LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 August 1936, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

A busy week-end was experienced at the Hood Aerodrome with training operations and passenger flights. A dance under the auspices of the Women’s Institute, will be held in the Mauriceville East Hall to-morrow night.

A Sydney cable states that a party of 38 New Zealanders farmers arrived by the Makura en route to the Centenary Royal Show at Adelaide.

Mr Gordon Wilson, of Upper Plain, had the misfortune to sustain a heavy loss the other day in the death of the well-known Clydesdale stallion, Big Buehlyvie. The .50 miles Canterbury Amateur Cycling Chanlpionship was won by H. C. Williams in 2 hours 3 minutes 4 seconds. Nearly 80 riders took part. Riding off scratch, F. J. Grose secured fastest time, 2 hours. 9 minutes 5 seconds.

After falling from a motor-car in which she was a passenger on the Lowry Bay Road in the early hours of Saturday morning, Miss Alma McNabb, aged 19, of Mills Street, Lower Ilutt, died in the Wellington Hospital some hours after admission.

A small sedan motor car, owned by Mr T. Wyeth, Mt. Bruce, was taken from the parking area in Chapel Street between 7.40 p.m. and 10.45 p.m. on Saturday and so far no trace has been found of it. The registered number of the car, which is painted blue, is 137,352. Arrangements have now been completed for the presentation to the public of Masterton of a recital by the Hawaiian Orchestra and Venetian Band on Thursday next, at 8 p.m., in the Parish Hall, under the conductorship of Mr E. Larsen, R.M.T., the well known teacher of string instrument music.

At 11.10 a.m. yesterday there arrived at the Hood Aerodrome, from Wellington, ZK—ADP, piloted by Mr B. Furkert, with Mr P. Hill as passenger; the ZK—AAO, with Mr Courtney flying solo, and ZK —AAZ, piloted by Mrs Courtney and carrying Mr R. Root as passenger. The three machines left at 11.50 a.m. on their return to Wellington.

Recently a member of a Masterton lower-grade team named Vibert broke his leg in a football match, and the members of the Masterton Club, with their usual spirit of comradeship and sympathy, organised a fund for the purpose of assisting the unfortunate player to meet his medical expenses, lie being still a patient in the local hospital. To this fund the, National Tobacco Company has generously made a substantial donation, which the club greatly appreciate.

“Australia will develop into the greatest fishing ever discovered in the world, and I am willing to stake my reputation on this,” said Mr Zane Grey when interviewed on the Mariposa at Auckland. Mr Grey declined to enter into controversy with his friend, Mr 11. G. Williams, of Russell, who accompanied him on the Great Barrier Reef trip and who recently criticised Mr Grey’s statement that the Australian fishing Avas superior to New Zealand’s.

The golden jubilee celebrations of the Pahiatua Methodist Church were commenced yesterday and will continue through the week following. Great preparations have been made to make the occasion a worthy one. The President of the Conference (Rev. E. P. Blamires) conducted services in the King’s Theatre yesterday morning and last evening and in the afternoon officially opened a new Sunday school hall which has just been erected. It is hoped that a sum of £2OO will be raised during the jubilee week; this will go towards the new Sunday school hall.

A Gisborne fjress message states that the long-standing litigation between Mr W. D. Lvsnar and the National Bank of New Zealand, Limited, has been settled.

Mr B. F. Waters, Registrar of Pensions, will be in attendance at the Courthouse, Masterton, on Wednesday next at 10 a.m. to deal with pension matters.

The Gillespie’s Beach return was 84 oz. 2dwt. for 115 hours. The Nemona return was 83oz. 17dwt. from 14,800 yards in 121 hours. The Argo dredge return was 650 z. for 131 hours, during which 13,300 yards were treated.

The P. and T. Ball on Wednesday night in the Municipal Hall promises to be one ot the most successful and enjoyable of the season. Particular attention has been paid to the music and supper, and the arrangements generally will be on a most complete scale.,

The Nelson College Old Boys last year commissioned Frank Emanuel to paint a picture of Lord Rutherford of Nelson, their most distinguished old boy. The picture is in oils on a canvas about five feet long and four feet high. Lord Rutherford is shoiim seated handling a piece, of scientific apparatus. The painting was installed at the College on Saturday.