LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wairarapa Age, 17 March 1927, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The annual meeting of the Carterton Football Club takes place to-morrow {evening in the P. and A. office at 8 p.m. A cricket match between a Masterton team and an Alfredton eleven, will be played at the High School grounds to-day, commencing at 10.30 a.m.

A London cablegram reports that a letter written by Lord Nelson to one of his captains a week before Trafalgar was purchased at Christie’s by Mr. Mqss Davis for presentation to Auckland through Sir James Parr, who suggests its inclusion among manuscripts in the Auckland Public Library. The residents of the Kopuaranga district are organising a shop day which will be held at the Kopuaranga School on Saturday. The proceeds will be dcvbted to the interests of the Kopuaranga baby (Robert Miller) in the Plunket Baby Carnival which is being conducted ,in the Mauriceville district. There will be the usual stalls, and com ep titions and games, while orders will be taken for the supply of fruit and poultry. Contributions to the various stalls would be’ gratefully received.

The depredations of deer in native forests were condemned last evening by Dr. Archer Hosking, president of the Mastertqn Beautifying Society. Dr Hosking stated, referring to the Tararua Mountains, that the natural growth of the forest flora held quantities of water, but the presence of deer destroyed much of that absorbent growth. Cattle, too, were destructive. That damage was being done all over the country. Dr. Hosking concluded his remarks with the statement that deer should be

The Municipal Band will play a programme of music in the Park rotunda on Sunday evening, commencing at 8.15. A practice will be held this evening in lieu of the usual programme. During the past week three new members have joined, a solo horn, BB bass, and cornet player, respectively. The lead in the cornet section requires strengthening, and cornet players particularly will be welcomed to the ranks. Owing to two members leaving the district, a rearrangement has had to be made in the instrumentation, but it is confidently expected that the members will soon settle down to their new positions.

A gift of £6OOO toward the provision of modern swimming baths has been made to St. Cuthbert’s Presbyterian Girls’ College by Miss Runciman and her niece, of Auckland, stptes a Press Association telegram from the northern city. A London cablegram states that in response to representations by the British Home Office, the Channel Isles authorities have appointed a committee to consider action against Britishers settling in the Islands for the purpose of tax evasion.

Since the formation of the Mount' Holdsworth Club, it was stated at the meeting of the Masterton Beautifying Society last evening, three thousand people had visited Mount Holdsworth. The,,club has been in existence for three months.

Advice has been received of the death in England of Captain George R. Alls, aged 92, who had a lengthy connection with sailing ships trading between England and New Zealand in Wie early days, an Auckland Press Association message states. Captain Alls was at one time captain of the City of Auckland, in which the late Right Hon. W. F. Massey came to New Zealand.

Mr. A. W. Reynolds, at the meeting of the Masterton Beautifying Society last evening moved that the Mayor be requested to endeavour to arrange with the Director ef Town Planning to give an address in Masterton on the objects of town-plaifning, to which all public bodies aud the public could bo invited. The importance of townplanning, added Mr. Reynolds, could not he too greatly emphasised. The suggestion was supported. The Dominion conference of thj 1.0.0. F. Lodge was continued at Christchurch yesterday, when the visiting delegates were accorded a civic reception by the Mayor. Committees were set up to deal with medical benefits and the redelineation of boundaries of the jurisdiction in every province. A chain of office was presented tc the Grand Lodge on behalf of the districts of the North and South Islands. A pair of presentation gavels were also presented to the Grand Lodge by Bro. C. J. Talbot, P.G.M.—(P.A.).

Record nominations hare been received for the Ahiaruhe-Ponatahi electric light sports on Saturday and the following Wellington athletes will make the journey to Carterton to compete: E. Jenkins, J. Fleming K. Eastwood, F. Hill, D. Barker, P. Wilson and P. Barnes. With three champion cyclists competing (Oakley, Flett and Casey) some exciting finishes should be witnessed. Competitors new to the public will be Barker and Wilson in the middle distance races, and Eleti tl c Wellington champion, will make his first appearance in Carterton.

Owing to the uncertain weather, the annual gift afternoon of Knox P.W. M.U. was held in Knox Hall. There was a good attendance and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent. Items contributed by the Solway College girls were as follows: Pianoforte duet, T. Wright and J. Judd; recitation, J. Douglas; pianoforte solo, E. Tait; recitation, N. Ratcliffe; part song, Senior Giris; recitation, N. McLaren. Other items were: Song, Mrs. Morton; recitation, Mrs. B. Iveson; songs, Mrs. Rigg; recitation, Mrs. Cairns; pianoforte solo, Mrs. McClymont. The sum of £l5 was contributed towards Foreign Missions.

The boxing authorities in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, a cablegram states, have decided to restrict all contests to' fifteen rounds from March 26. This decision has not been unexpected. It has been recognised in America, the foremast boxing country in the world to-day, that the shorter bout is more spectacular and also makes the boxers work faster in the ring. In America most of the contests are limited to ten rounds, although there are a few States that permit fifteen, and it is significant that all the world’s champions are in the United States. It is generally recognised that twenty-round contests sap up the vitality of the boxer and make him an easy prey for the man who has been accustomed to the shorter distances. England will also probably fall into line, as there is a move at Home at the present time to eliminate *‘ marathon” contests.

At the annual congress of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia, sitting at Perth, it was decided to press for a revision of the constitution and rules of procedure of the International Postal Conference so as to ensure adequate representation of the countries most interested in postal and allied subjects. The congress protested against the limitation of code words to five letters, and urged a rule that permitted code words of ten letters. Congress resolved urging the Commonwealth Government to take action to make compulsory the use of wireless telegraphy or telephone transmitting and receiving instruments with a day range of a hundred miles on every foreign-going ship and Australian trading ship or,ship in the coastal trade carrying three or more passengers or being of a hundred tons gross registered tonnage or upwards. Sheep dog lost. , Sum of money found. Reliable cook wanted. Six-roomed house for sale.

The Masterton Auctioneering Co. will sell by public auction the shop fittings of the premises recently occupied by London Unlimited to-day, at 2.30 p.m. This is a unique opportunity to secure some very superior shop furniture at your own price.

At the Cosy de Luxe again to-night is Gloria Swanson in “The Untamed Lady.” And she is too, till Lawrence Gray, who happens to be her fifth or sixth fiance, comes along. It is not known what place he was Tuning as her father lost count some time back, and thus we have the clash of wills and Gloria gets the best of it for a long time. But . . . well that is the surprise of “The Untamed Lady” which comes after you see Gloria in the process of taming, stoking coal in an rn gine room, and playing havoc with the compass of a yacht at sea, amjngst other things.