LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 10 May 1932, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The Okarito Five Mile Beach Gold Dredging Company, Ltd., yesterday reported a wash-up of 490 z. 15dwt. for 1274 hours’ work.

“Sweet Lavender,” a delightful oldfashioned play, with a happy ending, in which things straighten themselves out beautifully, produced by the W.E.A; Beading Circle last evening in the Municipal Social 'Hall, provided an excellent entertainment. I'he reading was produced under the direction of Miss L. Grant. Those taking part were: — Mrs S. J. Smith, Misses Z. Bate, P. McKay, Kitchener, Messrs. J. J. Mulvey, Gordon Bate, S. Orr, S. J. Smith, B. Venner and Josephs. The next play reading will be held on Monday, 23rd May, when John 'Galsworthy’s “ strife ’’ will be produced. A meeting of the directors, of the Workers’ Mutual Benefit No. 2 Building Society was held last night. There were present: —Mess.s. xi. Krahageu (in the chair), A. a. Dricun, A. A. Eddy, G. Hyde, A. W. mcixenzie, J. A. Bussell and i--. j.'. Smite. Tue treasurer reported a creuit baiaiice or iit)b/iS/,3, with liabilities at £luO. A 1 nnu of solicitors advised that a dwelling in Tauranga was nearing comjne Lion and it would be in order tor tne society to pay over the balance of the loan. Applications by three shareholders to transfer six shares were granted. It was decided to hold a Sale of £4OO in the iNo. 2 JSocicty and a.oUii in the 14 Group on 2nd June. In the B Group the treasurer reported a credit of £O /6 12/10, with liabilities at £4OO. All factories in the South Island Dairy Association are still operating and are having what is described as “a good bach end” in respect to production. Quantity and quality are well maintained. 'Most of the factories will bo closing for the season about the end of this month, One adverse item to report in this connection is the drop in the cheese market of something like 4s per cwt. within the last fortnight. A rough idea as to the season’s production in Otago so far may be deduced from a statement as to quantities handled in the Dairy Board’s cool store at Dunedin. Of butter there were 33,984 boxes up to the end of March, as against 22,283 boxes for the corresponding period of last season; and of cheese 31,041 crates, as against 34,070 crates last season. The increase in butter this season is explained by the fact that last season Dunedin’s' cool store was out of use for a while owing to fire, and during that interruption produce for export had to be stored elsewhere. In other words, Otago’s total this season is not increased to the •extent shown by these figures. On the whole,, however, this has been a good ■ season. Tho end of exporting for the season is approaching. 'Only about half a dozen more consignments have been arranged for.

Mr J. Pearson arrived at the Hood Aerodrome, Masterton at noon to-day from Wellington, Hying solo in a D.H. Moth ’plane, ZK—ABH. He will return to Wellington this afternoon. ill- S. J. Smith and Mr C. M. Bowden have consented to nomination for the vacancies on the Trust Lands Trust. Both have previously contested an election.

Edward George Bell, a baby, aged six and a half months, was admitted to the Dunedin Hospital with •concussion. Along with his mother, the infant was in a sidecar attached to a motor-cycle driven by his father when the vehicle overturned. ‘•How many people stayed at your house during the hui?” a Maori witness was asked in the Supreme Court at Auckland. “About thirty,” was the. answer. The witness had just said that the house referred to contained “about four rooms. ’ ’

A social and dance, the first of a series to be conducted by the Church of The Epiphany Ladies’ Guild, will be held in the Epiphany Hall, Kuripuni, to-night, at 7.45 o 'clock. A good musical programme has been arranged and supper will be provided by the ladies’ committee.

A well-known landmark of the Palrnedston South district, the homestead of the Mount Royal Estate, owned by Mr Isaac (Stevenson, -was completely destroyed by fire on 'Sunday evening. It contained fourteen rooms, and was built fifty years ago by the late Mr John Douglas, then owner of the estate.

A few minutes after 2 o’clock on Sunday afternoon an alarm of fire was sounded in Featherston, the cause being an outoreak at Dr, Sharp s residence, Johnson Street. The brigade was quickly on the scene and it was net long before the outbreak was suppressed. A certain amount of damage was done by fire and water. A head-on collision between Spiers’ Nelson-Murchison service car and a sedan driven by Norman Conway occurred at Wakefield on Sunday afternoon, resulting in five people being sent to the hospital —Kenneth Marshall, fractured skull, condition serious; Norman Conway, fractured skull; Adam Clark, scalp wounds; A, Martin, head injuries; Valerie Gravit, head injuries. All are progressing favourably. During the past month or two there lias been keen inquiry for farm properties in Canterbury, according to a Christchurch solicitor. He told the Times that he had been surprised to find the amount of capital that v r as offering, some of those looking fox farms having several thousands of pounds which they were prepared to pay as deposits. In one case three men w r ere anxious to buy a fai’ni, and each had a good sum to put down as a deposit. The attempt of a United States woman, Miss Nila 'Cram Cook, to worship at a Hindu temple at Dwarka, North Kathiawar, India, nearly caused a riot, and resulted in the priests declaring the temple polluted. Miss Cook, who is also known as Mela Naglxini Devi (Blue Serpent 'Goddess), claimed to have been converted'to Hinduism, and entered the temple dressed in Indian costume. The other' worshippers immediately left, and all the services there were suspended for twenty-four hours. A purification ceremony was held, costing £ls.

Speaking at the Auckland Educational Conference at the Auckland University College, Professor A. B. Fitt, who presided, said that his observation from three years’ teaching experience in Melbourne was that the Australian teachers were not a happy band under the centralised system of education. All thought that education there was overcentralised. In the midst of their complaint he remembered the felicitous conditions that prevailed in New Zealand-, and he was able to see very clearly the contrast the different systems had produced.

Shortly after the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Line’s steamer Tairoa left Lyttelton on Sunday morning for Nelson a fire was noticed in the -coal bunkers. The master of the Tairoa, Captain J. E. Grayston, thought it advisable to put into Wellington as a precautionary measure, because of the port’s facilities. However, the ship’s fire-fighting appliances were instrumental in getting the fire under control before port was reached at 9.30 p.m. The Tairoa berthed at the Pipitea Wharf, and the bunker coal affected by the outbreak was discharged yesterday. The vessel will leave Wellington this-afternoon for Nelson to continue discharge.

The use of fly traps on sheep farms was discussed last week by t'iie executive of the Canterbury Bliecpo wners ’ Union, says the Timaru Herald. Members agreed that the extended use of fly traps would be of great assistance, it being pointed out that one trap for each 500 acres, properly attended to, had been proved to be of great benefit where the sheep fly was unduly prevalent. Seyeral members spoke enthusiastically of the success that had attended the use of these traps, which were of similar pattern to those extensively used in Australia. It was agreed that the lives of many thous-. amts of sheep could be saved annually by the use of these traps alone.

The fortnightly meeting of the Druids’ Lodge was held in the Trades Hall last night, Bro. J. Fenton, A.D., presiding. Four brothers were declared on the sick benefit of the Lodge. Sick pay and accounts amounting to £l2 12s were passed. The District President’s report on the lodges in Ho. 1 District was received, the report stating that the lodges were all working harmoniously. The U.F.S.C. delegates reported on the last meeting of the council. The lodge decided to enter a team for the card tournament, commencing on Wednesday. It was decided to accept the invitation of the C.E.M.S. to attend the Empire Day service of 22nd May. The Druids Lodge will be represented this season in the Y.M.C.A. billiard and snooker tournament, the arrangements being left in the hands of Bro. Grantham. 1

The Marama, from Auckland, arrived at Sydney this morning at 7.15 o ’clock.

Mr Andrew Mellon, United States Ambassador in London, belongs to a family whose fortune is estimated to amount to £1,600,000,000. The family consists of Mr Andrew Mellon, his two brothers, Bichard and James, and their children. Turned into gold bars the size of ordinary bricks, the fortune would make 160,000 bricks, each worth £IO,OOO. The family could pay the cost of running the American Government for a year and still have half their wealth intact, or they could pay off half the United States public debt. The money is estimated as follows:—Personal fortune, £IOO-,000,000; resources of banks controlled, £157,000,000; assets of companies controlled outright , £224,000,000; assets of companies dominated through, stock, holdings, £1,100,000,000. Part of Mr Mellon’s fortune was amassed when he was associated with Mr Henry C. Frick, the steel and railway magnate, in some of his greatest undertakings.

Dances will be held in the Municipal Social Hall on 21st May and 4th June respectively, under the auspices of the Self Help Club.