LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 16 March 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The following primary school cricket matches will be played on Friday: West v. Solway-Fernridge; Central A v. St. Patrick’s; Central B v. Lans downe.

On the motion of Mr. D. M. Graham it was decided at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, to write to the Masterton Borough Council expressing appreciation of the council’s decision to keep the numbering of houses in the borough in view. At an inquest yesterday in Westport touching upon the death of Michael Sherlock, a hotel-keeper at Kynnersly, who died in Westport Hospital en Sunday under an anaesthetic, a verdict- was returned of heart failure, pending an operation for appendicitis. (P.A.).

A Berlin message states that the famous airman, Ungewitter, crashed fiom a height of four thousand feet and was killed instantly.

The steamer Cheniston finished bunkering at Westport, on Monday morning and sailed for Wellington. She was to have sailed for Makatea Islands, but owing to a number of the crew walking ashore at the last minute the vessel has gone to Wellington to obtain nine men.—(P.A.).

Mr. F. Norris asked for the support of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday regarding the holding of a dis-, play of New Zealand made goods in Masterton in May, and suggested that a member of the Industrial Associa tion be asked to visit Masterton and give an address. The suggestion was agreed to.

A late message from Sydney states that a conference of party leaders in the two Houses of Parliament is seeking a solution of the impasse which has arisen over the Child Endowment ■ scheme. The conference had a lengthy sitting yesterday without reaching finality and adjourned until to-day.

Recently bathing was rendered practically impossible on several of Auckland’s most popular beaches, owing to exude oil polluting the waters. Yesterday the Auckland Harbour Board decided to prosecute the masters of the Union Steamship Company’s steamer, the Niagara, and the steamer West Henshaw, for allowing crude oil to escape from the vessels into the harbour.—*(P.A.).

A sudden fate overtook John Wilson, aged 56, at Ratapiko (Taranaki) yesterday. He was on his way to work in the morning when, in the negotiation of a wire fence, he was electrocuted, an electric power line having fallen on the fence. Wilson’s workmate missed him at the place of employment and later in the day went to his home. A search party went out and found Wilson dead.—(P.A.). Those interested in the Old Boys’ Football Club are reminded of the annual general meeting which takes place at the High School to-night. The club is to be congratulated on its performances last season in the junior grade and the public will be looking forward to seeing a team in the senior competition this year. As the backs are to be strengthened by the inclusion of A. E. Cooke (Hawke’s Bay and AU Black), they should give a good account of themselves.

At a meeting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Mr. J. Caselberg asked if the chamber would be in order in passing a resolution commending the action taken by the Dairy Control Board regarding the marketing of New Zealand’s dairy produce. Other members did not concur in the suggestion, and Mr. Caselberg agreed to let the matter drop, the Government, he said, being weU aware of the seriousness of the position.

At the civil engineers’ conference at Auckland yesterday, the report of the council stated that the membership was 418. The total surplus was £3472, as compared with £2989 the previous year. The expenditure was £1033 and the income £1516, a balance of £482 having been transferred te capital account. The committee of management of the benevolent association of the society reported that the total funds at I>ec ember 31, 1926, were £905. It was decided to hold next year’s conference at Wellington.—(P.A.).

The brick tower which surmounts the main buildings at the Auckland Railway Station was completely gutted by fire last evening. The tower, which was not in use, contained old records dating back to 1885, and these were destroyed. Raised about fifteen feet above the roof of the building, the tower presented a brilliant spectacle with flames shooting through its windows. Copies of the Auckland papers dating back to 1912, which were stored with the files, suffered a similar fate. —(P.A.).

On Thursday last a young man named James Hodges mysteriously disappeared from a sawmill camp sixteen miles from Taihape. The police have been scouring the country without Success and had given up hope of finding him. Yesterday afternoon, Hodges walked into camp in a dishevelled and exhausted condition* From his incoherent statement, it appears that he lost his memory and wandered in the back country and stumbled on camp. Hodges is a physical culturist, 2o years old. His people live in Auckland.—(P.A.). Eighteen men of th© 7th Mounted Rifles, commanded by Major H. B. Maunsell (Masterton), and Lieutenant Pringle (Pahiatua), and 20 men of the 2nd. Mounted Rifles, with headquarters at Hawera, took part in the spectacular military pageant which was recently held in Wellington. Competent judges who witnessed the work performed by the mounted men of these divisions, declare that it was of a very high standard and reflected .great credit on the men and the officers who trained them. The 7th Mounteds spent a week’s preparatory camp at Solway, practising their various exercises.

Mr. W. G. Lamb presided over the monthly meeting of the Masterton Chamber of Commerce yesterday. There was an attendance of ten members. The organiser of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition wrote asking for a donation of £5 towards meeting the deficit on the Wellington-Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay Court at the exhibition. The letter was received. Support was accorded a resolution passed by the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce entering a protest against the amended conditions governing deferred, weekend and daily letter cablegrams. Waitress advertised for. Rhode Island cockerels for sale. Messrs. F. P. Welch and Son advertise for sale a bargain in house property which is offered on behalf of absentee owner. A two-storied residence in the best part of Kelburn is advertised for sale or lease, or would lease furnished meanwhile to suitable tenant. Full particulars appear in the wanted columns.