LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 8 February 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The ''gate’' at the Mastcrton Park on Saturday amounted to £l4B. The first call row drive from the Carterton district, totalling 15/ cattle, arrived at the Waingawa works on Saturday for killing to-day. Lloyd Ilahn, the American runner, 'expressed the opinion on Saturday that by March fil'd, when the Americans wib return to Mastcrton to compete at an evening meeting, he should be at the t-op of his form, and that he intended to try and lower the New Zealand record for one mile. As a result of Friday’s Farmers’ Union meeting at Tinui there is' a possibility of a station cattle drive being collected from the Tinui district in April.

At the Wellington 'Supreme Court on Saturday in what was known as “the cheques frauds” case Baa me was sentenced to three years in the Borstal Institute, and Smith to one year’s reformative treatment. "

Dick Loveridge (New Plymouth) was given a, points decision in a profession; al welterweight boxing contest with George Staec (Australia) on Saturday night at New Plymouth. The bout went the scheduled 15 rounds and was close and even.

An unfortunate accident happened to .the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bain, of Swamp road, Carterton, on Friday afternoon'. As the.little’fellow was going out to the cowshed he was kicked on the head by a horse. He was taken to the Mastcrton Hospital for treatment.

Rose and Hahn, the amateur runners, will meet each other- at Wellington next Saturday, when a “battle roval” is expected, as both should be in better form than they were on Saturday last at Mastcrton. A strong contingent of Mastertonians intend to be present at the Wellington gathering 10 see these two champions meet again.

“I was very much surprised to find the night Limited express has no communication cord,” said an o%erseas visitor who recently made a journey from Wellington to Auckland. “In my opinion the authorities fire taking a risk. In almost all other parts of the' world trains have connection -between the engine -and the passenger cars.”

The punctuality with which the events got off at the amateur athletic meeting in the Park on Saturdaj afternoon was appreciated by the large c-rowd present, and added greatly to the enjoyment of the spectators. There was not a dull moment dining the carrying out of the programme, and the officials of the sub-centre are deserving of great credit in connection therewith. If there is one thing more than another that helps to kill interest in athletic encounters it is a dreary wait between events, and this was entirely absent on Saturday. It is doubtful if ever an amateur athletic meeting in the Wellington province was so capably managed, or events got off so strictly to time, as was the ease on Saturday, and favourable comments were to be heard on all sides at the great gathering in this connection.

At the Tinui Farmers’ Union meeting on Friday Mr. C. C.- .Jackson said that as the result of fire-branding and the horning of cattle in mobs, there was a loss of £150,000 a year tc f hides in New Zealand and the country w-a-s at present obliged to import hides from Italy. This was a sufficiently sound argument in favour of the compulsory dehorning' of cattle.

Mr. L. Cocker, poultry instructor, of the Department of Agriculture, in writing -to the secretary of the Master;on Poultry Club says: —“I am enclosing herewith the points awarded to the birds and eggs, judged by me on the Uth January. .Regarding the competing birds (in the egg-laying competition), their condition was good, and roll eels credit for tl e manner in which, they have been attended to.”

A feature of the Wairarapa suli-cen-tre's athletic meeting in the Park on Saturday was the excellent starting of Mr W. S. L. Dickson. Never before at such an important amateur athletic meeting in the Wairarapa have such splendid starts been witnessed, and Mr Dickson is to be heartily congratulated in connection therewith. One of the best officials in the capacity of starter in the Dominion, Mr Dickson got his fields away like clockwork, which, of course, is a very important matter in contests where champions are competing, fn capacities other than- starting, Mr Diclcson is « valuable asset to am ateur athletics in Masterton, and he has whole-heartedly given of his best over a long period of years in the interests of the sport. Fourteen years or more ago he was joint secretary of the Amateur Athletic Club, and he was one of those'who worked hard to keep amateur athletics afloat at a perio l when they were experiencing- lean years. No more grinding of ‘■°e t h wit W\OF’ Q WORM ' q ‘lGß. Price, 1/a These are Stirring times.for Gro-’ers, thanks to “NO-RUBBING Laundry Help, ” the famous labour saver.

The Wairarapa High School re-open ed this morning after the summer vuca tion.

The Hawke's Bay Automobile Association is at present having the roads surveyed from Napier to Woodville, with the object of having all routes properly defined and sign-posts erected, at all necessary places. When this is done the roads north of Napier will be similarly treated. On Saturday the Fire Brigade was called to a fire at 193 Tfintoul .Street, Newtown, Wellington, a -l-roome>t residence, owned and occupied by Airs. Ab ,1. Gnu.son, which was suppressed after >.;,me damage was done. The fire was caused by an electric iron being left Daring t.eeir stay in Masterton, the visiting American arhicies, Ales. rs. Jackson Sciiolz and Lloyd Hahn, were the guests of .Mrs. Hubert Buck ridge t Nursery road) at a .very pleasant evening. ' A number of Wellington visitors also were present and 'they, with the Alasterton guests, helped in no small measure to give the Americans a thoroughly good time.

A meeting of the Tinui branch of the Farmers’ Union was held on Saturday, Hr. Harold Bennett presiding. Mr. t'. Jackson, Wairarapa president, attended and outlined the progress of tiie 'work, and also gave an account of the work accomplished at Dominion head office, for which he yeas accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Mrs. 0. C. Jackson, acting-president and Dominion treasurer of the women's division of ■tiie Farmers’ Union, met the Tinui ladies and explained the objects of the movement. She was very cordially received and enrolled all the ladies present'as members. Sardines could not have been packed closer m a tin than were the spectators in the grandstand at the Park on Saturday afternoon at the amateur athletic meeting, and the smile that wreathed the face of the genial Tom Vangioni as the crowd rolled in was a sight the gods would have revelled in. One of the most valuable officials associated with amateur athletics in Wairarapa, Mr Vangioni fairly glories in his task, while in between his duties in. the grandstand, he was busying himself in other directions relating to the management of the gathering. He had a. very able assistant in the grandstand in Mr Tom Harvey. The grandstand takings amounted to £2O.

An unusually large Humber of new pupils has been enrolled at the Masterton Technical School (for the first term of the new year, which commenced to-day. Mr. F. W. Martin (Director; states-that 90 first year full-time day students have been enrolled and more are -expected. This would be a marked increase on the number of pupils at the school and would necessitate the addition to the staff of, possibly, two teachers. Enrolments for the night classes, which will open next Monday, are not yet complete.

The American athletes and members of the local club were motored to Castle point yesterday by Mr." C. N. Stillborn. The party.left town at about 9 o’clock, and after a pleasant run to tie Point tire visitors were were shown over the "lighthouse, and were greatly impressed by the country on route. They greatly appreciated the hospitality shown to them. The party lunched at the Tinui Hotel ou/tlie return journey, and were introduced to several of the residents of the district. An amusing incident occurred during the introductions, when a portly'member of the local sub-centre was being introduced; one of the settlers iu shaking hands expressed his pleasure at meeting Mr. Hahn. When the party were taking their departure another well-known citizen who accompanied the visitors on the trip, and who bears rattier' a striking resemblance to the athlete, It. A. Ros'e, was sympathised with because of his defeat on Saturday. The mistaken identities caused much amusement amongst the visitors. , . , .

Tiie Wanganui Harbour Board may ultimately possess ail the land and buildings at (Jastlec’iff of the Wanganui Freezing Company. The works there have ;n -the"past been-operating not only the Wanganui city abattoirs, but also butter and cheese cold storage plants, which have been the means of building up Wanganui’s export trade in these products. Had the works •closed completely, or passed into other hands, these plants would have closed down, and an important export industry Avon Id have, been lost to Wanganui. It was therefore arranged with the How Zealand Refrigerating Company, who'll the sale negotiations were in the nebulous stage, that the Wanganui Harbour Board should, through them take over the whole concern. It is understood that the Refrigerating Company would not have bought had not such an offer been forthcoming. There are secretaries and secretaries, and very often athletic, clubs have as such officials individuals who are little better than •‘ornaments.” Certainly this.does not apply to Mr George McKay. secretary of the Wairarapa Amaeur Athletic Sub-Centre. The secretarial duties connected with such an important gathering as that at the Park on Saturday afternoon call for the sipplication of special ability, for the secretary is the pivot upon which the whole success or otherwise'of such a meeting depends. Mr McKay, possessing those essentials which go to make the ideal secretary, was equal to the occasion, and he had every detail, down to the most minute, attended to, with the result that the gathering was ti !C . most successful and best-managed ever recorded in the amateur athletic history of the Wairarapa. He had with him a band of officials who- knew their work, each one carrying out his duties in a manner worthy of a great occasion. Pnlish vnnr doors with ‘‘TAN-OLL” —lighter work and a better, brighter polish. Also-good for furniture, tan boots and leather goods.

An item of interest in the public accounts for the December quarter appearing in the Gazette is ‘"Reparation” moneys (from Germany -£151,82.3 16s 7d.

The Masterton Park Oval on Saturday upheld its reputation as the fastest running track in the Dominion, two New Zealand records bciiig equalled, while in the great mile contest between Rose and Hahn, the latter d.d the distance in l-osec. slower than the Dominion record. Mr Horton, the custodian, is deserving of a special word of praise for the splendid condition in which he had the Park, having gone to considerable trouble in rolling and preparing it for the gathering' of champions. That even such a drab instil -if ion as the Divorce Court is not without its humorous-touches, was demonstrated at the Wellington Court on Saturday, when a. -decree absolute was granted by His Honour Mr. Justice Reed, in the cr.se of Elsie Margaret Hoy- v. Harry George Hove. '‘l trust that there will be no delay in this ease,” said smilingly Mr W. E. Leicester, who was appearing on behalf of the petitioner, ‘‘.because l understand that wedding invitations.have been issued by one r,C the parties for Monday next.” Mr. Justice Reed’s professional gravity als® relaxed. “Well, well!” he sard, and smiled in turn. “It would never do to hold up Hie (bridal party. All right—decree absolute! ’ ’ Scathing references to the laxity ,which alone permitted the perpetration oif trie fraud against the Post Office Savings Bank, for which Sydney Erne Baume, and William Smith were at the Wellington Supreme Court on Saturday convicted, were frequently made (by Justice Alpers during the course of the trial. Referring to a previous occasion on which he had handled the system somewhat roughly, ,His Honour, during the course of liis summing-up, in warning the jury against clouding the issue with extraneous matter, said: —“What I said referred only to the fact that no man could go into the world with a book which purported to show that he had paid into the Post Office Savings Bank, £2OOO, whereas in reality he had not paid in 2000 pence. lam sure, however, that this will be amended, and perhaps there will be some rc-shuffling of the post office staff. The remarks were drawn by me only ,by-the attnude of the post office -official who gave evidence —that the King can do no wrong!” Furniture for sale.

Lost bag containing money, etc., is advertised for.

The A.M.P. Society insert an advt. on pajte one, re lost policy. Accounts in 'connection with American sports meeting desired to be sent in as.early as possible.

On page 4 the Wairarapa Farmers advertise reduced prices in their special rawhide and -compressed fibre suit eases. This week Messrs Hugo and Shearer will offer a number' of clearing lines that have been loft over after their Great Sale. Price-pruning Knife has been at work. Seasonable goods such ns Millinery, Frocks, Fabrics, etc., arc being offered for a mere song. It wijl pay you to watch their window this week. _______