LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 December 1927, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

In order to conform to the conditions of the typographical award, the “Wairarapa Daily Times” will not be published on Monday and Tuesday next (December 26th and 27th). Advertis- \ ' efs please note.

Mr A. Cadwallader, of Ponatahi, lias sold his property comprising 1200 acres, to a Masterton buyer. Messrs C. C. Ross and Co. were the agents. Margaret Eleanor MeAlicce, aged 69, a widow, dropped dead in Cathedral Square yesterday, states a Press Association telegram from Christchurch. Heart failure was the cause of death.

British astronomers, a London cablegram states, continue to search for the comet fruitlessly. Dr. W. 11. Steavenson (president of the British Astrononucal Association) observed part of the sky where calculations suggested the comet should be, but without result. The rest of the sky was too overclouded for full observations to be made.

Excellent entries have been received for the Mangatainoka Amateur Athletic Society's sports on Monday next, particularly for Iho running and cycling events and the meeting promises to be a great success. Mr A. C. Dickson, of Wellington, will judge the piping and cycling events, which are post-entry.

At the monthly meeting of the Wairaapa South County Council yesterday a letter was received from the Mount ILoldsworth Club thanking the council for its co-operation in improving the road to the mountain reserve. A Government grant of £26 on a ;C for £ basis has been made for expenditure on this road.

Special Christmas Day services will ■be held in till the Methodist Churches oji Sunday. The service at the .Methodist Church in the evening will be largely musical. The choir will sing the anthem, ‘‘O Come All Ye Faithful,” and solos will be given by Miss Doreen Jamieson, ‘‘The Gift,” Mr H. J. .Jones, “The Star of Bethlehem,” and Mr S. H. Ralph, “Nazareth.” The Rev. W. Beckett will speak on “There is born a Saviour.”

Eketahuna residents decided yesterday by a large majority t*o revert to Wednesday as the statutory half-holi-day. The voting was: Wednesday 272, Saturday 76. At the last municipal elections, Saturday closing was carried by a very small majority. The effect of the change from Wednesday, howwas reported to be disastrous to business people, and as the result of pressing representations Parliament sanctioned a special poll to be taken on the issue.

With a party of school boys, Mr G. J. Goldsman returned yesterday from an excursion to Mount Hoklsworth. The party set out on Tuesday morning, and spent that night at the mountain hut. On Wednesday, the climb to the summit was undertaken and another night was spent at the hut. The weather was all that could be desired, and splendid views were obtained from the summit. The boys greatly enjoyed their experience and they and their parents are very grateful to Mr Goldsman for taking charge of the party. The track was found to be in goqd order, though somewhat boggy in places. The bad parts are easily avoidable by making a slight detour. The mountain hut is in fair condition, a party of Government surveyors who recently visited it having curried out certain repairs. Some of the bunks require attention, and a roll of netting for their repair is at the hut. The tank is in good order and at the time of the visit was full.

A meeting of the Wairarapa Secondary (Education Board was held last evening - , Mr T. Jordan’presiding. The Director of Education advised that, acting on a report by the Department’s architect, a grant of £1 JO had been approved for the extension of sanitary conveniences at the Technical School. , It was decided to reply thanking the Department for its grant and requesting that provision also be made for ventilators and for painting one of the buildings. On the motion of Mr G. Selby, it was decided to compliment the staff and pupils of the Technical School and High School on the splendid display of work made at the Industrial Exhibition. Mr P. M. Compton, chairman of the Ground Committee, reported on the progress being made with the development of the High School ‘grounds. He stated that the agricultural experimental plot had been ploughed up. The groundsman considered that the grounds were now so far advanced that he would be able to keep them maintained by himself after next vear.

A meeting of the Masterton Denial Clinic executive was held last night. There were present, Messrs. Alex Donald (chairman), IT. Y. liaise, J. H. Fieldhouso, J. J. McLearv, and A. Williams. Apologies were received from Messrs T. Flannery and T. Elder. In connection with the appointment in March of IT third nurse to attend to country children, it is intended to hold a conference of country school representatives in the last week of January, to arrange details. Mr Donald was appointed as the'clinic’s representative on the committee of the Association for the Advancement, of Education. A donation of £9 was received from the parents of Lansdowne school children in response to a circular appeal. The collection box in the surgery contained 3s Gd. The dental officer reported for November and December as follows: — Amalgam fillings 457, cement fillings 46 dressing 33, sealing operations 19, local extractions 178, minor operations 92; total operations, 947. Total attendances, 430. The pupils treated were from Lansdowne and West Schools.

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The Municipal Band will render a programme of music in Queen street on Christmas Eve, commencing at 5.30 o'clock. A collection will be taken up in aid of the Band funds.

Camps for Salvation Army boys and girls are to be held at Waipukurau shortly. The girls will assemble on December 2S and the boys on January (j. Each camp will last for a week.

A Jersey cow on a farm at Taradale lias given birth to triplets, two males and one female, all three being normal calves. Twins are not altogether unknown amongst cattle, but triplets are very rare. In fact, farmers in Hawke’s Bay arc unable to quote another case. A Christchurch telegram states that 11. G. Watson, of Christchurch, who got second in the Dunlop Grand Prix, has been selected by the Australian authorities to compete in Tour Do Prance, the world’s greatest long distance cycle race. Other riders will include 11. Opperman (Victorian champion). A garden competition held by the

‘ ‘ London Evening Standard” brought out II,00(1 competitors, each with a llcwer garden at home. Gardening inti rest has reached the peak of popularity in London. Clerks and office workers now speed home from work to put a few touches on the garden.

A London cable states that the feature of the Christmas markets has been the enormous supplies of Spanish oranges, of •which 209,000,000 were sold by auction at the Monument Salerooms. For the Christmas season prices are very low. Oranges ought to be retailed at three or even four for a penny, but none are visible in the shops at that price.

Argentina and Australia are the largest meat-eating countries, with a yearly average per inhabitant of 2.101 b and 2201 b respectively. Britain consumes 12011) of meat per inhabitant a year, while the iigures for Germany and France are respectively 1021 b and 981 b. Before the war Italy consumed only 301 bof meat for each inhabitant. Her consumption is now about 401 b per inhabitant.

A combination of features believed never to have been included in any single building in the world is shown in the plans of the new £7,000,000 Fisher Building, the latest of Detroit’s large business structures. The plans include a 1000-car garage, a 3000-seat theatre of the most modern type, one wing of 11 floors devoted exclusively to professional offices, and .a full complement of stores and shops so varied that it will be unnecessary to leave the building for ordinary shopping purchases. The Government Astronomer (Dr. C. E. Adams) calculates that the nearest approach of the new comet to the sun was at the beginning of December, when it. was 60 million miles away, or two-thirds of the distance of the earth from the sun. At the same time it was 40 million miles from the earth. There is now another claimant who asks to be accepted ns the discover of the comet. This is a railway fireman, who says that he saw it from a train early in the morning on November 29.

An important addition to the scanty survivals of English wall-painting has been discovered at the White Swan Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon. The "White Swan Hotel has been bought as a Trust House, and while the bar was being altered into a coffee-room some old panelling was removed, and paintings were discovered on the plaster wall behind it. The colours are still bright and fresh. Although parts of the paintings were destroyed in former days, there remains a portion Lift long by Oft wide. The subject is the story of Tobias, framed in bold foliage and flowers. The men wear doublets, wide breeches, and ruff’s, and the painting probably dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Should a call of three clubs beat a call of two no-trumps? Auction bridge, player's ia New Zealand will be interested to learn that, as far as the Brit,sh Empire is’concerned, majority calling is not to 1)0 the official rule for the game. This decision was reached on* November Sth, at a 'conference of leading London Clubs held at the Portland Club. Instead, the older style of auction bridge, calling by value of suits, is to be the recognised practice. One concession, however, was given to the confirmed majority-calling .advocates. it was agreed that there should be an adondum to the new laws permitting majority calling if there was a desire for that method of play among four players sitting round a card table. The decision against majority calling has not been accepted with enthusiasm.

A member of the staff of the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, has accomplished the remarkable feat of writing the Lord’s Prayer eleven and two-third times in a space the size of a threepenny-piece. Remarkable as is the achievement, the record for minute writing is that established by the late Mr William Webb, F.K.M.S., who invented a machine by which he wrote, with a diamond, a series of slides ranging from tlie equivalent of one complete Bible to the square inch to fifty - nine Bibles to the square inch. The slides were readable under a microscope.. Shortly before his death Air Webb destroyed the machine with which he accomplished these marvels of writing, but. most of the slides are still in existence. There was, too, Peter Bales, a Londoner, who, in the sixteenth century, without any mechanical help, wrote in the space of a pennypiece the Lord’s Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed, the Ten Commandments, two Latin prayers, his name, the tin to, .and Queen Elizabeth's name. He enclosed this in a gold ring, covered it with a crystal, and presented it to Queen Elizabeth. All the writing, it is said, was perfectly legible. For a dry, glossy surface to floors *nd furniture, polish with liquid “TAHOE.” Won’t smear, and does not collect dust. Economical and easily applied. * Clark’s famous tan sandals, crepe rubber soles, now showing in all sizes at Carpenter and Evans.

Loganberries for sale. Buick Six ear for sale. Girl wanted for housework. Special Xmas dinner at Hotel Midland. Lost gold cable bangle is advertised for. Reward. Hugo and Shearer require experienced girl for millinery workroom. The Masterton Borough Council insert an impounding notice on page 1 of this issue. Air Rippon. butcher, inserts special advertisements in our wanted known column. The Wairarapa Farmers’ advertise, on page 4, special lines in Humphrey s cutlery, including cutlery canteens in oak cases. Air F. Alarshall, butcher, Cornwall street, notifies the public that he has installed one of the latest Lipman refrigerators, and customers wishing to store poultry and other goods during the holidays are welcome to do so free of charge. All meat is guaranteed fresh and good, while prices are reasonable.