LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 28 June 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

A mail who was arrested in Masterton for being drunk had a large sum of money in his pockets.

A scheme is to be submitted to the authorities concerned very shortly concerning the formation of a new Highways Construction District, to reconstruct and surface an important section of the Auckland-Wellington plain highway via Taranaki. The length or road to be dealt with, about 73 miles, is from the Kangitikei River at Bulls to the west boundary of Pate,a County. The sum involved is £250,000.

The inquiry into the death of Miss Jane Finlay Rennie who was run over by a railway engine between Wingatui and Mosgiel on Thursday night was concluded yesterday. The Coroner said lie could not draw any inference from the evidence, and would return a verdict that deceased was accidentally run over by a train and that her death was due to the Injuries received. The evidence showed that no blame rested on the Railways Department. A prominent Wellington Oddfellows’ Lodge, official writes as follows: —“May I heartily congratulate the Walrarapa Daily. Tamos on the amount of space it gave to the Jubilee Bar quet of th 0 Oddfellows’ Lodge at Mastefton, which is much appreciated. The Masterton lodge is to ibe heartily congratulated on. the great success' of the function and the splendid manner in which it was carried out. The banquet has been a good subject in Wellington. to talk about, and we only 'hope that when the Wairarapa lodg r s decide ;to pay Wellington a vij.'t we shall be able ,to return the-kindness.”

The fortnightly meeting- of Stone;hengc Lodge was held'last night, A.D. Bro. 11. Wilmsliurst presiding over a large attendance of members. Visiting brothers from Eureka Lodge were present. After the bards had reported on sick brothers, sick pay, and accounts amounting to £l3B 3s 4d were passed for payment. Reports were received from the captain of the card team and social committee. D.P. Bro. F. Pickerink reported that seven past officers had visited Totara Lodge and were enthusiastically received by tile brethren. One friend was proposed for membership. The quarterly returns and the half-yearly balance-sheet were presented by the secretary, and showed the Lodge to be doing well both financially and as regards membership. When the trawler James Cosgrove was fishing in Hauraki Gulf yesterday morning, the wir c hawser attached to the trawl became entangled round the propellor and prevented the engines from working. This left the vessel drifting helpless before the wind. The accident occurred about 7 o’clock, and as the crew were unable to clear the obstruction the captain signalled for assistance at the masthead, lie hoised the international distress signal X.C. (“I am in distress and require immediate assistance.”) The signal was observed by the Auckland Harbour Board’s signalmen at Tiritiri, who eventually signalled the minesweeper, Wakakura, en route from the Great Barrier Island to Auckland with naval reserve seamen on board. The Wakakura steamed eight miles to the James Cosgrove and lowered a boat manned by the young trainees. Two towing hawsers were attached to the disabled vessel and the tow back to port was accomplished in six hours.

A cow which insisted on going shopping caused some amusement, not un : ■mixed with alarm, at the Remuera tram terminus on a recent morning (says the “New Zealand Herald”). The cow was being driven by a poundkeeper when she suddenly swerved into a garage. No sooner had . the truant boon ejected than she dashed into a fruiterer’s shop. Some difficulty was experienced here in persuading the unusual customer that the greengroceries were not common property. The poor animal’s bewilderment was now complete, and when she was backed out she made a wild dash across the road to the chemist’s. But the shopkeeper declined the opportunity of selling a much-needed draught, and ■shut the door in the cow’s face, a pre-

caution against invasion promptly taken by others. This early closing checked tiic lady in her bargain hunt, and the poundkeeper was able to drive her away. No damage had been done, and the shop doors were reopened to resume the morning’s business. “NAZOL” is unequalled for relieving coughs, colds, catarrh and sore throats. Handy, efficacious and moneysaving. GO doses, 1/6. *

A frost of .S.G degree was registered in Masterton this morning.

A first offender who was found drunk in Queen Street yesterday afternoon, was fined .10/ in the Police Louit this morning 'by Mi" S. L. P. Free, S.M. Material for eight houses to be erected by the Railways Department for employees on the land recently required off Lincoln Road, arrived yesterday. The houses, apparently, will be of standard construction, the material being in sections ready for erection. In referring to the fact that 41 applications had been received for the position of junior clerk, the Mayor of Upper Hutt (Mr P. Robertson) remarked at a meeting of the council last night that he was sorry to see so many, as it appeared to him to be a bad sign when so many young people were 'in need of a position.

A beginning with the work of improving Carterton’s water ser\ice uas made yesterday morning, when the connection of the new six-inch main to be put down Pembroke Street was being made to th e five-inch main in High Street. The six-inch main will be continued along Pembroke Street to be ready for connection with the eightinch.

The annual meeting of the New Zealand Gun Club Association was held in Masterton last evening, and was attended by one of the' largest gatherings of delegates in the history of the association, an election for the office of president creating more than usual interest. Various matters concerning the management of the sport occupied the attention of the meeting until five minutes to midnight. An Auckland bankrupt told a meeting of his creditors last week that he always backed a horse, poriioh of whose name was the same as his own. He said he went to the trotting meeting on the previous Saturday and invested some money on such a horse, which won and paid the largest dividend of the day.

An explanation of a eommonly-used expression was given in the other day to a visitor to the local woollen mills. Many people us e the words “on tenterhooks,” but how many know to what they refer? “Tenterhooks” are the hooks on the tentering machine in a woollen mill, on which the cloth is carried into the drying room after it lias ■ been . -washed.

Rotarlan R. J. Young was the speaker at'the Masterton Rotary Club’s luncheon yesterday, the subject being an account of his recent motor trip of over three thousand miles through New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Mr L. S. Nicol was Chairman. It' wds reported that thirteen Eotarians from Hastings, sixteen from Napier, eighteen from Wellington, and,a party‘from Palmerston North would be present on “Ladies’ Night,” which will be held on July 9. A resolution was passed at a recent meeting of the Wellington branch of the Wellington Merchant Service Guild protesting against the Government’s decision with regard . to,, the Meteorological Office. Members. of the guild regretted to iearn, tliat Mr pates \yas to pc superseded,’'as his forecasts in t!ic past had beeh much appreciated by them, and particularly by those in the small boats. The guild also expressed its appreciation of the manner in which Mr Bates had given information when asked.

At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Gun Clubs’ Association last night, championships for 192*8 were allotted as follows:—New Zealand clays, Ellesmere; New Zealand sparrows, Ellesmere; New Zealand pigeons, North Canterbury; North Island clays, Hamilton; North Island sparrows, Hawke’s Bay Central; North Island pigeons, Auckland; South Island clays, Dunedin; South Island sparrows, Christchurch. Provincial championships were allotted as follows: —Wellington clays, Palmerston North; West Coast clays, Stratford; Hawke’s Bay clays, Napier; Auckland clays, Hamilton; ■Hawke’s' - Bay sparrows, Hawke’s Bay Central; Canterbury clays, Eyttelton.

Motor glove lost. Oranges for sale. Morris Cowley car for sale. Married shepherd wants position. Furnished bed-sittingroom wanted. Druids’ dance on Saturday night. Lost number plate is advertised for. Messrs Graham and Co. insert special scatters in our wanted knowij columns. The Masterton Beautifying Society insert a notice to gardeners on page one. Messrs Watson and Co. insert special advertisements in our wanted known columns. Messrs Hugo and Shearer, Ltd., advertise special bargains in. our wanted known column. Mr Les. Fly is commencing, a daily passenger service run to Palmerston North. Particulars are advertised on the front page of this issue. A drain-ploughing demonstration by Trackson Fordson will be given at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 30th. inst., on. the property of Mr J. Henderson, Homebush. Silk and wool stockings, and any woollen articles, such as cardigans, pull-overs, etc., repaired by experts. Articles may be left at Mrs Vcnner’s, Queen Street, or ring 'phone 1809. At 2 p.m. to-morrow the Masterton Auctioneering Co. will sell by auction at their Mart a superior lot of oak and rimu furniture and sundries removed from Greytown to the.ir mart for convenience of sale. This week Hugo and Shearer make be had in several styles in either plain otfer in connection with their dressmaking department. For a short period flannel frocks will be made to order in the dressmaking room for 63/inclusivc of materials. The frocks can be had in several style in either plain or combination of plain and check Doctor flannels, with a line .Kasha finish, at present so much in favour. Materials and styles criri be seen in Hugo and Shearer’s windows.

The Marama arrived at Sydney this morning at 7 o’clock, from Auckland. A special meeting of the Masterton Borough Council will be held to-night for the 'purpose of making a selection from three applicants for the position of manager of the gasworks. A meeting of creditors of William Condon, of Masterton, Woolbuyer, will be held in the Courthouse on Friday next at - p.m. Creditors are requested to send an their claims before the time of meeting. A trial run of coal in the Westport Cascade Coal Mining Company’s flume, 'seven and a half miles in length, down the Cascade Creek, was made yesterday, and proved highly successful, over a hundred tons being landed at the binns in the Buffer Gorge in perfect condition. Th c coal, which is bituminous and hard, ibore the voyage well, •showing no sign of deterioration. It is intended to erect at thc mine face binns to hold one thousand tons of coal, those at the railway siding in the Buffer Gorge having a capacity of three hundred tons. All the coal the company can produce for some time to come is already oil order. The field is an extension across Cascade Creek of that from which the Westport Coal Company ’s coal is mined. The opening of the new mine is viewed jubilantly in Westport.