LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 3 February 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Three bankruptcies wore registered in the Wairarapa in January.

The vital statistics for Masterton for January were: Deaths 14, marriages J, births 37.

Building permits representing £6044 were issued in January by the Masterton Borough Council. The Municipal Band will render a programme of music in the Park this evening, commencing at 8 o ’clock sharp. The Christchurch station, 3YA, will be closed from Friday, February 4, till ’the following Friday, February 11, in ’order to shift into new premises.

At a special meeting of the Masterton Borough Council this evening, the proposal to merge the North and South Wards of the Borough into one ward will be dealt with.

Ten drivers' licenses and no heavy traffic licenses were issued by the Masterton County Council in January, and thirty-one and five respectively by the Masterton Borough Council.

An interesting exhibit at the Masterton Show this month will be a purebred Tamworth boar which the owner, Mr. J. L. Heckler, has loaned to the society for exhibition. The animal, which took championships at both the Sydney and New Zealand Royal Shows, is too large to be accommodated in one of the ordinary pens, a special pen having to be made.

A Greymouth Press Association message states that a public meeting attended by numerous citizens and representatives of all public bodies passed a resolution strongly urging the need of saving the timber industry of the Dominion by an effective tariff upon imported timber, in view of many idle mills and hundreds of unemployed timber workers.

At the Tinui sports to .be held on Saturday, a lengthy programme of athletic and horse events will provide keen competition. The number of entries already promised ensures a successful day. A feature of the gathering will be the annual competition for the East Coast tug-o'-war championship shield, at present held by the Kaituna team. The sports will be held on Mr H. Bennett's paddock on the main Tinui Masterton Road and will commence promptly at 10.30 a.m.

Extensive preparations have been in hand for some time at the Solway Showgrounds in readiness for the Masterton Show which takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 15 and 16. The main entrance fence and gates have been painted at tho expense of Mr. W. F. McLaren (vice-president), while the produce halls and merchants’ trade stands have also been redecorated in a similar colour to the main grandstand and secretary’s office which were done last year. One of the features of the grounds, which should attract attention at show time, is the flower beds, which are at present a profusion of bloom.

The treatment of tuberculosis throughout the Dominion will be discussed at a special conference of representatives of Hospital Boards which will be held at Christchurch just prior to the annual conference of New ZeaBoards, commencing on March 2. Tuberculosis experts and tho Director-General of Health (Dr. Valintine) will be present. The question is of more importance to Canterbury than to any other part of New Zealand, for many sufferers in the North Island come to Canterbury to reside until they have filled the residential qualifications that entitle them to admission to the sanatoria at Cashmere Hills. Thus a very heavy burden is thrown on the ‘North Canterbury Board.

There is every indication, of this year's Woodville show which is to be held on Friday and Saturday of this week being a very successful .gathering. The outstanding features will be a record entry for ring events, hack classes, Jersey cattle, and Southdown sheep. All other sections have received satisfactory entries. The dog trial which has an entry of 24, commences on the first day, and a good exhibition is assured. Horse leaping competitions have record entries, and like all ring events, can be viewed with comfort from the spacious grandstands. The appointments and grounds of the Woodville racecourse, are in perfect order, and the surroundings are most pleasant for picnic parties. Hot water will be supplied on the grounds, free of charge. The applications received for sideshow space, constitute a record for the Society. The lately-appointed executive of the Wellington branch of the Federated x Seamen's Union, in an official statement, allege that Mr. T. Young, with about 150 men under his charge, is trying to disrupt the old federation of some 3000 men. The commission set up to inquire into the affairs of the union sat for ten days at Wellington ‘and on January 25 called a special stop-work meeting at which 183 members attended. The commission's recommendations were adopted in their entirety, by 181 to 2. The ejectment cf the official in the Featherston Street office, as reported, followed on that meeting. At that time, Mr. Young had 419 members in his new association, but 160 had since transferred back to the original federation. Resolutions unanimously endorsing the commission's report and the action of the executive were passed at stop-work meetings at Auckland, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. Mr. F. Newfield announced that he would offer to contest a ballot of all New Zealand seamen against Mr. Young, the loser to pay all expenses and abide by the decision of the membership.—(P.A.).