LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 July 1934, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The Star Basketball Club will hold a dance in the Masonic Hall to-morrow night.

It is understood that arrangements are being made for the Australian pouring hockey team to play Bush representatives at Woodville in September. The directors of the United Dairy Company, Woodville, have decided to advance 9d per lb. buttertat foi the current month, and to-day distributed among suppliers the sum of £3403/13/2, representing further payments for the current year.

A deputation of representative women waited on Miss Ellen Melville, a member of the Auckland City Council, with a request that she should consent to accept nomination as a candidate for the Mayoralty of Auckland at the next municipal elections in May. Miss Melville has promised to give her rdply to-day.

Struck by a motor car while cycling from High Street into Cumberland Street, Dunedin, on Wednesday morning Thomas Albert Carr, a married man aged 34, an employee of the City Electric Power Department, was thrown from his machine heavily against the kerbing of the pavement and was admitted to hospital suffering-from concussion and other head injuries. He did not regain consciousness and died the same afternoon.

The death occurred in the Auckland Hospital of Mr Thomas Harrison, aged 54, of Papakura, who fell from a lorry on 6th July. Mr Harrison was taken to the hospital suffering from severe head injuries. The Otago Aero Club’s Moth ’plane ZK—ACI, piloted by Mr F. C. Taylor, arrived at the Hood Aerodrome yesterday at 4.15 p.m. from Palmerston North. Mr Taylor left this afternoon in continuance of his journey to Dunedin accompanied by a passenger. At the end of a lonely 14,000 mile voyage from Ancona, Italy, the British tramp steamer, Fiscus, arrived at Auckland yesterday afternoon. Her holds contained a cargo of grey rock sulphur, the first freight of this kind to be brought to New Zealand. Under the co-operative contract system a number of married unemployed men will be engaged for the next ten months on improvements to a 34-mile section of the Gisborne-Tiniroto Road, an alternative route from Gisborne to Wairoa. Thirty men will start work on Monday, and the number will be increased later to seventy. A young Waipukurau golfer, John Turtle, playing at the Mount Herbert Club’s links this Aveek, holed out in one. The distance —the sixth hole—is 95 yards, and it is a remarkable coincidence that Turtle has norv on three occasions in successive Aveeks holed out in one at the same hole —an almost unbelievable performance. Sleeping all night in a tAvo-roomed bach at Moa Point, Lyall Bay, which, unknoAvn to them, Avas sloAvly being filled Avitli gas fumes, an elderly man, Mr Peter Ward, and a companion, Mr Robert Wilson, narroAvly escaped suffocation. Mr Ward is still in hospital suffering from the effects of gas poisoning.

A partial eclipse of the moon Avill take _place on the night of Thursday, 26th July, and the folloAving morning. The moon Avill enter the penumbra on 26th July at 9.20 p.m., and Avill enter the umbra at 10.24. The middle of the eclipse Avill occur at 11.45, and the moon Avill leave the umbra at 1.6 the folloAving morning and the penumbra at 2.10.

“ Behold I am come. It is I, the Cliristh. For unto us a child is given. Unto us a son is born.” These Avords Avere recited by a young man in the public gallery just after the House of Representatives entered on its sitting yesterday afternoon. The interruption created quite a stir, but the man responsible for it Avas immediately removed.

Property valued at £520 has been received by the Wellington Children’s Health Camp Association as a bequest under the Avill of the late Miss Annie Matilda Thompson, avlio died in the Wellington Hospital on 31st May. By her Avill Miss Thompson left the Avhoie of her estate, after the payment of debts, death duties, and expenses, for the benefit of the Health Camp Association, to be used in advancing its general objects and purposes in Avliatever Avay the officers of the association might think fit.

' A denial of a suggestion made by a member of the Automobile Association (Wellington) that the Government has been making a handsome profit out of the handling of motor registration plates has been made by the Postmas-ter-General, the Hon. A. Hamilton, avlio also had something to say concerning complaints made against the cost of the plates.. ‘‘The suggestion that the difference betAveen the price paid by the Government for motor registration plates and that at Avliich plates are sold is profit is erroneous,” Mr Hamilton said.

Playing in the billiards and snooker competition for the Y.M.C.A. Cup last night Post Office defeated Y.M.C.A. by seven games to three. Following are the detail results, Post Office players mentioned first >in every case:—Billiards: F. DAvyer beat J. Smith; L. Ashbridge beat M. Winslade; J. Dunbar beat S. Onion; J. Wylie beat J. Coleman; W. J. Miller beat E. Cooper. Snooker: F. DAA'yer lost to J. Smith; L. Ashbridge lost to M. Winslade; J. Dunbar beat S. Onion; J. Wylie beat E. Cooper; W. J. Miller lost to W. Clarke. Next Tuesday Daniell’s Avill play Oddfellows.

Notwithstanding the ban on the export of bobby beef, the Wairarapa Boneless Yeal Committee has decided to continue the purchase of calves and the first collection, it -is anticipated, will be made on Monday week. It is stated that there is a possibility that the offal may be exportable . Discussing the use of bobby calves yesterday an authority stated that the bones were the most valuable part of the animal, being excellent material for the making of gelatine. At present this was not made in New Zealand, the plant required being rather expensive, and all of the country’s requirements were importecl. He suggested that there might be some possibility of the gelatine being manufactured in New Zealand.

The action of Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., a Christchurch magistrate, in discharging a relief worker prosecuted by the Unemployment Board for restitution of a sum of money, and in criticising the board for interfering with an order of the court, meets the entire agreement of the Unemployment Board itself, according to a statement made yesterday. When previous reference was made to the case during April the board took steps immediately to ensure that there,, should be no repetition of such procedure. It is stated that the only cases to-day where, as a penalty for mispresentation, the board reduces a worker’s classification, are when such action is taken as an alternative to bringing the case before the court.

Masterton Rotarians at their weekly luncheon yesterday, heard an excellent address by Dr. C. Mitchell, who is at present touring New Zealand on behalf of the League of Nations Union, on A ‘ Democracy, Prophets and Persons.” Democracy, Dr. Mitchell said, meant that every individual had the right to live the best life that nature intended him to live. Around this conception he built up a powerful address which supplied members with abundant food for thought. A vote of thanks to Dr. Mitchell for his eloquent address was proposed by the Rev. E. J. Rich and carried by acclamation. Visitors at the luncheon were Mr 11. B. Tomlinson, Principal of the Wairarapa High School, Mr O. 11. E. Yates, ActingPrincipal of the Technical School, and Mr B. T. D. Hume, manager of the Masterton branch of the Commercial Bank.

There Avas a frost of 11.2 degrees registered in Masterton this morning.

Nominations for the officers of president, vice-presidents and steAvards are called for the Masterton Racing Club and close Avith the secretary, Mr Norman H. James, on 31st July. The Prime Minister yesterday gave a deputation an assurance that Parliament Avoukl be given full opportunity to decide the. issue in respect of the Religious Instruction in Schools Enabling Bill.

The United Dairy Company, Woodville, secured tAVO first prizes and tAvo second prizes, also second for the points prize, in the butter section at the Auckland Winter Exhibition, Avhieh opened this Aveek. The Rangiotu Co-op. Dairy Co. this Aveek sent a consignment of six tons of prime cheese to Wellington, for dispatch to Jamaica, thus opening up a neAV market for its product. If the order proves satisfactory it is likely that further business Avill result.

The Winter Sports Avill play Clareville Club to-morroAV night. Players Avill be selected from the folloAving: — Ladies. —Misses M. Bright, D. Allan, T. Harvey, R. Winter, Y. Jackson, R. Jackson, ‘C. Hibbard, O. Trass, B. Taylor, F. Masters, 11. Winter, Mrs Harvey, and Mrs Jackson. Men. — Messrs B. Massey, M. Winslade, L. Donald, R. Clarke, J. Kennedy, I. Coleman, H. Russell, G. Masters, E. Frost, L. Cole, F. Onions, E. Cooper, Jackson and Mourant.

“On first reading the statement issued by the Reserve Bank, it Avould appear that the commercial community could noAV have confidence in placing orders in Great Britain, but on going closer into the announcement there appears to be lacking that gesture for Avliich so many interests in the _ Old Country have been looking; that is, a closer parity Avith sterling,” said Mr D. J. Me GoAvan, chairman of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, commenting on yesterday’s announcement that the bank Avould aim at retaining the rates unchanged for a long period unless there should be a marked alteration in existing conditions. “I am still of opinion that the artificial exchange position Avill leave a feeing of continued uncertainty, and the heavy costs involved aa t lll still fall on the shoulders of Ncav Zealand taxpayers.”