FEATHERSTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 July 1939, Page 9

FEATHERSTON

STEEL POWER TOWER WORK WELL UNDERWAY. (“Times-Age” Special.) Work is well underway in connection with the erection of the steel power tower which will ultimately carry electricity from Ngaio through the Wairarapa. At present a gang of men are working on .the towers on the Featherston-Tauherenikau plains, and are erecting about one a day. These towers which, are over 60 feet high and about 11 chains apart, are drawn up in sections by means of block and tackle, two men being on the ground and four up the structure. The latter are on a most precarious job and must be men of great skill and nerve, as the least slip could easily prove fatal.

BOY SCOUTS EUCHRE TOURNAMENT. The attendance at the Boy Scouts’ euchre tournament on Tuesday night was not as good as usual. The card winners were: —Ladies: Mrs Lowell, 1; Mrs Bambry, 2. Men: Mr Worsley, 1; Mrs B. Edwards, 2. GOLF COMPETITION CHALLENGE CUP. The ladies played the third round for the Challenge Cup on the Gumgrove links yesterday afternoon. Mrs Batchelor was first, Mrs Lovegrbve second and Miss Williams third. Shortage of Labour. There is an acute shortage of labour in this district at the moment. Farmers and other employees are experiencing some difficulty in finding suitable men to fulfil their requirements.