LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 June 1939, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Power Interruption. A surge on the Public Works power line was responsible for a slight interruption in the power supply in Masterton early last evening. The power was off only two or three minutes. . Fatal Accident at Mill. While hooking a chain round a log on a skidway at McLeod and Gardiner’s mill, Te Haroto (42 miles, from Napier) yesterday, Mr Tame Apiata, a Maori, aged 45, was caught by another log and crushed, receiving injuries from which he died shortly after being extricated. Infectious Diseases. For the week ended yesterday, 19 cases of infectious disease and threedeaths —from pulmonary tuberculosis were reported to the Wellington office of the Health Department from the central Wellington district. There were 10 cases of diphtheria, four of tuber: culosis, three of scarlet fever and one case each of erysipelas and hydatids.

Wintry Weather. Masterton is experiencing real winter weather today, with showers of sleet, hail and rain. This morning the foothills of the Tararua Ranges were well coated with snow and it was evident that a considerable fall had taken place during the night, following on that of a day or two ago. The summits of the ranges now appear to bo thickly cloaked in snow.

Sheep Killed by Lorry. Fourteen sheep and a dog were killed and several sheep were injured at the foot of Youngs Hill near Wyndham one evening last week when a lorry carrying sheep to the Mataura freez ing works crashed irito a big mob which was being driven from Mokoreta to Jefferies Brothers’ farm at Morton Mains. The lorry was coming down the hill and the driver evidently failed to see the sheep in time, as he crashed into the mob, causing the sheep to plunge in all directions.

Team Ordered Off Field. The drastic action of ordering a team off the field was taken by the referee in the third grade third division match, Wellington College Old Boys v St Patrick’s College (Silverstream), at Silverstream, on Saturday. The game was an evenly contested one and became exciting in the concluding stages when Old Boys strove to overtake their opponents’ slender lead. It is understood that the referee had had occasion previously to speak to one or two of the players, and following a loose rush by Old Boys, the referee ordered the latter team off the field.

One Spark Worries a Whole Town. ■ “A spark the size of a pin’s head can cause intense radio intereference in all parts of the borough,” said Mr L. Birch, radio inspector at New Plymouth for the Post and Telegraph Department, in announcing the successful conclusion of a fortnight’s search for a major disturbance which was reducing radio listeners to frenzy. Borough Council employee and Mr Birch have been out day and night on occasions in the last two weeks endeavouring to trace the source of the trouble. The hunt came to an end with attention to a street lamp holder in Queen street, near the post office, and since then New Plymouth has had peaceful radio reception. Changes in Russia.

Impressions of two visits to Soviet Russia, the first five years ago and the second two years ago, were compared in an interview by Mrs Elibaset Delbruck, of Berlin, who is visiting Christchurch. On the first trip she crossed Siberia and spent a fortnight in Moscow. She noticed considerable evidence of poverty and unhappiness, as well as the growing industrial development of Siberia. On her second visit, through another part of the country, she saw vast agricultural lands from horizon to horizon. There was only one class of people, simple workmen very plainly dressed, but already they could afford cigarettes and vodka, and were leading a different life.

Dogs Interrupt Hockey Match. A fox terrier and a sheepdog showed lheir enthusiasm for the game of hockey when they had a game with the ball being used in a women’s six-a-side match between West Christchurch and Beckenham Clubs. While a player was dribbling the ball along, the fox terrier flew in and snapped it up. He carried it a little way to where a sheep dog was standing, and laid it down there. The sheep dog took it up straight away and dashed off with it some distance from the ground; there he lay down, dropped the ball, and sat watching the astounded players with his tail wagging as if to say, “Well, here I am, come and get it.” Three minutes passed before the referee, Mr. C. H. Franklin, was able to start the game again where it had stopped.

wairarapa Badminton Team. The following will represent the Wairarapa Badminton Association in an A grade representative match against Wellington at the Drill Hall, Masterton, on Saturday:—Messrs P. H. Hawksworth. J. Lulham, P. Martin, Dr H. M. O’Connor, J. J. Payton, A. Stubbings; Misses D. Allen, B. Payton. N. Rishworth, L. Hosking, Mrs P. Hawksworth, Mrs D. Young. The above players are not given in the order in which they will play. The match will commence at 3.15 o’clock, and will be continued at night. Of the players who will take part. Mr P. Hawksworth. Mrs Hawksworth (Wairapa). Miss Fleming and G. Pearce (Wellington) are members of the New Zealand' team, which is to tour Australia. Mr E. A. Roussell, who is in the New Zealand team, may also compete.