LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1939, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Badminton Club at Pahiatua. A Badminton Club has been formed at Pahiatua with a strong membership. Mawley Park. During April 104 motorists availed themselves of the facilities at Mawley Park motor camp. Fees collected amounted to £6 17s. Royal Humane Society. The Masterton Borough Council decided at its meeting last night to make a grant of £2 2s towards the funds of the Royal Humane Society to assist it in its work. Orchestra on the Air. Tonight at 8 o’clock Mr T. J. KirkBurnnand, who will be remembered for his work in connection with the "Debutantes’ Revue” at Masterton, will conduct the 2YA Concert Orchestra in the “Paprika” selection. Closing Orders.

“We have never had a case yet when the recommendations of the Borough Inspector in respect of a dwelling closing has not been complied with,” stated the Mayor, Mr T. Jordan, at last night’s meeting of the Borough Council. ,

Saturday Half-holiday. The Hutt and Petone branch of the Wellington Hairdressers’ and Tobacconists’ Association, at a recent meeting, carried a resolution that the weekly half-holiday in future be observed on Saturday- throughout the district. The change to Saturday will take place within the next few weeks in the Hutt area and a little later in the Petone area.

Municipal Band. The following is the report of the Municipal Band Committee for the month of April:—Practices were held on eight occasions. The band assisted at the Memorial Park lighting committee’s sports on the afternoon of April 22. The band also assisted at the Anzac Day service at Master ton in the morning and at the afternoon service at Featherston.

Application Declined. The harrier committee of the Wellington Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association last night decided to hold the Wellington provincial championships on the Silverstream course on July 29. An application by the Wairarapa Harrier SubCentre to have the 1939 Wellington cross-country championship held at Masterton was declined.

Chess Players May Visit Masterton. During his recent visit to Sydney Mr A. E. Clemas, of Masterton, met two well-known chess players, Messrs Koshniski and Lajos Steiner, and in course' of conversation with them was informed that during their tour of New Zealand they would endeavour to pay a visit Masterton. Mr Clemas has under way arrangements to fissure the appearance of these noted chess players in Masterton. Farm Hand’s Death. There are unexplained circumstances in the death yesterday of Cyril Francis Morrison, aged 20, farm hand, son of well-known Rangitikei residents. He was found dead under a two-horse drill, the wheel of which was across his throat. The horses were still attached. He had been topdressing a paddock on the farm of his mother, Mrs William Morrison, at Marton. He was discovered as described in a small, dry watercourse. Increased Subscribers. The following are the figures for the Municipal Library for the month of April:— Books issued: Fiction, 3768; travel, etc., 366. Books added: Fiction, 67; travel, etc., I.' Subscribers at end of March, 448; new subscribers, 15; subscribers left during April, 4; total subscribers at end of April, 459. The amount spent in books from April 1, 1938 to March 31, 1939, was:—Committee, £67 5s lOd; librarian, £262 2s 4d. The amount spent in books for the month of April was:—Librarian, £lB Ils sd. Truby King Fund Benefits. Members of the Masterton Rotary Club who were guests at the Wellington Rotary Club’s luncheon yesterday were put in the “dock” by their own president, Mr H. H. Daniell. First were those who failed to do the journey to Wellington in less than two hours. They were fined 2s on general grounds. Then the rest were fined for having done the journey in two hours, so that all had to pay. Mr Daniell asked that the fines should go toward the Sir Truby King memorial fund. Damages Awarded. General damages of ’£looo and £249 16s special damages were awarded Percy Holford, aged 22, by a jury in the Wanganui Supreme Court yesterday for injuries received when he was knocked down by a motor-car owned by Linwood Motors, Wanganui, and driven by one of the company’s staff. The accident occurred in the main street of Hunterville township on April 15, 1938, and plaintiff was in hospital for a considerable period. The company admitted liability for damages but opposed the claim of £l9OO made by plaintiff. Bequests to University. Amounts totalling more than £6OOO in promises, bequests or actual cheques were received for the work of the University of Otago at yesterday’s meeting of the university council. Chief of these was a benefaction of £4338 under a settlement made by Mrs Johanna Sidey 30 years ago, the money to be used at the discretion of the council. Under another will the council received a cheque for £902 and the aggregate was made up of a grant of £5OO from the Dunedin Savings Bank trustees and a promise of £644 from the honorary medical staff at the Dunedin Hospital for the purchase of equipment. Electric Locomotive. The first of a series of powerful electric locomotives being built in New Zealand from the pattern of a similar unit imported by the Railways Department early last year from Great Britain is now undergoing its preliminary trials on the Wellington-John-sonville electrified section. The locomotive was completed recently in the Hutt Valley Railway Workshops and will be used on the section between Wellington and Paekakariki, now being electrified. Nine electric locomotives are being built in the Hutt workshops. Similar engines will also be used in the South Island where sections of track have been electrified for some years.