LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1939, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

New Story Commences Today. There commences in the “Wairarapa Times-Age” today a new story entitled ‘‘Beyond Dover” by that noted author Vai Gielgud. It is a particularly romantic story with a clever plot. Record Poppy Day Sales. Wellington’s returns for Poppy Day sales are a record, being an increase of £270 over those of last year. The total collected was £1789. Memorial Park Lighting. A sum of £llO was raised towards the cost of lighting the Memorial Park football grounds as the result of a carnival, dance and art union held recently by Masterton football clubs. Poppy Sales at Tinui. Poppy Day sales in Tinui brought in a total of £9 18s 9d. Receipt of this sum is acknowledged by Mr A. E. Prentice, secretary of the Wairarapa R.S.A. from the Rev C. L. Dobbs, Vicar of Tinui.

Germany’s “Sinister” Exhibit. A 16-cylinder aeroplane engine held the pride of place in the German exhibit at the Paris Exhibition in 1937, said Mr Eustace King, a former resident of Christchurch, in an interview. This exhibit, he said, was a “sinister” reminder to visitors of Germany’s air might. The German pavilion literally contained hundreds of photographs of Hitler, he commented.

Oysters for Singapore. Regular shipments of oysters from Sydney are now being carried by airliner to Singapore and marketed there, according to Mr Henry Luke, of Auckland, who has returned after a visit to Australia.. Mr Luke said that the oysters were picked in Sydney and packed in loose ice. The speed of the modern air service made it possible for them to be carried as far afield as Singapore and consignments were sent regularly to the market there.

Level Crossing Smash. A remarkable escape from serious injury was experienced by eight men who were passengers on a motor-lorry which was struck by the Wellington express on the Mokoia level crossing at Hawera yesterday. Three were taken to hospital with more or less superficial injuries, but the other five suffered little more than shock, minor cuts, abrasions or sprains. The men taken to hospital were Percy Wills, scalp wounds; Reginald Hardy, scalp wounds; Maurice Brough, face wounds, sprained ankle. The lorry was struck behind the cab and dragged into the cattle-stops, striking a signal standard.

State Housing. Close on 3300 State houses have been built since the inception of the Government’s housing scheme and as many more are in the course of construction. The demand for State dwellings continues to be far in excess of the supply. The Minister of Housing, Mr Armstrong, said last evening that the applications for these totalled about 17,000. Auckland led with slightly over 7000 applications, and Wellington was next with just on 6900. The demands from the other centres were in round numbers as follows: Christchurch, 1100; Napier, 530; Dunedin, 330; Nelson, New Plymouth and Invercargill, approximately, .200 each. Chape! for Hospitals.

An intimation that the Auckland Hospital Board intehded to consider the provision of a chapel when dealing with the plans for the proposed new hospital buildings was given by the chairman, Mr Allan J. Moody, when a deputation from the Auckland Council of Christian Congregations was received at a meeting of the board. Members of the deputation said they were expressing the wish of many Auckland people. A chapel would meet the spiritual needs of nurses and patients able to move about. On Mr Moody’s inquiry, they stated that they would be prepared to consider at a later date the question of assisting the board in equipping a chapel.

Salvation Army Congress.

The Dominion Territorial Congress of the Salvation Army will open in Wellington tomorrow and will continue till the following Tuesday. Commissioner and Mrs Hay, former territorial leaders of the army in New Zealand, will conduct the congress, supported by Lieut-Commissioner and Mrs Adams, the present territorial leaders, Lieut.-Colonel Grattan, chief secretary, and Mrs Grattan, and the headquarters and divisional staffs. About 500 officer-delegates from all parts of the Dominion will attend. A public welcome will be accorded the congress leaders in the citadel tomorrow night. This meeting will also be marked by the farewell of Adjutant Ivy Williams for service in South Africa.

Careless Use of Firearms. Mr H. E. Fincham, of Hawarden, returning home from the Sheffield show the other day, found one of his draught horses lying dead in a paddock. A post-mortem examination revealed that the animal had met its death by shooting, the bullet having entered its chest and penetrated most of the length of the body. Farmers have been complaining of the amount of indiscriminate shooting prevalent in the duck-season, but apparently the danger to stock is not confined to that period. The risk from shotguns is negligible compared with that from small bore rifles, with which a good deal of rabbit shooting is done. Mr Fincham's horse was a young gelding with a most promising show ring future, having won the champion ribbon at the recent Hawarden show. The matter has been placed in the hands of the police.

Jockey Disqualified.

The jockey, J. P. McLaughlin, was disqualified by the Auckland District Committee last night for a period of six months because of his riding of Airam in the Northland Hack Hurdles at the Whangarei Racing Club’s meeting on April 1. After the running of the Northland Hack Hurdles the chief stipendiary steward instituted an inquiry into the running of Airam. The judicial committee of the Whangarei Racing Club was of opinion that the rider McLaughlin exercised bad judgment in the handling of Airam during the race, but found that there was not sufficient evidence of an offence under Rule 282 and, therefore, gave him the benefit of the doubt. The committee was further of the opinion that the rider should be reprimanded. With the permission of the New Zealand Racing Conference the chief stipendiary steward, Mr C. Gomer, lodged an appeal with the Auckland District Committee against the decision of the judicial committee of the Whangarei Racing Club.