LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 July 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Golf Match Postponed. The match arranged between the Riverside and Greytown Golf clubs has been cancelled. Power Board Debentures. The £lOO debenture issue at 4! per cent of the Wairarapa Power Board in connection with the £25,000 reticulation loan, is meeting with a good response by the public. Since the issue was announced about three weeks ago £17.000 has been received, the greater part from the Wairarapa district, and in comparatively small amounts. Membership Reaches 1000. For the first time since pre-depres-sion years the membership roll of the Y.M.C.A.. Wellington, has reached 1000. according to an announcement made at a meeting of the board of directors of the association. Muriwai Pohutukawas. The two pohutukawas trees growing one on each side of the highway at Muriwai. and which were the subject of a petition to have them removed, are to remain, according to a decision of the Waitemata County Council. It was decided to erect notices and white rails leading up to the trees on either side. Under these circumstances it was considered that this locality would be at least as safe as other sections of the road. Critic of Mr Chamberlain. "With a Prime Minister such as Mr Chamberlain I doubt my own security I doubt the security of New Zealand or of any part of the Empire,’’ said Mr Anderton (Government, Eden) when discussing Britain's policy in China in the House of Representatives last night. "I absolutely deny that any member on this side of the House is anti-British because he has an opinion and is not afraid to defend it.' Opposition voices: “Nobody said you were anti-British.” “We have sold out to a burglar." Mr Anderton said, with reference to the policy in China. ''That is the position. Japan is a burglar. She has walked into China." Mr Anderton said that in these circumstances Britain's policy was in effect: “Good luck to you; we will get out.” Report On Iron Ores. Information as to whether the Government has received a report on the iron ores of the Dominion from the experts sent out by Brasserts is sought by Mi’ Broadfoot (Opposition, Wai-tomo)-in a question of which he gave notice in the House of Representatives yesterday. The question is addressed to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr Sullivan. Mr Broadfoot also asked whether, if the report is available, all members of the House would be supplied with copies or, as in the case of the previous report, would copies be supplied to Government members only. A point of order raised by Mr Sullivan, who alleged that the second portion of the question was a mis-statement, was upheld by Mr Speaker, Mr Barnard, who indicated that the question would be amended accordingly. Presentations to Auckland Museum. The purpose of a Maori wooden implement presented to the Auckland War Memorial Museum by Mr R. Muir, of Patetonga, is puzzling the staff. Seven feet long, with one end pointed, the other ending in a flange, giving the whole the appearance of a throwing spear, the implement has not been definitely identified, though there are several theories. As the Maoris are not known to have used throwing spears, the director, Mr Gilbert Archery, ‘ thinks that the weapon may have been used as a fish harpoon. A hole through which a cord might have passed for retrieving purposes appears in the flange, and this gives weight to the director’s theory Other recent gifts to the museum include an ornate silver' cup won by the Auckland branch of the Royal Life-Saving Society in 1937 for having the highest proportionate total of life-saving successes in the Empire, a kiwi, presented by Mrs T. Collins, of Warkworth, the skeleton of a pigmy sperm whale found by the staff at Huia, a massive stone adze found 30 years ago on Silverdale Beach by Mr William Sykes, of Orewa, and two live giant wetas, which are now among the rarities of the Dominion's insect life. It is proposed to put one weta in the museum collection, and to keep the other alive for study by members of the scientific staff.