CARTERTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1938, Page 9

CARTERTON

THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, (“Times-Age” Special.) The parliamentary and licensing elections, which will take place tomorrow throughout New Zealand will be unique, as never before have they been held on a Saturday. Those electors who do not work or go to business, but travel to other centres for a weekend, will require to vote before they leave their respective districts. Both parties are very well organised. In Carterton there is bound to be much motor traffic, and this is expected to be general throughout the electorate. Owing to the transfer of territory in the vicinity of the Carterton borough to the Masterton electorate a decline in the number of votes cast can be anticipated in that area. This should, of course, increase the Masterton poll. As the election is being held on the statutory weekly holiday, no special time off for employees to vote is necessary. Business people are likely to have a very busy Saturday morning. The fleet of cars engaged in taking voters to the poll will cause a keen demand for petrol, and the bowsers, at least, should have a record day’s business!

For some years now, since the position of Returning Officer for the Wairarapa Electorate has been held by the Postmaster at Featherston, thatr township has been the principal polling booth of the district. Prior to that Carterton always had the honour. All returns from various polling booths in the electorate will, therefore, be sent to Featherston, and the Returning Officer there will announce the figures as they arrive. They- will then be re-distributed to other centres. In the days of the buggy and pair transport, the candidates in the Wairarapa electorate on the night before the election addressed the electors at four towns,. Martinborough,' Featherston, Greytown, and Carterton. An arrangement among the candidates was made and the first speaker confined his address to a certain period, and travelled on ahead of his opponent to the next centre. The final speech was usually delivered in Carterton about midnight, and many electors stayed abouf to hear the final shot of the campaign fired. Things are arranged differently now and whereas Mr Roberts will speak first at Greytown and then at Carterton, Mr Thompson will reverse the order, addressing the electors first at Carterton and finishing up at Greytown—his home town.. Golf Club Closing. The official closing and presentation of trophies will take place on the Taratahi links on Saturday. A mixed foursome, for which a draw will be made on the links, will be played before the presentation of trophies. It is expected that there will be a large attendance of members. Savages Entertained. Members of the Masterton Savage Club were entertained at the residence of Mr and Mrs Geo. E. Allen, “Taipua.” The evening was spent in song and story and the Master ton visitors were delighted with the outing. A very cordial vote of thanks was accorded to Mr and Mrs Allen for their hospitality. Young Farmers’ Club, A meeting of the Carterton Young Farmers’ Club was held in the P. and A. Rooms on Monday night. The chairman (Mr S. Fisher) presided over an attendance of 30 members. Mr D. McGregor (Masterton) was present and gave a report of the business transacted at the annual general meeting of clubs held in Christchurch Mr W. Gray, M.R.C.V.S., gave an instructive address on stock diseases, dealing with facial eczema, milk fever, grass staggers, mammitis, footrot in both sheep and cattle and sleepy sickness. Mr Gray stated that facial eczema was not a new disease as it had been known in New Zealand for between 30 and 40 years. There was little that could be done if the outbreak was very bad, said Mr Gray. Mild cases, however, could be successfully treated by keeping the stock suffering from the disease in the shade as much as possible, dosing them with Epsom salts and feeding them on hay. To prevent the disease it was necessary to keep stock off rapidly growing immature grass as far as possible. Dealing with footrot in sheep Mr Gray said that the best treatment for mild cases was a 5 per cent bluestone solution.' In very bad cases that had to be hand-dressed ' it was advisable to keep the sheep on battens and hand-feed them for 2 or 3 ' days. This gave the dressing a chance to do its work. , At the conclusion of his address MiGray was kept busy for three-quarters ; of an hour answering questions put by . club members. Mr Gray was accorded a very hearty i vote of thanks. Tivoli Theatre. I Danielle Darrieux, the French star , now making pictures in Hollywood ( and acclaimed as a sensation, is worthy , of the name. In her first Hollywood i picture, showing tomorrow at the Ti- j voli Theatre, she makes an appearance i notable for acting skill. The plot of the story of “The Rage of Paris” is well i calculated to bring out her talents and > in a romantic comedy involving the ■ adventures of a handsome advertising ' man and a rich playboy the entertain- ! ment is great. Douglas Fairbanks Junr., ‘ whose recent work in films has shown ’ him worthy of the name, is chief sup- \ porting star and he is most effective. ‘ And the supporting cast, including * Louis Hayward. Mischa Auer, and He- J len Broderick, is excellent. Good shorts ( complete a programme which can be thoroughly recommended. j