LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 August 1939, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wireless Programmes. The wireless'programmes for tonight will be found un page 8.

Win for Pinder at Wrestling.

At Greymouth on Saturday night Pinder defeated Paul Boesch in a wrestling match. Boesch was unable to continue after the sixth round when Pinder took the only fall. Indoor Basketball. Owing to the absence of members in various team' all indoor basketball games in the Y.M.C.A. interhouse competitions set down for playing tomorrow night have been postponed.

Rugby Tournament. The primary schools annual quadrangular Rugby tournament is being continued today at Carterton. Wellington, who were defeated by Wanganui will play Wairarapa who scored a win over Manawatu, and Wanganui who beat Wellington, will play Manawatu, who lost to Wairarapa. Messrs H. Matson and H. J. McKenzie will be the referees. Masterton East School Dance.

There was a very large attendance at the Masterton East School dance on Saturday night. Excellent music was supplied by Mr J. West and extras were played by Mr H. Hood. Mr Te Huki rendered greatly, appreciated vocal items. The duties of M.C. were ably carried out by Mr S. V. Ihaka. Supper was provided by the ladies’ committee. The dances will be continued fortnightly. Catholic Carnival Dance.

The gala dance held in the Municipal Hall on Saturday night, and which was organised by the Masterton Catholic Club in aid of the St. Patrick’s Centennial Queen Carnival Fund, was an outstanding success. There was _ a large attendance of dancers. The distribution of paper hats and a streamer dance promoted the Carnival spirit. Excellent dance music was supplied by Jack Barnes’s Rhythm Boys Band. Mr W. C. Orange carried out’the duties of M.C.

A Trying Ordeal. When a launch owned by Mr Ray Connolly, a Waikawa Bay farmer, was holed in French Pass on Friday night, the owner and four passengers had a fortunate escape from drowning. The launch sank off the beacon light and only the fortunate state of the flood tide made their rescue possible. Had the tide been making or ebbing, the pass would have been impossible for a swimmer or dinghy. All the occupants were able to get ashore, but they had a most trying ordeal in the dark.

Rangitumau Dance. A most enjoyable dance was held at Rangitumau on Saturday night. Visitors from all parts of the Wairarapa attended, and besides spending a pleasant time helped to increase the funds of the Hockey Club. One of the features of the gathering was the “Cutlery” Monte Carlo dance which was won by Mr and Mrs Ivan Gray, of Masterton, who sportingly donated the prize to be auctioned on behalf of the club. Mrs L. Pike was the successful bidder. The duties of M.C. were carried out by Mr Len Pike, w-ho also took up a collection which was met with an enthusiastic response. Te Tail’s Melody Makers provided the music. Who Won Art Union?

Two persons have claimed the first prize of £2OOO in the last art union drawn—the Golden Dawn —and it will be some days before an official announcement is made as to which claimant is to got it. The winning ticket was number 190-639, the butt bearing the nom de plume “Just a Fool.” Mr J. R. Mildenhall, a mechanic, claimed the prize, but later Mr T. E. Astwood, a retired farmer of Okau, was announced as the winner. Mr Mildenhall changed his lodgings just before the drawing and, it is alleged, he believes he lost his ticket then. Solicitors representing both claimants have been in touch with the art union organisation officials. Catholic Writers. With the approval of the Archbishop of Wellington and Metropolitan of New Zealand, the Most Rev Thomas O’Shea, an effort is to be made to arrange a conference of leading Australian and New Zealand writers, to be held in Wellington during the progress of the National Eucharistic Congress next February It is expected that several overseas Catholic editors will attend the congress in the interests of the papers they represent, and if their number is supplemented by other overseas Catholic writers and leading Catholic writers in New Zealand, a representative conference may be possible. There is also the hope, it is stated, that a permanent Catholic writers union may result, a body which might form the nucleus of an international group of Catholic writers. Fine Kid Gloves. A pair of kid gloves, so fine in texture that they fit into a walnut shell, are featured in the North Island exhibit in the Women’s Section at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition. They were the property of an early settler’s wife in New Plymouth and are included in the Loans Section. The Loans Section is a section of the Women's Exhibit that is rich in historical association for each article portrays not only exquisite craftsmanship but reveals the nature of the treasured possessions of the women who faced life in a savage country after being brought up in the comfort of their English homes. The kid glove exhibit is arranged so that one glove is unfolded and the other packed into one half of a walnut shell to illustrate the fine texture of the material. Price of Beer. The recent decision of hotelkeepers in some centres to raise the price of beer sold over the bar will be investigated by the Price Investigation Tribunal. This statement was made on Saturday by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Mr Sullivan, who said that an investigation would follow automatically on notification of the increase in price. The Minister’ explained that if the price of a commodity was raised this must be notified to the authorities. It was then the duty of the tribunal to consider whether the increase was justified, and inimportant eases it would hold a judicial inquiry, when it had the right to call evidence from the interested parties on the relevant facts. “There have been numerous cases,’’ Mr Sullivan said, “where prices have been reduced as a result of inquiry by the Price Tribunal, and I have no doubt that in this case a full examination of the facts will be made in the normal way."