LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1939, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Earthquake in Dunedin. A sharp earthquake jolted Dunedin at 3.32 o’clock this morning and was followed by two more shocks which were less pronounced. A south-wes-terly gale was blowing at the time.

Nursing Division. The members of the Nursing Division of St John Ambulance Brigade will be on duty at the Masterton Show tomorrow and Wednesday. Their tent will be opposite the secretary's office.

Masterton Athlete Wins at Wanganui. W. A. C. Pullar, of Masterton, was a succesful competitor at the Amateur Athletic Electric Light meeting held at" Wanganui on Saturday, winning the mile handicap in 4min. 27secs. on a wet track. Territorial Camp.

A composite battalion camp is being held at Waiouru, at which a number of local territorials are attending, being members of the advance party. Others will go into camp on Saturday next, among these being Lieut. I. Hart, of Masterton. Weekend Motor Accidents.

Six persons were injured in four accidents involving motor-cycles in and around Wellington during the weekend. Two persons received fractured thighs, but the other accidents were not as serious. During the weekend there were also two collisions between motor-cars.

Anniversary of Penguin Wreck. Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the wreck of the Union Steam Ship Company’s steamer Penguin, when en route from Picton to Wellington. Late on a Saturday night in thick, stormy weather the steamer crashed on Toom's Rock, near Cape Terawhiti. A total of 75 people, passengers and crew, were drowned.

Running Record Equalled. The New Zealand Empire Games representative, Miss D. Lumley, equalled the world’s record, 11 seconds, for 100 yards women's event on Saturday when she was competing at an open meeting held by the Mount Albert (Auckland) Amateur Athletic Club. As there was a slighly following wind application for recognition of the performance will not be made. There is also the factor of the downward slope in the ground to be considered. Bank at University. For the convenience of the 3000 students and the teachers at Sydney University, the Commercial Banking Company last July opened a branch of the bank at the university. The manager of the branch, Mr H. de B. Barry, who arrived at Wellington by the Awatea on a holiday visit to New Zealand, said in an interview that his company had been bankers for the university for many years, and when the old head office of the bank in Sydney had been demolished, portion of it had been given to the university for reerection in the grounds. The university branch of the bank was actually housed in part of the re-erected building. Mr Barry is himself a graduate of Sydney University.

Manoeuvres at Auckland. Units of the Navy. Army and Air Force combined for the first time in New Zealand-in large-scale exercises at Auckland at the weekend. The manoeuvres were planned principally to test the fixed defences of the port of Auckland and a series of situations possible in a time of crisis was taken to exist, the defending forces co-operating in meeting thbm. The guns and lights of the defences were manned continuously from noon on Saturday till noon yesterday. The escort vessel Wellington represented in turn a friendly, neutral, allied and hostile vessel and. as an enemy ship, was engaged in a spectacular mock battle with three aircraft of the Auckland territorial squadron and shore batteries. Senior officers ol the three services watched the manoeuvres. Applicant from Budapest. Political unrest in Europe has prompted a number of applications for positions in New Zealand from foreigners whose one desire is to get away from their own country as quickly as possible. The latest comes from a young mechanic in Budapest to Messrs Adams, Ltd., of Christchurch. The writer, Lewis Belgrader. aged 29, says that present conditions in Middle Europe -force him to leave his country, and he asks the recipients of his letter to give “an honest and diligent man the opportunity to start a new life worth while to live for.” He is obviously canvassing many firms for a job, as his letter is a carbon copy with the address typed in later. After reviewing his 11 years’ experience as a mechanic, * working on all kinds of European and American autocars." he says that he speaks French. German and some English, and has worked for years in France. Iraq and Persia on railway construction. He asks for a contract of employment so that he may obtain his immigration permit, and adds that through an English relative he will have £6'oo, so that if he should prove unsuitable in his job, he would have resources to fall back upon.