LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 June 1939, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Hockey Players Injured. Saturday afternoon was an unfortunate one for some players in the Wairarapa Hockey Association’s competitions. One young woman received a severe knock on the head, another suffered a nose injury, and one lad in the College team received a severe injury to a knee. Trade Falls Off. Owing to fairs being held in New York and San Francisco, business in those two cities had dropped off alarmingly, Dr R. McMaster told a “TimesAge” reporter today. The reason for this was that local people patronised the fairs and not the city shops. So bad was the position that thirty days after the fair opened in New York five big “shows” in Broadway ' were forced to close down. They had expected to do well on account of the fair, instead of which they were forced to rely on the tourist traffic which only lasts three months at the outside. Masterton East School Dance. Another very successful dance was held at the East School on Saturday night, and the growing popularity of this dance was evident by the increased attendance. A very enjoyable time was spent. The proceeds will be used to carry out further improvements to the school and grounds. The winners of the Monte Carlo were Miss D. Fulford and Mr Phillips. The music was provided by Mr J. West. Extras were played by Messrs H. Hood and J. Kane. The M.C. was Mr S. W. Ihaka, Vocal items were given by Mr Te Huki. The dances will be continued fortnightly throughout the season. Nearly Finished. The finishing touches are now being given to the newly-erected suspend sion bridge over'the Waipoua River in Masterton Park. Some painting and work on the approaches remains to be done before the task is actually completed. The old suspension bridge will be demolished within the next few days and the construction of the ramp to take its place over the former riverbed is in hand. When this work is completed, together with the trimming up of stopbanks, it will see the conclusion of the big borough scheme connected with the straightening of the bed of the Waipoua River. A Conceited Country. A belief that conceit played a large part in the troubles of New Zealand was expressed by Mr K. A. Henderson at the annual dinner of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce. “I think New Zealand is one of the most conceited countries in the world,” he said. If the All Blacks had not been so successful and if the New Zealand Division had not done so well in the war, the country would have been better off. The Labour Government had turned the wheel 100* quickly, and he believed they knew it, but the trouble was that the Ministers were too conceited to admit their mistake. Nobody liked making a mistake, said Mr Henderson, but it was a wise man who adrhitted it when he did make one.

Our Motor Highways. "New Zealand highways now compare favourably with those in America but trouble may be experienced in building overhead bridges that will notaccommodate more, than two cars at the one time,” said Dr R. McMaster, a former Masterton resident who has just returned from America where for the past five years he has been engaged in various branches of medical work, to a “Times-Age” reporter today. Dr McMaster said he considered that motor traffic in New Zealand would increase tremendously within the next few years and it would probably be found necessary to'scrap the present bridges and build ones that would hold at least three cars at one time. The Federal Government had experienced the same difficulty in America and bridge after bridge had had to be rebuilt for this reason. “The New Zealand Government would also be wise to make any new highways wider than they are at present for the same reason,” said the doctor. “Outside of Germany and some main highways in America, I have not seen better highways in my travels abroad," he said, “and they are a wonderful improvement on what they were when I was here five years ago.”

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