LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 June 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Association Football. In a keenly contested Association football match, played in Masterton on Saturday. Seatoun defeated a Masterton team by 3 goals to 2. Land of Five Rivers. “The word Punjab has a meaning of its own,” said Professor Jagan Nath, manager of the Prince of Manavadar’s Indian hockey team, during an address to the Palmerston North Lunch Club on Friday. “Punj,” he added, meant five and "ab” water, hence the significance of the name, which meant land of the five rivers. ■‘Single Superannuation.” Speaking on Saturday evening of the superannuation allowance of £3 a week it was proposed to pay to a married couple, the Prime Minister observed with a smile that he would only draw thirty shillings a week. “Confidentially ladies and gentlemen,” he added, “that is not my fault. It takes two to do the jpb.” Win By a Furlong. “Mr Savage has said he would sooner back his chances of getting back at the election than one of my racehorses,” observed the Minister of Employment, the Hon P. C. Webb, when speaking at Eketahuna on Saturday. “Well,” he added, “if Robbie (Mr J. Robertson, M.P.) negotiates his obstacles as well as Nocturnus did in the Great Northern Steeples, he will win by a furlong.” The Shortest Day. The winter solstice, better known as the shortest day, will occur on Wednesday. The sun will then be at the most northern part of its orbit, and consequently the Southern Hemisphere will then receive the least amount of heat from the sun. The total duration of sunlight will be only a few seconds less than that on the preceding and following days, however. "Deadly Parasites.” “Hysterical reports have appeared recently in the newspapers attributing the death of a man to a bite from the recently introduced white butterfly parasite,” said Mr T. H. McCombs, M.P., in an address at Canterbury University College. “On consulting entomologists I was informed that this parasite is one type of insect which does not attempt to bite human beings at any time.” “Now Then!” “Now then!” a phrase often heard from the Prime Minister, was received with some laughter when Mr Savage used it in the Opera House on Saturday evening. “Have you ever heard those words before?” asked the Premier. “I was coming along a road today,” he added, “and I saw ‘Now then’ panted on the approach to a bridge. (Laughter.) I have become famous for something.”

“Antiquated System.” An Australian visitor to the Manawatu A. and P. Show said “ninety per cent of your motorists may well deride your antiquated system of changing the number plates, thus also changing the identity of every car. No sane accountant or business man would tolerate such a primitive method, especially where the card system is used intelligently.” The Placement Service.

On the occasion of the Prime Minister’s visit, Mr A. J. Ridler, Controller of Employment and Director of the State Placement Service, was in town on Saturday evening and discussed with the Masterton Placement Officer, Mr J. G. Hanaghan. plans for the absorption of unemployed during the late winter and autumn months. After the discussions the placement officer was presented to the Prime Minister and the members of the Ministerial staff at the Midland Hotel.

Sedgley Home Gifts. The matron of Sedgley Home acknowledges with thanks the following gifts:—Groceries, Mrs Whitton, Mrs Hyde, Mr F. G. Maunsell; cakes, Mesdames Gawith, Moser, Betts, W. Robieson, Flood Relief Ball; rabbits, Messrs Boddington, H. M. A. Major, T. C. H. Miller, C. B. Kyngdon, W. M. Sellar, S. Haybittie, H. K. Smith; fruit, Mesdames Boddington, Elliott, E. Cooper, Mr F. G. Maunsell, Mr H. G. Williams, Mr Long; vegetables, Anonymous; fish, A Friend; saveloys, etc., Mr Long; bread and milk, Lodge 238; dripping, Mrs E. Cooper.

Cows Stampede in Town. Pandemonium was caused by cows which broke loose at Fitzroy, a suburb of New Plymouth, and before the animals were finally herded into a near-by paddock, drovers, motorists, tramwaymen, residents and school children had a very lively tirfie. One boy, leaning on his bicycle, refused to move, and a cow charged the cycle and damaged the front wheel. Cars would not stop for the cattle, so another cow charged a vehicle, leaving a heavy dent in the radiator. One cow made for a coal and wood merchant’s yard. In a few seconds the merchant ran on to the street with the cow close on his heels. Finally the herd was collected from nearby properties and front gardens, and left in the paddock to regain composure. A Narrow Escape.

Trapped in a blazing house while asleep in front of a fire, Mr James Brown, of Huntly, had a narrow escape from death early on Sunday evening. In making his way out through a window he received severe burns and was later admitted to the Waikato Hospital. The house consisted of three rooms and was owned and occupied by Mr Brown’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr and Mrs Sydney Brown, both of whom were absent at the time. Mrs Brown went out at about 6 p.m. to visit some friends, and an hour later Mr James Brown awoke to find the whole room in flames. His only hope of escape was to climb through the window, and as he did so his clothes caught fire and were burnt from his back. Nothing could be done to save the house, which was destroyed with its contents.