LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 October 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Under the will of Michael John Hart, who died on October 7, the Home for Aged People, at Anderson's Bay, Dunedin, conducted by the Little Sisters; of the Poor, will receive a legacy of approximately £llOO, reports a Press Asr sociation message from Dunedin.

At 9.45 on Saturday night an impudent theft was committed at the Royale Dutch Cafe in Broadway, Palmerston North. A man walked into the front shop, stepped behind the counter, rang the till, and absconded with the day’s takings.

In a hockey match at Carterton on Saturday, the W.F.C.A. staff was defeated by a Y.M.C.A. team by 4 goals to 0. In conjunction with the hockey game, a basketball match was played by the W.F.C.A. ladies and a Masterton team, the game ending in favour of Masterton bjr 13 to 10. Fairly heavy irain showers fell in Masterton on Saturday morning and effectively dispelled any hopes of opening the summer sports season. Arrangements had been made to open the Park playing areas on Saturday afternoon, but the Park Tennis Club and the Bowling Club had to postpone that event until next Saturday. Cricket was also to be opened for the season, but- likewise was postponed. The recently-formed tennis club in connection with the Masterton Methodist Church officially opened its season on Saturday on the court of Mr F. Clarke, Dixon Street. Mr 'Clarke has placed the court at his residence at the disposal of the young people of the Methodist Church. The opening ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Cocker.

Under the auspices of the Masterton Amateur Athletic Club a road cycle race was held on Saturday afternoon, the event starting at Johnstone Street and finishing at the Hospital, being over a distance of 35 miles —via Gladstone, Westmere and Weraite. T. Oakley was first in 1 hour 43 mins., which was the fastest time, and D. Bacon (2mins start) second, in 1 hour 47 mins. 17 secs. A boys’ five-mile race was also held, the result being as follows:—White <44 mins start), 1; Rutherford (2mins start), 2. Harman made the fastest time.

The following statement has been issued by the Wellington Wool Brokers ’ Association: —The question of exchange between New Zealand and London is one which has been exercising the minds of some sheepfarmers in their endeavours to arrive at the relative values of wool. It is thought that because the exchange favours the shipper at the present time, a corresponding advantage is reaped by selling in London, but such is not the case. When arriving at the values they can pay in New Zealand, the wool buyers take the exchange into consideration, and the farmer therefore receives the benefit in the price he obtains in the local auctions.

The chief guest and speaker at the Optimist Club luncheon to-morrow is Mr B. Iveson who will give a talk on the subject of astronomy. In an address at Auckland, the secretary of the P. and T. Department, Mr G. McNamara, stated that the staff of the department had been reduced from 12,400 in 1925 to 11,505 in 1930.

"Money for mortgage investment is very plentiful in Christchurch, ’ ’ said a business man to a press reporter. "Solicitors’ offices are full of it, but the securities are not offering.’’ The Otago Anglican Synod rejected by an overwhelming majority a motion recommending medical examination of both contracting parties before marriage, reports a Press Association message from Dunedin. Yesterday afternoon the body of a young woman, Miss Sabina Radford, aged 25, was found in the Ashhurst River in an advanced state of decomposition. The deecased had been missing from her home since September .16.

The 1930 Christmas number of the "Christchurch Pres's,” which is styled the "New Zealand Illustrated,” maintains its well established name for excellence. Delightful scenery also- pastoral and sporting activities are charmingly depicted. There is a splendidly produced plate of the late C. W. Worsley’s fine picture of Mount Setton. Three medical men, Drs. Borrie, Riley and Thomson, and Charles Melvin Focken, lecturer at the Dunedin medical school, were each fined £2 12s in the Police Court and ordered to pay damages of £lO for wilfully damaging a Government advertising sign in Kauarau Gorge, which had been hewn down by them as a protest against desecration of the beautiful countryside. The Magistrate (Mr Bundle) remarked that the defendants must have been intoxicated with zeal.

While playing with a detonator which went off, two boys, sons of Mr W. Falloon, Weraroa, met with a serious accident on Friday. The explosion took off the left thumb and forefinger of Vernon, aged 16, and a fragment of the casing passed through the pupil of the left eye of Malcolm, aged 6. Both boys were operated on at 9.30 last night by Dr. Munro, who found it necessary to take out the younger boy’s eye. Both are now progressing very satisfactory in the Levin private hospital.

A Taranaki man, who lias been travelling the world, in a letter to a friend in Hawera, says that conditions in Jersey are bad, the farmers depending on the export of potatoes and tomatoes to England to keep them going, but competition is so keen from the Canary Islands, Algiers, Spain and France that their lot is a hard one. "Though this is the home of the Jersey cow, the people live on New Zealand butter, cheese and lamb,’’ states the writei. "I saw plenty of New Zealand apples there. A quiet, sleepy old place., fit for old people to die in.”

In recent months several members of the Marlborough Aero Club have had the experience of pursuing hares across country by aeroplane, the noise of the engine acting as a spur to the animals and keeping them going at top speed until they can reach cover, but a recent morning witnessed the first aeiial deer stalk in the club’s history—and, perhaps, in any part of the-world. On his way to the Woodbourne Aerodrome just after dawn Squadron-Leader N. E. Chandler, the club’s pilot-instructor, saw three deer browsing on a crop of peas on a farmer’s property. On reaching the aerodrome, he telephoned to Mr Noel Rose, who was soon on the seene, accompanied by Mr G. Dalton. Both had rifles. In the meantime the deer had moved across country, but Mr Chandler went up in an aeroplane, and, after locating the game, signalled their whereabouts to the men below. Finally the deer took alarm, but they were headed off by the low-flying aeroplane in every direction in which they turned, till finally two of them fell to the guns. The third escaped. Delightful programmes of music were rendered in Carterton yesterday on the occasion of Band Sunday, at which the Masterton, Carterton, Maryborough and Upper Hutt bands contributed. The bands played in Carrington Park in ■the afternoon and in the evening, in the King’s Theatre. At the latter performance the bands were assisted by vocalists, Band Sergt. D. Irwin and Miss Phyllis Liddell contributing solos and Miss G. Croad a recitation. There was a good attendance of the public a't both functions and the occasion was a successful one in every way. In the evening a meeting of the committee of the Wairarapa Bands’ Association was held, Mr Walter E. Knott, vicepresident, presiding. A credit balance of £l2 11s was reported, with no liabilities. Regret was expressed by members that the Greytown Band had been unable to attend that day on account of difficult yin getting its members together, but it was hoped that the band would be more fortunate on future occasions. Votes of thanks were passed to Mr W. H. 'Harloek, hon. secretary, and to the ladies of Carterton for providing refreshments. It was decided to hold the next Band Sunday in Masterton on November 30.