LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 September 1934, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

There commences in the “Wairarapa Daily Times” to-day a new story by the well known author, Mary Bradford Whiting, “The Spell-binder.” It is a clever story of two women, who are so different as it is possible to be in everything but their love for the handsome young engineer who is the heio.

It is learned that certain detectives and uniformed police who were engaged in the investigation of the Ruawaro murders last year are to be rewarded, and that the Police Department is apportioning £250 among them.

The cruisers Diomede and Dunedin left Auckland yesterday for Sydney, where they are due on Friday and will remain till 6th October. They will be at Hobart from Bth October to 16th October, and will then join the Royal Australian Navy in providing an escort for Prince Henry on his arrival at Alelbourne. They will remain at Alelbourne until 7th November.

Dr. 11. M. Aloran, adviser on radium to the New South Wales Government, arrived at Auckland yesterday to undertake a lecture tour at the invitation of the New Zealand Cancer Campaign promoters. He said lie had come to make a simple plea for research in medicine and especially in cancer, to ask for encouragement and perhaps tor the endowment of this great woik.

There was a large attendance of exService men at the Soldiers’ Club last evening when a visit was paid by members of the Carterton branch of the Wairarapa Returned Soldiers’ Association. The evening was organised by the parent body and a most enjoyable time was spent, those present engaging in friendly billiards, snooker and card games. Supper was served by the Alasterton committee.

It is understood that the executors investigating the affairs of a big Blenheim estate which came into thenhands in the last few days on the death of a well-known business man were surprised to discover sewn up m canvas covered parcels a very substantial sum of gold, bank notes and silver. The amount is stated to be in the vicinity of £3500.. The executors were especially surprised, as the estate had substantial bank accounts and there was no reason to anticipate such a secret reserve.

The Sutton Cup, for swede growing, was presented at the meeting of the Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday afternoon. It was received, on behalf of the winner, Mr W. Olsen, of Kohinui, Pahiatua, by Mr J. 11. Bremner. The Provincial Secretary (Mr James Watson) stated that the challenge cup presented by Messrs Sutton many years ago had been won outright and for the last two years the firm had presented a smaller cup, to be the property of the winner. Mr Olsen was congratulated heartily on his success. There were 27 entrants in the competition in which he produced the heaviest crop. Mr G. 11. Perry, Upper Plain, gained second place and Mr R. Tilson, Greytown, was placed third.

A Dunedin telegram states that Peter Davidson (incorrectly cabled on. Saturday as Dawson), who won the piping competition against Scotland’s best at Oban, is twenty-five years of age, and was born and educated in Dunedin. He has taken part in piping competitions in New Zealand since the age of ten, and won the New Zealand pibroch championship at Dunedin in June, 1933. He left last January to attend classes at a college in Aberdeen, and intends to obtain further experience in Canada and to return to New Zealand next year. While in Scotland he competed 'with success against the world’s best pipers at Ellon Games. He was second in strathspeys and reels, and Avon in marches.

A frost of 7.4 degrees was registered in Masterton this morning. A dance will be held in the Gladstone Town Hall on Thursday next, in aid of the Wairarapa Maori Girls’ Hockey Club. It is stated that since the New Year over £39,000 in prizes have come to New Zealand as the result of overseas sweeps.

The local volunteers, C. and D. Companies of the Ist Battalion of the Hawke’s Bay Regiment, are to provide a guard of honour of 50 on the occasion of the visit of Prince Henry to Masterton on 4th January next. Practice drills will commence shortly. On Saturday night, Mr William John Seabrook-Mason, a chemist, was found dead in the yard of his residence, 152 The Parade, Island Bay, with a bullet wound in his head. Mr Sea-brook-Mason, who was 56 years of age, had been in ill-health for some time. He leaves a widow and a daughter. Deceased formerly resided in Masterton. A project is afloat to rehabilitate on a big scale, with at least £2,000,000 of British capital the paralysed Onekaka iron ore industry at Golden Bay, states a Wellington telegram. If it should come to achievement the Onekaka Iron and Steel Co. will be paid £150,000 for the whole of its present assets, including an estimated aggregate of 60,000,000 tons of iron ore deposits, large areas of limestone and extensive measures of coal in a rich mineralised district.

At the monthly meeting of the committee of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society a letter was received from Mr R. J. Fowley, of Hamilton, stating that ho was promoting tin-hare racing in New Zealand. He suggested that this racing would be a popular feature at shows, and asked if the Wairarapa Societv would care to have it staged. Mr W. Howard Booth: Would it not be a good thing for our night show? A member: We could try out the Alsatian dogs. After Mr Booth had referred to the popularity of tin-hare racing in Australian, it was decided to write for more information on tho subject.

A Christchurch telegram states that unusual circumstances were disclosed in a traffic prosecution yesterday, when Jeremiah Connolly, M.P., was charged under a Waimairi County Council information with overtaking a vehicle at an intersection on 7th July, when driving a motor-ear. A question of privilege arose, as Section 267 of the Legislature Act, 1908, stipulates that service on an M.P. during a session of Parliament shall be invalid, provided the member has not been guilty of felony or misdemeanour. The problem was overcome through counsel for the defendant pleading guilty. The Magistrate, Mr E. D. Mosley, convicted and discharged the defendant, stating that he had submitted to a penalty which it was doubtful whether the Court had power to impose. J. Davies and J. Cadwallader, members of the White Star Boxing Club, left to-day with their trainer, Mr A. J. Allison, for Hastings, where they will take part in the New Zealand amateur boxing championships. Davies, who recently won the Manawatu middleweight championship, will meet H. Percy to-morrow afternoon. Davies has a fine record and to date has engaged in 50 bouts with only four losses. Cadwallader, who also won the bantamweight title at the Manawatu championships, has had 25 fights with only three losses. T. Carroll (Ryan’s Gymnasium) will also be competing in the welter-weight division. Arrangements have been completed by the Wairarapa Boxing Association for a professional heavy-weight contest between J. Bolton, of Masterton, and H. Reeve, of Pahiatua. The bout will be staged in Masterton on Race night, 12th October. At the monthly meeting of the committee of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society, a communication was read from Air J. M. Swain, Health Inspector, stating that complaints had reached him that the new pig-pens on the showgrounds were being placed in a position in which they might create a nuisance to adjoining dwellers. He stated that if a nuisance were created he might find it necessary to take action under the Public Health Act. The secretary said it was absurd to suggest that a nuisance would be created. No Magistrate would enter a conviction in a case of this sort. If pigs created a nuisance in a showground, cattle and sheep might do likewise. Mr C. Reid: “We should tell the inspector to go to the place Air A. E. Booth had told him to go to.” (Laughter.) The president stated that all refuse from the pig-pen? was removed on the day of the show. He could not see how a nuisance could be created. A member: It is a good healthy smell. Mr W. Howard Booth: Perhaps wo should plant violets by the side of the fence. (Laughter.) The communication was “received.”

At the monthly meeting of the Wairarapa P. and A. Society the secretary reported on the Masterton canvas, which Avas held on Wednesday last, and considered quite satisfactory. The amount promised to date Avas £52, compared Avith £67 last year. The Carterton canvas Avas considered highly successful, £6l having been promised to date, compared Avitli £9O last year. The secretary reported that the Night Slioav Committee had arranged an entertaining programme for the Night Slioav, and included it in the schedule. The Programme Committee had decided to include a class for pigs for export. The secretary reported that Messrse Thomas Bortlnvick and Son, Ltd., had donated a prize of £3 3s for the class. The New Zealand Pig Breeders’ Association advised that it had decided to allocate a medal as a points prize for the puiebred pig classes. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., Avrote stating that Messrs Barraud and Abraham had decided to donate a quarter of a ton of Surco Pig Food to the Society for the Slioav. The Ncav Zealand Dairy Produce Board advised that they Avould be pleased to make arrangements for the judging of cheese from the Slioav at London, and also for the sale of same. The meeting considered that the Ncav Zealand Romney Marsh Sheepbreedcrs ’ Association’s suggestion to hold demonstrations on sheep should be encouraged but the society could not arrange a demonstration this year.