LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Heavy Frost. A frost of 13 degrees was registered in Masterton this morning.

Municipal Corporations Bill.

The Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill, which was introduced last session for circulation to local bodies, was reintroduced in the House of Representatives yesterday.

Plunket Society Donations. The hon treasurer of the Masterton branch of the Plunket Society desires to acknowledge with thanks the following subscriptions: —Mrs F. Kummer £l, Mrs R. J. Corke and Miss R. Hill 10s, Mesdames Kennedy, Trimble, A. Percy. C. Malmo, C. J. Campbell, Percy Cooper, and J. Linton, all ss.

Stock Sold by Lamplight. For the first time this winter stock had to be sold by lamplight at the Westfield saleyards on Wednesday. Because of large supplies of stock, including the biggest yarding of sheep for some months, the auctioneers were engaged until after dark. A hurricane lamp was commissioned, and used to light the sheep pens for the last halfhour of the sale. Penguins Invade Homes.

During the recent rough weather numbers of penguins came up from the sea at night to seek shelter under nearby houses at Ahipara, North Auckland. Their cries, which closely resemble those of babies, disturbed local residents, but efforts to drive them away were in vain, their powerful beaks being more than a match for the attacks of dogs.

Shortage of Nurses. The shortage of trained nurses was referred to by Miss D. Menzies, lady superintendent of the Waikato Hospital, in her annual report to the board yesterday. Miss Menzies stated that during the year 78 nurses had’ begun training. All out-stations had been visited .and the work was found to be going on satisfactorily except at Rotorua, where it was very difficult to keep things as they should be owing to frequent changes of staff. The problem of staffing small hospitals had been a great one, due, Miss Menzies thought, to a shortage of general trained nurses throughout New Zealand. Eel Attacks Pig Dog.

How his pig dog had to struggle for its life against a large eel in a mountain stream is the tale told by a Rissington (Hawke’s Bay) sportsman. The unusual struggle took place during a shooting trip. The owner, who was unable to shoot lest he should injure the dog," had to stand by and watch his dog being attacked as it crossed the stream. When the animal, after 10 minutes, managed to get free from the eel and drag itself out on to the bank, it was' found to be almost exhausted from the series Of immersions. An examination showed that the dog had been severely bitten about the legs. > Colourful New Zealand.

A photographic album illustrating scenic attractions of New Zealand has been prepared by the Auckland Automobile Association for despatch to the' Automobile Association, London. Containing 30 pages, the album measures 18 inches by 13 inches, and includes 99 photographs. The album is bound in brown leather and bears on the frontispiece the title “The Gem of the Pacific—Colourful New Zealand.” Each page has been titled with handlettering by the • association’s signposting staff. A page has also been devoted to the association’s activities in Fiji. It is hoped that the album will serve as a valuable medium of publicity for the Dominion.

Boy Scout Jamboree. The biggest youth contingent ever to have left New Zealand, a troop of 560 boy scouts from the Dominion will attend the Australian 150th Anniversary Jamboree in Sydney in November. The Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell, is expected to be present at the jamboree, and will possibly visit New Zealand either before or afterward. Ten thousand boy scouts will be under canvas in Sydney for the occasion. The first half of the contingent is to sail from Auckland on December 20, returning on January 16, and will comprise mainly boys from northern districts of the North Island. South Island and central district boys will leave Wellington on December 27, and will return on January 23.

Inquiry Into Aviation Crash. An official inquiry into the crashing of the Lockheed air liner at Mangere on May 10, resulting in the death of Flight Lieutenant C. M. Duthie and Mr W. J. Peel, will open at Auckland on the morning of July 18, according to an- announcement made last evening by the Minister of Defence, the Hon F. Jones. The Minister stated that the board of inquiry would consist of Mr W. F. Stilwell, S.M., of Wellington, Squadron Leader H. B. Burrell, of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and Mr D. M. Allen, chief instructor to the Auckland Aero Club. The board would be required to make a full investigation and report regarding the accident.

Tararua Tramping Club. At the annual meeting of the Tararua Tramping Club, held in Wellington last evening, the following officers were elected: —President, Mr A. N. Smith; vice-presidents, Mr H. F. von Haast (ex officio), Mr J. W. Butcher, Mr A. H. Hines, Mr H. W. Lattey, Mr G. B. Wilson; hon secretary, Mr C. Stubley; hon treasurer, Mr D. B. McDonald; hon chief guide,, Mr W. E. Davidson; committee, Mr H. Armitage, Mr L. D. Bridge, Mr J. R. Broughton, Mr S. Davis, Mr A. E. Galletly, Mr J. H. Gibbs, Mr J. R. A. Gunn, Mr J. M. Jack, Mr W. Neill, Mr A. Thompson; Ijon auditor, Mr W. H. Gibbs; social committee, Miss S. Clark, Mrs M. Hunt, Miss C. McGreevy, Miss E. Riddick, Mrs G. Stubley, Mr G. Fanning, Mr A. L. G. Heenan, Mr A. E. Nolan, Mr W. L. Young.

Entrance to Training Colleges. “All prospective applicants for entrance to a teachers’ training college should be advised that a higher leaving certificate will rank on even terms with a pass in the training college entrance examination,” states a notice in the latest number of the “New Zealand Education Gazette.” “All who hold such a certificate or are likely to obtain one by the end of the year, should therefore not enter for the training college entrance examination. The entrance examination will be held this year, but it is intended primarily for those who left school without having obtained a pass in the university entrance or the school certificate examination, or who, though still at school, have concentrated on the training college entrance examination requirements and not on those of university entrance or school certificate.”