LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 January 1932, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The annual friendly game between the Carterton and .Ekctahuna Bowling clubs, is being arranged for Anniversary Day.

The raspberry season at Grey town is now in full swing and pickers may be seen abroad as early as 4 a.m. 11 most cases the crops are good. On some plots pumping plants have been installed to irrigate the land. A Wellington Pres 6 Association message states that for the week ended January 11, the unemployed on the register totalled 45,539, an increase of 978 on the total for the Dominion at the end of the previous week, lhe aggiegate is approximate as was the total of 45,524 registered for the week before Christmas. The latest figures includes 33,771 men employed part time on relief work, leaving 11,768 unplaced. The annual statement of receipts and expenditure of the Ahiaruhe-Ponatahi Sports Club, shows that the past year’s operations were most successful. __ A profit of £42 11s Od was realised from the sports in February last, and tins amount was distributed: £2l to the Carterton Volunteer Fire Brigade, and £lO 10s Od each to the Ahiaruhe and Ponatahi Schools. The club has cash assets at the end of December, amounting to £7l 17s 4d —a very satisfactory position. . . .

<‘l think that this may come under the category of an accident within the popular meaning of the term," said the Coroner (Mr; T. B. McNeil, S.M.), at the inquest yesterday on James Byrne, aged 63, who died in the Hospital on New Year’s Eve from injuries received when he was knocked down by a motor ear in Customhouse Quay that day. The car, which was driven by Arthur Joseph Watson, had just straightened up after turning into the Quay from Brandon Street, and was about sft from the kerb when the deceased stepped into the roadway. Ho was struck by the bumper of the ear, which was travelling, according to the evidence of the driver, at six to eight miles an hour. The deceased had come out of the wharf gates, which had obscured the driver’s view. ‘'l can find no evidence of any negligence on the part of the driver," said Mr. McNeil. ‘ ‘ln my opinion, from the evidence I have heard, 1 do not think Mr. Watson was to blame in the matter at all.”

The monthly meeting of the Masterton Central School Committee was held last evening, M r - J.* E. McV. Cal well presiding. There were also present: Messrs F. Whitton, W. K. Nicol, It. Bussell, A. Williams, G. Masters and G. L. Scrivener. An apology for absence was tendered for Mr. A. E. Freeman. The finance report was considered satisfactory and several accounts were passed for payment. The secretary was directed to urge the Education Board to have the asphalt work completed before the reopening of the school. It was decided to notify the Tennis Club that the courts must not be used until the asphalt work was properly completed, but the green plot on the Museum Grounds might be made use of in the meantime. Mr. Masters was deputed to attend to the work of asphalting and also the use of tennis courts. Messrs. Williams, Whitton and Masters were appointed visiting members for the ensuing month.

The annual sports of the Langdale Athletic Sports Society, will be held to-morrow (Saturday) in the Langdale Domain. * f

Hot ashes thrown on the grass was responsible for an outbreak of fire in the backyard of a property in Macora Road yesterday. The outbreak was suppressed by the Masterton Fire Brigade but not before portion of a fence and a number of fruit trees were more or less severely burnt.

The following registration appears m this week ’s Mercantile Gazette —Daysli (\ j ) LTD. Regd. as a private company Dec. 19, 1931. Office: 74 Queen Street, Masterton. Capital: £2OOO into' °OOO shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Masterton—A. J. Daysli 990, J. A. Daysli 990 P. K. Daysli 5, H. H. Daumell o, E. Daysli 10. ' Object's: To carry on business of stationers, booksellers and general incidental. The N.Z. Refrigerating Company Ltd, reports that the profit and loss account shows a profit for the year ended October 31 last of £64,326. The directors recommend payment of 5 per cent,, and the transfer of £30,000 to reserve accunt. The above result represents a remarkable recovery from that of the previous twelve months, when the bai anee-sheet showed a loss on the year’s operations of £104,472. Another item on the debit side of the profit and loss account was the cancellation of debentures on the Pukcuri Freezing Works. The £32,500 loss was balanced by the transference of £IIO,OOO from the reserve account.

At the swimming sports, under the auspices of the Featherston Amateur Swimming Club, on Wednesday evening the results were:—2s yards dash: Ward 1 Burt 2. Time losees. Second heat: J. Yule 1, Adamson 2. Time 14tsecs. 25 yards boys’ handicap: McLeod 1, Barnard 2, Clark 3. Time 244 secs. 25 yards girls’ handicap: Miss Toeker 1, Miss Wakcly 2, Miss McLeod 3. Time 25jsees. 25 yards youngest members: M. Sergeant 1, R. Holland 2. Time 281 secs. Novelty race: McLeod 1, Carlyon and Ritchie equal 2. Combined relay race for club buttons: P. Adamson and Marjorie Toeker 1, W. Burt and 1. Wakely 2. Men’s relay race, 100 yards: Adamson, Carlyon, Tanner and Ward. Time 64sees.

At the meeting of the Citizens’ Unemployment Committee at Wellington yesterday afternoon Mr. J. I. Goldsmith, the chairman, stated that he had paid a visit to the Akatarawa camp the day before, and had found everything in excellent order. “The men are as happy as Larry,” said Mr. Goldsmith, “and are doing splendid work. I made a .point of asking them if any of them wished to return to the city, as there were hundreds on the waiting list waiting to take their places, but there was no response. They all seemed to be very happy and contented, and, let me tell you, they are as brown as berries ,and look a loi more healthy than the men I see now knocking about Tory Street.