LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 April 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No Publication To-morrow. The "Wairarapa Times-Age” will not be published to-morrow (Good Friday).

Summer Time. Summer time, which commenced last September, will officially come to a close on April 24, when clocks will require to be put back 30 minutes.

Diphtheria Cases. Two cases of diphtheria in the borough of Masterton were admitted to the Masterton Public Hospital this week. One patient is a boy and the other a girl of school age Behaviour of College Pupls. It was stated at the monthly meeting of the executive of the Wairarapa Automobile Association that a report had been made to the Principal of Wairarapa College in regard to the behaviour of pupils riding bicycles to and from College.

Sign Posts Removed. The Wairarapa Automobile Association’s patrol reported to the monthly meeting of the executive on Tuesday night that a statement had been made to the police at Masterton regarding the unlawful removal of two signs and posts. The Carterton police have also been informed of the interference with two signs at South Carterton.

Anglican Church Services. The special services appropriate for Good Friday will be held at St Matthew’s to-morrow. The Rev. E. J. Rich will be the preacher at 10 a.m., and at noon will conduct the Three Hours’ service. The preacher at the Church of the Epiphany at 9 a.m. will be the Rev. T. V. Pearson. Offertories will be for the Jerusalem and East and the" Melanesian Missions.

Woodville Ramp Completed. The ramp to eliminate a level crossing at Woodville has been completed, and the contractors are well advanced in the construction of the new bridge, although progress was retarded last week owing to heavy rain. The old road, at the side of the ramp, is in bad shape, the rain and traffic having loosened the surface considerably. This condition has made it extremely difficult for cars to negotiate the road. At Papatawa, road works are going ahead; these consist of widening and resurfacing.

Opening Up New Country. Eleven miles of railway will open new country betwen Parnassus and the tentative railhead at Hundalee at theend of this year, according to Public Works Department expectations. The Department has 500 men at work building the line between the present termini of Parnassus, in North Canterbury, and Wharanui, in Marlborough. Excellent progress has been made to date. The keystone of construction over the area through which the main trunk will pass is the tunnel, 43 chains in length, near Amur! Bluff. This tunnel, it is expected, will not be finished before the end of 1940. Meanwhile, the arrival on the various tunnel works of modern plant provides a guarantee that the construction will be speeded up on both the northern and southern Salvation - Army Services. The Easter services at the Salvation Army on Good Friday and Sunday will be conducted by Brigadier Gray and Major Armstrong from Wellington. These two officers are numbered amongst the veterans of the Army and are well known for their many years of service. Major Armstrong was in charge of the Army’s work amongst the Maoris for many years and speaks Maori language fluently. A sunrise prayer meeting has been arranged to take place on the Sunday morning at 7 a.m. in the Park. The final meeting will take place on the Monday night and will take the form of a Easter praise service commencing at 8 o’clock. The special singing of Easter Gospel songs will be features at each service. Need For Defence. A vigorous defence policy is needed in New Zealand, according to Mr M. G. C. McCaul, Wellington, who returned yesterday from Sydney by the Wanganella. He said that Australia evinced a strong national spirit, and its people were determined to be able to protect their country in the event of war. The Prime Minister of Great ■ Britain recently ‘ announced an ex- ; penditure of over £300,000,000 on defence, he said. That was £8 a head of population. Australia had decided to I spend over £40,000,000, which was £6 to £7 a head. What was New Zealand going to do? “Let each New Zealandborn man ask himself whether any sacrifice is too great to make our country safe from attack,” he said. “The young must pay in service, and the old in money/’

Shooting Season Prospects. Shooting season prospects this year are bright, according to Mr C. E. Aldridge, chairman of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society game committee. In a statement made to last night’s meeting of the council of the society, he said that society was to liberate more pheasants than it had ever done before, and in addition the breeding among the wild birds had been most successful. Ducks were reported to be plentiful. He urged sportsmen strictly to respect the rights of landowners. "In view of the fact that the shooting season will begin next month, on May 2, I should like to make a statement regarding the game prospects,” he said. "It has been reported fairly generally throughout the district that the breeding operations carried out this season at the Paraparaumu game farm have been a failure. I want to say that that is not so. We shall not be able to liberate anything like the number that we had hoped, but we shall still be able to liberate a great many more pheasants than we have ever done before. Moreover,” he continued, "the season had been particularly good for the natural breeding of pheasants in the wild state.” He was quite certain that as far as pheasants were concerned shooting men were assured of good sport.