LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 September 1938, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Heavy Frost. Masterton experienced a frost of 8.3 degrees this morning. Optimist Club Meeting. There was a good attendance at the weekly meeting of the Masterton Y.M.C.A. Optimist Club last night. The Chief Smiler, Optimist F. Gillions, presided. Following tea and a sing-song, an interesting address was given by Optimist M. Rogers, to whom a hearty vote of thanks was accorded. The annual meeting of the club will be held next Tuesday. Rugby Match Collection. The collection taken at the Rugby match at Memorial Park yesterday between the Banks, Law and Dentists and the Stock and Station Agents, in aid of the funds of the Masterton branch of the Plunket Society, amounted to £3 16s. The Plunket Society’s committee wishes to express its thanks and appreciation to those responsible for making the donation available to the society and also to thank Misses E. Coleman and E. Brass for taking charge of the collection.

Hutt Road Accident. When the motor car in which she was travelling overturned on the Hutt Road yesterday morning, Mrs Edith Mary Maquire, Moana Road, Plimmerton, sustained a fractured collar bone. She was taken by a traffic inspector to a nearby petrol station, and subsequently conveyed to the Wellington Public Hospital by the Free Ambulance. The car was driven by Mrs M. Nelson, Plimmerton, and was proceeding in the direction of Petone when it skidded about a mile north of Ngahauranga. The accident occurred at about 10.30 a.m. Mrs Nelson received a cut wrist.

Holing in One. The honour of holing in one was achieved by Mr N. H. James, of Masterton, when competing in the first qualifying round of the Veterans’ Golf Tournament at Rotoruai recently. The hole at which Mr James gained this success was the 15th, known as the Crater, the distance being 125 yards. He qualified with net scores of 77 and 65, being placed twelfth out of the 32 to qualify. Needless to say, his success at the Crater was celebrated according to tradition.

The Onehunga Seat. At a meetng of members of the National Party in the Onehunga electorate, Mr J. Park was selected as official candidate to oppose the sitting Labour member, Mr A. G. Osborne, at the approaching general election. Mr Park and the other nominee for the candidature, Mr E. V. Sutherland, addressed the meeting. Mr Park has lived in the Onehunga district for many years. He is a former mayor of the borough, and is a member of the Auckland Electric Power Board. He is an architect by profession.

Rotary Meeting at Sea. “This is to inform you that a Rotary meeting was held today in the East Tasman Sea on board R.M.S. Aorangi and was attended by 100 per cent of the Rotarians on board,” states a letter received by the Wanganui Rotary Club from Rotarian S. S. Stubbs, acting-secretary of the Oamaru club. “Rotarians were present from clubs in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and Rotarian Burcfiall, of Halifax, Nova Scotia,' was in the chair. Rotarian E. G. D. Eden, of Wanganui, was present at the meeting.

Popularity of Darts Game. The game of darts has become almost an obsession in some parts of England, according to Mr Roy Howe who has returned to Invercargill from a visit to England. Mr Howe said that the craze had spread with astonishing rapidity and in every country there were many clubs and hundreds of teams. Practically every public house in districts outside the cities had its team and dart throwers travelled many miles to take part in competition matches. The modern game of darts was a skilful one and some of the throwers had become so expert that they could place the darts accurately on the smallest of targets. Political Advertising.

Advertising space on borough buses or any municipal property must not be used for political propaganda, according to a decision of the borough council last night, following consideration of a letter by a local advertising agency that it had removed the National Party advertisement it had previouslyplaced in buses because the council did not approve, a Gisborne Press Association message reports. It pointed out that the wording of advertisements must be first submitted to the council. A councillor admitted having drawn the attention of the agency to the omission, but it was not indicated that the council disapproved. Hole in Hawera Water Tower.

While the steeplejacks were chipping away fractured concrete on the outside of the Hawera water tower, a hole large enough for a man to crawl through was made over a window near the balcony on the side facing the fire station. This is the second hole made in the tower sides during the progress of the work. The first, large enough for a man’s fist, was made in similar circumstances on the southern side about 100 feet from the ground. It was explained that the holes did not represent any serious defect in the tower, but were expected before the work was begun. Because of the steel reinforcing in the structure being very near the surface moisture which has passed through the pores of the concrete has caused the steel to rust. This in turn has caused the steel rods to expand and fracture the surrounding concrete. The work of the steeplejacks is to find these areas, chisel away the cracked concrete, scrape the rusted steel, and ' apply penetrative oil, which stops the rusting action and forms a protective coating to prevent a recurrence of the trouble. Finally the areas are covered with fresh cement.