LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Daily Times, 16 April 1935, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In the "Wairarapa Daily Times today commences a story entitled me Marrying of Marietta,” by that popular authoress, May Wayne Clever characterisation and competently . led dialogue arc the outstanding features of Miss Wayne’s fine story. At Wangaeliu a Presbyterian Church service will be held on Sunday, 21st April, at 2.30 p.m. Okarito Five Mile Beaeli Gold Dredging Co., Ltd., reports a return of -9 ounces of gold for 121 hours’ work. A very painful accident befel the youngest son of Mr and Mrs L. Daly, Second Street, Lausdowne, yesterday afternoon. The child, who is just 2 years old, was playing with his brother When he had the misfortune to nave the first joint of his first finger on the right hand severed, through it being caught in the back sprocket of a bicycle which his brother was playing with. He was later conveyed to the hospital for treatment. Arrangements for the annual ball, to be held in the Municipal Hall on Friday, 10th May, were discussed at a meeting of the social committee of the Wairarapa and Ruahine Aero Club last night. It was pointed out that the ball would bo held during the celebration of the King’s Silver Jubilee and it was resolved to spare no effort to make the function a worthy event m the week, of celebration. Arrangements are well in hand and indications point to the ball maintaining the high standard set on former occasions.

The renewal of a comprehensive insurance cover on New Zealand dairy produce has been effected by the Dairy Board at a 20 per cent, reduction on the existing cover, states a Wellington telegram. The new rate is. approxihiately half the best rate available when the board first commenced operations and is the lowest in the history of tho New Zealand dairy produce trade, while the terms of insurance are most comproliensiccv. The new rates represent a further saving of £12,000 per year to tho industry and are: Butter, 5s per cent.; cheese 5s 6d per cent. High speed motor post-marking machines are in use in tho Post Offices at Auckland (three machines), Wellington (three machines), Christchurch. (two machines), Dunedin (two machines), and the following offices, each of which has one machine: —Gisborne, Hamilton, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Timaru, Wanganui, Masterton. In addition. 44 other offices are equipped with postmarking machines worked either by hand or by foot, and these are capable of a good output. It is with their aid, plus smart, well-organised work in the mail-room, that the "last-minute” rush of posting can always bo coped with, so that all letters get away by tho first available means of transport

All parts of the British Empire will enjoy a special Silver Jubilee cable concession from the 4th till the 11th May, inclusive. During this period it will be possible to send a cable from New Zealand to the United Kingdom at a fiat rate of 4s for ten words and 5d for each word over ten (the full cable rate to Great Britain is Is 8d per word, and the normal deferred rate lOd per word). Tho text must be in plain language, but groups of figures denoting numbers and quantities, and isolated letters or commercial marks used to describe articles under order may be the conditions of acceptance being generally the same as those which apply to daily letter telegrams. Jubilee letter telegrams will be delivered on the morning of the second day after lodgment.

At a meeting of teachers of the Mastcrton branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute, held at Eeatherston, Mr J. 11. Eieldhouse delivered an address on “What the Institute Has Done, is Doing, and Will Do.” Mr Eioldliouse dealt first with the great value of “National Education,” in answer to the question: “What do I obtain in return for my subscription?” He then mentioned that probably tho greatest return was in the legal and (more important) moral backing of the Institute’s Legal Assistance Fund. Ho emphasised wliat a great effect the institute’s deliberations had had on the educational policy of tho Dominion. Many intolerable conditions in respect of class' examinations’ and tho publication of inspectors ’ reports on all classes had been removed. Tho institution of a national grading scheme (the work of tho Institute), with all its faults, had been a vast improvement over the power of school committees to make appointments. Judicious agitation had also Grained greater security of tenure. Mr Fieldhouso concluded by maintaining that much more could be done if members gave stronger backing to tho Central Executive in the matter of propaganda.

The price of gold in London yesterday was £7 3s lid an onned* 11! ■

The issue of meat under the auspices of the Mayor’s Relief Fund will be made on Thursday morning this 'week instead of Saturday. In London yesterday, U.S.A. currency, in relation to sterling, was quoted at 4.84 7-8 dollars, and French currency at 73 7-16 francs. The Mayor (Mr T. Jordan) desires to acknowledge a donation of £l/4/9 from the Methodist Church Circuit towards the Mayor’s Relief Fund.

According to a Sydney cable, the naval survey sloop Geranium, which was acquired from the British Navy after the Great War, is to bo towed to sea to-day 'and sunk.

Tho provisional returns from the Poppy Day appeal held in Palmerston North by tho Palmerston North branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association reveals that approximately £l7B was collected, compared with £164 last year. Peter Gibbons, an ex-pupil of Hadlow School, put up a fine performance at the King’s College (Auckland) sports by winning the junior cup for boys under Ui years, scoring 20 points out of the possible 25. The homestead of Mr Mark Wallace at Upper Kokatahi,. Westport, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. Very little of the contents was saved. The insurances were £75 on the contents and £650 on the building.

A British wireless message states that the Cunard-Wliite Star. Company lias announced that the Aquitania has received no damage from her 25 hours on tho Brambles mudbank in Southampton Water, and her sailings will be maintained as planned.

A Sydney cable advises that bitterly cold weather was reported in all parts of New South Wales again yesterday, but the gales which swept the southeastern part of the Continent. duiing the past few days are moderating, and temperatures should rise. A twelve-year-old youth, Herbert Edward Watson, sou of Mr and. Mrs S. Watson, of Dannevirke, is believed to have been drowned on Saturday afternoon when attempting to ford a swollen river at the junction of. the Mungatoro and Waitahora roads m a dray. The body has not been found.

The Rev. Father J. Riorden, S.M., Maori Missioner, concluded a very successful mission for tho Maoris at Te Ore Ore on Sunday night when there was a large congregation of Maoris and Europeans. Father Riorden is well known for his able preaching and work among the Maoris. He returned to Otaki on Monday.

The following motion was carried unanimously at a meeting of the Masterton branch of the N.Z. Educational Institute held at Featherston: —"That this meeting records its protest against tho absolute inadequacy of the. capitation grant to. primary and district high schools and against the payment of the capitation on a basis of average attendance.”

Seating accommodation could not be found for the whole 'of the audience at the Concert Chamber of the Wellington Town Hall last evening, when the first meeting of Labour’s campaign for the municipal elections, was held. Mr P. Fraser, M.P., who presided, apologised to those who had to stand and also to those who were unable to gain admittance, and said it was never dreamed there would be such a large attendance, otherwise the Town Hall would have been engaged. The principal speaker was Mr R. Semple, M.P., Labour candidate for the mayoralty, who was accorded musical honours as he entered the halt, the audience rising and singing '"For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” Tho other speakers were Messrs R. McKeen, M.P., C. H. Chapman, M.P., and Mrs Snow. "There is nothing marvellous, nothing new in the philosophy of Rotary,” said Mr Paul P. Harris, of Chicago, founder of the Rotary Club movement, when interviewed on liis arrival at Wellington in the Makura from Sydney yesterday. "In some respects, perhaps, it may be said to be an Occidental application of an Oriental philosophy. As to the success, that is due to perspiration, rather than inspiration—as Edison onco said of one of his inventions. The rest is due to the wisdom and energy of those men of high standing throughout the world who have enough of the sacrificial spirit in their make-up to make Rotary work out as it has done. If there is one thing more than another which has helped 'it is a genius for organisation and a clean-cut adherence to the principles which are expressed in the club’s motto, ‘Service above Self,’ or the older one, ‘He profits most who serves best.’ which was the original motto and is still valid.” Misses Tankersley and McGrath addressed a meeting of the Masterton Teachers’ Institute at Featherston on tho chapter in "Order Out of Chaos,” dealing with grants to controlling authorities. Miss Tankersley stressed that the grants were wholly inadequate to deal with the many things they were expected to cover. The actual material supplied was not sufficient and there seemed no reason why one branch of the service should have to work on a grant so much smaller than that of another branch, which received no more than enough. Miss McGrath maintained that it should be no part of a teacher’s work to beg for material and raise funds to supply necessary adjuncts to proper and efficient teaching. Mrs Foully very strongly condemned tho smallness of the grants in tho matter of cleaning schools which, under present conditions, could be scrubbed on an average, only three times a year. This was not sufficient to safeguard the health of the children.

A most enjoyable time was spent by all who attended the Eketahuna Tennis Club’s closing dance in the Oddfellows’ Hall. Visitors "were present from Kongokokako, Bongomai, Kaiparoro and Hukanui. Marenzi’s orchestra provided excellent music,, and extras were played by Misses J. Perry and O. Falknor. The novelty dances caused much amusemont, these being won as follow:—Lucky Spot, Mr and Mrs W. McGill; Monte Carlo, Miss J. Perry and Mr C. J. O’Donnell: statue, Miss M. Sigvertsen and Mr N. Greon. After a dainty home-made supper was handed round, Mr Greathead, president of the club, presented tho cups won during tho season, as follow: —Mixed doubles. Miss IST. Greathead and G. Stone-Wigg; ladies’ doubles, Mrs Clarke and Miss N. Greathead: men’s doubles, G. StoneWigg and P. Bouznid: ladies’ handicap singles, Miss P. O’Began; ladies’ championship singles, Miss Greathead. Men’s handicap singles, Mr G. Saba; men’s championship singles, Mr G. StoneWigg.

A danco will be held to-night in the hall at Kopuaranga. A motor car wall leave the Masterton Post Office at 7.40 o’clock for Kopuaranga.