LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 6 December 1926, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Pahiatua is still in the village state. Yosterdav afternoon a Masterton paity of motorists noticed several cows calmly grazing in the main street. The itinerary of R. IV. Lamb, the Australian champion amateur cyclist provides for his appearance at Masterton on Saturday, February 5.

Fading away!—Mr G. Moutney, of Fiskerron, Nottinghamshire, died at 95. His father lived to ‘be 97, liis grandfather 102, and his great-grandfather 104.

A ‘‘City' of the Dead.” Not a living soul —not even the proverbial dog .—-was to be seen in tho chief street of Eketahuna yesterday afternoon when a Masterton motor party passed through.

At the Marlborough Motor-Cycle Club’s race meeting at Blenheim on Saf.kirday, H. Morgan, of Grcytown, was second in the Brooklands Handicap of five miles. At a meeting yesterday of teachers of St. Matthew’s Sunday School,’final arrangements were made for the annual' prize-giving ceremony and social evening which will be held in the Parish Hall on Friday night. Tho -worst piece of road between Wellington and Napier, in the opinion of a -Masterton party', stretches from -Mauriceville northwards to the end of Bowen Road. The main road \in ■Jit. Bruce is in much 'better order.

The weight-guessing competition at the Bcau/titying .Society’s Carnival on Saturday' resulted in a tie between G. W. Sellar and W. Dnlziell, who each guessed 941b5., and John Gray an 1 A. Seddon, with 924 lbs. each. The correct weight of the four lambs was 93.! lbs.

The Featherston Borough Council is to be asked'by the Wairarapa Automobile Association .to make tlie manhole on the Kimutaka Hill road, Cemetery corner, level with the road, and attention drawn to the state of the road between the new concrete bridge and the bitumen road, laid down daring the war period, on it lie Tauherenikau Road. Information given to a Masterton motor party was to the effect that, the dairy farmers generally, in Hawke’s Bay, were having a, very hard struggle. Prices had been low, while cpld wet wcathershad retarded the growth /if the grass. Whereas in Southern Hawke’s Bay there is usually a flush of grass at this period of the year, feed in many localities is very scarce.

Eleven teams of two men each competed in an eight hours’ cycling race at the Christchurch stadium on Saturday. The results were:—Watson and Carey 1, Mackie and Henderson 2, Bright and La sky 3, Marshall and Scruise (Australia) 4. Seven teams finished. There were several .m/inor accidents, Fritz Holland and Weir were admitted to the hospital with might concussion, 'but their injuries are not serjous. The hulk Monowai, which is being prepared for sinking shortly as a protective breakwater, was neatly' prematurely sunk on Friday, states a Gisborne telegram. A plate dropped and broke the seacock. The vessel was lying five miles from port, and assistance was immediately sent. A gang worked continuously, a series of pumps being used to keep the water down till the repairs were effected. The vessel is now safe.

A lady passenger boarded a tram at Courtenay Place, Wellington, on .Saturday' morning in l.io busy hour, and when the conductor reached her to collect fares she staggered him by tendering a £5 note. ‘‘One section, please!” The conductor bad not the requisite change, and tho lady and child left the car at Cuba Stree.i stop to get change. ‘‘Over the odds,” remarked another passenger. ‘‘Fancy' tendering a fiver for a twopenny fare. There are plenty of banks about where she could have got change. ’ ’

The anniversary' of the Solway' Sunday School was celebrated yesterday at afternoon and evening services, conducted by i'.Kic R.ev. \V. Beckett and Mr A. E. Bate. The children had been carefully trained by Air 11. Jones and sang vory creditably'. Master Kenneth Henshaiv and Miss Crystal Langford recited por/tions of the Scriptures, and recitations were given by Crystal Langford, Mavis, Mona and J. Braider. The anniversary - will be continued this evening, when a good programme of songs, recitations and choruses will be giv.tn bv the children and the annual report, will be presented. At a dangerous ..railway' crossing northwards from Papatawa, there is an automatic, bell which is supposed to ring when a train is approaching. The •signal is continually getting.out of order and is practically of no mse for the purpose for which ill was intended. Yesterday' the bell rang for hours on end, a ltd a Masterton motor party anxiously looking for the train to pass, failed to discover anything except an out-of-order signal which was clanging away right merrily'. As the crossing is one of rlie most dangerous in Aie Dominion it is time that, the Railway Department. awoke to its responsibilities and replaced the signal with something which can bo relied on. A sure and plrasant specific for removing Worms is WADE’S WORAI FIGS.° Wonderful worm worriers. *

Tho Wellington Municipal Milk De parlllllmll has reduced the price of milk

The roads 'between Woodville and Dannevirke are in much better, order than those between Masterton and Woodvil'l’c.

A Wanganui message states that the body of Mar din O’Ha lloran, a middle aged man, who had been missing for a week, was found in the river .this morning.

A London cable states that expressions of cordiality marked the conclusion of a two days ! conference of the British and Gk'arman Federations of Industry.

A Loudon cable states that the Koval Commission on the Thames bridges is unanimously in favour of preserving Waterloo bridge, but! adapting it to present needs. It is admitted that the strengthening and widening will be expensive.

'Considerable improvements are being affected on the main road via Mt. Bruce to Ekctalmna, several dangerous places having been widened just beyond the Mt. Brace bridge. . A permanent staff of men are in camp in t l)e locality iii connection with .this work.

A London cable states that Carl Spencer has converted his estate into a limited liability company. The Ladies Army and Navy Club has taken a long lease of ;Earl Spencer’s London mansion for a club premises. There are 30,914 more males than females in the Dominion at the present ,;inve. In the Souith Island , the difference favours the males by only 1950, while in ‘hie North Island there is a difference of 23-,9G4.

It was reported at the monthly meeting of the directors of the Masterton Dairy Company that out of over 5000 boxes of butter sent, for export 'by tbs Masterton Dairy Company, 96 only were graded as fine, and the remainder as superfine, thus securing tho 'extra half-penny per pound paid'by the Dairy Produce Board.

Lady Cynthia Mosley, who was introduced to a big Labour meeting at Brixton as “Comrade Mosley,” said: —“1 run one of the lucky ones. I could if I liked have a perfectly lovely time without caring about anybody else, but I want to put an end to the system which gives a few people a good time and the majority of people a On d'time. That.'s why I joined the Labour Party.”

“I don’t know what his pork sausages are made of if that is the total number of pig's he has bought during the year,” remarked Mr Justice Frazer in tho Arbi.,‘ration Court at Auckland, when the puchases of a Hamilton butcher wore being considered during a case brought by the Hamilton Master Butchers’ Association. Upon this The butcher explained the returns concerned only purchases through the abattoirs, whereas lie had bought large numbers of pigs from private sources. “1 think that deal's your character all right,” added His Honour, amid laughter.

Disaster visited an unfortunate returned goldi'ci-, who lives on the Ilas-tings-Havelock road, early on Friday morning. The man had for a long time been an invalid in the Pukeora Sanatorium and on his discharge recently put his meagre, hard-earned savings into a tomato growing enter]irise. Frost came and almost entirely ruined his thriving cro[> of 8000 jilants, and not only brought many days of hard and jmtient work to nothing, but caused him a grievous financial loss. Other Hastings growers, both market and domestic gardners, were also badly hit by the frost, but this returned soldier’s misfortune is particularly jjatlictic.

House to let. Capable hep* wanted. Motor-cycle and side car for sale. Mr J. Betty advertiess a -fresh list of jiroiierties on i»age 3. Mr J. Betty advertises a cheap house for sate in our “for sale” columns. It. is the out of the ordinary gift that Lin efts most appreqiaitoii, especially wlien it is of a practical character, too. Such gifts wiL'.' be found in abundance at Hugo and Shearer’s Christmas Fair. Even commonplace utilities such as stationery and handkerchiefs are treated witli refreshing originality that always aiqieals. Hugo and Shearer also offer a wonderful S2iecial in new cashmere jumper suits, at 21/-. The latest 'books in cheap editions at 3/6: “'Ruben and Ivy Sen” by Louise Jordan Miln, “The Four Just Men ” by lEdgar Wallace, “The Hour of Conflict ” by Hamilton Gibb, “Blink-eyes” by Oliver Saiulys, “Bob of the Backwoods” by Jackson Gregory,” “The Thundering Herd” by Zaue Grey, “The House of the Arrow” by A. «JL W. Mason, “The Last Shot” by William MacLeod Raine. Give books this Xmas. A very large selection of books always in stock at McLeod and Young’s.