LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 22 October 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

During September the following stock was slaughtered at the Masterton Abattoir: —73 bullocks, 156 cows, 18 heifers, 9 calves, 501 wethers, 521 ewes, 13 lambs, 141 pigs. The fees for the month amounted to £206 2s 3d.

At the monthly meeting of the Palmerston North Hospital Board yesterday it was decided to write off £2552 in overdue accounts from the Palmerston North district, £264 from the Manawatu county, and £2lßl for patients of other institutions under the control of the board.

The secretary of the Masterton Band reported to the Borough Council meeting last night as follows for September: —Practices were held on the Ist, 4th, 6th, 11th, 15th, 22nd, 25th, 28th, and 29th. A programme .was broadcast from Station 2ZD on the evening of the 18th. A programme was rendered at the Public Hospital on the afternoon of the 21st. The Bgnd assisted at the No License Anniversary on the evening of the 23rd.

At its meeting last night the Masterton West School decided that the school baths bo used solely by the children, under the supervision of the teachers. This decision is based on the fact that the plan of entrusting keys of the baths to ex-pupils and others has produced unsatisfactory results. It was stated that as many as twenty children had been in the baths 1 at times with no one in control.

A meeting is to be held at Grey town for the purpose of reviving the Grey-town-Mt. 'Hector Tourist 'Club, which has been dormant for a number of years. The club did splendid work formerly in opening up the Mt. Hector Track, one of the finest mountain tramps in the Dominion. The hut at Mt. Alpha and Wall’s 'Hut at the Waiohine end of the track, were the result of the efforts of the old club, Mr Frank Wall, of Martinborough, providing the funds for the latter hut.

An offer was made to the Masterton Borough Council at its meeting last night by Mr W. Knott of a number of blocks of old Masterton views at a price mentioned by the Mayor. The Mayor (Mr T. Jordan) and several councillors expressed the opinion that the blocks should be preserved in view of their historical interest. The suggestion was made that the Trust Lands Trust should be approached in the matter. It was eventually resolved to leave the matter in the hands of the Mayor. The Gas Manager (Mr James Learmonth) reported to the Borough Council last evening that the gas manufactured for the month of 'September was 5,077,000 c. ft., being an increase of 5 per cent, over the corresponding period of last year. The ga9 sold per meter shows a decrease of 1.1 per cent, compared with August, 1929. Eight cookers, 2 washing coppers, 1 caliphont, 1 gas fire and 1 sink heater were installed and three new consumers connected. September is the half year, and the make of gas for the sir months ending September 30 was 31,621,000 c. ft., being an increase of 626,000 c. ft. or 1.3 per cent, over the corresponding period of last year. The coal used was 1756 tons, being a decrease of 11 tons 14 cwt. Breathe away that cold. That is the scientific remedy. Inhale “NAZOL. ” Gives prompt relief. New double size contains 120 full doses for 2/6. *

The Wairarapa Aero Club has arranged for a cabaret evening to be held in the Masonic Hall on Thursday, October 30. The dance music is to be supplied by the Ambassadors’ Orehesitra. Particulars are advertised on page 1 of this issue'.

At the annual meeting of the Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association last night it was decided to recommend to the Council that the Dominion championships, which have been allotted to the Otago Centre, be held on March 6 and 7.

The Assistant General Manager of the National Bank of New Zealand has received a cable message from the Chief Manager of the National Bank of Australia, Melbourne, stating that the Board of Directors has decided to pay an interim dividend at the rate of nine per cent, per annum on both classes of shares, on November 26.

The following are the figures for the Masterton Library for September, as submitted to the Borough Council last night: —Books issued, fiction 4142, travel, etc. 42; books added, fiction 28, travel, etc., 9; subscribers end of August 546; new subscribers 2.; subscribers left during September 9.; total subscribers end of September 539; subscriptions collected £7 os.6d. It was reported at the Borough Council meeting last night that through an error of £IOOO being made in the borough valuation, a Masterton ratepayer has j)aid over £9O more in. rates than he was required to. The Borough Council is willing to make a refund, but is doubtful whether it has authority to do so. The advice of the Audi-tor-General is being sought. The matron of Stewart Karitane Hospital, Wanganui, reports an unusual happening. No fewer than five pairs of premature twins are at present being eared for at the hospital. Three pairs are girls, and the other two pairs each consist of a boy and a girl. They all come from country districts in the vicinity of Wanganui. The fact that the string attached to his kite was dry, and not wet, probably saved the life of a boy at Greymouth recently. His kite had become entangled with an electricpporerw r er line, of 11,000 volts, and he was tugging at the string in an endeavour to free the kite. Had the string been wet, it would have acted as a conductor, and the boy would have been electrocuted.

A resolution passed unanimously at a combined meeting of the Otago Institute and the Field Naturalists’ Club -was: “That this meeting is of the opinion that the placing of rural advertising signs along our highways and tourists routes is deplorable, and desires that the Government and borough councils should give the matter their earnest consideration to decide what steps may be taken to prevent the destruction of natural beauty in those parts of New Zealand most seen by the travelling public, and by visitors.”. Two representatives of the Wellington Education Board —a member of the executive (Mr C. H. W. Nicholls) and the Superintendent of Works —are visiting Masterton and other parts of the Wairarapa to-day. They arrived in Masterton from Pahiatua this morning. Here and elsewhere they will visit the various schools and make themselves familiar with the details of works needing to be done. : Mr W. H. Jackson, one of the Masterton representatives on the Wellington Education Board, accompanied them on a tour of inspection of the Masterton schools this afternoon.

The monthly meeting of the Masterton West School Committee was held last evening../ There were present: — Messrs. J. Y. Gordon (chairman), J. H. Irving, J. A. Russell, J. L. Hughes, J. J. McLeary, L. Clarke and W. Hickson (headmaster). Apologies, for absence were received from Messrs. E. Hollis, A. C. Mac Diarmid, and A. S. C. Robertson. The headmaster’s report showed that the roll number of the Main School was 340, with an average attendance of 321, while for the Side School the corresponding figures were 120 and 106 —totals: Roll number 460, average attendance, 427. The committee congratulated the headmaster and staff on the excellent report received from the inspectors. It was decided to obtain quotations for the installation of electric light in the Main School. The final series of billiard and snooker games for the Y.M.C.A. Challenge Cup was played last night when Y.M.C.A. defeated Oddfellows by 6 games to 4. The competition, however, was again won by Oddfellows, whose defeat last night was the first for three years. The following are the results of last night’s games, Y.M.C.A. players benig mentioned first in each case:— Billiards: F. Pinkney beat C. Davenport; T. Elder lost to F. Keen; W. Hirst beat B. Richards; M. Winslade beat T. McCord; S. Carter beat C. Perry. Snooker: F. Pinkney lost to C. Davenport; T. Elder beat F. Keen; W. Hirst lost to B. Richards; S. Carter beat C, Perry; M. Winslade lost to T. McCord. The cup will be presented at the usual social gathering to be held on Thursday when knock-out billiard and ping pong games will be played.