LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 July 1936, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

Frogs’ legs are enjoying a wave of popularity in tlie United States, where as much as 5s will be paid for a pair in quite moderate-priced restaurants. A dance, also bridge and euclire tournament will be held in St. Patrick s Hall on Tuesday night next at 8 o’clock. Good prizes, supper and music will be A new challenger for the America’s Cup, Endeavour 11, has been built for Mr T. O. M. Sopwith at Gosport, Portsmouth, England. Mr Sopwith intends to challenge with her next year. On Thursday night radio listeners in Masterton were supplied with an excellent programme of popular items by the Aloha Entertainers. The various items were very much appreciated by all who tuned in to 2ZI). In response to many requests the Plunket Committee has decided to add a seventh class to the Beautiful Baby competition —a family group of Plunket children. Photographs are to be left at the Plunket Room on or before 24tli July. A large attendance is anticipated at the combined Masonic Lodges dance which is to be held in the Masonic Hall to-niglit. Admission is, by invitation only to non-Masons, but Masons, their wives, daughters or lady friends can attend if they so desire without an invitation.

Criminal cases heard in Magistrate’s Courts in New Zealand during 1935 totalled 47,559, an increase of 796 over the figures for the previous year. Summary convictions, which total 38,337, show an increase of 1.7 pee cent, over those for 1934. These convictions represent a rate of 24.46 per 1000 of adult population, as against 24.32 in 1934, which was the lowest recorded in the last ten years. The thanks of the Lansdowne Ladies’ Guild are tendered to all avlio by their donations and gifts helped to make the Market Day, held recently, a success. The stalls were well laden and brisk business was done, which enabled a good sum to be added to the funds. The winners of the competitions were as follow: —Large cake, Airs Buchanan; small cake, Airs Connor; canary, Airs Allen, As a result of an accident on Thursday evening near Bonny Glen, Alarton, Hazel Johnston, aged 12, was taken to hospital with a broken thigh and a fractured knee. She was returning from school at Alarton on a Wanganui service car which stopped opposite her home. She alighted and ran round to the rear of the vehicle and was struck by a car driven by Alalcolm John AlcLcan, of Kiwitea. Fortunately the car was travelling slowly and pulled up in a length. It is' the intention of the Government to avoid any competition between the Public Works Department and farmers in the engaging of labour. This was made clear by the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, last evening. “ We are not going to al]ow men to go away from farm jobs to take jobs that belong to men now out of work,” said Mr Semple. “We want to draw all our men from among the physically fit unemployed and if other men try to take their jobs we are going to strike a note of warning to those who might bo just waiting to take the jobs of those men who have been without work for long enough. If they try that on they will get a rude shock. Anything like that will be stopped. If it shows up we will tread on it good and hard.” •

The return at King Solomon mine this week was; 40oz.

Petitions filed for dissolution of marriage last year reached the highest figure ever recorded in New Zealand. Divorce petition's totalled 867, an increase -of 28 over the figures for 1934. The previous highest figure was 843 in 1929.

For many years the largest steamer in the world, the Majestic has. been sold to the breakers. .She was built at Hamburg just before the \Var, and after the Armistice, passed into British hands, where she has been operated by the Cunard White Star line on the transAtlantic service. The gross tonnage of the Majestic is 56,599, her length is 916 ft., and her breadth 100 ft. She is classed as a quadruple-screw steamer, burning fuel oil, and in her prime she was capable of over 24 knots.

The Rev. G. F. Stockwell will be the preacher at both services in Wesley Church to-morrow. The subject in the morning will be “An Important Question Suggested by the Recent Quarterly Meeting.” The junior anthem will be, “Will There be Light?” The subject at night null be ‘ ‘ How, When, and Where Can I Find God,” and the anthem will be “Come Now, and Let us Reason Together.” The choir will visit the Hospital at 4 p.m. At Kuripuni the Rev. W. McDonald rvill be the morning preacher, the service at night being taken by the Bible Class Mission Band. The Rev. W. McDonald will be the evening preacher at Solway, and the Rev. G. F. Stockwell ■will preach at Mt. Bruce at 2 o ’clock.

The Returned Soldiers’ Association’s Fancy Dress and Masquerade Ball, held in the King’s; Theatre, Carterton, on Thursday night, was very well patronised and most successful. The ladies responsible for the supper arrangements were the wives of returned soldiers, to whom thanks are due. Mr and Mrs S. Smith (Masterton) a vice-president of the Wairarapa branch of the R.S.A., judged the costumes, ,tlie winners being as follow: —Best lady, Mrs Finn, Carnival; best man, Mr F. Taplin, Afghan; best pair, Mrs Channels and Mrs Montgomery, Thirteenth Century. Extras Were played by L. Hopkins, Miss M. Herrick and Messrs D. Irwin and G. Challis. The M’s.C. were Messrs F. Hopkins, F. Taplin and R. Wakelin. A chair donated by Mrs E. Quinn was won by Mrs M. Knowles, Dalefield. “Tobacco importations are steadily decreasing. : With full development of the industry in New Zealand there appears to be no reason why New Zealand raw tobacco should not further replace the imported tobacco, ’ ’ said’ the Hon. D. G.’ Sullivan, Minister of Industries, and Commerce, at Wellington yesterday. ‘ ‘ The activities of the Tobacco Board are being financed by means of the fees collected for licenses to grow tobacco and warrants to purchase and sell raw tobacco, and also by a levy of id per pound on all tobacco grown in the Dominion. It is proposed to expend this money to bring about as great an improvement ini the industry as is possible, and to this end it is proposed to conduct research work into the problems of tlie cultivation of the tobacco leaf and itkmanufacture into cigarettes and smoking tobacco.”