LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 April 1939, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Mawley Park. During March 47 motorists availed themselves of the facilities at Mawley Park motor camp. Fees collected amounted to £5 10s 6d. State Houses. Tenders are being called for two additional contracts for the erection of State houses in Master ton. The contracts will be for six units each. Man Found Hanging. Albert Fox. a middle-aged man, was found yesterday morning hanging in a shed at the back of unoccupied premises at 52 Leith Street. Fox boarded next door, and had been missing since last Wednesday. Child Injured in Collision. Slight scalp wounds were received by a child, J. Benson, when the car in which she was travelling collided heav-. ily with another car in Somme Parade in- Wanganui yesterday. Both drivers escaped injury, but the vehicles were badly damaged. Abattoir Killings. The following head of stock was slaughtered at the Municipal Abattoirs during March: Cattle, 493; calves, 168; sheep, 1926; lambs, 450; pigs, 297. The killing fees for the month were £74 6s 8d in excess of those for the corresponding month of last year. To date the fees were £203 6s 8d higher than those for the corresponding peiod of last year. Import Restrictions.

Inquiries made among local grocers reveal the fact that as yet the import restrictions have not seriously inconvenienced their business. Although salmon, tinned fruit and some English lines are becoming short, in most cases the shopkeepers are able to supply substitutes. Stock not much in public demand is being disposed of. A Miniature Geyser.

During the weekend a resident of Masterton entertained ’his neighbours with an excellent miniature geyser having quite a local Rotorua effect, the cause being the overheating of the hot water system. Huge jets of scalding steam, together with the red ferrous oxide, added to the effect, which was somewhat like a house on fire.

Refugees from Europe. Many Central and South Europeans, refugees from Nagi aggression, arrive at Wellington by almost every overseas passenger liner. More than a score disembarked from the Awatea on Monday; half a dozen more arrived the same afternoon by the Remuera. Many are Jews, but many others are simply lovers of peace and security and personal liberty.

Standard Building By-laws. Standard by-laws for residential buildings—apartments, tenements and flats —prepared by the New Zealand Standards Institute were unanimously approved by the .Christchurch City Council at the special meeting on Monday night. The by-laws aim at more healthy living conditions in such buildings and the prevention of overcrowding and are designed by the institute to remain operative for a year, when any anomalies will be removed.

Municipal Library. The following are figures for the Municipal Library for March:—Books issued Fiction, 3492; travel, etc., 398. Books added:—Fiction, 49. Subscribers at end of February, 439;. new subscribers, 12; subscribers left during March, 3; total subscribers at end of March, 448. The amount spent in books from April to February 28 was, committee, £67 5s lOd; Librarian, £247 0s ,7d. The amount spent in books for March was Librarian, £l5 Is 9d.

Man Plunges Over Cliff. An unidentified man plunged over a cliff edge at Woolcombe Terrace, New Plymouth, shortly after midday on Monday, and crashed almost 100 feet on the rocks below and was then swept out to sea by the firce rip of the tide. The body was seen for a short while in the rough surf and then it disappeared. The man’s fall was witnessed by several New Plymouth residents, who were on their way home for lunch, but none was close enough to prevent the tragedy.

Municipal Band. The following is the report of the Municipal Band for March:—Programmes were rendered at Wairarapa College gala day on the afternoon of March 4, at the inter-house field day on the afternoon of March 11, and at the Beautifying Society Carnival on the afternoon' and evening of March 18. The band assisted at a practice of the inter-house teams on the evening of March 6, and rendered items outside the Municipal Hall on the occasion of the Beautifying Society’s Dance on the evening of March 16.

Labourer Fatally Injured. Fatal head injuries were received by Mr Jack Brady, a labourer, aged 26, employed by the Hutt County Council in Paraparaumu, when the car he was driving left the road on the Wellington side of the Paekakariki Hill, and struck a bank at about 9.45 o'clock last night. It is believed that Mr Brady fainted. He was taken to Wellington Hospital by private car. but died before admission. Two other occupants of the car, Mr K. Davies, and Mr E. Ryan, Lower Hutt, escaped with slight cuts.