LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 June 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Wairarapa P. and A. Society has decided to support the deleting o-f Alsatian dog classes from show schedules. The following championships will be competed for at the Wairarapa Show at Carterton next October: Milking Shorthorns, Friesians, Ayrshires, Jersey cattle, and Lincoln and Corriedale sheep.

Last Thursday the Featherston Children’s Temperance Club held an enjoyable evening in the Presbyterian Hall. The meeting was opened by the singing of the Doxology, followed by prayer. A recitation was rendered by Margaret Merlet. Rally cries were heartily repeated, and there were numerous games and competitions. The following new members were received: Joyce Kenward, Rae Dolmt and Leslie Anderson.

There was a large attendance at the weekly euchre tournament held . r at Homewood on Saturday night in aid of the Maori Meeting House fund. The prize winners were Mr F. Pathurangi and Miss R. Paku. The consolation prizes were won by Mrs T. Eli and Mr J. Pollett. Prizes were kindly donated by Messrs. D. Shoosmith, G. Greathead and D. W. Dunwoodie.

As a result of a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle in High Street on Saturday afternoon a young man named Eric Whale sustained a compound fracture of the leg. It appears that Mr Whale, the rider of the motor cycle, was coming out of a gateway with the intention of proceeding north along High Street when he collided with a car, driven by Mr M. Petersen, which was going south. After receiving medical attention, the injured man was admitted to the Masterton Public Hospital.

"Mr R. Beattie entertained members of the Wairarapa branch of the South African Veterans’ Association after the annual meeting on Saturday night. Major Rusden gave an interesting account of the work done by the Wanganui branch. Mr A. J. Dindof, of Carterton, read some humorous notes he made in an old pocket book during the South African War. The president thanked members who had come long distances to be present and also thanked the Soldiers’ Club for the use of the room. A very enjoyable evening was brought to a close with many tales of bygone times on active service.

Another very successful ping jiong tourney was held by the Masterton Winter Sports Club on Saturday night in the Y.M.C.A. Gymnasium. There was a large attendance of members, a handicap singles tournament in four sections being played. I. Jones won the A grade contest in the men’s games and J. Edwards the B grade, while in the ladies’ section Miss M. Bright was first in the A grade and Miss E. Stidolph first in the B grade. It was announced that next Saturday a handicap singles tourney would be held for trophies kindly donated to the club by Mr George Joy.

A meeting of the general committee of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society was held on Saturday at Carterton, Mr G. Hart presiding. The treasurer reported a debit balance at date of £665 8s 9d. The general account showed, cr. £689 9s 5d and the Kent Street property account, £IB7O 13s 6d. The credit in the Hall account was £894 14s 2d and in the deposit account, £IOOO, leaving the above net debit. Receipts since last meeting were £95. One senior and one junior member were elected, and two resignations were accepted and one held over. The Programme Committee is to meet on July 5 and the Wellington canvass will be made on July 21. Mr Reid reported that the roofing of the sheep pavilion had been completed. Woodß’ Great Peppermint Cure, for hildren’s Hacking Cough. j

A re-union of members of the Wairarapa branch of the South African Veterans’ Association is to be held early in August.

For some years past, the record frost for Hastings has stood at 14 degrees, but Wednesday last found this record shattered, with a reading of 15 degrees. Miss Amy Johnson, who recently flew from England to Australia, enjoys the honour of being the first woman to be entertained by Freemasons in Australia, for she was the guest of the Masonic Club, Sydney.

During the week-end very wintry conditions prevailed and some parts of the district there were showers of hail. Some of the low hills had a light sprinkling of snow. On Saturday evening the wind at times rose-to gale force but little damage appears to have been down. A plate-glass window in the office of Messrs. Rigg Bros., Cenwas smashed by the blowing down of a signboard.

"This seems a ridiculous amount of money to pay for an audit,” said Mr W. J. Campbell, at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board when advice was received that the fees for the audit of the board’s accounts for 1929 amounted to £124 13s. The chairman, Mr A. Burns, said that the annual charge used to be about £BO. It was decided to draw the attention of the Auditor-General to the large amount charged.

A Wellington telegram states that, discharged from prison on May 28, A. Gowens, alias Phillip Augustus Kesler (23), a salesman, was to-day sentenced to a year’s imprisonment, being three months’ cumulative sentences on each of four charges of false pretences. He also received 14 days concurrent sentence on a charge of theft, Apparent-, ly accused went to Wellington after his discharge from Wailcune, and there stole a cheque book from the Rev. Feilden Taylor, and by means of valueless cheques obtained altogether £4 14s 3d. He had a long list of previous convictions. . Counterfeit half-crowns and shillings appear to be in circulation in Christchurch in fairly large numbers. Coins of both denominations have been made with great accuracy and are very hard to detect, even by officials in banks. A Christchurch plumber was given a halfcrown recently which he took as genuine. He did not discover that it was not real until he dropped it accidentally on a concrete floor. Then it broke in three pieces. The pieces were taken to two banks. One bank submitted the pieces to exhaustive tests before declaring the coin a fraud. An official in the second bank, after a close inspection, passed the pieces as parts of a genuine coin. The coin weighed slightly less than a real one. In a private letter just received by a New Plymouth resident from a friend in Devonshire the writer states that Devonshire butter was being retailed at 2s 6d, ■while the New Zealand article was on offer at Is 4d. This was in May, but the same writer states that in her opinion the New Zealand butter was bettor than the Home-made in the winter months. This be due to stall-feeding in the winter giving objectionable flavours to the home-made butter, from which New Zealand butter, from grass-fed cows, was free. Referring to the "dole,” the writer speaks of a difficulty in obtaining workers because the dole enabled them to live without working.—Taranaki Herald.

A largo and most enjoyable gathering was held in the Kopuaranga Hall on Saturday evening, when settlers from far and near gathered together at a smoke concert to do honour to Mr Hugh McKenzie, wjio is shortly to be married. The chair was occupied by Mr J. Clarke. Among the speakers wore Messrs. A. Donald, 11. Myers, Booth, lan Cameron, E. J. Wright, lan Harvey, J.. Donovan, J. Brophy, J. Miller, Pickering, Chesterman, T. Cooper, R. Milne, S. Divers, P. Palmer and Harry Cottle. In an effective speech, Mr J. Clarke, on behalf of the settlers, presented Mr McKenzie with a handsome quilt. Mr McKenzie, in replying, thanked all present for their kind remarks and good wishes for the future. The evening was enlivened by nlusie, songs, hakas, * and amusing dialogues. The contributors to the programme were Messrs. Bishop, Mj’ers, Uru, Cornicle, Divers, Semeamene, J. 0 ’Connor and the Maori Glee Party. The annual meeting of the Wairarapa branch of the South Afri an War Veterans’ Association was held at the Soldiers’ Club on Saturday evening. The president, Mr R. M. Miller, occupied the chair. There was a good attendance of members, several of whom came long distances to be present. A motion of sympathy was passed with the relatives of the late Mr C. G. Engstrom, a comrade who died during the year. The report and balance sheet for the past year were adopted, members praising the good work done both by the Head Office and by the local branch in helping comrades who had fallen on hard times. Several proposals to give further help to comrades were dealt with. The report of the Soldiers' Rehabilitation Commission was discussed and favourably commented upon. A remit is to be sent to the annual conference asking that a representative of the association be placed on the civil Re-establishment Board should it be set up. Mr E. J. Wright was appointed to attend the conference. The retiring president (Mr R. M. Miller) and the lion, secretary (Mr F. Norris) were thanked for their work during the year. Members expressed a desire to meet Lord Baden-Powell when lie visits the Dominion next year.