LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Flags Half-Masted. Flags were flown on Government buildings in Masterton today on the occasion of the funeral of the late Queen Maud of Norway. Boy Killed. Rex Marshall, aged eight, son of a sharemilker in Rawene North, was killed on Tuesday.when his clothing was caught in milking machinery. Demand for Butter.

In spite of the increase in price, Masterton retailers find that the demand for factory butter has not slackened appreciably. People, it is stated, are still ordering the same quantities of first-grade butter. Examination Successes.

All candidates from Wairarapa College passed the Entrance examination for Government Shorthand-Typists, field last month. The list is as follows: Senior, Miss N. C. Richards. Junior, Miss J. L. Riley (Credit pass), Miss J. R, Williams, Miss J. Gemmell, Miss B. M. Devonport, Miss A. I. Dale, Miss T. E. Lane. Refresher Courses.

During the next fortnight officers of the New Zealand Staff Corps and warrant officers and N.C.O.’s of the permanent staff will be attending the annual staff refresher courses in the three military districts. The course for the Northern Military District will be held at Narrow Neck Camp, the Central District will hold its course at Trentham, and the Southern Military District at Burnham. Marriage Licences.

Wellington reports a pre-Christmas rush for marriage licences. Prospective Masterton brides and bridegrooms, however, are proceeding more cautiously, and since December 1 only three licences have been issued at the Masterton Courthouse. It is anticipated that there will be a considerable number of applications for licences within the next week or so for the usual crop of Christmas! and New Year weddings.

Road Safety Week. Thousands lined Victoria Avenue, Wanganui yesterday, when the safetyfirst floats touring the North Island entered Wanganui and were joined by many local vehicles to form a highly successful procession, which was described by the Government officer in charge of the floats as the best yet seen by the touring vehicles on their way to Auckland. Many business firms acceded to the request of the mayor, Mr Rogers, to close for half an hour.

Motor-Cyclist's Death. A finding that Leslie James Bovey, farm hand, aged 22, died in Palmerston North Hospital on November 30 from cerebral lacerations and haemorrhage of the brain received when, for some unknown reason, his cycle ran off the road and collided with a pole, was returned by the coroner, Mr A. J. Graham, J.P., at an inquest held in Palmerston North, yesterday. Bovey was found lying beside his motor-cycle on the main highway near Weraroa on November 27. Left on Road.

An inquest into the death of Lambert Emanuel Berggren, an elderly man who was found lying in Omahu Road, Hastings badly injured on the night of October 20 and who died the following day in Hastings Memorial Hospital, was resumed before Mr G. Ebbett at Hastings yesterday. The coroner’s finding was that Berggren died on October 21 as the result of injuries received when he was knocked down by a motor vehicle. ’ The police had scoured the country in an endeavour to" discover the driver of the vehicle, said the coroner, but it was not the coroner’s duty to try to discover who drove the car. Permanent Control.

Questioned in 'Wellington yesterday as to the intended duration of the exchange control plan, the Prime Minister (Mr Savage) said he hoped it would be for ever. Asked whether luxury classes of imports were likely to be affected, Mr Savage said that the luxuries of today were the necessaries of tomorrow, and there was nothing too good for the people of New Zealand. Some people had luxuries as well as necessaries, and a lot of those who had luxuries had less claim to them than a lot of people who did not even have the necessaries. “Our job is to provide a foundation for all,” he said, “starting with first things. The best music, the best means of travel, the best education, the best of everything, is good enough for the people of New Zealand, and that is our objective.”

The New Zealand Pound. I Remarks made by the immediate past president of the Associated Chamoers of Commerce, Mr A. G. Lunn, to the effect that the New Zealand £1 note was valueless outside the Dominion, were criticised by the Prime Minister, Mr Savage, in an interview last evening. The reduction in the value of the £1 note was not due to the action of the present Government, said Mr Savage, but it was the result of the policy of the previous Government, which raised the rate of exchange. “Mr Lunn knows, or he should know, that New Zealand notes are just like the notes of any other country, and never circulate outside their country of origin,” said Mr Savage. “They are worth today the same as when this Government came into power. The value of the New Zealand note was reduced from 20s to 16s Id by a Government that Mr Lunn supported.”