LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 3 May 1937, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Particulars of home work for primary school pupils will be found on page 2. Albert Henry Tavendale, a single man, aged 22, died in the Christchurch Hospital an hour after admission on Saturday evening, from head injuries received when a motor-cycle he was riding collided head-on with a dray in the Sawyers’ Arms Road, Papanui.— (P.A.) The body of Miss Dora Beatrice , Yule, aged 33, of Palmerston North, was found in the sea on Saturday morning, a Napier Press Association message states, in circumstances that point to suicide. The deceased, who was suffering from ill health, left letters for her family. A meeting to consider the disposal of public funds amounting to some £530, a surplus realised from the organisation of industrial exhibitions in Masterton, is to be held in the Municipal Lecture Hall on Monday, May 10, at 7.30 p.m. The meeting is called by the trustees holding the funds.

When a car left the road near Marton on Saturday, John James Tylee, a retired farmer, aged 83, received head injuries from which he died shortly after removal to his home. A neighbour, Mrs. George Black, who was a passenger in the car, received minor cuts about the face. Medical opinion suggests that heart seizure was the cause of the accident.—(P.A.) More drastic penalties for sheep stealing were advocated at a meeting of the Gisborne Justices of Peace Association on Friday evening. One member stated that he had lost 800 head in the past year. The incoming committee was instructed to take the ques-. tion up with the Minister of Justice in an attempt to have some further steps taken to reduce the evil.—(P.A.) A fire occurred in Greytown on Friday night, when a motor ear and car shed belonging to Mr. R. 0. Hawkins were destroyed. Mr. Hawkins had placed the car in the shed and had retired into his house. Later he noticed a reflection of Are and went to investigate. He found the shed in flames and called the Fire Brigade, but before it arrived both car and shed were totally demolished. The shed was insured, but the car was not covered. For the New Zealand Centennial to be celebrated in three years' time an historical committee is to be appointed by the Government. The Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, stated in Auckland last week that the committee would have the responsibility of collecting and examining material of great historical value to New Zealand. The personnel had now almost been completed, and would be announced shortly. A very well-known Wellington tramway official, Mr. John Dwyer, of 111 Creswick Terrace, Wellington, was killed instantly when a motor-ear ran off the road shortly before midnight on Friday night between Paekakariki and Paraparaumu. Mr, Dwyer was tramway dispatch officer at Lambton Station, having occupied this position for 30 years. He was about 59 years of age. Two others in the motor-car were injured, but the driver had a very lucky escape.—(P.A.) Windows were broken, but fortunately no one sustained worse injuries than cuts from broken glass, when a Mornington (Dunedin) cable car coming down a steep grade on Friday evening crashed into the trailer behind another cable ear in front which had stopped. The accident occurred at the peak loading time. There were about 100 passengers in the two cars. Neither car sustained structural damage.— (P.A.)

Lake Wairarapa and its contiguous lagoons were the goal of sportsmen from all parts of the Wellington district on Saturday for the opening of the shooting season. The weather conditions were favourable for shooting and good sport was reported by most parties. Duck and swan were fairly numerous and in a number of cases sportsmen soon secured the limit bag. Other resorts round Masterton were also well patronised and yesterday duck loomed large on the menu in many Wairarapa homes. This will be a memorable year for 40 secondary school children from the province of Ontario. They will be in England to attend the Coronation ceremonies, including the Empire service to Youth, to be held in Westminster Abbey, in its Coronation l setting on May 19. Selection of the fortunate children has been undertaken by the Overseas Education League. They all had to get 65 per cent, of their marks in each school subject to qualify for the outing.

That producers were not receiving any benefit from the recent Government fixation of the price of bacon was a statement made by the secretary, Mr .E. J. Calder, at a meeting of the Otago provincial council of the Farmers’ Union. Mr. Calder said the desire for fixation of the price, which involved an increase, had apparently come from some northern factories which had been operating at a loss, but local curers had said they could pay the grower another halfpenny a pound and still carry on at the old price. The recent increase, however, had not meant a higher price for the farmer. It was decided to write to the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. W. Lee Martin, asking him to give the reason for the increase in price. Sunny room to let. Boy wanted for station. Married couple wanted. Douglas motor cycle for sale. Brown fur stole lost. Reward. N.F. Farmers’ Co-op. Distributing Co., Ltd., advertise for crop of turnips or swedes. Special preparations have been made for Mother’s Day on May 9, with a big display of Queen Anne and Coronation chocolates and novelties.