LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 4 March 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A notice in the Gazette published last night ackn®wledges receipt of sums of £5O and £36 10s forwarded to the Land and Income Tax Department as conscience money.—(P.A.).

Rose Gill, whose parents reside at Hukanui, fell yesterday from a swing ac the Hukanui School and fractured both wrists. She was admitted to the Pahiatua Hospital.

According to the Government Statistician’s abstract of statistics, it now takes 32s 3-}d on the average to purchase what 20s would purchase in July, 1914.—(P.A.). Tenders amounting to £27,385 have been accepted by the Government for the construction of the extensive wings and additions to the Waitomo Hostel. -(P.A.). There is to be a produce stall at the Masterton Horticultural Society’s show on Wednesday next, and the society would be pleased to receive donations of vegetables, produce, flowers, etc. at the Municipal Hall on the morning of the show.

Like most towns, Greytown is troubled with the noisy motor cycle, and the Chamber of Commerce intends to ask the Borough Council to frame a by-law compelling motor-cyclists to have silencers attached to their machines.

In the Police Court at Auckland, William Ernest Carrington, aged 26, was remanded on a charge of forging the name of W. McMillan, of Dunedin, on a withdrawal slip of the Post Office Savings Bank for £5lO. Further charges were stated to be pending.— (P.A.).

7, Messrs R. A. Rose, T. Oakley, W. Ball, R. Campbell and L. A. Keats, of the Masterton Amateur Athletic Club, leave this morning by car for Hastings to compete at a sports meeting this evening, at which the Duke of York will be present. The party will be accompanied by Mr. J. Bradbury. A fifteen rounds professional boxing bout at Blenheim last night between Raymond Jansen (9.11) and Salvino Jamito (9.11) went the full distance. There was some hard hitting and wonderful footwork, particularly on the part of the Frenchman, who gained the verdict.—(P.A.). Swimming at Napier last night, Miss K. Miller (Otago) essayed to lower Miss G. Shand’s record of fimins. 8 secs., for the 440 yards, but failed to do so by 1 l-sseconds. Miss Ena Stockley (Auckland) established the time of 33 2-5 seconds for the 50 metres for which hitherto there was no record in New Zealand.

A drowning accident occurred in Manukau Harbour yesterday morning. Victor Hibbert Thatcher, a single man aged 29, was drowned in shallow water before the eyes of a young lady on the beach. Deceased, who was a strong swimmer, set out to reach, a rowing boat, but suddenly sank when forty yards from the shore. The body was recovered. Mr. Thatcher recently complained of heart trouble. —(P.A.),

Entries for the Masterton Horticultural Society’s autumn show close finally and definitely on Monday evening at nine o’clock, and the secretary (Mr B. P. Welch) urges all intending exhibitors to get their entries in as soon as possible. Schedules are still available, and may be obtained up to the time at which entries close. Although some entries have yet to come in, a big and successful show already appears to be assured.

In China, Mr. J. B. Strong observed in the course of an address at the High School yesterday, the soldier is regarded as being the lowest strata of society. There is a Chinese proverb which says that every soldier is a bandit. All who read the cablegrams must know that at the present day, Chinese soldiers are as a rule doing itheir best to live up, or down, to this evil reputation.

The ladies’ committee of ithe Masterton Horticultural Society held a meeting last Wednesday, when the following stewards were appointed for the show on March 9: Decorative, Mrs. B. V. Skeet; fancy work, Miss Gray and Mrs. W. H. Robieson; home industry, Miss Henderson and Mrs. Stidolph; afternoon tea, Mrs. A. Evans and Mfs D. H. Rutherford; produce stall, Mrs. C. Bennett (Otahoua).

A representative meeting of citizens in the Greymouth Town Hall last night, with the Mayor presiding, forfned a branch of the New Zealand Timber Industry Advancement League. Among the speakers was the organiser of the League, Mr. W. E. Turnbull, who detailed the growth of the league elsewhere. The following resolution was carried unanimously: “That the Government be asked to make the discussion by Parliament of the findings of the Tariff Commission a matter of urgency, bringing it on immediately it is received. ’ ’ —(P. A.).

When postal matters wdre under consideration at the last meeting of the Greytown Chamber of Commerce it was stated that the staff was hampered in its work owing to (the congested condition in the mail and sorting room. The chairman (Mr. J. F. Thompson) said that the Secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department (Mr. McNamara) had admitted there was a tentative promise of a new building and said he also knew there was congestion. He said that the Department, if necessary, could expend up to £2OO in additions, but he did not like doing this, when possibly in two years’ time they would find it imperative to put up a new brick building. Mr. Thompson stated that the two years were almost up, and the congestion appeared to be greater than ever. After a general discussion, the secretary was instructed to write the member for the district (Hon. A. D. McLeod) asking when it would be convenient for him to meet a deputation in Greytown respecting the provision of a new post office.