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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 July 1938, Page 6

Indoor Basketball. The inter-house indoor basketball competition will be continued on Thursday night, when the following games will be played: —8 p.m., Harcombe’s v Reliance, referees, Messrs B. Mason and R. Costello. 8.35 p.m., Kiatere v C. Smith, Ltd., Messrs C. Greagor and A. E. Bate. 9.10 p.m., Faulknor’s v Hamill’s, Messrs A. -E. Bate and D. Leete. V Exports and Imports. The value of exports during May was at the unusually high level of £6,271,000 for the “off-season” period, but imports at' £4,184,000 showed signs of a check. May’s exports were valued at £346,000 more than those for the corresponding month of last year and £1,196,000 in excess of those for May, 1936. May’s imports showed a decline of £257,000 compared with those for May, 1937, but were still £938,000 above those for May, 1936. The excess of exports over imports in May was £2,087,000, compared with £1,484,000 for May, 1937.

Modern Mail Services. When mail was taken to South Westland by pack-horse, the quantity carried each year was about 80001 b. During the 12 months ended on Thursday last, Air Travel (N.Z.), Limited, carried 63,8381 b. of mail on its routes on the West Coast, and the weekly average weight of mail flown to Jackson’s Bay was nearly 5001 b. Road Faults of Motorists. To point out faults of motorists in driving or road manners, Mr W. R. Ashwell, traffic inspector at Temuka, posts to drivers a photograph of themselves committing these faults and in a polite letter points out their mistakes. Examples of the photographs are a motor-car stopped in a busy street beside another car parked on the side, and the two drivers conversing, apparently oblivious to the traffic about them; or a car on a oneway bridge, in the middle of a mob of sheep, in which the driver has stopped after unsuccessfully trying to force his way through.