LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 6 July 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Members of the Church of Eng].and Men’s Society paid a visit to the Masterton. Hospital yesterday afternoon. Hymns of the patients’, choice were sung, and a short address was given by the Rev. W. Bullock. It is hoped to make these visits once a month. The St. Paul ’3 Methodist Church, Palmerston North, celebrated its jubilee yesterday at thanksgiving services conducted by Revs. Dr. Laws, and Rugby Pratt. Large congregations assembled and the collections totalled women, at a solemn covenant service, took covenant vows and partook of the Holy Communion.

Preparations are under, way to lay the bitumen track, from the Maori Cutting, on .the Wairarapa side of the Upper Hutt, to the spot in the vicinity of Petone which was reached, when the work ended in the late. autumn. The side of .the. road for a mile or two near, the Maori cutting is laid with barrels' of bitumen and the necessary boilers, in readiness for the commencement of operations in the spring. There was a good attendance at the C.A.T. Cabaret on Saturday night, and the room was much admired by the dancers, who thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Mills’ orchestra-gave satisfaction, and the supper was again a feature.

That travelling to Wellington by motor, despite the wet weather and the bad roads, is becoming very popular, was evidenced by the large number of people who journeyed from Wairarapa to Wellington on Saturday. Besides the usual motor cars that were running, Messrs Richards and Co. found it necessary to substitute their ehar-a-. banc for their limousine on Saturday afternoon, so great was the. demand for seats, there being a full vehicle going to Wellington, and al9o on the return journey yesterday.

A very enjoyable concert was given in St. Matthew’s Parish Hall on Saturday evening, there being a good attendance. The children taking part in the first part of the programme were Margaret Grant, Dulcie Point-op, Olga Loudon, Maud Bacon, Edna Coleman, Betty Coleman, Jean Stewart, Jean •Douglas, Helen .King and Betty Williams, the last-named performing some very graceful dances. Sketches were given by the Girls’ Club and the Misses Brbwn, Ramsay and Vincent. The last part of the programme was sustained by Mr A. Eigg and party, the former giving some interesting recitations. Mr Bennett’s songs were much eiijoyed, and Mr A. E. Vare’s banjo solos delighted hisr hearers. In spite of disappointment’ at' the inability of Miss'ZeTma Carroll’ and Mr Harry Hall to attend, through indisposition, the audience were enthusiastic, many en-. cores having to be’giVen. Mrs .Hunri and Mrs Badeley were the aeeompanist.s

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A vigorous shock of earthquake was felt at Oamaru at 9,10 on ; Saturday night. . The road Q'vcr the Rimutaka Hill is in splendid order, and; with the exception of the tar-sealed portions, is the best piece of roadway between Masterton and Wellington. » . About the worst piece of road in the Wairarapa is that on the main thoroughfare between the Black Bridge and Grey town, which is. nothing but. a ; “sea of potholea ” The state of the road is a danger to motor traffic, and a disraee to the controlling body. Motorists can only travel over this piece of; road at little more than a walking pace., The matter of smoking in the new theatre at Waipukurau was before a: meeting of the borough council there recently, when the Mayor reported that, lie had prohibited smoking in the body.; of the hall, mid was told by an exmember, of the council that he did not know; what- he was talking about. He had said that 'he had prohibited smoking nt balls for the sake of the ladies, and the criticising one replied: “You don’t know what you are talking about. It is the ladies who smoke.” The Council decided that smoking be permitted only in the lobbies, foyer and cloakrooms.

The worst piece of road between Masterton and Wellington is a stretch of about a mile between the Maori Cutting and the Upper Hutt. This is just one mass of potholes, the horrors of which can only be realised by experience. A Wairarapa motorist the other night, not knowing the state of the road in this locality, had his motor considerably damaged through not slowing down to a walking pace. The repairs ran into a 'Substantial sunt, and the motorist, who is a frequent visitor to Wellington, has decided to use the train .till the road is put in good order. !' “Illuminated stockings,” the clocks of which are treated with a gleaming phosphorus solution, are the . latest fashion. They originated in Paris, and some of them are on show at the Drapery Exhibition at the Agricultural iia.ll, London. By daylight they look like ordinary stockings with green clocks and a yellow flower at the top. In 4he dark, or even in a half-light,’the lines up each side of the leg shine like glow-worms. The fleur-de-lis design sends off green and yellow rays, and 30 powerful is the phosphorus mixture on the clocks that the stocking itself seems to oe lighted up as well. “The mixture •used is a secret,” said Mr J.. Idris Jones, who iFsliowing the stockings at the exhibition. “The stoppings .cost, abab'out £2 2s-a pair.; They can be illuminated in the varying colours.”

A dense fog drifted down from the porth-w@st/--4vith light bteeze, early yesterday morning, and by 5 a.m. had Completely enveloped Wellington harbour. The fog, which settled low on the water, extended past the heads to a distance of two or three, miles out to sea. The steamer Maori, on hgr way up from Lyttelton, ran into the fog at 5 a.m., and did not pass through the .Heads unti labout 7.45 a.m. The vessel came up the harbour between rifts in the fog, but the wharves were quite-in visible through the mist. Captain Cameron therefore dropped anchor off the Thorndon breastwork. About half an hour later the fog cleared, and the Maori proceeded to her berth at the Ferry Wharf, where she-made fast at 8.50 a.m. The small passenger steamer Nik'au, from Nelson, found her way slowly through the fog-bank, and reach-ed-ber .berth at. Wellington at 7.10 a.m.

' - According to the Argus' (Melbourne).,, the Taranaki Oilfields, Ltd., has purchased pfactiealiv all the shares of the Gisborne Oil Proprietary,’ Ltd., the purchase price being three shares in Taranaki Oil Feilds, Ltd., for each two shares in the Gisborne Oil Proprietary, Ltd. The issued capital of the Gisborne Company, which was formed to carry out 1 geological’investigation of the areas which’that company controls, totals 40,000 shares of £1 each. In a circiilar to shareholders issued in 'December last, the announcement’ was made that Taranaki Oil Feilds, Ltd., had purchased 7000 fully-paid £1 shares in the Gisborne Company. The present action represents an extension of the policy then initiated, directed towards co-ordinating th'e efforts which are at . present being made" to develop oil production on a commercial scale in New Zealand. Thd'.rgreas over which the Gisborne Company holds ha'\ e been examined by the oil geologist, Dr. F. G. Clapp, who is now-engaged on the preparation of his report. ..... ' Two lady-helpsv,'wanted.: , ; _G.t Express for sale. Shepherd wants position. Assistant wanted for show room. Dance in; Foresters’ Hall to-night. Competent man wants digging to do. requires board in private family. . ' The W.F.C.A., Ltd., insert special scatters on page 1. Messrs C. E. Daniell, Ltd., insert a thanks notiee' on page 1. A dance will be“held in the Gladstone Hall on Thursday night. The Masterton Co-operative, Dairy Co., Ltd., invite tenders for metal. The St. John Ambulance lectures on “First Aid to the Injured” will be continued to-morrow night in the Plunket rooms, Dixon street. ,

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“Happy Without It” is the title of. an illustrated lecture to be delivered this evening in the Kuripuni Methodist Church. The lecturer is Miss Jessie’Dunraven Burls, a felative of Lord Dunraven, of world-wide reputation. Miss Burls, who is one of the Dominion lecturers for the New Zealand Alliance, is a speaker of personality and charm.

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