LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 May 1944, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Child Fatally Scalded. During the last week four infant children were admitted to the Christchurch Hospital with scalds received through pulling over electric kettles or jugs of boiling water by the flex. One of the children died. The hospital authorities and the Plunket Society have joined in issuing an appeal to parents to exercise all care in keeping such sources of danger beyond the reach of young children. False Pretences. William Trevor. Whitfield, married, aged 60, was admitted to probation for two years yesterday after pleading guilty in New Plymouth to three charges of false pretences by failing to disclose his earnings to the Social Security Department while in receipt of a war pensioner’s allowance. An order was made for restoration of £l3B 0s 4d, the amount drawn under false pretences. Hold Up at Mine. > Little work was done at Linton coal mine at Ohai yesterday. A stop-work meeting was held this morning lasting from 8 o’clock till 10.45, when all but seven of the miners went home. ’These seven men, described by an official as “of a more responsible type,” worked the mine with the aid of the official, so that the. output yesterday was very small The trouble is stated to have arisen from a dispute between the miners and truckers over the question of payment to the head trucker.

Invercargill Licensing Trust. “The attitude of the New Zealand Alliance toward the Invercargill Licensing Trust is that the Government did a very wise thing in not handing over to private enterprise the liquor licences that will be granted to Invercargill,” said Mr H. W. Milner, general superintendent of the alliance, in an address at a public meeting at Invercargill yesterday. “The alliance would like to see the trust successful and also that everything should be done to make it sUccesful. I am satisfied that the Government and certain Ministers of the Crown are very keen to inake the trust a success and establish a precedent that may go a long way to solve some of the liquor problems.”

“One Coupon, Please.” There is always a right answer to everything, but most of us always recall the right answer at the wrong moment, when it is too late. A waitress in a well-known Wellington restaurant, however, appears to have the knack of thinking of the right answer at the right moment. A customer sat himself down and ordered a plate of soup. He told the waitress what he thought of it. It was pretty poor stiiff, in his estimation. He ordered a plate of tongue and salad. This, too’, did not come tip to expectations. The waitress said nothing, in quite a pleasant manner. The customer topped off with a glass of malted milk? Half-way through he felt some foreign body in his mouth, and eventually produced a very dead fly. “I’ve got' a coinplaint,” he said. “There’s a fly in my milk shake.” “That will be one coupon, please,” said the waitress.

Municipal Elections. Mr. J. Robertson, a candidate for the Masterton mayoralty, and the Labour borough council candidates, will address a public meeting in the Y.M.C.A. t tonight, commencing at 8 o’clock. i Home Guard Reunion. r An invitation is extended to Home - Guard and National members - to a reunion to be held on June 3. All 3 members of the National Reserve and s the original Masterton A and C Comi paies are entitled to attend. Strong f committees are at work to make the function a success. The reunion will take the form of a first-class concert, followed by supper. Already large numbers have signified their intention t ’ to be present. ’ Ari Alleged Somersault. j Speaking at a meeting of electors . last night, Mr. P. H. Shaw, a Labour P candidate for the Masterton Borough . Council, said a nieetihg of Citizens in . the Masterton Y.M.C.A. had recom- . mended 13 men to the electors. The meeting decided not to ballot for eleven candidates at a subsequent meeting as it would have meant a [ miniature election. Why were only ■ eleven names announced in the adver- • tisement in that night’s issue of the ■ “Times-Age”? asked Mr. Shaw. He , alleged that there had been a somer- ; sault of the decision reached at the citizens’ meeting. Wives of U.S.A. Servicemen. The accuracy of a recent statement by a member of the American Red Cross in Wellington that there were now 3000 New Zealand wives of United States servicemen, was questioned by the United States Consul in Auckland, Mr Hiram A. Boucher. He said the total was well under 1000 and he doubted whether it would reach 700. Before an American serviceman could be married he must get the permission of his commanding officer and the New Zealand authorities, said Mr Boucher. New Zealand girls did not become American citizens on marriage, but their entry into the United States was facilitated, because they.did not come within the immigration quota restric- - tions. Consequently his office kept particulars of most of the marriages in Auckland province. i Crimes by Boys. Concern at the number of crimes j committed by boys under the control c of the Welfare Department was ex- j pressed by the grand jury in a presentment to Mr Justice Blair in the Su- < premb Court at Gisborne yesterday. “The grand jitry lias given consider- j able time to the question of crimes by boys under control of the Welfare j Department recently in this district, j and we suggest that suitable repre- j sentatibris be made to the right qtiar- j ters for a review of the whole pbsitiori, and that any alteration made j should have the full support of the Police Department, to whom thb pub- ( lie are indebted for their safety. We feel that the lot of back-country set- } tiers is hard enough today, specially ( the womenfolk, without having lads j brought in from other districts and t sent without due warning to settlers t< about their previous weaknesses.” His f] Honour promised to submit the reconi- p mendation to the authorities. e