The Waipawa Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1917. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7912, 31 July 1917, Page 2

The Waipawa Mail. TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1917. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is proposed to lay a concrete strip on the Wellington-Hutt road for motor traffic, at a cost of £25,000. i The shooting season closes to-day. ! A good number of sports are out for a i final shot. ! The monthly sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Waipawa will take place on Thursday. * j It is officially announced that the second portion of the Twenty-fourth Reinforcements has arrived at its destination. The secretary of the Ladies’ Patriotic Committee has received a parcel of old linen from 'Mrs Wilkie for, Red Cross purposes. The secretary of the Waipawa Patriotic Committee acknowledges receipt of a cheque for £4 from Mr John Latham, Tikokino, to be applied I for Red Cross purposes. ‘ A paragraph published on Saturday • stated that no applications were re- ! ceived for the female clerkship in the | Borough offices. The word “no” • j should have read “six.” Two Wairarapa • young men who j j have been medically rejected for -ser- ; I vice abroad because rhev have “fiat feetdeclare that they will walk any j Juan in the district, in cauip or out of ; it, for a wager. “As long as we have to depend on coal wo will he under the thumb of labor,” stated Mr D. Lysnar at the Farmers’ Union Conference when the y question of the harnessing of rivers \ was under discussion.

Iri connection with’ the sale of 1 I Mystery Bags” at the Patriotic' Shop on Saturday the ladies in charge would he pleased. to receive donations at the shop on Thursday, to give ample time for the making up of the bags. A conjoint public meeting of the residents in ti*i Otane Town Board and Patangata Road Board districts will be held iir the Otane Town Hall on Saturday, at £p.m., for the purpose of passing a resolution of the people to carry the war to a successful end. A final reminder is given of the sale of the Aramoana property to be held by Williams and Kettle,. Ltd., at the Municipal Theatre, Waipawa, tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. There have been numerous inquiries concerning the sections and a good sale is anticipated. .

A public meeting, to be held in the Municipal Theatre, has been convened by his Worship the Mayor for Saturday evening at-8.30 for tfie purpose of expressing the inflexible determination of the people to prosecute the war to a successful issue. The meeting has been fixed for 8.30 to enable townspeople to complete their shopping, and the tradespeople will close their premises at that hour on Saturday nighf. Giving evidence before the Military Appeal Board at Napier yesterday a station manager said an employee for whom he was appearing and for whom he sought exemption was “a marvellous man. It would take ten men to replace him. ’ ’ It subsequently came out in evidence that the man got the munificent sum of £BO for keeping 40,000 acres in the Pohue district clear of rabbits.

Mr Clement Wragge states that new and tremendous upheavals have appeared on the sun. This means further bad weather shortly in New Zealand, and also Australia, with more rain when our atmosphere has become saturated in the titanic ether waves. Snowstorms are probable in the South, and electric disturbances generally are likely to follow. A statement published on Saturday to the effect that the Efficiency Board’s recommendation to the Government is that hotel bars be closed during the war and the licensees compensated, is denied by Sir James Allen. He said the Board had submitted a report on the subject containing certain suggestions. This would be presented to Parliament in due course.

Recently the Education Board sanctioned an appeal being made to the school children of the province on behalf of the fund for the relief of children who suffered by-the late air raid on London. The collection taken up in the Waipawa District High Schol realised the sum of £6 Bs, and a cheque for this amount was sent forward by the headmaster yesterday. The collection at the Waipukurau school realised £4 12s fid. It will be noticed in the classification of industries, as recommended by the Efficiency Board, and approved by Cabinet, “newspapers” appear in the “esesntial” and “journalism” in the “partially essential” list. How the newspapers can he published without the aid of journalists is not, however, explained/ “Brewing” and “wine-making,” and “wine, beer, and spirit vending,” it may be noted, are listed as “non-essential,” also “aer-ated-water manufacturing.” Thus is the balance held true between the ‘ ‘ soft drinks ’ ’ and the ‘ ‘ hard. ” “ To-bacco-dealing” is also “non-essen-tial.”

The monthly meeting of the Waipawa District High School was held last evening. Present: Messrs H. M. Rathbone (chairman), W. Pellow, T. Carson, A. E. King, C. H. Critchley, and R. H. Wedde (secretary).—The Board advised that it could not entertain the request to purchase the gas fittings in the headmaster’s residence, and it was decided to make fresh application.—A circular from the Board relative to school libraries was referred to the special committee set up to deal with the matter.—A letter from the Newtown School Committee on the 6 o ’clock closing question was received without discussion.—The report of the headmaster showed that the attendance had been very irregular during the past month owing to the broker, weather. Mr Smith also drew attention to the fact that the rubbish bin at the school was full and likely to become a menace to the health of the children unless it was attended to. The chairman was authorised to notify the Mayor as to the state of the rubbish bin.—Messrs Holt and Carson tee. —Several small accounts were passed for payment, and the committee adjourned.