LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 September 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Flower Show Prizes.

Among the winners of prizes in the open class for daffodils at the Masterton Horticultural Society’s show yesterday was Mr Larn Ahrens, who secured first for a specimen bloom of Incomparabilis and second for a specimen bloom of the white trumpet variety of daffodil.

Cake Competition. The cake which was used for competition by the ’Master-ton Horticultural Society at the Bulb Show yesterday was made and decorated by Mrs John McKenzie. Puke Te, and the icing and decoration of the same was done by Mrs J. Butler, Bannister Street. The winner of the cake was Miss Rockel. Billiards and Snooker.

Members of the Masterton Bowling Club attended in force at the Wairarapa Soldiers’ Hostel last night, when a billiard and snooker tournament was played between the two clubs. The tournament which resulted in a win for the Soldiers’ Club, brought out several young players, Messrs J. Watson and V. Taylor in particular. “Not My Wife.”

Speaking at the Opera House lasi, night, Mr J. Robertson, Labour candidate for the Masterton seat, said: “At Mr Mazengarb’s meeting there was apparently a lady doing some heckling. Well, I heard around town that it was my wife. She is. here on the stag. s with me tonight, and was not near the Opera House that night.” A lady member of the audience: “I was the lady doing the interjecting, Mr Robertson.” Mrs Robertson was presented with a bouquet. Little Theatre Society.

A social for members of the Little Theatre Society and friends was held in the Savage Club rooms last night, the capacity of which was taxed to the utmost limit. Three one-act plays were presented by Mrs E. J. Rich, Mrs Miller and Mr C. C. Marsh. An outline of the coming production, “Libel,” was given by Mr F. E. McCallum. A dainty supper was served by a committee consisting of Misses N. Robinson, Nora Beetham, C. Cruickshank and J. Betts, after which dancing was enjoyed until midnight.

Food Supply Scheme. Sir Henry French, who, in co-opera-tion with 1500 London food officers, has created an organisation which can be brought into operation in twentyfour hours, under which war- time food distribution will be' carried out through ordinary channels and rationing on a national and not a local basis, and to which reference was made in a London cable yesterday, is a brother-in-law of Mr L. R. Huntly, of Matarawa. Sir Henry will speak over the air (Empire programme) tomorrow, at 6.49 a.m. (N.Z. time), in connection with the scheme. Horowhenua College.

Advice was received from the Director of Education, Mr N. T. Lampourne, at yesterday’s meeting of the Wellington Education Board that it had been decided to call the new postprimary school at Levin the Horowhenua College. The board was asked to assume control of the school and arrange for the setting up of a local advisory committee with such powers and duties as might be delegated to it by the board. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone by the Minister of Education, the Hon P. Fraser, is to take place on Monday. Dominion’s Early Trade.

The substantial value of the trading done by whalers, ship-builders and flax-traders who operated on many parts of the New Zealand coast from 1800 to 1840, was mentioned by Professor J. Rutherford, professor of history at Auckland University College, when giving a university extension lecture recently. He said that the annual export of whale oil to Australia alone was often worth about' £50,000. When the value of the oil obtained by American and French whalers was considered, it would be seen that the output from this source alone must have reached a very considerable figure. Tribal Skirmishes in India.

Waziristan, a province on the northwest frontier of India, which has been a constant source of trouble to the Indian Government since 1860, was the subject of an interesting lecture given at the King Edward Barracks, Christchurch, by Captain C. V. Sugden, Adjutant of the Ist Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, and formerly of Masterton. Illustrating his remarks with lantern slides, Captain Sugden outlined vividly the difficulties confronting the army in constant skirmishes with tribes, the members of which eked out a precarious living by raiding and robbing. The region of Waziristan, lying between the districts of Kurram and Khob, was a tangled maze of mountains, barren of any sort of vegetation, and offered every facility for ambush and skirmishing. he said.

Sedgley Home. The matron of Sedgley Home acknowledges the following gifts with grateful thanks:—Cakes: Miss Gray, Mesdames John Perry, Staniforth, Alexander, and Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society. Sandwiches, etc.: St Matthew’s Bible Class dance, St Matthew’s School, Labour Party social, Wairarapa College Old Girls’ Association. Mutton: Tuxford Bros., Mr J. Broad. Clothing: Mrs P. Kebbell. Jam: Mrs H. Williams. Sheep: Mr J. Morrison. Hares and rabbits: Mr Ramsay, Mr Boddington. Beef: Mr R. Liverton. Firewood: Mr G. R. Jackson. Buns: Mitchell’s Bakery. Fat and papers: Mr R. Beetham, Mrs Andrew, Mrs Hyde. Groceries: Mrs Hyde. Entertainment: Y.M.C.A., St Matthew’s Girls’ Club, Epiphany Ladies’ Guild, Masterton Amateur Theatrical Society and Regent Theatre, all of whom are thanked for entertaining the boys.

Short-Paid Postage. In spite of much publicity, letters for transmission overseas are sHll being posted short-paid. The Masterton Postmaster reports that after an appreciable improvement for a time, a considerable number of short-paid letters were posted last week —most of them privately-posted letters bearing Id instead of ltd postage. The letter postage rate is, briefly, as follows: —To all British countries and Egypt, lid each half ounce (Australia is excepted from this increase until the transTasman service operates); to all foreign countries, including the United States of America, 2£d for the first ounce, and I’d for each succeeding ounce. The Post Office, when letters are short-paid, taxes them double the deficiency. It is desirable, therefore, that the public should make themselves acquainted with the new postage rates, and so avoid embarrassement to themselves or their correspondents.