LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 April 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No Bankruptcies This Year. No bankruptcies have been recorded in Wairarapa so far this year. Reservists Parade. There will be a parade of Class. 2 of lhe National Military Reserve in the Masterlon Drill Hall al 7.30 o’clock tonight. Exhibition Attendance. At the Centennial Exhibition at Wellington yesterday the attendance was 17,432, bringing the grand total up to 2,462.890, a daily average of 16 523. Clean Health Bill. The Borough Health Inspector, Mr T. A. Russell, stated this morning that no notifiable cases of infectous diseases had been reported to him this month, the last case being one of erysipelas in March. Bookmaker Fined. A. fine of £25 was imposed on Bertram Victor Livingstone, confectioner and grocer, aged 47. when ho appeared before Mr. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrates' Court, Wellington, yesterday, on a charge of having carried on the business of a bookmaker. Football Fatality. A fatal football accident occurred at Okaihau (20 miles north of Auckland) during a practice match on Saturday. A well-known Maori, Jimmy Nehua. ged 2G. of Okaihau. broke his neck as the result of a heavy fall. He was taken to the Kawakawa Hospital, where he died on Sunday. Interest-free Loans and Donations. Additional contributions of interestfree loans and donations for war purposes were acknowled by the Minister of Finance. Mr. Nash, bringing the total up to £1 699,646. Included among the amounts were the following: — W. 11. Ward, Akitio, duration of the war and two years afterward. £5OO. T. Dunn. Mauriceville, duration and six months, £2OO.

Mushrooms Plentiful. The mild weather which is being experienced in the Wairarapa is resulting in the prolific growth of mushrooms. During the past two or three days many parties have been out gathering the delicacy in the surrounding districts of Masterton. It is anticipated that mushrooms will be plentiful until heavy snow on the hills and severe frosts are experienced. Country Library Service. Following on a recent decision to extend the Country Library Service to towns with a population of up to 10,000, this matter will be discussed with the Masterton Borough Council at a meeting tomorrow night, when Miss E. J. Carnell, liason officer between the New Zealand Library Association and the Country Library Service, will meet the Council and outline the scheme. State Acknowledgment. A desire was expressed by the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser, in Wellington last night, that the thanks of the Government be conveyed through the Press to all persons and organisations who had kindly sent floral tributes in connection with the funeral of the late Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage. Mr. Fraser said that cards of acknowledgment had been sent except in cases in which the senders of wreaths had not disclosed their names, or had not supplied a sufficient address. Cycling Club Dance Tonight. The Wairarapa Amateur Cycling Club will hold a dance in Cooper's Barn at Opaki tonight to celebrate the opening of the season. The dance was inadvertently advertised to take place last night. The Cycling Club has made complete arrangements for the dance, which, on account of the club’s popularity, is sure to be well attended. Free buses will leave the Masterton Post Office tonight' at from 8 o'clock for the dance. Eruption of Mount Ruapehu. Mount Ruapehu erupted one night last week for the first time since May. 1936. No noises were noted by people at the Chateau during the night, but the following morning dark grey streaks were seen on the glacier and also on Para-te-tai-tonga. Guides ascended the mountain and discovered that the snow for about a mile from the summit was covered with blue mud, in some places more than six inches deep. It was found that an eruption had evidently occurred in the crater lake, as its waters were considerably disturbed and a fair quantity of steam was coming off. It is estimated Irom the area over which mud has been thrown that the eruption must have been about 1000 ft. high. The “Black” Exchange. In reply to a request for clarification of the position of importers tinder the recently announced restriction* applying to ‘'black” exchange, the Associated Chambers of Commerce ol New Zealand has now received the following advice from the Minister ot Finance:--"The Government fully appreciates the point which you hate raised as to the position of persons who have entered into certain commitments before Hie regulations came into force, and who now desire to complete the Iransaclions involved. The problem had in (act already been recognised. and 1 am at presenl investigating; wavs and means of overcoming such difliculties on an ei|uitable basis. A public statement regarding; the mat ler will lie made al an early date. Gifl of Giant Antlers. The giant aliller.: ol an extinct Irisl ( ]|; of prehistoric limes have been presented Io the Dominion Museum l»y , Mr. (.’. .1. W. Cooper Wellington. Tim , antlers, with Hie skull to which they ■ are attached, were found in a bog m | Ireland. They measure nine feel ii ; spreail. and arc I rememlously pal | mated, with many tines some three ; feel, ill length. They form the kind of ; trophy of which deerslalkers dream [ml can never hope Io obtain Irom i , ,uiy living slag. The antlers are nil exeelleid condition. They are ot eon siderable value similar heads liaviim changed hands in the past nt from ,I'loo to .I'lso. Thong,h a mii.niliceid I 1 head, this is not regarded as a big. one; I lri-.il ell. millers have been found men |s ■ nriir; up Io I ”I'l in spread ('nl.v Iwo 1 Mind ii head-, are I now n Io be in New , i '/.ealmid I hie IS ah eadv in the )>,>• -:e j \ non of Hie I ).'million Mir cum. but i- ' > not ns Uno a bead ,i : Hie present one | t 'l'll,, older, also :i smaller head bid t part of a eomplcle skeleton, i . m Ihe I I < 'mderlmrv Mu emu. I t

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