LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 March 1932, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

11.M.5. Diomede lias arrived at Byd ney from New Zealand.

The Rangitikei Rugby Ciiion has fixed the secretary’s salary at £25. The ear stolen from Awakino bv Bennett, tho prison escapee, was found yesterday in an abandoned quarry near Piopio, 18 miles from To Nuiti. Bennett was reported to be seen going in the direction of Mairoa on Saturday.

Cabled information has Been received from London that in the District Lamb Competition held recently, the Wairarapa lambs, killed at Waingawa, were exceptionally well dressed and in g'ood condition.

The combined Wairarapa swimming clubs have procured a trophy to be known as “The Wairarapa Relay Championship Cup,’’ for competition in rotation between the clubs, commencing at Grevtown. The winning team will hold the trophy for the season add the following year another race in one of the other Wairarapa towns will take place.

The Masterton branch of the League of Mothers will hold the first meeting of the year to-morrow, 16th March, at 2.30 p.m. Members and friends are to be the guests of Mrs L. B. Maunsell, the local president, at her home at “Bridge,” Titoki Street, Lansdowne. Mrs H. R. Fisher, of \\ ellington, who is well known as an authority on gardening, will give an address. All garden lovers, whether members or no-t, are invited to be present. Cars will leave the Y.M.C.A. at 2.15 p.m.

Changes in secondary school examinations were announced yesterday by the Minister of Education, Hon. E. Masters. To test the value of the accrediting system all candidates for senior free places will Do required to sit this year at the examination for intermediate certificates, ’the present Public Service entrance examination is also to be abandoned, and in place of this there will be substituted ail examination of the standard required for university entrance but with a wider range of subjects to meet the requirements of the different branches of the Public Service.

The shooting of imported or native game from vciiicics is now prohibited. An announcement to this effect is contained in the New Zealand Gazette. The regulation states: “No person shall use or cause to be used any motor vehicle in connection with the taking or killing of imported game or native frame.” Anyone convicted of committing a breach of the regulation is liable to a fine of £2O. The new rule is largely intended to check the shooting of god wits from cars, a protest in this connection having- been made by the New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society.

An important discovery of goldbearing reefs which have given very favourable assays is reported from Te Aroha Mountain, where a syndicate headed by Mr W. J. Gibbs, late borough engineer at Te Aroha, has pegged out claims covering an area of over 309 acres of the reef system. The claims are on the Karangahake side of the mountain and the reefs were located in virgin ground. Eventually eight reefs were found and these, it is stated, have all been traced certain distances. Samples of stone were taken to the Waihi School of Mines for assay. It is the intention of the parties interested in the field to go direct to London for capital for development on a large scale, and it is not intended to float a tompany in New Zealand.

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The annual report of the Masterton Harriers contains the following reference to the orchestra: —This season was distinct from its predecessors in that it saw the formation of the club orchestra. This musical body made a splendid effort and gave much assistance at all social functions and we appreciate their work in assisting to solidify the social side of the club’s activities.

Shrouded in a dense f°g, three Hampers spent twelve hours on Sundaj on the upper slopes of Mount Thomas, near Oxford. They eventually found the road at White Rock, fifteen miles away from the point where they started and where their car was parked. The party, which left Christchurch early on Sunday morning, got back yesterday nioniilig, littlo the worse for their experience.

Harvest festival services were held in the Carterton Methodist Church on Sunday, there being large congregations at each service. The church was tastefully arranged with the products of the garden, and the choir under the < onductorship of Mr J. Freddy, rendered anthems appropriate to the occasion. The morning service was conducted by the Rev. E. O. Blamires, of Masterton, and in the evening the Rev. R. J. Liddell officiated.

A Sydney cable states that the sight of real snow in the heart of Sydney is a novelty furnished thousands of interested people by the New Zealand Government Tourist Office windows. The Martin Place front exhibits are fine, depicting the scenic resorts of Tongariro National Park. A frozen lake in the centre is surrounded by snow fields backed by glittering mountains. Realistic marionettes are engaged in winter games while an electric train traverses the snowfields and disappears into a mountain tunnel, the Pitt Street front shows a finely executed and colourful diagrammatic representation of South Island fiord and mountain scenery.

As a sequel to a pakapoo raid on Saturday night, Carr Chong, aged 36, a gardener, appeared in the Magistrate s Court at Auckland yesterday and pleaded guilty to keeping premises in Grey avenue as a common gaming-house. The police said that complaints had 1,0011 received from a European, . one being that a man who marked a ticket and won £75 was not paid. The police further alleged that fourteen were drawn daily in Grey Avenue places. Chong was fined £SO, in default three months’ imprisonment. Seven. Europeans were each fined £2 foi being nn lawfully on the premises. A charge against one man, who pleaded not guiltv, was dismissed.

In the Dunedin S.M. Court yesterday Robert Jolly, a labourer, aged 62, pleaded guilty to attempting to cash f ive £1 forged totalisator tickets at Winmtui on 11th February. The totalisator clerk stated that he thought the tickets were genuine at first and stamped them. He then noticed that the tickets did not appear to be m order, and he asked the accused to wait. He discovered that they were forgeries, and on returning found that thecaecused had gone. The police stated that the accused was quite frank, and rendered assistance in connection with others implicated in the forging of tickets. The accused was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence. (BA.)

The fortnightly meeting of the Druids’ Lodge was held in the- Trades Hall last night. Bro. J. Fenton, A.D., presided. Five Brothers were declared on the sick benefit of the lodge. Sick pay and accounts amounting to £9/11/6 were passed for payment. A letter was received from the Public Trustee offering the Lodge a lease of the Trades Hail. A committee was set up to bring down a report on the proposal. Reports were received from the I riendl\ Societies Dispensary delegates. Several Brothers reported on the combined Druids’ picnic, stating that it was a great success. Bro. Rod, D.P., of Coronation Lodge, was given a hearty Lodge welcome. Lodge meetings during the winter will in future commence at°7.so p.m. The next meeting will be field o)i Wednesday, 30th March, at 7.30 p.m.

The annual meeting of the Ramblers’ Hockey Club was held at the T.M.C.A. rooms last evening, Mr Burgess presiding. The report of the previous year’s work, which was adopted, showed that the club had another very successful season both on and off the field. The balance sheet, which was also adopted, showed it credit of £6/6/9, which was very satisfactory. A vote of thanks was passed to ail retiring officers, the secretary, and the Press. A motion of svmpathv was passed to the relatives of the late Mr Nix, a vice-president of the club. It was decided to hold practices in the mornings on Tuesdays end Thursdays. The first to lie held on Tuesday, 22nd March. The club decided to enter one senior and one junior team in the Wairarapa competition. The colours are to be the same as last season.

A meeting of the directors of the Workers’ Mutual Benefit Building Society No. 2 was held last night, there being present Messrs. J. C. Ewington (acting chairman), J. A. Russell, H. O. Fowles, A. W. McKenzie, A. J. Briden, A. 11. Eddy and A. P. Smith. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £S2s 0s Sd, with liabilities at £SS3 17s. A firm of solicitors advised that a Tauranga resident had executed a mortgage for £477 in favour of the society. The transfer of two shares was approved. A ballot for £4OO will be hold on 24th March. B Group: A meeting of the directors of the B Group was also held. The treasurer reported a credit balance of £1382 12s Sd, with liabilities at £IOOO. An application by a shareholder for the cancellation of two shares and the transfer of the subscriptions paid to the two remaining shares held was granted. The valuation committee recommended a property as security for an additional loan of £6OO. The report was adopted.

Tins week the price of fat lambs in Xortli Otago lias been raised to 5d per lb. for prime quality (all weights) and 4-id per lb. for seconds. Seventy bushels of wheat to the acre have been threshed out on some of Mr J. H. Grigg’s paddocks at Longbeach, Canterbury, where over 700 acres of wheat have been dealt with this season.