MARTON NOTES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 284, 2 December 1941, Page 3

MARTON NOTES

HOME GUARD TRAINING ALL-DAY ( Ol RSE IN MARTON A very well attended Home Guard full-day training course for officers land n.c.o.’s was held at the Marton i Racecourse at the week-end. The syllabus, which was prepared by the | Marton Battalion, was in (he hands of the group instructional staff, under Cantain E. .1 Elliott. N.Z.T.S. Before handing over to the instructors. Major F. J. Soler, commanding officer of the Marton Battalion. expressed the staff s satisfaction with the attendance of some 140 'Guardsmen and suggested that anv'one who thought training with little | equipment was time wasted should take an example from the enemy. iThe Germans, he said, had trained | their whole nation to bo ready for this iwar without any equipment. Even their powerful Air Force was trained j ready to receive its equipment before it was produced. When they were all trained ready to receive it. the equipment was produced and their huge i lighting force sprang into being from I apparently nowhere. I The morning was spent in demonstrations on hitting power and balJlistics of the service of ammunition, imder Sergeant - Major Mitchell. I emergency grenade fillings with practical demonstrations by Warrant-Offi-cer A. Bullock, and construction of road blocks by Mr. Nelson. A general I discussion on tactical problems | aroused considerable interest and was , considered to be s very valuable period of instruction by all concerned. I The afternoon period dealt with firing point instruction, including coaching of marksmen by Sergeant-Major jGould, and personal camouflage, as •used by snipers demonstrated by Warrant-Officer F. R. Newbold. What was considered by all in at tendanc e as a most interesting day’s work was

rounded off with field exercises under Captain Elliot. Catering for such a big attendance was very efficiently handled by the canteen section of the Marton W.W.S.A., under Mrs. A. H. Watts. The parade was visited in he afternoon by District Director. Col. R. H. J. Beere, who happened to he passing through the district, and the Group j Director. Lieut.-Colonel R. D. Hardie. D.S.O. ENLISTMENTS FOR AIR FORCE i For the purpose of interviewing intending applicants for the R.N.Z.A.F.. I Squadron-Leader A. C. McArthur will I be visiting Marlon on Thursday and | may be seen at the Borough Council I Chambers between 9 and 11.15 a.m. I Applications are invited from men between the* ages of 18 and 31 for en‘listment as airman-pilots and from ; men between ages of 18 and 33 for air observers and wireless operatorlair gunners. RAINFALL IN MARTON j Rain fell in Marton last month on twelve days, totalling 5.23 inches, the heaviest fall being recorded on November 14 1.04. November's rainfall was in excess of the average by i 1.07 inches. Following are the tigi/ • s made available by Mr. E. J. Wilde | •Miriield,” Marton: Ist.. .26; 51 h., .3: ;Sth„ .36: 13th.. .26; 14th., 1.04; 15th.. .36; 17th.. .91; 18th.. .35; 19th., .17; 21st.. .19; 26th., .32; 29th., .71. VITAL STATISTICS DECREASE IN BIRTHS A decrease in the number of births I from 12 in 1940 to two in 1941 is the ■feature of the vital statistics in Marlton for the period of November. I There was one death last month 'against none for the corresponding I period in 1940 and four marriages compared with two iast year. i An appeal that those who intend ■taking out marriage licences for (Christmas and New Year weddings, should do so as soon as possible was

I made yesterdav bv the registrar, Mr. D. R. A. Baker. The office, he said I would be closed from December 22 ' until January 5. A marriage licence i can he acted upon up to three months after the date of issue. Several ■ parties were under the impression* that marriage licences could he taken ' out three days only before the wed- : ’ ding. This was incorrect, stressed I Mr. Baker. BOWLIMi NOTES The first round of the singles cham- ■ ■ pionship and the second round of the 1 ■ pairs championship of the Marton 1 Bowling Club are to be finished by I December 14. I On Tuesday, December 9. a ladies’ | day will be held on the Marton green. | ■ A cordial invitation is extended to the I ■ ladies to participate in a game of ; i bowls. During the week-end it is hoped to > ■ send seven rinks to Wanganui East to take part in the “Bone of Contention" match. Names are wanted on the I board. ■ SD K AND WOl NDED Nl RSES FIRST-CLASS CONCERT TOMORROW NIGHT Splendid bookings are recorded for . the concert, in aid of the Sick and Wounded Nurses’ Fund, to be held in the Marton Civic Theatre to-morrow (Wednesday) evening. A first-class programme has been arranged of leading vocalists. musicians and dancers from all parts of the Rangilikei district. Hawera and Palmerston North. The Ohakea Air Force Band , ’ will render select io .s. Patrons are advised to book early at Mogridge’s as there is every probability of a full ■ house. i TO-DAY’S “SHOP” The last “shop" event of the year . lakes place to-day (Tuesday) in the showrooms at Ward Motors. Wellinglon Road. Marton, and it is in aid of the above fund. All the four “shop" districts have combined to make the greatest possible success of this effort lor a cause that appeal to all. In connection vtith the cake stall a competition for sponge sandwiches (filling optional) will be held. Entries are to be in by 11 a.m. The first prize is a 6s order and the second a 4s order, botn at Mrs. M. H. Innas’. Lunch and tea is obtainable at McDonald's buildings in Broadway. CIVIC THEATRE, .MARTON ! "HITLER. BEAST OF BERLIN" "We don’t worry about God Irrc, I Hitler takes good care of us!" 1 lasphemous words of a sneering Nazi stormtrooper to Father Pommer. a prisoner in the foul coniines of a concentration camp. The only charge against this kindly priest was that he stil’ “dared" to cherish the love of peace and goodwill among men. in preference to the war-mad policy of the power-crazed dictator. Adolf Hitler. Refusing io accept the principles of the Nazi war-machine. Father Pommer had continued to preach the doctrines of Christianity from his pulpit and fo all he met in the daily walk af life. And when some of the father’s friends are arrested by Ihe Gestapo, as conspirators against, the German Government, and herded like cattle into a truck for transport to a dreaded concentration camp, the kindh priest is included in their number. Indignities and brutalities almost unbelievable in this advanced age of civilisation are fearlessly revealed in "Hitler Beast of Berlin." the most widely-discussed motion picture of all time. SALE Ol VAC ANT HOUSE Mr. C. H. Lee has been instructed by the Public Trustee to offer for public auction a vacant house and land. No. 18 Signal Street. Marton, on Saturday. December 6. 1941. at 1.30 p.m. RAILWAY CRICKET CLI B MARRIED MEN BEAT THE SINGLE The cricket match between the married men and the single membeis oi the Marlon Railway Cricket Club, during the week-end, was won by tne married men by io wickets. Mauled members, balling first, compiled 91, ol which Alien iia) ana Ballon (26) were the chief contributors. r. Dommelt (ihree lor 21), J. Barnes (three lor 36) and Edwarus (lour for 19) did most of the bowling. Single men could not stand up to tne attack of Berkley (lour for 3», Sharp (two for 3), Allen (two tor 8», Roberts (one for (J) and Troll (one for 5), and were dismissed for 30 of which Remnant, with 11 not out, was the solitary double-ligure scorer. A follow-on was enforced, the side doing little better, scoring 65 runs, T. Dommelt top-scoring with 24, while Barnes (13» and Remnant (lU> also reached double figures. Berkley (three for 4), Roberts (three for 15) and Morris (one for six) did best with the bail. Requiring only one run to win, the Married men obtained it without the loss of a wicket.

GIFTS FOR MERCHANT MARINE Yesterday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs. A. B. Caverhid, members of the Marton branch of the W.D.F.U., packed articles for men of the Merchant Manne in England. The parcel comprised 6 scarves, 30 pairs sox, 2 caps, balaclava, pair miltens, and sea-boot stockings, and gloves. Mrs. Duncan Simpson last week sent to the Merchant Marine in Wellington, balaclavas, sox, mittens, anti an overcoat.