LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 June 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Skiing on Rimutakas. First-class skiing during the weekend on the Rimutakas on a slope about 400 ft above the top of the road, was reported by members of the Aorangi Ski Club, on their return to Wellington last night. Child Dies from Meningitis. . When the 17 months’ old daughter of Mr and Mrs Trevor N. Foote, Gunson Street, Ponsonby, was admitted to the Auckland Hospital on Wednesday evening, the medical staff diagnosed the case as one of cerebrospinal meningitis. The child died within four hours. This is the first death of this kind in Auckland since the mild epidemic was reported from North Auckland some months ago.

Workman Knocked Down by Car. One of the workmen engaged on the construction of the military hospital on Aotea Quay, Wellington, was knocked down on lhe road outside the building on Saturday night, apparently by a vehicle which did not stop. He was Mr J. Teanau, labourer, of Thorndon Quay. Mr Teanau was taken to hospital by the Free Ambulance with head injuries, but last night his condition was reported to be satisfactory. The accident happened shortly after 7 o'clock, while Mr Teanau was engaged on a task on lhe roadside.

National Savings Campaign. The latest figures released by the National Savings Office show that receipts for the national savings campaign now total £1,776,230. Of this sum £739,625 has been received from the sale of national savings bonds and £1,036,605 represents deposits in national''savings accounts. The number of national savings accounts is now ■143,880, the increase during the past week being 11,225, which is the largest since the scheme began in October last. “The people of New Zealand are obviously realising the value of national savings both to the war effort of the Dominion and as a personal investment, and are entering into the spirit of the national savings committee’s drive for 250,000 accounts,” says a statement issued by (he National Savings Office. Quick Raffles Stopped. Stopped by the police during a street appeal in Auckland on Friday in the campaign for the fighting forces fund, quick raffles will be permitted no further. The prohibition, which includes the raffling of liquor and giving liquor with prizes, was enforced late on Friday afternoon. It was stated on Saturday that the holding'of quick raffles from trucks in the city with drawings every few minutes is regarded as a nuisance and a breach of the regulations. This form of raffle has been conducted under a “blanket” licence, a stipulation being that the prizes j should be under £5 in value. The | requirements of the Gaming Act, I: however, are said to have been abus- ■ I ed, one of the factors being that the I trucks at the street corners have each i Jecn handling several hundred pounds i vorth of goods in a day. Some bust- i less men claim that the mass raffling 1 >f goods is affecting the small trader i n a way that cannot be condoned by i patriotic motives. , ;

I Masterton Frosts. Yesterday a frost of 6.2 degrees was registered in Masterton, and this' morning one of 13.1 degrees. Basketball Cancelled. The Wairarapa Basketball Association's fixtures set down for Saturday were cancelled owing to the courts being too wet for play. Heavy Frosts at Gore. Twenty-one degrees of frost were recorded at Gore on Saturday, the highest this winter and the heaviest for several years. Yesterday 18 degrees were registered. The degrees of frost at Gore for the last five mornings have been: Sunday, 18;. Saturday, 21; Friday. 19; Thursday, 15; Wednesday, 11.

Druids’ Benefit Dance. At the benefit dance for overseas soldier members, held by the Druids’ Lodge in the Orange Hall on Saturday evening, those present spent a most enjoyable time. The Monte Carlo was won by Miss A. Mills and Mr.L. Fulton and the Lucky Spot dance by Miss S. Papling and Mr F. Clarke. Bro. W. R. Pawson was M.C. The ladies’ committee, under the direction of Mrs C. Wihnhurst, provided supper.

Mr Semple on War. Speaking in Sydney, the New Zealand Minister of National Service, Mr Semple, expressed his confidence in the co-operation, between the Australian and New Zealand Governments. The New Zealand Labour Government, Mr Semple said, was composed of men who all their lives had been implacable foes of war. Now, however, understanding clearly that they had been living in a fool’s paradise, they would risk everything to avoid subjection to the tyranny of that monster of iniquity, Hitler.

Surfaceman Fatally Injured,

Severe head injuries from which he died in the Wanganui Public Hospital were received by a railway surfaceman, Mr Percy. James Dyke, aged 49, Wanganui, when a motor-trolley was derailed near Okoia station, south of Wanganui, on Saturday afternoon. Another surfaceman who was travelling on the trolley with Mr Dyke. Mr Har-i old Ashley Wallace, aged 39, Wanganui, was also admitted to hospital, but his condition is satisfactory. The trolley left the rails on a straight piece of track half a mile south of Okoia, Mr Dyke being thrown on his head.

Hospital Administration. The introduction of hospital administration on a national basis was opposed by the Napier Chamber of Commerce at its monthly meeting, when a motion was received from the Associated Chambers of Commerce expressing the view that the time had arrived when the whole of the costs of hospital administration should be borne by the State and made a charge on the Social Security fund. It was contended that under a national scheme the people might have to pay much more than Linder local government. Mr W. E. Northe said that centralisation would mean the creation of a State purchas- I ing board, with the result that local I business people would be shut out. '