LOCAL & GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 July 1939, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Mercury Lamps for Pahiatua. Fourteen mercury lamps are to be installed in the near future in the Main Street of Pahial.ua by the star! of the Tararua Electric Power Board, Orchestral Concert. The concert recently presented in the Opera House by the Masterton Orchestral Society is to be repeated m the Wairarapa College Assembly Hall next Tuesday night. July 11. for the special benefit of the pupils of the college. Earthquake Shocks. A fairly sharp earthquake shod:, preceded by a loud boom, occurred at Pahiatua at 2.47 a.m. on Monday. There was also a slight tremor on Sunday at 2.40 a.m. No damage was reported. Toowoomba’s Hotels. Within a radius of three miles of the town of Toowoomba. 100 miles west ol Brisbane, which has a population of about 30,000, there are 52 licensed hotels. according to information that was given to Mr K. Collinson, of Palmerston North, during his recent visit, to Australia. Vanishing Glory. A correspondent says he is so distressed ever the decadence of Wairarapa football that after- a fish supperlast night he saw. in his dreams, a football kicked into a running stream, whereupon a monster trout rushed upon the floating globe and butted . it upstream in a firry of action reminiscent of a 1924 All Black. Heavy Rain. Exceedingly heavy rain fell in Masterten and district late yesterday afternoon and last evening, well over an inch being recorded in a few hours. For the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. this morning the total rain was 1.30 inches. Street flooding of a minor nature occurred in parts of Masterton where the culverts were unable to cope with the downpour. Telephone Boxes Robbed. Early on Sunday morning, for the second time within two weeks, a number of slot telephone boxes in the Hutt Valley were robbed. In each ease the heavy metal box containing' the telephone and the receptacle for coins was wrenched from the wall and removed. Some of the telephones had been installed only recently in replacement of instruments taken two weeks ago. Because of the thefts some localities have been temporarily deprived of slot telephones. Long Journey by Taxi. The New Zealand University debaters. J. B. Aimers and M. G. O'Callaghan, after visits to Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra, arrived in Melbourne on Sunday from Canberra, a cablegram states. They related how a desire to have breakfast in Sydney before boarding the train for Canberra cost £9. Facing a four-minute taxi trip to the station three minutes before the train was due to leave, they reached the platform in time to see the train disappearing. Setting out after the train, they missed it station by station, and decided eventually to complete the 200-mile journey by taxi, arriving half an hour after the train, with the taximeter showing £9. Sheep Worrying. Further’ cases of sheep worrying by dogs in the Napier district are causing farmers a good deal of concern, particularly as the lambing season is at hand'. Two dogs caught in the act of worrying sheep were shot by a shepherd on Friday morning on the Ahuriri Lagoon area near the NapierTaradale road. One sheep had been •killed and another was so badly injured that it had to be destroyed. The dogs were of the bull-mastiff type, usually used for pig hunting. Another case of worrying occurred on Mr E. Smith's property in the Marewa block, when three sheep were found dead and three injured. A few weeks ago Mr Smith lost 12 of 1G sheep which had been attacked by dogs. In Church 75 Years Ago. Miss R. S. Bishop, who was at the first service held in the Durham Street Methodist Church. Christchurch, 75 years ago, spoke at the church’s anniversary celebration the other evening. Miss Bishop was only four years old when she was taken to the service, but she remembers that her family had to walk some distance over tussocks to the church, the alternative being a bullock dray. She recalled entering the church and sitting exactly where she sat last Sunday evening. After some very beautiful music, she said, there was a man who “talked lor a very long time” during this time she was distracted by the enormous hymnal and the big Bible, which lay on a yellow velvet cushion. Later sermons preached in the church had made more impression on her. said Miss Bishop. Call to Christendom. . An appeal to Christians not to be critical of the standards and ideals of others was made by the Archbishop of New Zealand, the Most Rev A. W. Averill, in a sermon in St Peter's Cathedral. Hamilton. "Before we condemn the rise of totalitarianism, whether Communistic or Fascist, before we seek to remove the mote from the eye of other nations, ought we not to consider whether we have ’sold the pass’ to the enemies of Christ by not claiming and demanding totalitarian rights for Him.” said Archbishop Averill. "We have no right to criticise others till we are as sure as we can be that our ideals, standards and conduct are consistent with our own religious profession. There was a definite call Io Christendom to close its ranks and to manifest something of the - boldness which once caused the enemies of Christ's Apostles to marvel at those who had been with Jesus. “Growing Hospital Population.” "One of New Zealand's most serious problems is its growing hospital population.” declared Mr C. P. Mazengarb. at the annual conference of the Northland Associated Chambers of Commerce. in Dargaville. lie was speaking to a remit I rum the Whang'arei chamber Io Hie effect licit Hie Government be urged Io introduce a scheme of compulsory physical (raining. ‘ Modi [cal men everywhere in the Dominion contend that then' is a growing number of C 3 mon and women," declared Mr J. Tudehope (Whangarei) when introducing the remil. "With shorter working' hours, people have much more spare lime." lie went on. There is a growing lack of di/cipline aiso. From the point of view both of physical and moral development, compulsory physical training would be of immeasurable benefit,” said Mr Tudehope.