The Waipawa Mail MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1940. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVIIII, Issue 30, 2 December 1940, Page 2

The Waipawa Mail MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1940. LOCAL & GENERAL.

Important business will come before a meeting of the Waipawa branch of the Red Cross Society, to be held in the Borough room to-morrow afternooh at 2.30, and a full attendance's desired.

We are the sole agents for delicious Beacon bacon.—Bryant’s.* Michael Barry, a hospital patient who wandered away from the isolation ward, has been found in a shed on a farmer’s property on the Porangahau road. He was still dressed in his pyjamas, and was in a very weak condition. Order your Xmas ham now and procure the small sizes.—Bryant’s.* Rain fell in Waipawa on fourteen days during November, Mr W. H. Rathbone’s recordings being as under:—2nd .06in., 3rd 2.82in., 4th ,21in., 6th .44in., 7th .07in., Bth ,06in., 10th .20in., 11th .Olin., 17th ,14in., 18th .68in., 20th .13in., 21st •Odin., 22nd .50in., 23rd .35in; total, 5.72in.; total 1940, 36.29iu.; same period 1939, 23.13in.

“I am convinced that Italy did not have the slightest wish to be involved in war,” declared the Gover-nor-General (Lord Galway) when speaking at the Wellington Town Hall. “It was the wish of one man only—Mussolini—and I hope the Italian people call him to account for the destruction and humiliation he has brought upon the whole conntry.”

The latest arrivals in men’s hats!' The light crusher weight, smart snappy brim, low bands, braids, or self felt bands. Shades of green, blue, grey and brown, 25s 6d to 39s 6d at D. H. Edwards, Ltd.* Possession of an automatic pistol with which he said he intended to

shoot himself if the Nazis caught him resulted in Philip Edmund Kunz, a dental surgeon and a refugee from Germany, being fined £lO by Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court. Kunz was also fined £lO for possession, as an enemy alien, of two cameras. The pistol and the cameras, said to be worth £IOO, were confiscated. Kunz pleaded guilty. Poultry keepers! We have ample stocks of pollard and bran.— Bryant’s.*

The matron of Abbotsford Home acknowledges with many thanks the following gifts:—Buns and cun-ant bread (five lots), Mr Rust; cakes, Sandwiches and coffee, (three lots), Patriotic Society, Waipnkurau (per Mrs Carpenter); asparagus, Mr Davis (Havelock N.); cakes and scones, Mothers’ Union, Waipawa; potatoes, Mr Waugh and Mr J. Bibby, Onga; cakes, Mrs T. Bibby, Onga; half sheep, Mr E. Bibby; cakes and scones, Puketapu Flower Show (per Miss Bieknell); vegetables, Mrs Spicer; sandwiches, Patriotic Society (per Mrs H. S. Rathbone; parcel of clothing, Mrs Addis, Tikokino.

For men’s evening wear. —The latest in dress and dinner suits, £7 10s to fifteen guineas; dress shirts, 12s 6d; link suites, 3s lid; silk sox, 4s lid; silk scarves, 4s lid. Everything for dress wear at D, H. Edwards, T.l il. *

How the Lady Galway Fund came to be instituted was revealed by Lord Galway when speaking at the Wellington Town Hall. Be said that both he and Lady Galway had been witnesses of th tragic plight of the refugees in the retreat from Mons in the last war, and the inspiration gained on that occasion had been applied in a practical manner to the refugee problem in Europe in the present war. Before a great deal could be done in this respect, however-, even before the first parcel had reachqjl its destination —the urgent call for help had come from a source much closer to the hearts and homes of our own people—the bombed cities of England. The people of England were profoundly grateful for what had been done for them, particularly because of the speed with which the assistance had been given. Order your Xmas ham now and procure the small sizes.—Bryant’s.*

The quarterly meeting of the Waipawa Licensing Committee is scheduled for next Thursday, hut as there is no business to come forward it will lapse. The special troop train which ran through from Napier on Saturday afternoon was well filled with men returning from leave. A goodly number of people assembled at the station to bid farewell to the boys from this district.

Mr E. A. Shattky, F. 1.0., F.S.M.C. (Lond.), of Messrs Shattky and Webber, Opticians, of Hastings, visits Waipawa each Tuesday morning. Appointments at Murray’s Pharmacy.* A promise to work against rumor is contained in the declaration required to be signed by applicants for membership of the Emergency Reserve Corps under the Home G<uard and (Emergency Precautions Scheme. After promising to give loyal and faithful service and not to divulge confidential information, the applicant is required to declare that “while so serving he will do all in his power to prevent the rise or spread of rumor of any description. ’ ’