LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 September 1938, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The White Butterfly.

Yesterday the white butterfly greeted the spring-like weather in Masterton by appearing in fairly large numbers in local gardens.

A Lost Subscription. “There is only one subscription not paid this year, and there’s no hope of getting that,” said the secretary, Mr R. H. Hill, at the annual meeting of the Masterton-Opaki Rifle Club on Saturday night.

Wellington South Seat. Mr W. Duncan, a member of the Wellington City Council, who was recently announced as an Independent candidate for the Wellington South seat at the forthcoming general election, has now decided not to allow himself to be nominated.

Sheep-worrying in Southland. Fifteen ewes and lambs belonging to Mr R. Cruickshank, Rosedale, Southland, were killed by dogs during Saturday night. Mr Cruickshank said sheep-worrying had been going on in the district for three weeks. He had shot three or four dogs—all without collars. Wrestling at Taumarunui.

In a wrestling bout at Taumarunui, Hansen and Meehan drew, with a fall each. The bout went the full distance. In the seventh round Hansen secured a fall with a Shanghai headlock, and at the last moment, in the eighth round, Meehan evened with a flying body scissors. Afforestation Plan.

Since the closing of the King Solomon mine two years ago, the township of Waikaia (Southland) has stagnated. At a public meeting held on Saturday night residents decided to surrender 6000 acres of commonage surrounding the township. The land is to be used for afforestation.

New Travel Bt)ok. “From Klondyke to Kenya” is the title chosen by the author, Mr Fred Raper, for his new book, which has left the hands of the London publishers (Messrs Sheffington and Smith, Ltd.) The book, which is meeting with ready sales in England, is-expected to arrive in New Zealand shortly. A younger brother of the writer is a resident of Featherston. Workers on the Land.

So much success has attended the Government’s scheme for the settlement of unemployed workers on the land that the Government intends to extend it considerably, according to a statement by the Minister of Labour, the Hon H. T. Armstrong, at Christchurch. New plans involve a great deal of work on the West Coast pakihi areas. Bottle-top Swallowed.

Accidentally swallowing a metal crown-top off a bottle of soda-water early on Friday afternoon, a young man living in Whakatane was conveyed hurriedly to Auckland and taken to hospital for an operation. The patient was Richard Wadmore, aged 21, son of Dr J. C. Wadmore, Whakatane. The operation proved successful and Mr Wadmore’s condition is not serious.

Cigarettes on a Sunday. Only a railway bookstall can sell cigarettes or tobacco legally on a Sunday, and then only when there are trains running, stated the Minister in Charge of the Police Department, the Hon P. Fraser, in a letter received by the Ngamotu Beach committee. The committee’s representations on the subject would be noted for consideration when amendments to the law were discussed, however, added Mr Fraser. “I Will Do It Myself.”

“If the council cannot at present form this corner, please let me know, and I will do it myself.” This somewhat naive conclusion to a ratepayer’s request caused a little amusement at a meeting of the Taranaki County Council. Perhaps not wishing to see the ratepayer establish a precedent, the council referred his request to the overseer. Hour Ahead.

After almost encircling the globe, crossing India by train, and travelling from Calcutta to Singapore by ’plane, Mr Carter Storr, 8.A., of Ottawa, a Canadian teacher on exchange to New Zealand, arrived in Auckland by the Aorangi just one hour before he was due to commence his new duties. Mr Storr will be in the Dominion for nine months, spending the first term in the Auckland district and the other two in southern cities.

Kingfisher and Motor Car. Two women were travelling south by motor car and had reached a point close to the Tamaki bridge when the driver was amazed to see a kingfisher flash through the driving window, narrowly missing her face. The other passenger was not so fortunate, for the bird struck her on the forehead, reports a Papatoetoe correspondent. So forceful was the impact that the passenger was momentarily stunned, while the bird was instantly killed. It is easy to imagine that the consequences might have been very serious had the driver received the blow. Final Week of Session.

As the Government hopes to finish the session by Saturday, there will probably be some late sittings in the House of Representatives this week. The programme of work includes 11 Government Bills introduced last week, and this instalment will be augmented by several more which have still to make an appearance. However, most of the measures are likely to have a rapid passage, for few of them contain anything of a contentious nature. The supplementary estimates of departmental expenditure have also to be introduced and 'approved. The House is meeting today for the first Monday sitting of the session.

Kept His Word. Foi’ many months a Dunedin firm has been unable to cope with orders for ploughs owing to the heavy demand, shortage of steel, and scarcity of artisans. Inability to give immediate delivery has met with varying receptions from its clientele (the farmers). One such client wanted a plough made to his order, and was told that he could not be given delivery till two months’ time. “Make it six weeks and I’ll shout you some beer,” was the retort. Such parlance is often met with in negotiations with sons of the soil, and little weight is placed on what hardly amounts to a promise. However, “all hands to the plough” resulted in the earlier delivery date being made, and now the executive of the company is faced with the somewhat embarrassing knowledge that from a northern brewery 10 gallons of the best are en train for the works: