LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 16 December 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Bananas arc nourishing in Christchurch—not under natural skies, but in the tropical atmosphere of the Winter Gardens. The small variety, known as “Musa Cavendish” is fruiting well, while the larger variety is throwing out a large flowering head, promise of better things to be, says the Press. Mr A. Donald, chairman of the executive of the Masterton Dental Clinic, has been notified by the Health Department that a third dental nurse is to be appointed to the Masterton staff about March next. The special duty of this nurse will be to attend to the' teeth of children attending the country schools, who will be brought to Masterton for treatment.

Hearing the tooting of a motor horn, Dr. J. B. Liggins, of Thames, was aroused early in the hours of Tuesday morning. On opening his garage he found his car lights burning and a native, Ned Ivcripa, aged 28, whose clothes were disarranged, with his foot on the self-starter. The doctor at first thought the man was drunk but soon discovered, that he was a lunatic. Constaclc Reilly was called and the man was driven to the police station, where a terrible struggle ensued, but the Maori was finally handcuffed and placed in a cell. He was later brought before the court and committed to the Auckland Mental Hospital.

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the No. 2 Workers’ Mutual Benefit Building Society was held last evening. Mr E. Krahagon (chairman of directors) presided over a good attendance of shareholders. Mr W. A. Taylor was appointed scrutineer at the ballot. The successful shareholder was Mr A. R. Clarkson, who was declared entitled to £4OO (free of interest). Six tenders were received for the £4OO, offered by tender. A sum of £SO was accepted for £2OO, and Urn next highest tender, that of £135, for the £4OO. A sum of £IOOO was therefore allocated at the meeting. The chairman announced that another ballot and sale would be held early in the New Year.

Mr Harney made a very interesting find recently (says the Westport Times). When stumping, he found under a stump a “nest” of half a dozen fish in the soil. The largest or the fish is about four inches in length and the smallest about two and admit inches, and about as thick as a man’s small linger. They have large heads and a long, round body, and broad t;ui. They do not resemble the eel very much. When found they were quindark in colour, and apparently dormant, but on being put into water became much lighter and almost mottled in appearance. Mr Harney brought these strange fish into the school to allow the pupils to see them and arrangements have been made to have them sent on to Wellington.

Two violins, several suits of male

and female clothing slightly motheaten. confectionery and other articles were discovered last week beneath the Greymouth Town Hall roof. Men had been sent up to find a leak in the roof, and what they found is understood to be the remainder of the goods which some months ago were stolen from the residence of Mr L. Inkster and the shops of Messrs G. Gear and W. Coutessa. Already a fair quantity of Mr Inkster’s articles had been secured underneath the Town Hall, but.it was not thought at the time of their discovery that the thief had used the top as well as the bottom of the municipal building in which to hide his booty. The violins, which were taken from Mr Contessa’s place, belong to Captain Osenficld, of the steamer Ihumata. and arc valuable ones.

Many problems of the dairying industry -were discussed at the annua! conference of dairy factory managers of the Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay, Manawutu. Forty Mile Bush and Nelson districts at Wellington yesterday. A competition in the grading of butter and cheese was held. The results were as follow:—Cheese Grading: F. Pedersen (Pahiatua), and J. Adams (Collingwood), 984 points each, equal 1; 8. Death (Awahuri), M. 11. Grace (Nairn nga Longburn), D. M. Adams (Parkvale)/ A. Gulliver (Tamaki), Haynes (Ilopeland), and Jensen (Woodville), 98 points each, equal 2. Butter grading: J. MacDonald (Cheltenham), A. E. Johnson (Rongomai), 93 points each, equal, 1; W. S. Death (Awahuri) and J. Kir win (Ohakune), 974 points, equal 2; 11. Whitham (Canterbury Central, Christchurch), A. Drake (Tokomaru), M. L. Rogers (Rangiwahia) and J. Murray (.T. Nathan and Co.) 97 points each, equal, 3. On the motion of Mr F. Pederson (Pahiatua), seconded by Mr Lee (Norsewood), the conference unanimously carried a motion endorsing a resolution passed at the annual meeting of the National Dairy Association, held at Rotorua in June, requesting the Government to undertake farm dairy instruction on a national basis.

The St. Matthew’s Scouts and Cubs will hold their last meeting of the year in the Parish' Hall to-morrow (Saturday) evening, when parents and friends are invited to attend. An excellent bill of fare was provided by the English Futurists at the Opera House last night. The various artists proved themselves to bo very clever and the audience warmly applauded them. Tho revue method of entertainment is very popular and the Futurists scored a decided hit last night. Messrs Joe Brennan, Gus Dawson, Cyril Northcote, G. W. Desmond, Miss Ida Newton, and Miss Ira Vanda, in particular, were outstanding for their high class efforts. It was a show that will easily carry itself along on its merits.

Mrs A. E. Hall, principal of the children’s department of the Badio Broadcasting Company, arrived in Wellington yesterday on her way to Auckland from Christchurch. At C a.m. on Christmas Day a special early programme of songs, stories, etc., will be broadcasted, for the benefit of children, from all New Zealand stations. A nonsuit was entered by Mr Justice Herdman in the Supremo Court at Hamilton yesterday against the Standard Oil Company of U.S.A., which sued I). Walmslev, drainage engineer, Hamilton, for £376, allegedly due by him as a former partner in the Suisun Dredging Company, of California.

In connection with the Jubilee banquet of Court Pioneer at Tinui on Tuesday evening last, special mention should bo mada* of the splendid work of the Ladies’ Committee who were responsible for the setting of the tables and their dainty decoration, and whose work was the subject of many complimentary remarks. The principal place on the table was occupied by a magnificent tiered birthday cake having fifty candles, and which was a Jubilee present to the banquet. The cake was cut with due ceremony by Bros. Eiehard Brown and J. Davis. An energetic Jubilee committee, with Bro. J. C. Laing as secretary, had all arrangements admirably made and contributed greatly towards making the function such a notable success.

Over one hundred old pupils of the Masterton West School were entertained at the school last night by the scholars of Standard VI, on the occasion of tho annual re-union of old pupils. Members of the committee, their wives, and the teaching staff were also present. A most enjoyable time was spent at games and dancing, and a bright musical programme was much appreciated, the contributors being Miss Kibblcwliite, Messrs Vaughan, Harry Hall, B. Vernier, E. Wilson and D. Edwards. Mr Vaughan acted as accompanist. Miss Phoebe Seddon, on behalf of the pupils of Standard VI, presented the headmaster, Mr 11. Miller, with a gold mounted pipe, a well filled tobacco pouch, and a set of pipe cleaners, in acknowledgement of which Mr Miller expressed his deep thanks for such a fine present. Supper was provided by the hosts of the evening.

The following sums wore collected by members of the Young Helpers’ League in various schools in the Masterton district during the half-year ending December, in aid of Dr. Barnardo’s Homes:-—St. Matthew's, £7 Ss Hid; Central, £3 7s lid; West, £2 17s; West side, £2 2s 6id; Lansdowne, £2 14s 7d; Opaki, £1 10s 104 d; Te Ore Ore, £1 11s 3d; Kopuaranga, £1 14s Sd; Solway, £3 (3s 0L1; donations from members of the league committee, £1 10s Gd; Central School Concert, £2 5s Sd; West School concert, 15s; total, £3l 15s. The amount collected by members in the first half of the year totalled £27 Is 3d. and a bazaar at St. Matthew’s Collegiate School for Girls, organised by Mollie Iveson, assisted by Esma Byfonl, Mary Logan, Margaret Low, Valerie Rigg and Peggy Sellar, realised 222 9s Gd, making a total of £SI 5s 9d collected for the year.

i A subsantial increase in the volume of wool and other traffic from and to the Masterton Railway Station was reported yesterday by Mr A. McNeil, Business Agent to the Railways Department. During the present season to date, he stated, 10,077 bales of wool had been consigned from the Masterton station as compared with 7512 bales to the same date last year. The increase of 22(35 bales, particularly in view of the fact that shearing had been delayed to some extent by wet weather, showed, Mr McNeil ..observed, that district farmers were realising the benefit of concentrating their wool traffic on the .Masterton station. He added that inward traffic in general merchandise was also increasing under the stimulus of the new local rate. In the period of four weeks to December 12, 1927, for instance, the inward traffic, returns to Masterton showed an increase of over one hundred tons of general merchandise as compared with the corresponding period last year. Girl wanted. Housemaid wanted. Reliable girl wanted. Pox terrier pups for sale. Capable girl wants position. Pive-roomed house to let. Several articles of furniture for sale cheap. Girl assistants wanted for'temporary position. Three boys want work on farms during summer holidays. The Foresters’ Christmas Tree will be held in the Foresters’ Hall to-mor-row afternoon. Mr 11. D. Monk, grocer and confectioner, inserts a notice re confectionery on page 1. Messrs Watson, Gooder and Lee, architects, invite tenders on account of the Masterton Spinning and Hosiery .Mills, Ltd. Gift time is here, and with it the problem of what to give. In his advertisement elsewhere Mr J. Bradbury draws attention to his Christmas stocks. There are pleasing personal gifts, clocks, silverware and a host of other things to choose from.

Although there is an expectation in certain quarters that the vacancy in Cabinet' caused by the death of the late Hon. E. F. Bollard will be .filled early in the New Year, it may be found that the Prime Minister will defer the appointment until after the general elections next year.

As the result of a canvass through the Hinakura district, Mr J. Watson (Provincial Secretary of the Farmers’ Union) has secured a number of new entries for the ileece growing competition. Although the entries do not close until the end of January it is already assured that this year’s competition will be the biggest yet held, and the contest for tho Matthew’s Memorial Cup will be very keen. On Ardmore station, near Djara, in the far back of New South Wales, the Boelidalo Pastoral Company has been hand-feeding 900 rams on maize for the last nine months. One quite unexpected result is that the back teeth of some of the rams have grown to such an inordinate length as to prevent them from shutting their mouths. It is said that sheep chew maize witfii their front teeth, and the back teeth, no longer ground down by use, keep on growing until they look like small tusks. The manager of the station has had to pull the back teeth of large numbers of rams in consequence, so the report says. The ‘‘wind-up” danc-e of the St. Matthew’s Bible Class was held on Wednesday evening, and proved a great success. The duties of M.C. were ably carried out by Messrs W. A. Clarke and H. Harper. The supper arrangements were in the hands of Mrs Hope and Misses Ivy Carlo, Zena Hope r.r.d Uua Gresslive. The music was supplied by Misses Glory Eue, Mamie Darvill, and Messrs E. Green, .K. AleArtney and C. Wilson.

The building on Lambton Quay, Wellington, known as the Trocadero, has been sold to a Wellington syndicate of business men, at a price of £41,000. The property, which was owned by tho Gil-mer-Maguirc Estate, has a frontage of 40 feet by an average depth of 130 feet. The ground floor is now being converted into modern shops. The private hotel, which has for so many years been a landmark on the Quay, will continue to be carried on as hitherto.

Though there arc drawbacks to Lake Clearwater as an angling resort, it is certainly a very attractive spot to anglers who consider that the sport is everything (says an exchange). The lake is over 40 miles from Ashburton, beyond Mount Somers, and the road is quite good all the way. One of the disadvantages is that tho intending camper has to take firewood to boil the billy, as there is not a tree within many miles, the lake being located in a great tussock plain. This fact is emphasised at night, for one has no shelter in the hours that should be devoted to sleep. But to an angler the compensations are adequate. The lake appears to be choked with trout, which have a tantalising habit of seeking the deeper water in the centre at the least sign of unpleasant weather, which means that the angler on tho tussock bank has to be patient till the sky clears. A party of three anglers secured 111 very fine fish, ranging from 341 b. to 101 b. jphey were in splendid condition, indicating that feed is plentiful. The sudden blanketing of the sun put an end to the sport, as there is not a boat on the lake.