LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 August 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

School Holidays. Primary and secondary schools will close for the term holidays tomorrow. St Matthew’s Concert. A final reminder is given of the concert to be given in the Opera House tonight by the pupils of St Matthew’s School. A splendid programme has been arranged. The concert is timed to commence at 7.45 p.m. Miner Killed. A fall of coal in the Morgan West section of the Liverpool State mine near Greymouth, instantly killed a well-known miner, William Patrick Kennedy, aged 57, married, of Dunollie. His neck was fractured and dislocated by a block of coal off the roof of the No. 3 bank. To Purchase Truck. Authority to purchase a second-hand truck was given the finance committee of the Wairarapa Hospital Board at its meeting yesterday. The ManagingSecretary, Mr N. Lee, explained to the board that considerable work would be carried out in and around the grounds in the near future, and that if a carrier had to be hired each time the cost would run into a considerable sum Motion for New Trial. James George Williamson, motor se •- vice proprietor, who was convicted last week of illegal use of an instrument, was yesterday sentenced by his Honour, Mr Justice Reed, at the Supreme Court in New Plymouth to reformative detention for a period of two years. A motion for a new trial on the ground of misdirection of the jury and that the verdict was against the weight of evidence was filed by prisoner's counsel. Intoxicated Motorist Fined. Pleading guilty to a charge of intoxication in charge of a car, Thomas Henry Roberts, salesman. 23, Wellington, was fined £l5 and licence was suspended till May 31, 1941, in the Greymouth Magistrate’s Court yesterday. A plea was made by counsel for non-cancellation of the licence in view of the defendant’s occupation, but the magistrate stated that cancellation was the appropriate penalty. The defendant was fortunate in not being imprisoned. First Concert in New Hall. An entertainment that has a double interest -is offered those who attend the opening concert in the new McGregor Hall at Knox Church tonight. The programme of songs, dances, plays and other items is a first rate one and the opportunity to inspect the new building should be a special attraction. The building has seating accommodation for about 500 but it is confidently anticipated that it will be filled to capacity and those wishing good seats should attend early. Boys as Boqk Porters. One day next year hundreds of Wellington schoolboys will handle more books in a few hours than possibly they will otherwise touch in a lifetime. By offer of the headmaster of Rongotai College, Mr F. M. Renner, accepted by the Wellington City Council last night, 500 pupils will assist in the transference of the book stock from the present Wellington Central Public Library to the new building. The shift is proposed for February 9, 1940. Sugar Beet Industry. Information as to what steps the Government is taking to investigate the possibility of the establishment of the sugar beet industry in New Zealand is sought in a question to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr Sullivan, of which Mr E. L. Cullen (Government, Hawke’s Bay) gave notice in the House of Representatives yesterday. “Many districts in New Zealand,” said Mr Cullen, “would produce great quantities of sugar beet root crop. In the Hawke’s Bay and Wairoa districts the sugar content of the root has reached a high percentage.” Tram Collision. Extensive damage to the front platform of one tramcar and slight injuries to the motorman were caused by a collision between two tramcars in Upper Symonds Street, Auckland, midway between the East Street and Grafton Bridge stops at about 8.15 o’clock yesterday morning. The tram ahead stopped suddenly and the one behind skidded violently into the back of it, throwing passengers out of their seats in both vehicles, but none was hurt. Both trams carried seated loads of passengers, and were proceeding to the city from Royal Oak and Onehunga. Stud Sheep Exports. The opinion that too many stud sheep were being exported from the Dominion to the detriment of the industry in New Zealand, was expressed at a meeting off the Hawke’s Bay provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday. Support was given to the proposed Order-in-Council which will provide that each consignment of both stud and flock sheep intended for export should be accompanied by a certificate signed by the secretary of the appropriate breed society identifying the sheep in the consignment and certifying that they have been examined by an inspector of the society and found to be of the standard of quality for export sheep insisted on by the society. Insurance Claim. Stating that on the plaintiff’s own case it was shown that Francis had not made a complete disclosure of facts which the company should know, Mr Justice Elair entered a nonsuit in the case heard in Hamilton yesterday where Gladys Francis, widow, Auckland, sought £lOO4 from the A.M.P. Society as money payable under an insurance policy, held by the late Stanley Charles Francis, motor agent, Hamilton. The original policy lapsed for two months through non-payment, and when filling in the reinstatement forms Francis failed to disclose the fact that he had taken out a prohibition order or of his drinking habits leadingup to it. The judge said that the reinstatement of the policy was an insurance transaction where both parties must keep good faith, and the company was entitled to know the full facts. I

Vancouver. — Eight newly-planted trees and a bronze plaque placed on the Canadian side of the International boundary south of here commemorate 125 years of peace between Canada and the United States. The plaque known as the Kiwani'S peace plaque, is a gift to Canadian Kiwanians from their brethren in the United States.