LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 June 1939, Page 6

LOCAL & GENERAL

Severe Frost in Masterton. A frost of 10.8 degrees was registered in Masterton this morning. Electric Power to be Cut Off. Electric power will be cut off from 1 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. tomorrow to allow essential work to be carried out in the South Belt, Solway, Westbush, Short Street, Upper Plain, Kaituna. Matahiwi and Mount Bruce.

Hostel Isolated by Snow. Snow covered the road to the North Egrnont Hostel nearly a foot deep for more than two miles below the hostel yesterday, and, as the result of a breakdown in the snow-plough, the hostel was isolated throughout the day. Labour Party. A. report on the proceedings of the Labour Conference was presented by the local delegates at' the monthly meeting last night of the Masterton branch of the Labour Party. Consideration was also given to the establishment of the proposed Labour daily paper. Defence Force and Footballers. The management committee of the Wellington Rugby Union considered a circular from the New Zealand Rugby Union this week drawing attention to the appeal of the Prime Minister for young men to join up with the defence forces, and decided to call the attention of all clubs under its jurisdiction to the appeal.!

Milk Consumption in Wellington. Domestic milk sales in Wellington during May average 7291 gallons daily, 731 gallons (or 11.13 per cent) in excess of the sales for the corresponding month of the previous year. By the same comparison, cream sales showed an increase of 20.33 per cent. The sales of milk to nearby farmers averaged 715 gallons daily, as compared with 377 .gallons daily for the corresponding month of last year. Inter-House Association.

A special general meeting of the Wairarapa Inter-House Association will be held tonight at 7.30 o’clock in the “Times-Age” building. The object of the meeting is to receive a repport and balance sheet of the activities of the year to date and to consider a future programme. The question of incorporation of the association will also be considered and draft rules will be placed before the meeting. Delegates have been invited to the meeting from all the business houses.

'Election of New Zealand Primate.

The approaching election of the Archbishop of New Zealand, to succeed the Most Rev A. W. Averill upon his retirement next year, is arousing much interest among members of the Anglican Church throughout the Dominion. The democratic principles embodied in the constitution and canons of the New Zealand Church! require that all three orders, bishops, clergy and laity shall share in the choice of bishops and of the primate. Next year’s election will be carried out at the triennial session of the General Synod, to be held in Nelson.

To Enrol as a Body. Tomorrow members of the Wanganui Returned Soldiers’ Association and exservicemen will parade through the Avenue; to offer their services to the New Zealand defence authorities. The parade will be headed by the band of the Wellington West Coast Regiment, and will be in command of the president of the association, Mr W. H. Cannan. The parade is in accordance with the unanimous decision of the annual meeting of the R.S.A., held recently, that returned soldiers should enrol as a body rather than individually. The total Wangapui enrolment in the national reserve to date is 321.

An Eight-mile Road Deviation. One of the worst sections on the Napier-Taupo main highway is being improved by an eight-mile deviation at Waipunga. Work is proceeding on two to three miles of this deviation, and the probability is that this section will be linked up with the main road and a start made on the remaining five miles when circumstances permit. At present there are no definite plans for other improvements of the main road between Napier and Taupo. Before anything could be done on an extensive scale to improve the general surface of the road considerable reformation and similar preliminary work would be necessary. Junior Red Cross in Schools. Development of the work of the Junior Red Cross in Wellington schools is slopped pending a decision by the Wellington Education Board to grant authority for it to be introduced in the schools, states the annual report of the Wellington centre of the New Zealand Red Cross Society. The situation is somewhat surprising to the executive, because the movement was first introduced in the schools more than 18 years ago, and had been carried on unchallenged year by year. "There is no gainsaying that the health, service and instructional work carried on has proved of value not only to the child but. also to the community as a whole,” states the report.

Damage to Roads by Fast Traffic. Damage done to newly constructed roads by fast-moving motor traffic was referred to at the annual meeting of the Taranaki Local Bodies’ Association yesterday. No authority is given local bodies to restrict speed over newly constructed areas and il was decided to endeavour to have the law amended. A resolution that representations be made through the association, calling attention to the damage caused to roads in the process of construction by fast-moving motor traffic and suggesting that the law should be amended, giving local bodies power to limit speeds over newly constructed roads, will be forwarded to the Minister of Public Works and Transport, Mr Semple.

Acldress-in-Reply. The names of the mover and seconder of the Address-in-Reply in the House of Representatives to the Gover-nor-General’s speech from the Throne at the ceremonial opening of Parliament on June 28 were announced last evening by the Prime Minister, Mr Savage. The notice is to be moved by Mr R. M. Macfarlane (Christchurch South) and seconded by Mr C. W. Boswell 'Bay of Islands). Mr Macfarlane was elected to Parliament at the byelection held about ten days ago to elect q successor to the late Mr E. J. Howard, who was Chairman of Committees in the last Parliament. Mr Boswell was elected to Parliament for the first time at the general election last October.