ELECTRIC LIGHT SPORTS.
A COMBINED EFFORT. BY FIRE BRIGADE AND THE BAND. / A meeting of representatives of the Masterton Municipal Band and the Fire Brigade was held last evening to make arrangements for holding a combined sports gathering. Mr. A. E. Freeman presided. It was decided to hold a sports gathering on the Park Oval on Saturday evening, March 5. The Masterton Athletic Club has kindly offered to run a number of events, which will be augmented by several obstacle races.. T. Oakley is to be asked to make an at tempt to lower the world’s five mile grass track unpaced record. Oakley now holds the Australasian record. A massed band, consisting of the Greytown, Carterton, and Masterton bands, will lead a procession on the night of the gathering, followed by the Fire Brigade and its Dark Town Band, and other attractions not previously seen in Masterton. Mr. Freemah reported that he had interviewed Mr. Keenan, the engineer to the Wairarapa Power Board, and also the agents for flood lights, and these gentlemen had agreed to light up the oval, as a demonstration to the public of a permanent lighting scheme. The following committee was appointed to interview the park committee in regard to the permanent lighting of the Park Oval: Messrs Freeman, Pearson, Noble, Watts and Richards. The Athletic Club and Beautifying Society arc to be asked to join the deputation. Mr. W. B. Matheson and Mrs. Matheson are to sail for England by the Remucra from Wellington on Saturday next. Mr. and Mrs. Matheson are at present in Canterbury.
The steamer Kahika has been held up at Dunedin since Tuesday night owing to a dispute with the crew over a question of rating. The men refused to agree to an able seaman being engaged to fill an ordinary seaman’s vacancy. A man was engaged yesterday as an ordinary seaman. The crew was satisfied with the exception of one fireman, who refused to sail with the new hand. The fireman signed off the articles last evening, and an endeavour was being made to fill the vacancy, but there was little likelihood of the Kahika sailing last night for Napier and Gisborne. — (P.A.).
At its meeting yesterday, the general committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association had before it a letter from Mr. Donald Grant, secretary of the New Zealand Student Christian Association, enclosing a cheque for £lO in payment for the use of the grounds for the association’s conference. Mr. Grant tendered the grateful thanks of his organisation, and stated that the convenient buildings and grounds and the fine situation had assisted to make the conference highly successful.
Further particulars of the tragic death of Charles Edwin Honeyfield, a well-known and highly respected settlor of Te Awamutu show that Honeyfield left his farm about six miles from Tc Awamutu at about 3 a. m. to motor to the local railway station with the intention of meeting his brother-in-law. When about half his journey had been covered it is surmised that a fault in the ignition system of the five-seater car developed and Honeyfield stopped the car on the side of the road. About 7 o’clock Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Chamberlain were motoring in from their farm at Hairini when they saw the wreckage of a burned car. Pulling up to investigate, they were shocked to sec human remains in the debris.—(P.A.).
An election of officers at the Libraries Conference, which is being held at Wanganui, resulted as follows: President, Mr. J. J. Clarke, Dunedin; vicepresidents, Miss E. Melville (Auckland), Messrs L. A. Eady (Auckland), J. H. Darby (‘New Plymouth), F. F. Arnold (Timaru), J. Burns (Wellington, L. B. Wood (Canterbury), together with the chairmen of the library committees of Palmerston North and Invercargill, Executive Committee, Miss Blackett (Wanganui), Miss Culverwell (Timaru), Messrs J. C. Andersen (Wellington), J. Barr (Auckland), E. J. Bell (Christchurch), *H. B. Farnall (Invercargill), and W. B. McEwan (Dunedin). The next conference will be- held at Christchurch in February, 1928.—(P.A.).
A suggestion that the New Zealand Parliamentary Library should be a National Library, run largely for the benefit of the primary producers so that helpful books of reference could be distributed to them, was made by the Hon John Barr (Auckland; at the New Zealand Library Conference at Wanganui yesterday. ■ Dr. G. H. Scholefield (Parliamentary Librarian) described the policy of the library. During the session, no outsideds had access to the collection, but ernring the recess books were sent out on request to members, and non-fiction lent to some 900 privilege holders in Wellington, who were recommended by members. The policy of the conduct c J f the . Parliamentary Library had been fixed long ago by Parliament. He was in favour of the principle ot widening the area over which the books were distributed during the recess. After further discussion it was suggested that a sub-com-mittee be set uo to go into the matter. —(P.A.) CANNOT GO WRONG. When her child is out of sorts a mother cannot go wrong by giving it Chamberlain’s Tablets, for constipation is generally the cause of the trouble. Once the stomach and bowels are relieved of their congested condition the child is quickly itself again. Chamberlain’s Tablets are the most suitable laxative for children. They are easy to take, have no unpleasant effects and contain nothing injurious. “There’s a , Smile in every Tablet.” Sold by Chamberlain’s, Ltd., 520 Riley St., Sydney.
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