LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21655, 16 February 1942, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Fall From Horse A fractured leg was suffered by Mr Geoffrey Parrish, a married man, of Te Awamutu, when he fell from a horse this morning. He was admitted to the Waikato Hospital. Fire in Bus Shed Three large Wellington City Council buses, one smaller bus, two cars and a van were seriously damaged by fire which burned out a repair shed at the bus depot at Kilbirnie. The damage 'is estimated at several thousand pounds. Labour For Harvesting Concern at the urgency of the harvesting situation in view of the shortage of labour was expressed at a meeting of the Waimate Borough Council, when the Mayor, Mr W. F. Boland, said crops in some places were lying on the ground and commencing to grow. The Mayor said an endeavour was being made to close shops earlier in order to release men to help in the evenings. Naval Allowances New regulations have been gazetted governing marriage and dependants’ allowances in the Royal New Zealand Navy, these being amendments of the Naval Defence Act, 1913. Marriage allowances are now paid to ratings at a fiat rate of £1 a week, with the addition of 5s a week for each child, with a maximum of £2 5s a week in all. The new schedule has been made retrospective from June 1, 1939. Raid Precautions Three minutes was the time recently taken by the staff of a New Plymouth bank to pack up all books or documents of importance and lodge them in the strongroom. The occasion was a trial of measures to be taken in the event of an emergency, to protect vital records before the staff left to seek refuge in slit trenches. The trading banks are taking steps to duplicate important documents and send records to inland branches for safe custody.