LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 June 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It was decided by the Band, Park, Library and Hall Committee that the request of the St. John’s Ambulance Association for the free use of the lecture room on Thursday evenings for the purpose of holding classes m first aid to the injured, home nursing, etc., be granted.

The following is the draw for the Masterton Chess Club’s Dagg Shield handicap, to .be played to-night:—A. Morgan plays Barton, W. Hops plays H. Kummer, C. Clenu.s plays A. C. Clemas, J. Catherall plavs F. P. Welch, W. Gibson plays J. Shearer. 'Championship games may also be. played by those desirous of competing.,.

During the month HI permits were issued by the Masterton Borough Council for buildings having an estimated value of £2826 6s, fees thereon amounting to £lO ss. For the corresponding pe nod last year the number of permits issued was I'3, having an estimated value of £4062 Os 6d.

Marie Burke, of the J. C. lyilliamson musical comedy company, studied in Italy with Dal Monte, Picealuga, Charles Hackett, and many other operatic stars. She made her debut as Musetta in “Boheme,” and some day hopes to return to Italy for further study. “For it is my ambition' to sing ‘Carmen’,” she states. Miss Burke has made many concert tours, one„of them with Marie Novello and Melsa, the violinist, and upon turning her attention to musical comedy made a tremendous success in “Afgali,” at the London Pavilion, and ‘‘The Lady of the Rose,” with Eddie Cantor, in America. 1 Marie Burke is a tall, flashing-eyed beauty—probably the most beautiful brunette on the English musical comedy stage to-day—the ideal Carmen in appearance.

The sanitary inspector has reported as follows to the Borough Council for the month of May:—Notifiable infectious diseases. —Pulmonary tuberculosis, 1 ease, Queen street; infantile paralysis, 1 case, Albert street. No case of infectious disease has been reported since the 10th ultimo. Plumbing and drainage.—During May 24 sewer connections were put in, and to date this month 8 further applications have been received. Thirty-four plumbing and drainage permits were issued.

At a well-attended meeting of K Squadron, Legion of Frontiersmen, held in Masterton, Captain IT. W. Martyn 'Roberts presided. Routine business was carried out, and applications from new members considered. As the annual conference is being held in Hastings this year, two delegates were appointed from K Squadron, Frontiersmen W. Page and W. D. Ansell. At the conclusion of the business, Mr A. W. Reynolds (surveyor, of Masterton) gave a very interesting and instructive lecture on topography and its application in modern warfare. The lecturer dealt in detail with range-finding methods of present-day gunners, comparing these with the earlier days of long-distance shooting. The usefulness of aircraft and of photographs taken from above was also described. :

At the first signs of Influenza take “NAZOL”—a simple, safe, speedy and sure specific. Penetrating and germkilling; 1/6 for 60 doses. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds, .never fails.

The Borough Council has decided to give a discount of 5 per cent on all rates paid within 30 days of - due date. To meet the competition of electricity, the Palmerston North Borough Council has decided to reduce the price of gas by 3d per 1000 feet. The annual meeting of the Masterton Fire B.oard will be held on Monday afternoon. The annual reunion of the Fire Brigade will take place at night.

• The‘tender of K. Butler (£lO6, 6s 8d) for carting metal to five dumps in the borough, whs accepted by the Masterton Borough Council last night. At a sale of pedigree Jerseys in Palmerston North yesterday, W. T. Williams, of Te Autc, purchased the cow Viola’s Queen Bess from It. Cobbe, Feilding, for 500 guineas.

. At Wellington last night Reg. Trowern '(New Zealand) defeated Jimmy Hill (Australia) in a professional boxing contest, 'Hill throwing in the towel at the end of tha Bth round. *

Permission has been granted by the Masterton Borough Council for the Municipal Band to play in Queen street on Friday evening, in aid of the distressed bandsmen fund.

A Chinese named Ah Foy, aged 75, was found yesterday morning on the roadside near* Beaumont (Otago), in an unconscious condition. He waS removed to the Lawrence Hospital, where he died.

During May gas made by the 'Masterton Corporation Gas Department showed am- increase of 5.42 pef cent, and gas.sold.in April a decrease.of 5.6 per cent, compared with the same month last. year.

The Masterton Borough Council has decided, on the recommendation of the finance, committee, that the annual car allowance to Mr Braggins be increased by £25 per annum, such increase to be retrospective from April Ist, 19’20.

J. iH. Kirkwood (Australia) is included in the 200 entrants for the British open golf championship. He meets C. IT. Collett, of Dorset, in the preliminary round at Troon on Monday.

During the month of May the following stock was slaughtered at the Masterton abattoir: —G 8 bullocks, 28 heifers, 104 cows, 50 calves, 364 wethers, 208 ewes, 9 lambs, 138 pigs, and 7 sueking pigs. The fees for the month amount to £155 16s 3d.

When the statement from the Wairarapa Hospital Board with regard to uncollected patients’ fees was being discussed by the Masterton Borough Council last night, every speaker emphasised the fact that the hospital should be free to those who were not in a position to pay, but that those who were in a position to pay their fees should be compelled to do so. Most speakers took the view that the fact that outstanding patients’ fees at the Masterton Hospital .alone had increased from £7587 7s lid. in 1924 to £10,416 13s 8d in 1925, showed that the system of collecting outstanding fees from those able to pay could be greatly improved.

"In connection with the drainage extension loan, the engineer has reported to the Borough Council as follows: — During the month 24$ chains of 6-inch sewer have been completed in Donald, Solway and Queen streets, and Walton’s Avenue. There yet remains to be done a piece of approximately three chains on the west side of Queen street at the Triangle, from Walton’s Avenue, and this will be completed during the next few days. Since my last report an apparently defective pipe in the by-pass pipe line from the septic tank collapsed, causing a quantity of earth to be carried away, leaving ' a portion of the pipe to the farm practically suspended, which caused it to leak very badly. While attempting to effect repairs it was found that practically every joint was leaking and all were defectively made. To remedy this I have had the whole line (approximately six chains) exposed, and joints cleaned, and am relaying same. While .1 have men there I am also opening up a further portion of new farm. The expenditure to the' end of May has been as follows: —'Renewal work, £9141 17s lOd; new work—labour, £10,374 19s 4d; materials, £5559 6s 2d; freight and cartage, £129 11s 4d; miscellaneous, £5895 10s 3d—£21.959 7s Id. Total, £31,101 4s lid.

Leather glove lost. Domestic help wanted. (Furnished rooms to let. Dance, FQresters’ Hall, to-night. Black and white fox terrier bitch found.

(Entries, for the Afasterton Poultry Show close on June 20tli.

Applications invited for position of County ranger and pound-keeper to Castlepoint County. 'The Wanganui Competitions Society 1925 festival will be held August 18th to &9th. Entries will close on July loth with iMr L. J. Verry, secretary, 'box 898, Wanganui. Everybody is doing them; buy a copy while procurable. We have justreceived by the English mail fresh supplies of books of cross-word puzzles, at 9d, Is 6d and 3s fid each.—McLeod and Young, The Academy. The Wairarapa Farmers ’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., desire to notify their numerous clients and the public generally that they have reduced all brands of tea by 3d per l'b. Gold Rose Tea is now being retailed at 3s per lb. instead of 3s 3d per lb.*

Mr R. S. Gerrand advertises in this issue full particulars of an attractive auction sale of superior household furniture and effects, and a quantity of builders’’ requisites. The sale, which is on account of Mr U. B. Hosken, 98 Pine 9treet, will take place next Saturday afternoon, commencing at 12.30. The catalogue is a varied one (see page 8 of this issue), and should attract a large attendance of buyers. Record bargains must mean record business, and to-day has proved no exception to the rule. Promptly at 9 outdoors opened and we have been kept going hard all day Don’t think we are complaining, in fact we rather like it that way. It shows you good folk really appreciate genuine bargains. Another change of advertisement on page two will interest you. Read it, and then act. —W.F.C.A., Ltd., “The Shopping Centre.”

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The Wairarapa High School first fifteen are playing football to-day in Palmerston. North.

A Paris cable states that a Trench sausage balloon at Cobleiico exploded in mid-air and fifteen soldiers were, burned, whereof five succumbed. The others are in- a grave condition.

A Sydney cable states that the yacht Endeavour, which was reported missing, is safe. A message has been received in Sydney, stating that she is at Gladstone, having put in there after experiencing, very rough seas. . An Auckland telegram states that Dr. Pomare, replying to a local body’s protest against the amount ,of the hospital levy, said that he was unable to Consider a ; suggestion -.that: the levy should be made on the population basis instead of the valuation basis.

A Melbourne cable states that by a 10 to 2 majority, the jury returned a verdict for defendant in the action of H. E. Pratten (Federal Minister for Customs) versus the “Labour Daily,” of Sydney, a claim for £IO,OOO.

1 Arising out of a letter from the Government Accident Insurance Office intimating that it could hot admit a claim in a case which wms due to a pure accident, the Wellington Education Board to-day discussed the whole question of the insurance of school children against accident. It was decided to approach the Education Department with a view to securing a grant to provide for the cost of first aid accidents.

, The librarian (>lrs -Cohen) reported as follows to the library committee, that the following are the figures for the library for the month of May, 1925: —800ks issued: Fictiop 5497,, travel 25, miscellaneous 14. Books added: Fiction 53,* reference 3. Subscribers at end of April, 698; new subscribers, 16; subscribers left during April, nil; total subscribers end of May, 714; subscriptions collected, £9 17s 6d.

“There are hundreds of school children and many adults who only use their bicycles in the daytime, and it is unreasonable to expect these cyclists to go to the expense of attaching red. disks to their bicycles,” said Or. ißue at the Borougli Council meeting last night, when, a. request was received from a number of taxi-drivers, asking that the by-law requiring disks on bicycles be enforced. The speaker said that lie quite agreed that anyjbicycle used at night should have the red disk attached. This was no doubt what the taxi-drivers desired, as the disks showed up at night when the motor lights flashed on them. When the new,bylaws were being framed shortly, the by-law could be amended to read that the disks must be provided on bicycles used between the hours of sunset and sundown. It was decided to- leave the matter over till the new-by-laws were framed.

The Park, Library and Hall Commit-' tee reported as follows to the meeting of the Borough Council last night:— A deputation consisting of >• Messrs Wyke and iLeete; representing; . the Band, waited on your committee and reported, inter alia, that in spite of several junior members of the band having severed their connection with the Band, througirhaViag loft the town, the band still continued to make progress; that'they had' filled nil. galls made upon tlietn to play out at different functions; that it would-be-of great assistance to the band if the borough would endeavour to find employment for any bandsmen who may be out of work; and requesting that in the event Of their services being required in connection with the. proposed visit of the United States Fleet to Masterton, that they be given as much notice as possible of what is expected of tlieni oh that occasion.