LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 May 1939, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Win for Australian Golfers. N. von Nida and E. Cremin. Australian professional golfers, beat Guy and Harrison, 1 up, in a match on the Awapuni (Gisborne) links yesterday. Von Nida held his own with Guy in length and displayed greater accuracy. A Trust Means Test. In making scholarship grants, the Trust Lands Trust applies a "means test’’ of a special kind. The position is, it was stated at the annual meeting of Trust voters last evening, that no grant is made to a student whose earnings exceed £l3O a year. Formerly, the income permitted to a student eligible for a grant was £lOO. Planets in the Morning Sky. All the planets which can be seen by the naked eye, with the exception of Mars, are in the morning sky at present, and have been noted by early risers. Of these, Jupiter is first to rise, being visible about 3 a.m. Within half an hour Venus follows it, and about an hour later Mercury and then Saturn also become visible. Finally, Uranus is also in the morning sky at present, but lies too close to the sun to be seen. Broken Windows. The replacement of broken glass in the grandstand at Memorial Park costs £3O at the end of the summer months, the secretary, Mr W. B. Yates, told a questioner at last night's annual meeting of the Trust Lands Trust. The Wairarapa Rugby Union, he added, paid the cost of replacing the windows. Much of the damage was not done on the ground, stated the chairman, Mr H. P. Hugo. Mr H. H. Daniell: "It is a pretty long throw." Mr Hugo: “Not for some young chaps.” Reorganisation Needed. The opinion that a reorganisation of the Masterton Dental Clinic was needed, was expressed by Mr A. O. Jones at last night’s annual meeting of the Trust Lands Trust. The committee, he said, was doing excellent work but. it needed more co-operation from the headmasters. Mr A. Donald, until recently chairman of the Clinic Com-« mittee: “That is not fight. The headmasters have given us wonderful support. It is the school committees and the parents who will not work in with us." Old Technical School. On ceasing to be used as a school, the chairman of the Trust Lands Trust (Mr H. P. Hugo) informed Mr F. C. Daniell at the annual meeting of Trust voters last evening, the old Technical School building reverted to the possession of the Trust. It had been leased for three years, with right of renewal, to the Social Security Department, which had taken over the buildings as they stood and had carried out all necessary alterations. Two sheds formerly used by the Technical School had been let for £7B per annum apiece. - Lowest Hospital Rate. ■ In spite of rising costs and the fact that increases of 40, 50 and 60 percent have taken place in the North Island, the Ashburton Hospital Board’s levy on contributory local bodies this year will be less than that of last year by at least £l2OO. The chairman said that Ashburton, as shown by the official figures last year, had the lowest hospital rate in New Zealand, .244 d in the £l, compared with .388 d as the Dominion average. The rise in costs throughout New Zealand was a serious thing, specially as most of the money —an undue amount, he thought—was provided by primary producers. “Very Obnoxious.”

There was only one lady present at the annual meeting of the Trust Lands Trust last night but hen’s was not a voice crying in the wilderness and unaided she put through a motion unanimously. “I am going to move a motion,” she said, “which I know, will not be very popular. I will move that there be no smoking during meetings. In the days of the old Trustees there was no smoking,-but the younger ones coming on do not seem to have the same spirit of self-sacrafice. This smoking at meetings is very obnoxious.” A few pipes and cigarettes disappeared before the chairman even had time to request smokers to cease fire. Auckland Rates.

Though the Auckland City Council estimates for the current financial year have not yet been presented and no official pronouncement can be made about the total of rates to be struck, .it seems fairly certain that there will be no increase on the aggregate of ,4s s : ,'d in the £ levied last year. There is even a possibility that, when a review of the city’s finances, now being undertaken by the finance committee of the council, is complete, there may be good grounds for making a small reduction on this total. . While this would give only slight relief to the average property owner, it would, nevertheless, be very welcome. Hastings Explosion. An explosion accompanied by a blast of flame occurred in Hastings at about 2 p.m. yesterday when a workman engaged upon excavations in a street pierced a 33,000-volt power main with a pick. The workman, Mr C. Sturt, was hurled backward with the force of the explosion, but his only injury was a slight cut on the head where he was struck by the handle of the pick as it flew through the He was able to resume work shortly afterward. Repairs to the cable were effected after the power had been shut oil for a little more than an hour. ■, _sJTLES® Teachers and Labour Federation. Possible affiliation with the Federation of Labour was briefly discussed at the annual conference of the New Zealand Educational Institute in Wellington yesterday. Mr A. Hanna (Otago) said that at the 1938 annual meeting there had been a report on affiliation with the federation and he would like to know if the subject would be discussed this year. Mr M. Riske (Wellington) drew attention to a report of the proceedings of the last annual meeting which showed the following motion moved by himself to have been carried by 46 votes to 37: —"That the matter of affiliation or not of the N.Z.E.I. to the Federation o'f Labour be held, over till the annual meeting of 1939 and that branches be asked again to discuss the report.," The president. Mr T. Kane, said the question might or might not be discussed. To ensure discussion, the best method would be by notice of. motion.

The annual meeting of the Wairarapa Boxing Association will be held on Thursday, May 11. 1939. al 7.30 p.m.. in the Masterton A. and P. Association Rcoms. Perry Street.