LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 September 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Football to Continue. ‘The executive of the New Zealand Rugby Union, at a meeting last night, decided that the North Island v. South Island match and the trial matches this month should be played as arranged, and that affiliated unions should be advised to proceed with their programmes for the season. Australian Art Gallery.

A large Art Gallery devoted exclusively to pictures and statuary by leading Australian artists will be included in the Australian Pavilion. Of exceptional interest will be several large mural paintings, which lend colour and atmosphere to the display in general. These will be the work of leading Australian artists. The Model Theatre-.

It took two years to build the tiny seats for the model auditorium of “The Little Theatre.” which will be a feature at the Exhibition. The seats were made at the rate of 50 a month, and each one is modelled to scale and upholstered in crimson velvet. To construct the chandeliers, 100 necklaces was stripped and mounted on special frames. The minute bottles in the theatre bar have lettering on their labels 1-300th of an inch thick.

Manslaughter Charge. Pleading not guilty at Wanganui yesterday to a charge of manslaughter. Walter Taylor, by occupation a showman, known as Waller Clancy, was committed to the Supreme' Court for trial. Bail of £lOO was allowed. The charge arose from a fatal accident in a shooting gallery. Taylor was not present when the accident occurred, but the charge alleged failure on his part to take reasonable precautions.

Women’s Institutes Prepared. The New Zealand women’s institutes have put out a defence plan comprising a national register and questionnaire, which has been sent to more than 50,000 institute members. “The services of countrywomen are essential in war time,” said Mrs E. Kelso, Dominion organiser, yesterday. “We have emphasized'that we wish to avoid overlapping, and will co-operate specially with the Red Cross throughout New Zealand.” Surplus New Zealand Produce.

An announcement that negotiations were in progress with the United Kingdom Government for the purchase of surplus supplies of New Zealand butter, cheese, meat and other primary products was made last night by the Minister of Marketing, Mr Nash. The Minister said it was hoped that arrangements would be completed soon. Mr Nash also stated that the United Kingdom Government had requested that several of the marketing department officials operating In London should be attached to the Food Defence Department.

Women Injured in Motor Accident. Two women were admitted to the Knight’s Road Hospital, Lower Hutt, last night as a result of the motor-car in which they were travelling colliding with a post on the Main Road, Taita. They were Mrs G. Swan, Napier, and Miss L. Brown, Wairarapa. Mrs Swan received head injuries and concussion, and her companion cuts and abrasions: Both are also suffering from shock. A boy in the car escaped with only minor abrasions. The Wellington Free Ambulance took Mrs Swan to the hospital, Miss Brown being taken there by Dr. B. J. Dudley, who examined the women on the scene of the accident.

Use for Reflecting Pools. The four reflecting pools, with a total water capacity of 320,000 gallons, at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, have a definite utility value as well as being the main decorative feature in the grounds. These vast sheets of water, which will reflect the lavish lighting of the Exhibition buildings, are only 9 inches deep, but in one corner of each pool there has been built a sump about 4 feet deep. This has been designed so that in case of fire, the pumping apparatus of the Exhibition fire engine may be lowered into the sump, and the whole sheet of water pumped on to the buildings. This unusual precaution is but one measure in the extensive fire protection precautions planned at the Exhibition. Kiwi Trains. An original Kiwi Train will provide, transport about the grounds of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition. The Kiwi Train gets its name from a giant model kiwi above the driver’s cab. Behind the driver’s cab are two trailers, each carrying 20 passengers. The seats are placed lengthwise down the right and left of the train, the conductor has an aisle between the seats, and the passengers sit back to back. The trailers are easy to board, being built within six inches of the ground. This service is being made available in anticipation of a demand from older visitors to the Exhibition who will find strolling about 55 acres of grounds and buildings too strenuous. The Kiwi train will carry 58 passengers.. Teachers and the War. The need for protecting all teachers, particularly in regard to grading and salary, if they undertook military service, was stressed at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board! The question was raised by Mr T. U. Wells. "Some teachers who went to the Great War suffered in comparison wilb others who stayed at home,” said Mr Wells. “I should be .very sorry to think that any teachers who volunteered for active service should be in any way handicapped by making that sacrifice.” Mr Wells proposed that the board should write to the Education Department suggesting that grading of teachers, mon and women, in military service should go on during their absence at a rate equal at least to that which they had obtained in the last two years. The board adopted Mr Wells’s proposal.

Warning Against Hoarding. A warning against any breaches of the Price Stabilisation Emergency Regulations and any suggestion of hoarding was issued by the Minister of Supply, Mr Sullivan, in an interview last night. The Minister drew attention to the provisions of the regulations, and stated that some traders did not seem to be aware of the condition these imposed. "From the fact that the Price Investigation Tribunal continue.' to receive notifications of price increases it appears that all traders are not aware of the provisions of the Price Stabilisation Emergency Regulations gazeztted on September 1,” Mr Sullivan said. “Those regulations provide that no advances in prices or rale of any goods or services may be made alter September 1. and it follows that any traders who have advanced prices since that date will be required immediately to revert to the former prices.”