LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Farmers’ Goodwill Tour. A party of about 30 New Zealand farmers left Wellington today by the Wanganella, on a goodwill tour of South Australian rural districts, where they will be shown Australian farming methods and will visit scenic resorts. A farewell luncheon was given the party in Wellington today. Paper Mills to Resume. After a month’s cessation of operations the Whakatane paper mills will go into production again at midnight on July 16. The hold-up was caused by delay in the arrival of a new felt board-making machine, also the erection of an extensive hood oyer the drier to carry away steam, which prevented the drying of certain boards. The men dismissed will be re-engaged. Collision At Intersection. A collision occurred at about 1 p.m. yesterday at the intersection of Russell, and Queen streets between a motorcar driven by Mr J. Ninnes and a motor-truck driven by Mr J. Nichols. At the time of the accident Mr Ninnes was proceeding west along Russell Street and Mr Nicholls north along Queen Street. The front portion of Mr Ninnes’s car and the off-side of the truck were damaged. Dairy Dispute. After what was described as the best conference which had been held for 20 years, partial agreement was reached in the dairy dispute in Conciliation Council in Wellington yesterday. The sitting lasted six days. The question of hours and wages were referred to the Court of Arbitration, and Mr M. J. Reardon, Conciliation Commissioner, announced at 5.30 o’clock last evening that if the employers could agree to proposals about hours for working in cheese factories the council could be called together again before the dispute went to the Court. Low Barometric Pressure.

The spell of wintry weather experienced in Auckland during the past week continued yesterday. For the second time this week barometric pressure fell below 29 inches. Heavy seas are still being experienced off the Dominion coast. The Federal Line motorship, Sussex, which was hove to for 12 hours in a gale on Monday night, reaches Auckland today from Liverpool. Rough conditions on the West Coast have made the Manukau Bar unworkable since last Thursday for ships outward bound from Onehunga.

Goats Delay Rail-Car. An unlooked-for diversion was provided in the journey of a rail-car from Napier to Wairoa when it was brought to a standstill by a number of younggoats which had strayed on to the line. The goats displayed as keen an interest in the rail-car as did the passengers in the goats which had delayed their progress. Several of them strayed underneath the vehicle, and extricating them presented something of a difficulty. After nearly a quarter of an hour the car was able to proceed. Wellington Aero Club. Mr M. H. McKenzie has been appointed assistant instructor to the Wellington Aero Club, which now has three instructors. Mr McKenzie was formerly a member of the Middle Districts Aero Club, Palmerston North. He has held a B licenci? for more than a year and recently attended the instructors’ course in Auckland. With three instructors the club should be able to cope with the Civil Reserve, Air Force, and club flying, but after the recent indication from the Government that several more Civil Reserve and Air Force trainees would be allocated to the club it is possible that another instructor, may have to be appointed shortly. Body Found In Pool. As a result of a search the body of Mrs Sarah Isobel Mcßoberts, widow, aged 46 years. Mt Eden, Auckland, was found by two young Maoris in a trout pool near Okere Falls. Mrs Mcßoberts, who had been spending a holiday in the Rotorua district and had been living at Okere Falls with relatives, disappeared, on Tuesday morning. An in quest was opened before the deputycoroner, Mr A. G. Holland, and a jury. At the inquest Miss E. Martin, who had accompanied Mrs Mcßoberts on holiday, said that deceased had been in a depressed state of mind as the result of an illness, from which she considered she was not making a satisfactory recovery. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Snow on High Levels. The Tararua Ranges were fairly well coated with snow this morning. A particularly heavy fall of snow, starting shortly before 7 o’clock yesterday morning, was experienced in Dannevirke and the flat country of Southern Hawke's Bay. At 9.30, when the fall ceased, it lay to a depth of two inches. When the thaw began extremely slushy conditions prevailed on the main highways, but no accidents have been reported. The fall did, not interfere with railway traffic. Following the fall there was an appreciable drop in the temperature. Rain which set in during the afternoon was unable to remove all traces of the morning’s snowfall. Two Women Injured. — Injuries necessitating their removal to hospital were received by two sisters who were involved in a motoring collision in Papatoetoe. They were Miss Peggy Cockburn, aged 23, and Miss Antonia Cockburn, aged 20, of Papatoetoe. The collision occurred at an intersection. A two-seater small car in which the sisters were travelling collided with a saloon car driven by Mr Leo Hunter, Papatoetoe. Both cars were forced off the road, the larger car coming to rest in a gorse hedge, the other in a deep watercourse. The small car was almost wrecked. The two girls were found in an unconscious condition amid, the shattered bodywork. Control of Traffic. The loudspeaker unit which has been installed on the car of the chief traffic inspector of the Hastings Borough Council has been given preliminary tests and the inspector. Mr H. A. Green said that the results were very gratifying. “In fact, they surpassed expectations.” he added. "We tried it out at various points in the town and the reactions were just as we desired. In one instance we were able to control an intersection three blocks away." Mr Green explained that for the next few months it was proposed to use the loudspeaker for educational purposes. “We hope to make the people more 'Traffic-minded.’ - I am perfectly satisfied that the unit will do more good that half a dozen officers on intersections," he said.