When they were caught by a strong current parallel to the beach three young men had considerable difficulty in regaining the shore at Karekare, on the west coast, near Auckland, on Sunday morning. During a strenuous swim one man tired and his companion began to assist him, while S. Odlin, a strong swimmer belonging to a lifesaving club, swam to the exhausted man, who, on reaching the shore, collapsed. Artificial respiration was applied successfully. A large crowd applauded the rescue. —(P.A.)

Perfect weather conditions in Masterton yesterday morning enabled residents to view the eclipse of the sun from beginning to end and as the day was a holiday, more people than usual had ample leisure to watch the whole of the phenomenon if they felt so inclined. During the middle portion of the eclipse there was a remarkable atmospheric change. There was no glare, the sky assumed a deep slate blue colour and the impression indoors was that there was a thunderstorm brewing, though the sky was cloudless. The nature of the light was almost uncanny and there was a distinct drop in the temperature. Youth wanted. False teeth lost. Trailer tailboard lost. Station cowboy wanted. Low pressure range for sale. Bob tail sheep dog straying on “Waimapu, ” awaits ownership. A dance will be held to-morrow night in the Parkvale Hall. A bus will leave Masterton P.O. at 7.30 p.m.