LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 May 1939, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

W.F.C.A. Staff Ball. Arrangements were made at a meeting of the committee of the W.F.C.A. staff this week in connection with the annual ball, which it was intended to make the ’'biggest, brightest and best” ball yet held by the staff in Masterton. It was -decided to issue invitations in the course of a few days, and various committees were formed.

175 Living Descendants. One hundred and seventy-five living descendants are claimed by Mrs T. Parkin. Inglewood, who celebrated her. ninetieth birthday on Thursday. Of her 11 children eight are still alive, and there are 68 grandchildren and 99 great grandchildren. Mrs Parkin was married twice, both husbands predeceasing her. Australian Golfers.

The visiting Australian golfers, Von Nida and Cremin beat the Hastings professions. J. Lambie and D. Sutherland, at Bridge Pa links yesterday, 4 and 3. Von Nida completed the course in 70, three below par, while Cremin and Lambie both registered 71. Sutherland took 75. A feature of the play was a hole in one by Lambie at the sixteenth. Small Profit on Cricket Tour.

A profit of between £250 and £3OO is expected from the tour of Sir Julien Cahn’s cricket team last season, according to provisional figures submitted to the New Zealand Cricket Council last night. Mr E. R. Caygill, who presented the report, said it was probable that the final receipts would be about £llOO. Total expenses, it appeared, would be about £B5O. The largest of the expense items was transport, which cost about £6OO. Land Bought by State.

Wellington motorists who have been in the habit of parking their cars on the vacant site next to the Central Police Station and headquarters, with frontages to Johnston and Waring Taylor Streets, Wellington, may find soon that the area is not available for the purpose. The Government has purchased the site -and extensions to the police building are contemplated. The area was formerly l occupied by, a timber yard.

Sly-grogger Fined. A weekly turnover averaging three cases and a half of beer was mentioned by the police when a taxi-driver, John Beattie, and his wife, Isobel Beattie, pleaded guilty at-Ruatoria to a charge of sly grog-selling. It was stated that Beattie used his connection as a taxi-driver to develop a business in illicit liquor, most of the business being done outside hotel hours. Beattie was fined £2O and costs .and his wife £l5 and costs, and an order was made for the confiscation of a quantity of liquor which had been found on their premises. Decree Nisi Granted.

A majority verdict of 11 to one was accepted by Mr Justice Ostler in the Supreme Court in Palmerston North when the jury returned its verdict in a defended divorce action. Petitioner was Allan Noble Campbell, salesman, Wanganui, and respondent Marie Thelma Campbell, Palmerston North. Oswald Percy Gillespie, carpenter, Palmerston North, being named as co-re-spondent. The jury’s verdict was for petitioner, his Honour granting a decree nisi, to be made absolute after three months.

Labour Party Caucus. A caucus of members of the Parliamentary Labour Party is to be held in Wellington on Wednesday. The Prime Minister, Mr Savage, in an interview last evening, said the caucus had been arranged in accordance with the practice of the Labour Party of having periodical meetings of its legislative members so that they could be informed of what was happening. The session was approaching, and it was simply a question of keeping members in touch with the Government’s business.

Welfare League Activities. The first meeting .of the Masterton Women’s National Welfare League was held on July 27, 1928, Miss M. Boddington, who yesterday resigned from the office, being elected treasurer. At a meeting held on October 4, 1929 a V.A.D. scheme was discussed. On June 5. 1931 out-patients day was inaugurated by the League and sanctioned by the Hospital Board. The employment of girls and women was undertaken at a meeting on June 2, 1933, on March 1. 1935, the Two Garment Society activities were taken over, and on September, 1935. work in the interests of the blind was commenced. School Telephones.

An internal telephone system has been installed in Central School, New Plymouth. Fourteen rooms have their own telephones connected with each other and with the office. The system was installed free of charge by the staff members of the Post and Telegraph Department in their own time. It will be a distinct advantage as a time-saver, particularly in the frequent cases when the dental clinic which is situated at the Central Infant School, requires a pupil from any class. A monitor in the office can contact the pupil immediately. The headmaster has a special long ring which will reach him in whatever room he may be. Wages and Production. An appeal to the workers of the Dominion to co-operate in increasing production and stabilizing costs to assist the Government in overcoming the difficulties with which it is at present faced, was made by the Minister of Railways. Mr Sullivan, at the fiftythird anniversary celebration of the Otahuhu branch of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. Workers were asked by the Minister ‘‘to go easy with their claims” in the immediate future. The Minister said he thought they would agree that the last three years under the Savage Government had been more prolific of improved conditions tnan any period in the history of the society. There were difficulties which enemies of the Government were hoping would result in’ its destruction, but he had sufficient faith in the ideals and policy of his colleagues and in the loyalty of the overwhelming bulk of workers of the country to believe that Mr Savage and his party would, win through to great success. The way in which the workers could assist the Prime Minister and his Government was the way of stabilising costs and stimulating production to the best of their ability, as far as it was reasonable to do so, till they got over the difficulties that were at present being experienced.

More plate-glass is used in the production of motor-cars than in the building of houses.