Billiards Break

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 271, 21 November 1935, Page 5

Billiards Break

*A billiards break of 143 was made by Mr P. Murplhy last evening, while playing 150 up at Brooke’s Saloon. PERS J f tCfIJ shz/ (ie.... dHe,ca Mr and Mrs O. Rasmussen, Palmerston. North, are spending ia few days in the Onga Onga distinct. Greyhound Racing Presenting the trophies at the greyhound race meeting yesterday, Mr E. G. Dowrick, ehaiilrman of the Town Queen’s committee, thanked the Dannevirke Club fo ritfe assistance, th© eompctitons arid the piublic for their support, and donors of trophies for their generosity. The big prize was given by tho National Tobacco Co., Napier, and others were donated by Waipukuran business people. Forty Thousand Late Letters The extent of the late posting habit in Wellington was vividly illustrated on the occasion of the lasi despatch for Great Britain and Europe by R.M.S. “Aorangi” from Auckland. Everything which had been received until mid-day was forwarded by the ordinary express .leaving at 3 o’clock. The final chance to catch the mail steamer was by tho Limited, leaving at 7.15 p.m., by which time tho accumulation of letters posted later than mid-day had reached the remarkable total of 40,000. Towels a Luxury.

An account of a farm -where towels were a luxury, to be paid for at a penny a time, was given by a speaker when the North Taranaki provincial executive of the Farmers' Union discussed farm labour conditions with the Minister of Employment, the Hon. S. G. Smith. The speaker blamed farmers themselves for their failure to secure employees and said he knew of a case when a boy, after having tea with his employer’s family, had to sit in a cold whare before going to bed. What is more, he had to pay 3d for a bath and Id for the hire of a towel. “If there is going to be any more of that sort of thing, I think we should go into committee,’’ said Mr. T. T. Murray, Stratford, and the executive afterwards discussed conditions in committee. That Carnival Spirit Reporters who have attended committee meetings lately have observed that a good deal of tho usual solemnity has beem displaced by a certain irrepressible spirit of levity and even facetiousness. Reports and letters have been passed over with an almost reckless disregard of what grim secrets they may contain. The reason, of course, is that it is a Carnival Week, and that horses and sideshows mustl for once take pride of place before the fact that interest payments are due on the Loams Account, or that the afternoon tea account is slightly overdrawn. A Wellington visitor to the meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association recently was greeted with the hoipe that his trip to Christchurch wolud bo a profitable one, and when .'someone mispronounced the name of Sproule, the tennis 'player, someone was heard to whisper: <r Don’t be ‘ ‘ f oal-ish. ’ ’ —Christchurch ‘ ‘ Star. ” Children’s Ball are well in hand for the children’s plain and fancy dress ball to be held in the Municipal Theatre on November 29 in aid of tho Maori Queen. Prizes will be awarded for the most original fancy dress and tho best fancy dress; a separate plrize for each class and one for High School pupils. A feature of the evening will be the presentation “debutantes” to the Maori Queen. A prize will be given for the daintiest tiny tot and also one for the smallest tiny tot. A prize has also been donted for the Boy Scout with the bestf deportment. Father Christmas will distribute toys to the best behaved children. A dainty supper is to be served, and from 10 o’clock on dancing is to be eonfinteld strictly to adults. Les Anderson’s Orchestra will (provide the music. Labour’s Health Policy In elaborating the Labour ‘plank of a national health service, the Labour candidate for Wellington Suburbs, Mr P. M. Butler, said at a meeting that the Labour policy would be effected in co-operation with the British Medical Association, the friendly societies, the chemists and opticians. “Will the B.M.A. co-operate with the Labour Party?” asked a challenging voice. “The B.M.A. and the Labour Party are the only organisations that have given this matter serious attention,” said Mr Butler, “and two of the members of the B.M.A.—ad.vatrt'ftd medical practitioners—are now candidates in the interests of Labour, helping to put the Labour poMey into operartgon.”