LOCAL & GENERAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 September 1936, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL.

A community sing null be held in the Scout Den night, at 7.45 o ’clock.

The Mt. Bruce Tennis Club will hold its annual meeting in the Mt. Bruce Hall on Tuesday night.

By special request a return dance will be held in the Central School at 8 o’clock to-night. Patrons are assured of a most enjoyable evening. A dance, euchre and bridge evening will be held at St. Patrick’s Hall on Tuesday next, 15th inst.,. commencing at 8 o’clock. Good prizes and supper will be provided. At the monthly meeting of the League of Mothers, to be held in the Parish Hali on Wednesday next at 2.30 p.m., the speaker will be the Eev. D. McNeur. All interested are invited to attend.

Arrangements are being made by the Minister of Labour, the Hon. 11. T. Armstrong, to reimburse those relief workers of Napier who were on strike last week as a jirotest against the Napier Borough Council making use of the No. 5 scheme. A condition has been imposed by Mr Armstrong, however, to the effect that the men must make up the time lost while on strike.

The K locomotive which was derailed at Paraparaumu last Sunday week was replaced on the main line yesterday and taken to the Paraparaumu railway yards. Here minor adjustments are being carried out, such as the replacing of the bogies, which, with other removable gear, were taken off while the engine-was lying in the mud to relieve the cranes of some of the weight.

A Sydney cable states that the death has occurred of Arthur B. Triggs, who was one of Australia’s greatest individual sheep-owners. He started his career in a bank at Yass and saw the possibilities of sheep-raising. Eventually he became the owner of 25 stations, shearing 600,000 sheep and marketing more than 12,000 bales of wool in one season. Just before the war Mr Triggs faced liabilities amounting to £1,500,000, and when the tide turned he not only redeemed the whole of his liabilities, but also paid accrued interest on debts which comprised a small fortune. The Raro.tongan gaol system, under which prisoners go home for the night, was described by Mr S. G. Holland, M.P., when addressing the Business Men’s Club at Christchurch on his recent trip to the islands. He said the system was remarkable for the fact that the prisoners arrived back to work punctually early in the morning. ‘ ‘ They get better food in gaol than at home,” he added drily. The inspector of police also held the position of film censor, Mr Holland explained, and took strong steps to cut out shots shoiving crime or “mushy stuff.”

Some very fine specimens of the Aberdeen Angus breed nave been imxiorted into New Zealand from Great Britain within recent months. Another valuable bull of this breed destined to be used in the fine stud of Mr R. E. Burling, “Woodlands,” Masterton, is Jerkin Eric (84649), which arrived at Wellington yesterday on the Waitaki. This notable importation was calved in March, 1933, and bred by the famous Aberdeen Angus cattle breeder, Mr J. E. Kerr, Ilarviestoun, Scotland. The sire is Equipment of the Laws (77121), and he is a direct descendant through the famous Erica family, his dam, Jeka Erica (72127) tracing back to Erica (843) and Old Jock, number one in the Aberdeen Angus Cattle Society’s herd book.

The annual meeting of the Old Boys’ Cricket Club will be held in the A.M.P. Building on Monday, 14th inst., at 7.30 xi.m. •

Mr D. Baird had his car stolen from his garage in Cole Street last night. The car was recovered this morning in Lincoln Eoad where it had been abandoned. A rug which was in the car was missing.

Alfred Hinton, alias John Liston Hinton, alias Charles Green, labourer, aged 56, was sentenced in Palmerston North yesterday to two months’ imprisonment, on each of three charges of obtaining goods and money from local firms by means of valueless cheques, the terms to be cumulative. He was remanded to Wellington on a similar charge.

Damages amounting to £ISOO were awarded in the Sux>reme Court at Wellington yesterday to Gertrude Agnes Marston, a widow with four children. Her husband, Ernest Marston, was killed when a motor-cycle on which he was riding collided with a motor-car driven by William Mcßeynolds, seaman, on the Hutt Eoad in February last. Judgment was entered by consent. Negligence ivas admitted inasmuch as defendant, Mcßeynolds, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment on a charge arising from the accident. A fund for indigent widows of officers of the Bank of New Zealand will be established as the result of the will of the lato William Hartley Hargreaves, of Eemuera, x>i'obate of which was granted in the Supreme Court at Auckland. Mr Hargreaves, formerly manager of a number of branches of the Bank of New Zealand in the South Island, lived in retirement for some years. His estate was sworn at £12,000. On the expiration of life interests of relatives the residue, capital and income, will be paid to the bank directors for the purpose named. Dr. Archer Hosking had a fortunate escape from injury shortly before noon yesterday, when his motor car was involved! in a collision with a heavilyladen motor lorry at the intersection of Chapel an dWrigley Streets. The lorry, which was driven by a man named Elmsley, was proceeding down Wrigley Street towards Queen Street, and Dr. Hosking was travelling north along Chapel Street. Dr. Hosking’s five-seater ear is stated to have turned two somersaults before coming to rest in Hope Street. The car was fairly badly damaged, but Dr. Hosking escaped injury. The lorry was not damaged. Complaints about a bad bump in the surface of the road at the northern end of the Waiohine Bridge were made by members of the Wairarapa Automobile Association at the meeting this week, and it was decided to write to the Wairarapa South County Council and ask it if the trouble could be removed. The dangerous .state of the surface of the road at a corner at the south end of Greytown was also brought before the meeting, and it was suggested that the. Borough Council should be. asked to improve the surface. It was agreed to ask the Council to provide white painted pvosts to- indicate the exact position of the corner at night.

One Saturday forenoon an Auckland citizen, John Martindale, noticed a lady’s bag in a telexihone box. He found that it contained a substantial sum of money, a bankbook, and other valuables. Ho xiroceeded to the address given in the bankbook, but found that the lady had gone to live in another locality. He found that she was out, so he left his name and address. In due course the lady called on him and received the bag. ■ Mr Martindale declined to accept a gift as he consideied that he had followed only the decent and honest course. A few days later he received a nicely-worded note of thanks with which was enclosed an art union ticket. He regarded the exiisode as closed, but the publication of the art union results informed him that he had won £lO. “I will certainly have to forward the lady a present,” he said. “What if I had won the two thousand?”

A very pleasant evening was spent in Knox Hall, w r hen, in place of the monthly meeting, the Knox Ladies ’ Guild held a social evening. The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion by Miss Ross. As the social was intended as a welcome to newcomers to the church, the Eev. J. Davie took an opportunity early in the evening to extend a cordial welcome to the strangers who were present. A musical programme, which was capably organised by Mrs Morton, was presented. Those contributing were: Mosdames Morton and Weatherhead, Messrs S. Gilding and Weatherhead. Community singing was enjoyed under the leadership of Mr S. Gilding. The remainder of the programme consisted of recitations given by Mr C.arstens, and a one-act play, “The Patchwork Quilt,” presented by the Dramatic Society. During the evening two interesting competitions were held. Supper, provided by the members of the guild, brought to a conclusion a very happy and successful evening.

Chided by nearly every speaker for his recent remarks on women and cooking,, the Mayor of Wellington, Mr T. C. A. Hislop, at the smoke concert of the Wellington Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen’s Association last night, explained his position, when lie replied to the toast of “The Visitors.” 1-Ie said he never declared that the women of New Zealand could not cook. The most he had suggested was that those who knew the art of treating the gifts of nature in the proxier way should help the many more to acquire the same skill as. soon as possible. The Governor-General, Lord Galway, "was the chief guest of honour, and said amid laughter that he was pleased to see the Mayor present “fit and well, despite the many attacks made upon him recently.” The Mayor would know that he was perfectly safe in the company of mere men, where the acrimonious question of “to cook or not to cook” would never arise. The Mayor’s presence and remarks reminded him of the bishop who ivas asked as to the qualities of a cook and said she seemed to have the impression that everything she put before him had to be either “a burnt offering or an adjectival sacrifice.”

The return at King Solomon mine this week was 340 z. of gold for five days ’ work.

Flood posts are to be placed on Kahutara highway by the Featherston County Council, subject to the approval of the Main Highways Board. It was reported at last night’s meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association that a profit of £67 5s lOd was made on the recent annual ball. Satisfaction was expressed by members at the successful outcome of the ball. The Postmaster at Masterton advises that telegrams for Ethiopia are now accepted subject to the same rates and conditions as Eritrea. For offices other than Adigrat and Adua the only special services admitted are urgent replypiaid and collated. The need for the widening of the bridges on the Rimutaka Hill Road was again brought before the Wairarapia Automobile Association at its last meeting. It was stated that the matter had several times been taken up with the Main Highways Board. On the motion of Mr 11. E. Jackson it was decided to again approach the board.

The. time of the winners of the wheelbarrow race held in connection with the Ladies’ Hockey Association was 12min. 13 2-ssee. The winner of the competition is E. Mills, 51 Villa Street, who estimated 12min. 13fscc. The correct number of nails in the bottle was 444. Miss Wallace and C. Corlett tied for this competition.

A great audience of Clydesdale breeders and enthusiasts gathered at Trentham this week to participate in the sale of imported Clydesdales sold on behalf of Mr David Adams, of Aueliencraig, Dumbarton, Scotland. The result was a recorded average of 605 guineas, an extraordinary coincidence being the fact that the 7 colts averaged 605 guineas, and the 7 fillies averaged a similar amount. Stratford Jones Hume, a Maori, aged 21, of Carterton, was charged at the, Carterton Magistrate’s Court this morning before Mr W. C. N. Sorenson and P. A. Cole, J’s.P., that on lltli September at Carterton he did attempt to steal £7/4/- from a till, the property of Nick Marinicli, proprietor of the Empire Fish Shop. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence within 12 months if called up. Defendant made a personal application for a prohibition order, which was granted. The Matron of Sedgley Boys’ Home acknowledges with grateful thanks receipt of the following gifts:—Cakes, Mesdames Denbee, S. J. Gill, Yates and 11. Major; jam, Mesdames G. Hyde, S. Fletcher, Jackson, Lansdowne; dried fruit, Mrs Hyde; cakes and sandwiches, Sketch Club; sheets, Mrs Cooper (Gladstone); jam and parsnips, Mrs de Castro; cakes and sandwiches, Mr Kemp; drqiping, Mr Bennett; sugar, Mr S. Smith; beef, Glendonald Station.

The Daffodil Show held at Martinborough provided a very fine exhibition of spring flowers, and called forth favourable comment from the judge (Mr 11. L. Esau) on the general high standard of the blooms shown. Excellent entries were received in all classes. Mr W. H. Booth, of Carterton, secured the cup for the best bulb in Class 1, and Mr O. 11. E. Yates, of Masterton, the cup for the best trumpet in the show, with Mr F. C. Stowell, Masterton, run-ner-up. Mr Yates also exhibited the best narcissi other than trumpet.

The Masterton Municipal Band will play the. following programme tomorrow afternoon at 2.45 o’clock in the Park (weather permitting):—March, “8.8. and C.F.” (J. Ord Hume); fantasia, “Old Folks at. Home” (arr. J. A. Greenwood); selection, “Lucrezia Borgia” (Donizetti); processional march, “The Silver Trumpet” (J. Ord Hume); trombone solo, “Drinking” (Manuel Bilton); coronation selection, “Sons of Britannia” (W. Rimmer), a collection of well-known national airs; march, “ Collingwood” (Pettee).

It has been stated that the proposed railway deviation south of Wanganui would be varied to retain Ratana station, but this was denied yesterday by Mr I. G. Howell, district railways engineer, who said that Ratana, Wangaehu, Baker’s Crossing and Fordell would be excluded from the new route. The deviation would commence at Tprakina and end at the old Matarawa station about a mile from Okoia. Public Works Department surveys were on the verge of completion, but it would probably be some years before the work -was actually finished. There was about a mile of tunnelling to do.

“I do not think this concerns us much,” observed the president, Mr W. James, when referring, at last night’s meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association, to a resolution dealing with the export of New Zealand timber forwarded by the Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Society. Alarm was expressed in the resolution at. the rapid disappearance of New Zealand forests and the Government was urged to prohibit further export of native timber and to take steps to conserve what little remained. Mr W. Kemp said that' the future of New Zealand timber was a major question. There was a fallacy existing among many sections in the country that native bush should not be milled. When native bush reached maturity, however, it was a- sheer -waste to leave it to rot and fall down or be blown down. It was an economic waste to allow that to happen. He did not think they should take any action in the matter. The letter was received.

At a meeting of the St. Andrew’s Society last night, over which the Chief, Mr 11. Mackenzie Douglas, presided, final arrangements were, made for a concert and dance to be held by the society at Martinborough on Thursday next. A bus is to leave the Masterton Post Office at 6.30 p.m. On Thursday, Ist October, the society will hold a long-night, dance in St. Matthew’s Parish Hall.

Stop that hacning cough to-day! In the safe, soon, soothing way; Stop its stress and stop it now, That’s sane logic, you’ll allow. Stop that hacking cough to-night! Promptly end its haunting blight: Stop its strain of throat and chest — Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure is best. 23