LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 January 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Baby’s Body Found in Drawer. Palmerston North police are making inquiries into the finding of a baby’s body in a drawer of a wardrobe in a fiat in the city. Apparently the body had been there for some time, and the flat had not been used for a period. Petrol for Harvesting. > Petrol will be available in Canterbury for the present harvest and for putting in next season’s crop. This advice was received at a meeting yesterday of the emergency committee of the Farmers’ Union (North Canterbury). Skull Fractured in Fall. The jockey and trainer, Arthur Lord, received a fractured skull and concussion when he fell from the racehorse Tea Lord on the road between Meeanee and Pakowhai Bridge (Hawke’s Bay). In company with two other riders ho attempted to intercept a horse which had broken away after throwing its rider, and it was during the chase that the mishap occurred. Lord was taken to the Napier Public Hospital, where his condition is reported to be satisfactory. Mid-Canterbury Seat. The only nomination received by the Mid-Canterbury branch of the New Zealand National Party as its candidate for the Mid-Canterbury byelection on February 7 is that of Mrs A. N. Grigg. Her name will be sent forward to the Dominion Council of the National Party for confirmation as official candidate. The Labour Party previously announced its decision not to contest the by-election for MidCanterbury. Export Levy on Hides. The Hides Committee advises the following alterations to the rate of export levy on hides: —Ox hides, decreased by Id per lb. to lid per lb. Cow hides, decreased by Jd per lb. to lid per lb. Calfskins (other than freezers), bull-hides and yearlings, unchanged. These rates are to operate for all hides which* are purchased in accordance with the Hides Emergency Regulations, 1940 (No. 2), and which become free for export on and after January 7. 1942. Fall Against Window. Returning home from a dance during the blackout at Palmerston North on Tuesday night, three women, imagining that they heard footsteps behind them, decided to hide for the time being behind one of the island windows in Collinson and Cunninghame’s premises. 'While there one of them fell against one of the windows, breaking it and receiving cuts from jagged edges of the glass. The injured woman was subsequently given medical attention. The value of the broken window is estimated at about £3O, and several frocks were damaged by the broken glass. .. Tragedy Feared. It is believed that Mr Ole. Olsen, billiard saloon proprietor, aged 79, lost his life when the Ohakune township was flooded on Tuesday afternoon.. He was last seen alive in his billiard saloon in Clyde Street when the flood waters began to rise, but he was not officially reported as missing till early yesterday morning. A search among the debris at the rear of the premises was made yesterday by Constables S. H. Cave and R. D. Gardner, with the aid of a tractor and several men, but no trace of Olsen was found. After the flood waters subsided it was thought that Olsen had gone away with friends in a car, but this was later found to be incorrect. Olsen lived in dwelling adjacent to the billiard saloon.

E.P.S. First Aid Class. A full attendance of members of the E.P.S. first aid class is requested tonight, when practices will be resumed, commencing at 7 p.m. Child Receives Head injuries. Francis Sewell, aged 2£- years, a son of Mr and Mrs F. F. Sewell, Carterton, was admitted to Masterton Hospital yesterday afternoon with injuries to his head which he received while playing near his home. His condition was reported this morning as showing an improvement. A Call to Service. A call to all Salvationists in New Zealand has been issued by Commissioner J. Evan Smith. “We have no idea how and when the need will arise, but in the name of God and as your leader, I call upon every officer, local officer and soldiei' to stand ready and without hesitation or fear to plunge right into any and every opportunity that presents itself for service and sacrifice,” he says. Air Raid Shelters. Under the regulations issued this week making financial and other provision for the erection of air-raid shelters in areas regarded as dangerous, it is proposed to provide public shelters in Auckland for approximately 18,000 people in 35 buildings in the business area of Auckland. The Government is to bear 75 per cent of the cost and local authorities 1 25 per cent. Bread Delivery in Wellington. By order of the Wheat and Flour Controller in conjunction with the Oil Fuel Controller, acting under the War Emergency Regulations, bread will not be delivered to private houses in Wellington after next Saturday. So that they may not be left without bread next week, householders are urged to place a standing order in advance, either with their retail shopkeeper or with their baker, who will advise the shopkeeper concerned. Motor Licensing Regulations. The gazetting of new regulations to allow the relicensing of motor-vehicles without the provision of new steel number plates is expected shortly. The period of the current licences will expire at the end of June, and the relicensing will be done in that month. It is expected that* comparatively little change in the system will be necessary, transfers being issued for motorists to place on their windscreens to indicate that they have paid the current year’s fees, while they leave the old plates in place. The regulations will have to make provision for the issuing of new transfers to replace transfers destroyed, as, for instance, when a windscreen is broken. National Military Reservists. An announcement that provision would be made by the Soldiers’ Financial Assistance Board to assist members of the National Military Reserve engaged on full-time service, was made yesterday by the Minister of Finance, Mr Nash. National Military Reservists will therefore now be able to apply for help in meeting commitments, such as rent, mortgage interest, and insurance premiums. In carrying out this policy, the board does not aim, however, at making up the difference between civilian and military pay. The National Reservists mobilised are not called on to pay social security or national security taxes on their military pay, though the Social Security Fund receives its proportion from State funds.