LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 9 March 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Supreme Court sittings at Masterton, will commence at 9.30 a.m. tomorrow. Mr. Justice Reed will preside.

There are at present 2874 connections made to the Wairarapa Power Board’s lines, while estimates have been accepted for a further twenty installations.

A' gentle ripple of laughter went round the room at the meeting of the Masterton County Council yesterday when a letter from the Canterbury College asking for information of any natural gas emissions in the district was under consideration. The cause of amusement was reference made by one councillor to the Farmers’ Union.

Councillor G. Moore, at a meeting of the Masterton County Council yesterday, drew attention te the dangerous state of the Bideford road corner, where trees in the school grounds obstructed the view along the road. Councillor J. W. A. Falloon agreed that it was a dangerous corner. It was decided to request that the trees be cut down.

A dense volume of black smoke arose yesterday from, the rear of the Pahiatua Fire Brigade Station. The Borough_/tar pots were ablaze. Three square iron tanks on a brick support ■were filled with 600 gallons of tar. This was being heated for tar-sealing the main street. Apparently the fires were too well stoked, the tar boiled over and caught alight. The loss to the borough on the tar alone will be over £3O. There was insurance cover. In connection with the same scheme, the stone crusher purchased by the council has not come up to expectations and the engineers have Teported that it is now out of action. Otherwise, the work is proceeding satisfactorily.—(P.A.) —

The body of a man was found in the Auckland Harbour yesterday. The body had been in the water for about four days. The deceased was about 55 years of age, but has not been identified yet.—(P.A.)

Word w r as received by the Dunedin police last evening that Alexander Leonard Yorseton, aged 63, a widowed farmer, living at Waihola, was found dead in his house at 7.30 a.m. yesterday.

The statement of rates submitted by the clerk (Mr. J. C. D. Mackley) at the meeting of the Masterton County Council yesterday showed that the total rates levied for the year 1926-27 amounted to £25,164 13s. lid., of which £24,738 12s. 7d. had been collected up to February 28. The percentage collected is 98.25, leaving only 1.75 per cent, outstanding.

As a locomotive was entering the sheds at the Napier railway station at 11 o’clock last night, it ran over a man sitting with his legs over the pit and killed him almost instantly. Papers in the man’s pocket bear the name ‘ : H. O’Neill,” one giving the address Kaiwaka and another Kaitawa. Deceased was aged between 45 and 50. — (P.A.)

A party of thirty-five Boys Scouts, members of St. Matthew’s troop, yesterday paid a visit to Wellington. The lads arrived too late to take part in the celebrations Weld in connection with the visit of the Duke and Duchess .of York, but were given an opportunity of inspecting H.M.S. Renown. General appreciation was expressed at the action of the members of the Navy League, who provided refreshments in town, and on the train on the return journey. A most enjoyable day was spent by members of the troop.

A proposal to have the grounds of the Cecelia Whatman Home—an area of about four acres—excluded from the Masterton County and included in Masterton Borough was notified to the County Council at its meeting yesterday by a firm of solicitors representing Mr. A. P. Whatman. A resolution was passed agreeing to the suggestion providing the Borough Council assumed responsibility of the road fronting the property.

. George Frederick Cross (32), will not be permitted to drive a motor vehicle for the next twelve months. Mr. McKean S.M. decided that way at the Police Court at Auckland yesterday morning, when Cross pleaded guilty to being in a state of intoxication while in charge of a motor car cn Monday. The Magistrate said that there was little to be said in mitigation of the offence. Cross would be fined £2O, in default six weeks’ imprisonment. His license was also cancelled for twelve months.—(P.A.) The Main Highways Board, in a comYiiunication to the Masterton County at its meeting yesterday, drew attention of the council to the '.wide powers given under the Motor Act for the regulation of '•speed of motor vehicles, stating that many complaints had been received of >the speed of motor cars, particularly ■service cars, on main highways, and | the speed at which workmen on the [read were passed. The letter was received, it being stated that no complaints had been received locally.

A claim for £lOO damages for alleged libel was made in the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland yesterday by William John Dunn, a tramway conductor against A. J. K. Campbell, of Auckland. Plaintiff’s statement of claim alleged that detenaant falsely and maliciously wrote and published a statement, given to the head of the Auckland Tramways, headed ‘ ‘ Ticket irregularity by Conductor Dunn.” The statement complained of said that defendant handed plaintiff 4d. and received -a 2d. ticket, which defendant did not look at until later. The Magistrate (Mr. Hunt) said he believed defendant got the wrong ticket by mistake. “If I were to hold defendant responsible, nobody would be willing to make any statement in the public interest,” added the Magistrate, in giving judgment for defendant with costs. Security for appeal was fixed at £l5 15s.—(P.A.) Six-roomed house to let. Rimu extension table for sale. Vacancy for High School boarders. Gent’s dress suit for sale. Furnished bed-sitting room wanted. Seagrass pram for sale. Young man seeks position as cowmangardener.

The Masterton Auctioneering Co. will sell at the mart to-day, turkeys geese, hens and a motor car.

On page seven the Wairarapa Farm ers advertise a big selection of suit cases and all travelling requisites. The annual general meeting of the Masterton Harrier Club will be held in the Y.M.C.A. Hall at 7.30 to-morrow (Thursday) evening. The A.P.F. Studios notify the public that photos of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York are now obtainable at their studio.

Commencing at 9 a.m. to-day a final 34 days’ clearance sale will be held of the assigned drapery stock of London Unlimited. Mr. D. S. Patrick, the purchaser of the stock, announces in a big advertisement elsewhere in this issue that everything must be cleared before Saturday next regardless of cost. Shoppers are invited to make the most of this opportunity to secure bargains.

Mr. R. S. Gerrand advertises in this issue full particulars of an attractive clearing sale of oak and rimu furniture, oak gramophones and records, etc., a five-seater Dodge car in good order, an assortment of fancy goods, and a fine-toned piano. The sale is to take place on Saturday next at 1.30 at “Dudley House,” Opaki Road, Lansdowne (just past Second Street). Everything is in good order, and a large attendance should result. Messrs. Barber Bros., cash butchers, Queen Street, have just installed in their premises one of the very latest cooling chambers. The chamber, which is capable of holding two bodies of beef and ten sheep is absolutely automatic in its operation. The installation is not a freezing process, but a cooling chamber, which keeps the room at one temperature throughout. It is electrically driven by a one horse-power motor, and requires no attention. The firm are to be co-ngartulated on their enterprise in making this up-to-date installation.