LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 18 February 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The El Dorado Art Union was drawn at Hawera last night. The first prize of £2OOO went to T. Weight, Roxburgh, Otago; the second (£500) to F. E. Tauchell, Riwaka, Nelson; the third (£100) to Alec Hyndman, Cromwell, Otago.—(P.A.).

Daniel Michael English appeared before Mr. Cruickshank S.M. in Invercargill yesterday, on charges of being drunk while in charge of a car and of driving a car without having a license. He was fined £3, and prohibited from holding a license for two years.—(P.A.)

At a special examination in Pitman's shorthand held at the Masterton Technical School in December, the following gained certificates: Elementary, Betty Flannery; speed, Keitha Stackwood (50 words per minute), Florence Barnes (60 words); theory, Una Holtham, Jean Haigh, Keitha Stackwood, Norah Treseder, Agnes Golder.

An urgent and important business matter that prevented His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (Mr. L. B. Beale) from attending the Masterton Show also prevented him from accepting an invitation to visit Mount Holdsworth. Mr. Beale, has however, informed the secretary of the Mount Holdsworth Club (Mr. F. Norris) that he hopes to visit the mountain reserve at some time in the near future.

A judgment of interest to local bodies was given by Mr. Stout, S.M., at Palmerston ’North yesterday. The Inspector of Factories sued the Oroua County Council for using u place on the river bank for a stone-crushing plant not registered as a factory. The Magistrate found that as the plant was portable and wdrked by a traction engine, both plant and engine on wheels, it could not come within the definition of a factory. The information was dismissed.—(P.A.). A neat point concerning the rules of the road was raised in the Supremo Court at New Plymouth yesterday in an appeal by John Fary against the decision of Mr. Tate, S.M., at the Eltham Court regarding a collision that both parties wore negligent. Fary appealed to-day, and Mr. Justice Ostler reversed the decision of the Lower Court, allowing the appellant ten guineas costs. The chief reason for the nonsuit of Fary was that he crossed an

intersection at a greater speed than twelve miles, contrary to the by-laws. After consulting a dictionary, the judge decided that a road joining another without crossing it did not constitute an intersection, and that’ Fary’s speed of twenty-five miles was not unreasonable if he' took all precautions.— (P.A.).

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The Plunket Rest Room at the Solway Showgrounds on People’s Day was well patronised, some 250 mothers and babies visiting the rooms. The sum of 14s was received in donations.

Raymond Janson (9st. 121 b.) knocked cut Artie Hay (lOst. 61b.) in the eighth round of a fifteen round fight in Wanganui last night. Jansen was particularly aggressive throughout.— (P.A.). In the telegraphed account of the final of the Rotorua Bowling Club's tournament between Kerr (Masterton) and Clarke (Carlton) it was merely stated that. Kerr’s rink resigned on the sixteenth head. An account of the ,match in the “Auckland Star” shows that Kerr, after being 17-2 down, pulled up to 11 points, when a violent thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rain made playing conditions unfavourable and Kerr resigned. The spectators beat a hasty retreat from the rain.

Among those who gave “sunshine cheer” to the children of the Masterton Methodist Home, were the members of the Motor Trade Association, who conveyed the children to Mount Holdswdrth. The outing was greatly enjoyed. On a recent Sunday a collection amounting to £25 was taken in the Methodist Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington, for the Masterton Methodist Home.

At the annual meeting of the United Press Association shareholders in Wellington yesterday, Mr. L. P. Blundell, retiring director, was re-elected. Mr. A. M. Burns, the other retiring director did not offer himself n’gain and Mr A. G. Hendersoa, of the “Lyttelton Times” was elected in his place. Wellington was chosen as the next'place of meeting. At a subsequent meeting o 7 directors Mr. W. C. Leys, o£ the Auckland “Star,” was elected chairman for the ensuing year.—(P.A.).

A motor fatality occurred near Tyrehau (Poverty Bay), on the East Coast Road late yesterday afternoon. Charles Hansen, with his wife and daughter, was retsrning from the Tolaga Bay races, and in turning a sharp corner on to a bridge over a stream, the car struck the approach post on the right, skidded, swerved and smashed through the bridge rails, falling upside down into the creek ten feet below. Mrs. Hansen was pinned under the car and suffocated. Her husband and daughter wore thrown clear, escaping with bruises.— (P.A.). The Commission which has been inquiring into the petitions of Natives with regard to the alleged wrongful confiscation of lands after the Maori War concluded its sitting at Waitara yesterday and will resume at Welling ton on Wednesday. Further evidence was given by natives yesterday regard ing the alleged plundering of Parihaka village by British soldiers when To Whiti was arrested. They said the :oldiers pulled the houses down, ruined the crops, carried away valuable goods nnd cattle, and outraged native women. Evidence was also hear J on a number of private petitions, while it was also

alleged that the Government had not kept its promise to give land to the Natives on their return from exile at the Chathanis. It was said that little land was given, and a number of Maoris were still landless.—(P.A.).

The matter of having Martinborough raised to the status of " a borough was brought up at

a meeting this week of the Martinborough Town Board by Commissioner Arkle. He said though there would probably be a lean time for a period, there was no need for alarm. The town was suffering a disability

through gradual ceding of properties, and some local bodies wore being deprived of their revenue piecemeal through recent Acts of Parliament, and privileges were gradually being frittered away. He would like to see the town created a borough, so that drainage and other beneficial schemes could be brought forward. Th - board (must show confidence m the town. Ho moved that a census be taken with a view to having the status of the town raised to a borough. Mr. Arkle’s motion was carried, and the clerk was authorised to take the necessary steps for a census within the town area.