LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 February 1935, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

The Mayor (Mr T. Jordan) stated at the Borough Council meeting last night that nearly 94 per cent, of the rates for the past year had been paid, ■which was a slightly better state ot affairs than in the previous year.

Presbyterian Church services will be held on Sunday, 24th February, at Mauriceville at 11 a.m., and at Rangitumau at 2.30 p.m., Sunday School at 2 p.m. The Young Men’s and Young Women’s Bible Classes will be held at 10 a.m. at Lansdowne.

At last night’s meeting of the Borough Council a resolution was passed expressing appreciation of the capable manner in which the Borough Accountant, Mr D. T. Herbert, carried through the Borough Conversion Loans. _Mr Herbert was granted a bonus of £SO in recognition of his work. 1 ‘ With the continued spell of dry weather campers keep coming and going steadily,” observed Mr T. Bullock, custodian of'Mawley Park, in his report to last night’s meeting of the Borough Council. From 31st December to 31st January 157 motorists took advantage of the facilities at the camping site. Fees collected for the month amounted to £lO.

Representatives of the medical profession and hospital service attended a private screening of "Damaged Lives,” at the Cosy Theatre yesterday afternoon. The film met with the approval of those present as conveying very necessary and valuable instruction and information, in addition to its entertainment value.

At the meeting of the Masterton; Borough Council last night a letter was received from the Rev. E. J. Rich notifying the council that the Bishop of Wellington desired' to consecrate a further area of land in the cemetery set aside for the Church of England, at 3 p.m. on 25th April. The engineer was instructed to have the area pegged off and the levelling completed. .

The Aberdeen Angus Cattle Breeders’ Association, following on representations made by Mr G. H. Perry, Masterton, has decided to allocate 30s as prizes for essays by the agriculture class of the Wairarapa High School. Mr J. Ogilvy, a member of the association, spoke strongly in support of Mr Perry’s suggestion and Mr Ogilvy was asked to give a lecture prior to the writing of the essay and to arrange the details.

The Fire Board wrote to the meeting of the Masterton Borough Council last night suggesting that the council approve of the stationing of a proper qualified fireman at places of entertainment in Masterton accommodating 500 people. Cr. Beetham moved in accordance with the terms of the letter. Cr. White seconded the motion which was carried. It was stated that the rate paid would bo 3/- per performance per man.

Writing to a friend whilst on a tour of England, a Dunedin man related an experience that surprised him. He found that in London the principal butter-selling shops were doing business mainly in English and Danish butter, the New Zealand product being quite a side-line. It was being asked for chiefly by the poorer classes, who bought it by the ounce. Prosecuting' his search, the writer saw New Zealand butter featured in shops of the suburbs in which manual workers live, and from what he saw and was told these people appreciated its quality and cheapness, but it struck him that that was not the only class of buying that New Zealand dairymen were needing and expecting, and that some steps should be taken rto combat what seemed to him to be nothing but conservative prejudice that had taken hold of the well-to-do thousands.

An application for a taxi license was refused last night by the Masterton Borough Council.

As the result of falling down a lift well in the Commercial Travellers’ Building on Monday night a young man, Keith Anderson, died in the Wellington Hospital last night. His parents reside in Gisborne.

On the motion of Cr. Russell, ser eonded by Cr. Kemp, the Masterton Borough Council last night refused an application from the Masterton Picture and Entertainment Co. to screen pictures on Good Friday. A mild collision he tween a Ford and a Fiat occurred at 11.15 o’clock this morning, at the Dixon Street and Church Street intersection. Only minor damage was done to the cars, and no one was hurt.

The Borough Council decided at its meeting last night that the engineer complete the Allan Bridge with his own staff. A motion by Cr. Barr, seconded by Cr. Low, that tenders be called to complete the work was lost on the voices.

A proposal from the Trust Lands Trust asking the Council to confer with that body and the Chamber of Commerce in regard to the Opera House was agreed to by the Borough Council last night, the suggested date of the meeting being Monday next. “1 have a cow which is about 14 years old and it is still producing and re-producing well, ’ ’ said Mr R. A. Lewis, Pukekohe, at the New Plymouth Jersey Cattle Club’s demonstration. His audience expressed surprise, but they were more amazed when ho added: “Another farmer down the Toad from me has her grandmother, and she is just as good.”

At the Borough Council meeting last night Cr. Bari 1 brought forward the question of the stop bank at the Waipoua River and said that something should be done before the winter. Mr Mabson said that even if the stop bank had been two feet higher the water would have come over in the recent flood. He intended to submit a report to the council shortly on the matter. At the Borough Council meeting last flight Cr. Low said that the council was experiencing a shortage of coke. The council had already bought a considerable quantity of coke from outside Masterton because several municipalities were in a similar position and it would be hard later to obtain coke. The coke bought outside of Masterton had cost more money than the local ■commodity and it had been found necessary to increase the price of coke.

“I’m afraid it’s going to be an expensive telephone call—it’s going to total £1 and 10s costs,” declared Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North on Monday, when imposing a fine on a citizen who was charged with using a garden hose contrary to the City Council by-law. The remark by the Bench was prompted by the fact that a letter had been forwarded to the Court by the person charged, explaining that she had merely left the hose unattended to answer the ’phone, when an inspector had arrived at the house and found a breach committed.

The Park Committee recommended to the Borough Council last night that the council lease the two bowling greens to the Masterton Park Bowling Club at an annual rental of £1 under certain conditions. The club was given the right of renewal of the lease, subject to the approval of the council. The club is to be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the greens and at the termination of the lease the greens are to bo left in reasonable playing condition. The above and other conditions, as recommended by the Park Committee, are to be forwarded to the club for its acceptance.

Confidence in the future of New Zealand was expressed by Lord Bledisloe at a valedictory gathering by the Royal Society of New Zealand in Wellington last night. His Excellency said he took a cheerful view of the future welfare and progress of the Dominion. Her people were blessed with perhaps the most perfect climate for white people in the world and had what was probaly the finest and purest type of British people to be found in the Empire. Professor R. Speight, president of the society, paid a tribute of appreciation of the services of His Excellency to seieneQ during his stay in New Zealand, particularly with reference to agriculture. Dr. P. Marshall, president of the Wellington Philosophical Society, voiced similar sentiments.

Six of the candidates seeking election to the new Dairy Board as representative of the Middle Ward addressed a well-attended meeting in Carterton yesterday. Mr W. Wilson presided. Mr Ben Roberts said in the course of his address that the only way to save the dairy farmer from bankruptcy was to guarantee him an income on New Zealand price levels, to be paid out of the national credit. Mr A. Linton said he agreed with the report of the Dairy Industry Commission, with the possible exception that the Middle Ward should be represented by two men instead of one. The Dairy Board, he said, had been constituted to improve the position of the dairy industry, not to interfere with the monetary system of the country. Four other candidates spoke and the meeting lasted from 11 a.m. until the middle of the afternoon.

At the meeting of the Borough Council last night the following report from the Park Committee was adopted:—A deputation consisting of Messrs Franklin and A. Dixon, representing the Park Tennis Club, waited on your committee requesting: (1) That the tennis nets be reduced in depth to give a greater clearance from the ground; (2) re-sur-face the hard court; (3) remove two verandah posts at pavilion; (4) issue concession tickets to visitors; (5) that the courts be made available for Sunday play. Having heard the deputation your committee recommends that request (1) be acceded to. That requests (2) and (3) be favourably considered when next estimates are framed. In the matter of request (41 that cards of concession tickets be printed consisting of 10 tickets entitling the holder to 10 half-hour games at a cost of 2/6, such tickets to be issued to non-residents only. Concerning request (5) that the courts be made available for Sunday play between the hours of 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. conditionally on a member of the club being made responsible for putting up and taking in the tennis nets, also for the collecting of the prescribed fees from anv players other than season ticket holders. Children’s Shoes in Kiltie and Match ,css, in Patent, Box Calf and Glace, at Carpenter and Evans’ Quality Shoe Store. s

‘•' Twenty-four of the supplying herds have now been tuberculin tested, and the Masterton public are now in a position to demand milk from tested stock only and thereby assure themselves that their supply is safe from the possibility of tubercular infection,” stated the Borough Inspector (Mr T. A. Russell) in his report to last night’s meeting of the Borough Council. A small saloon motor car travelling from Hamilton to Auckland yesterday left the road and plunged down a bank near Mercer. The driver, Mr David Weston Mclntosh, aged 43, of Auckland, suffered severe head injuries and his wife, who was a passenger, received a broken arm, injuries to her face and shock. The car was smashed to matchwood. Mr Mclntosh’s condition is serious.

The following stock was slaughtered at the Masterton abattoir last month: — Cows 223, heifers 38, oxen G2, boner cows 49, boner bulls 3, calves 126, wethers 383, ewes 605, rams 17, lambs 323, pigs 74. The fees for the month were £260/5/3. The fees are £35 above those of January last year, so that the improvement shown in the December figures has been maintained.

A young pig following its master about the streets of Eltham like a dog was a sight witnessed the other day. Recently a resident of the town made a capture of the young pig in the bush and brought it home. The animal soon became tame and formed such an attachment for its master that it followed him about everywhere, and even went with him to his place of work. The animal is of the genuine “Captain Cook” variety. The librarian submitted the following report for January:—-Books added, fiction 6004, travel, etc. 175, fiction 26; subscribers-end of December, 486; new subscribers, 36; subscribers left during January, 23; total subscribers end of January, 499; subscriptions collected, £36; amount spent in books from Ist April to 31st December, 1934, librarian £ll2/3/5, committee £l7/8/8; amount spent in books for the month of January, 1935, librarian £l2/9/10, committee £2/11/7. “There is a definite aversion to NeAv Zealand lamb and mutton in Japan,” said Mr IV. E. Barnard, M.P. for Napier, on his return by the liner Monowai. from a three months’ visit to the East. “Moreover, the Japanese do not like our salted butter, and I am afraid that there is little prospect of a profitable export market developing in these products. ’ ’ Mr Barnard considered the most likely products that could be developed on the Japanese market, apart from wool, were dried milk, hides, skins and tallow.

The following are the handicaps for the Masterton Amateur Athletic Club’s events to bo held on the Park Oval to-night, starting at 6.15 o’clock: — Half-mile cycle: E. Sayers, T. McCord scr., C. Osborne 15yds, G. Whiteman 20, G. Pye, W. Pye 30, T. Sayers 60, A. Rigg, W. James, T. Dwyer 65. One and a half miles cycle: E. Sayers, T. McCord ser., C. Osborne, G. Whiteman 40, G. Pye, W. Pye 55, A. Rigg 140, T. Sayers, W. James, T. Dwyer 150. 100 yards: S. Pye syds, J. Cairns, C. Hausemann 8, W. Peterson 81, L. Hack, McPherson 9, Brennan 91, F. Harrison 11, C. Talbot 13. 440 yards: S. Pye scr., L. Hack 18, Crothers 21, McPherson 22, J. Cairns, Jackson 25, F. Harrison 32, C. Talbot 38. 880 yard;?: L. Hack 10yds, Crothers 35, Roberts, J. Cairns 55, F. Harrison 55, C. Talbot 70. The hop, step and jump and putting the shot will be handicapped on the ground.