LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 July 1939, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Gaol for Intoxicated Motorist. A sentence of seven days impiisonment was imposed on a Maori. Rangi Hapuku Taurua. in the Hastings Magistrates' Court by Mi’ J. Millet. S.M., yesterday. Taurua pleaded guilty to intoxication while in charge of a motor car on July 1 in Heretaunga Street. Hastings. A Sad Coincidence. A sad coincidence is recorded in the deaths of Mrs Oscar Monrad, of Palmerston North, and Mr Charles Matthews. of "Oporua." Featherston, both O' which occurred yesterday. They are sister and brother, being children of the late Mr and Mrs Alfred Matthews, of Waiorongomai, Featherston. First Aid Examination. Thirty-four candidates presented themselves for examination in first aid last night at a gathering held by the Nursing Division of the Ist John Ambulance Brigade. Dr N. H. Prior and Dr J. C. Forsyth judged the first aid and Misses Gillespie and Wallis (ex-members of the division) judged the bandaging. Euchre and Table Tennis.

A very successful and enjoyablesocial was held in St Patricks Hall Masterton. last night in aid of the South Queen, in a carnival being launched locally in aid of the Catholic Centennial celebrations. Euchre and table tennis was played. The winners at euchre were: Ladies. Mrs J. Dwyer; men. Mr D. McCarthy. The table tennis was won by Mr J. Nicholls, with Mr Hirst runner up. Alleged Theft of Telephones.

Eight of the 13 telephones stolen from public call boxes in the Petone and Lower Hutt areas early last Sunday morning have been recovered by the police. They were found dumped in various parts of Wellington, and seven youths, believed to have been implicated in the thefts, have been located. Some of the youths, it is understood, arc under the age of 17. and will appear in the Children’s Court. The others will be charged in the Magistrates’ Court. Accident Victims.

Messrs W. O. Langridge and J. F. McWhinnie, both of Lower Hutt, who were injured in a road accident south of Levin on Monday evening each received a fractured skull, scalp wounds and shock. The two men were travelling south when their car collided head-on with a heavy motor-lorry. The force of the impact threw the bonnet of the lorry 50 yards. The engine ,of the car was -forced baOk into the driving seat and the front of the car was extensively damaged. After receiving medical attention, the injured men were conveyed to the Amara Hospital, Levin. It is reported that their condition is satisfactory. New Golf Course. . When the municipal golf links at Chamberlain Park (Auckland) are opened by the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, on Thursday afternoon visitors will see a stretch of well-grass-ed undulating country developed as a first-class 18-hole course where previously there was a stony waste covered with gorse and blackberry- The work of transforming this area has gone on almost continuously since about the middle of 1934. The cost has been approximately £200,000, but more than £150,000 of this has come from the Employment Promotion Fund in the form of Government subsidies on the wages of hundreds of relief workers engaged. Use of Leisure. “I think we may look forward to a lead in physical education from the Internal Affairs Department," said Dr H. E. Field, chairman of the Christchurch Boys’ Employment Committee, speaking at the annual meeting of the committee of the need for assisting youths to use their leisure time to the best advantage. "Something has already been done by the department, but nothing substantial. I think it is a matter of money.” Dr Field added that a study of the use of leisure was being made by the Christchurch Youth Centre, and another committee was compiling a brochure setting out the facilities in the city for assisting youths to use their leisure time. Dr D. E. Hansen, director of the Christchurch Technical College, commented that some youths were using their leisure io advantage, for there had been an increase of 50 per cent in the activities of the college on Saturday mornings. Air Traffic for June.

Air mail postings in Christchurch for the month of June totalled 41,840, as compared with 27,151 for June last year, and 19,892 in 1937. June is generally regarded as a month of light ed 230, showing a considerable increase 230, showing a considerable increaseover previous years. Only 75 packets were posted two years ago and 177 last year. Passengers carried numbered 291, 40 being for Blenheim. 43 for Palmerston North, 85 for Wellington, two for Napier, four for Gisborne, one for NewPlymouth. 25 for Auckland, 77 for Dunedin, and 14 for Nelson. Last year 180 passengers were carried in June, and 175 the year before. The returns oi Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd. the company which operates in Westland, for June show that the total number of flying hours for the month was 106. The number of flights was 233, and the number of passengers 174. Mail carried weighed 61311 b. and freight 17291 b. Aeroplanes were flown on 24 of the 30 days in the month. Found Dead In Launch.

Jammed face downward against the flywheel of the fishing launch Maunganui as it lay canted to one side on the rocks of Rakino Island, the body of Cecil Earl, an Australian, aged about 50, was found early yesterday morning by a young shepherd minding sheep higher up the slope which leads to the shore, an Auckland P.A. message states The man appeared to have been dead for several hours. The body was later taken to Auckland by Customs officers and constables. Mr Earl was a single man who lived and worked alone. He had been in this country about 20 years pursuing his occupation as a carpenter, but in more recent years he had been a fisherman on his own account. From 1935 till the end of last year he had lived in Tauranga, but at the beginning of this year he took his launch to Auckland and obtained a licence to fish in January. His letters were addressed care of the post office, since he had no shore address and lived on his launch, which he had fitted with a wireless set. primus stove and several fitments to make life as comfortable as possible. His nearest relatives, his mother and sister, are both in Australia, his mother as a permanent resident, his sister on holiday.