LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 49, Issue 15049, 30 November 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wairarapa High School athletic sports are being held this afternoon. The Dreyer’s Rock road has been made safe' for traffic by the rounding off of a corner at one point.

During the month of November 12 motor cars and 3 motor cycles were registered in the Masterton borough.

About £2OO in prizes will be competed for at the Masterton Amateur Athletic Club’s sports on Anmversaiy Dav.

The holders of the Dixon Cup will defend it in a match on the Masterton bowling green at 11.30 a.m. to-morrow against a Pahiatua team. The vital statistics for Mastedton for the month of November are as follows:—Marriage 1, births 20, deaths 5. v At a meeting of the Methodist Synod in Wellington last week, Mr• Lynneberg took up a collection of £lB tor the Masterton Methodist Home.

The annual meeting of the Masterton Employers’ and Retailers’ Association last night lapsed, there being less than a quorum present. It was decided by the Maurieeville County Council yesterday to invite applications for a new overseer and two men for County work. Leslie Charles Thackwell, alias Turner who formerly resided in the Wairarapa, was sentenced in the Wellington Supreme Court yesterday to two years’ hard labour for false pretences. It is probable that a number of local residents will be called upon shortly to explain to the Magistrate why they used water on their gardens contrary to the borough by-laws. A Sydney cable states that a promising gold find is reported to have been made near Lithgow, on the lino of the old Nikeiiar reef, wnieh years ago gave rich returns. A five-foot reef has been traced a quarter of a mile, the stone assaying five ounces to the ton. The Maurieeville County Council had before it vesterday a complaint from Mr J. R. Dick to the effect that Weston’s road was in bad order and was unsafe for traffic. It was decided to leave the matter in Cr. Seymour’s hands.

Rabbits, rats and mice in New Zealand should soon be crying themselves to death. Prom the army headquarters at San Francisco is announced the discovery of a chemical tear gas, which does not affect human beings, but means death to small animals.

The Returned Soldiers’ Club property in Albert street, Auckland, has been sold for £19,000. The price originally paid was £16,000, but the building has since been considerably added to. The proceeds of the sale revert to the Patriotic Association.

“If I gave yon £30,000 to spend in this district, what purpose would you put it to?” asked the Hon. J. G'. Coates of Mr E. P. Mountfort, when the latter was speaking on the question of district development at Gisborne. “Well,” rejoined Mr Mountfort, “I’d put a bit on to ’<’ “There you are,” the Minister interrupted, amidst general laughter, “you’d give a little bit here and a little bit there, and before you knew it your money would have flown. ” He was sure the deputation could see, he said, that if they concentrated effort upon cleaning up one job, they would get better results in the Jong run than by diffusing their energy into different channels.

An extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the No. 2 Workers’ Mutual Benefit Building Society was held in the secretary’s office last evening, for the allocation of £4oo by ballot (free of interest). Mr K. Krahagen occupied the chair, and about 30 shareholders were also present. Mrs Davis was nominated to draw the marbles from the ballot box. The first number drawn was held by Master J. H. B. Seholefield, of Masterton, who, holding one share, was declared entitled to £2OO (free of interest). On drawing again, Mr A. B. Wood was successful in drawing an appropriation of £4OO (free of interest). A shareholder who had drawn an appropriation of £4OO, offered the loan for sale, and a tender of £7B was received and accepted. Shortly after ten o’clock last night the Wellington Fire Brigade received a call to a suite of dentist’s rooms occupied by J. S. Fairchild, and situated above Lindsay’s bootshop, Lambton Quay, Wellington. One of the five rooms, used for storing lumber and containing a number of books and periodicals, -was completely destroyed, while all the other rooms wore damaged by water and smoke. The bootshop below was damaged by water. The cause of the outbreak is a matter for supposition. The suite is lighted by electricity, and the current was still on when the brigade arrived. It is thought likely that the wires were fused, as those conveying the current to the other rooms pass over the one where the fire occurred. The property is a Maori and is at present leased by the Woodward Estate.

The committee meeting of the Masterton Amateur Athletic Club, held last night, was presided over by Mr G. McKay. There were also present:— Messrs 11. Harris, J. Hunter, W. Winhall, T. Shipley and J. Johnston. The programme for the Anniversary Dav sports, as recommended by the programme committee, was adovted. It was decided to hold tho spurts on the Park oval as usual. The secretary reported that singlets would be to hand early next week, and pointed out that they would be procurable from tho club only. It was decided to notify members that they must register, and to inform harrier members that they were still able to compete as harriers during the winter months as members of harrier clubs, using the sa'rne registered number as iu the athletic club. It was decided to hold the next committee meeting on December I3th.

Only one marriage was celebrated in Masterton during November.

The Maurieeville County Council is carrying out much-needed work on the Mt. Bruce road.

Mr Stanley Baldwin is the first British Prime Minister since 1905 who has been an Anglican churchman.

Building permits numbering 11, and to the value of £7798, were issued during November by the Masterton Borough Council.

The amalgamation of Johnsonville with the City of Wellington was urged by a deputation to the City Council last night. The Wellington city’s debt at March 31st, 1921 (including bank overdraft and temporary loans), was £2,862,232. The city’s debt at March 31st, 1923 was £3,779,654, an increase in two years of £917,422. Loans authorised by ratepayers, but not yet raised, amount to £1,073,875.

The Maurieeville County Council yesterday decided to agree to a request from the Masterton County Council to contribute £2O towards defraying the eqpenses of the executive of the District Highways Council in connection with the inspection o£“roads. “Henry Ford is the minister’s friend ,and a good one, too,’’ declared the Rev. Professor R. E. Davies at the Presbyterian General Assembly at Christchurch. “With the aid of a motor car the country clergyman’s duties become comparatively easy.” The gas-cooking demonstrations yesterday afternoon and evening by Miss Una Carter attracted the largest attendance to date, there being about 250 ladies present at each demonstration. The spectators were all keenly interested, and the popularity of cooking by gas should be greatly enhanced as the result.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Ma.uriceville County Council, the Masterton County Council wrote in reference to Dorset’s bridge, declining to accept the Maurieeville County Council’s offer of £3 50, and offering to accept without prejudice three-eighths of the cost from Maurieeville. It was decided not to accept the Masterton County Council’s proposal. Lord Leverhulme, speaking at Morecambe last month, said that just as advertising built up big businesses, so it could build up buby and flourishing seaside resorts. They should concentrate on telling through, the Press their advantages to the wide world. At the Menai Bridge (Anglesey) Council that day if was suggested that the North Wales advertising board would be wiser to spend more on newspaper advertisements than on guide books. Before Mr S. L. P. Free, S.M., in the Pahiatua Magistrate’s Court on Wed-nesday,.-several residents of Eketahuna —William A. Murrell, Sven Nilsson, Fred Nilsson, Melville C. Brooks, John Lewis, Keith Raleigh and William Wattereus —were each charged with having been illegally on the premises of the Rutland Hotel, Pahiatua, after 6 p.m. The Magistrate convicted and fined Murrell, Sven and Fred Nilsson, Brooks and Lewis 20s and 7s costs each. The informations against Raleigh and Wattereus were dismissed.

An unusual incident occurred on board the ketch Rira, which arrived at Auckland from Grafton, Clarence River, on'Friday. When the vessel was off The Three Kings she was visited by hundreds of seagulls, which flew aboard shortly after midday and remained on the vessel for about ten hours. The birds walked about the decks and on top of the deck houses. They showed very little fear, and moved away slowly when approached. The mate of the Rira, with 35 years’ experience at sea, said he had never had such an experience. It seemed as though the birds had own aboard to shelter from some unknown danger. The crew fed the birds with meat and bread.

At Petone yesterday a new preparation for laying dust and at the same time preserving macadamised road surfaces, was laid on a quarter-mile section of the Main road from tlhe Petone railway station northwards, under the direction of Mr Allan Benham, C.E., of Gisborne. The preparation is a mixture of bitumen, oil and water, so treated by the manufacturer that it is capable of being mixed with water in any vroportions and sprayed on to the road surface by an ordinary watering cart. In the demonstration yesterday 15 per cent of the preparation and 85 per cent of water was used. The demonstration was watched by several prominent engineers, representing the Government and local bodies, and was made possible by Mr Cowle, engineer to the Petone borough, providing the necessary facilities for it. Lord Strathspey, who is a director of the English company manufacturing the preparation, was also present, and stated that he had no doubt it would be as effective as in England in reducing the dust nuisance and lengthening the life of ordinary macadam.

Section wanted. k Gentleman requires board. English 2-seater car for sale. Te Ore Ore dance as usual Saturday night. Girl requires position as domestic help. Elderly lady wants to rent furnished cottage.

Lost black and white cocker spaniel advertised for.

■Singleton and Co. ’s Commerce car will run to Castlepoint on Sunday. Elderly man seeks employment in gentleman’s residence or station. The Wairarapa Hig'h School Board invite tenders for the supply of school furniture.

Members of the Masterton Savage Club are invited to attend a korcro in the club’s room on Saturday to farewell Savage H. Y. Lawry.

Trusting to memory often leads to disappointment when on shopping bent. The remedy lies in the investment of a shopping list procurable at B. H. Hill and Co.’s, jewellers. These are cased in compact leather covers and convenient to carry in a bag or in the hand, while the prices are extremely reasonable.

Mr B. S. Gerrand publishes in this issue full particulars of a clearing sale of high-class English oak furniture, on account of Mrs E. J. Davies, 55 Cornwall street. The list as published is an attractive one, and includes a late model Drophead Singer sewing machine. The sale takes place to-morrow and will commence at 1.30 pan. sharp.

Ho profi.teth most who serveth best. Such is the motto of the Cosy Lounge, noted for confectionery of quality at reasonable prices. The proprietor wishes it to be known that he is not cutting the prices out of ail proportion, but believing in smaller profits and quicker returns thus not allowing the goods to go stale on the shelves. Customers may, therefore, rely on getting their confectionery absolutely fresh from the factory and at reasonable prices. Belying on this he will continue to sell at his present prices.

The thermometer registered 82 degrees in the shade in. Master-ton at 1.30 o'clock this afternoon.

A Sefton farmer named Edwin Huir Parnham, single, aged 30, committed suicide by shooting himself. Parnham served with the 6th Reinforcements. He was leasing a farm of 170 acres at Sefton, and was doing well and had no financial worries.