LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

One Bankruptcy in Wairarapa. One bankruptcy was recorded in the Wairarapa during September, making two for the year. Film Star and Boy Scouts.

The film star Freddie Bartholomew will deliver the welcoming address to the 15,000 Boy Scouts on Boy Scout Day at the San Francisco Exposition. Sports Equipment. Import restrictions have in no way affected the supply of tennis supplies and local dealers report that full stocks of balls, etc., are on hand. As yet no change in price has taken place. Harrier Trophies. The trophies won during the season will not be presented at the MastertonKiatere Harrier clubs’ dance tonight, but at afternoon tea functions to be arranged by both clubs. Code Cable Messages. As from Monday next, October 2. cable messages in code may be exchanged with the United Kingdom provided that certain specified codes are used, particulars of which are obtainable at the Post Office. Centennial Flower Show. A unanimous decision to proceed with the National Centennial Flower Show in Wellington in 1940, and to increase the institute’s guarantee from one-third to one-half has been made by the executive council of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture. Record Number of Passengers. A rush of New Zealanders and Australians to get home almost completely booked out the Matson liner Monterey before she left San Francisco and when she arrived at Auckland yesterday only 15 of the record number of 723 passengers were Americans, of whom seven are making the round voyage, going on to Melbourne and returning with the ship to the United States. Marriages Licences Doubled. The number of marriage licences issued in Christchurch this month is more than double the total for September, 1938. This month the number ol licences was 243 and the total for September, 1938, was 106. Marriages by the registrar this month totalled 44, compared with 28 for the same period last year. A substantial increase is also shown in the number of births for the month (249), compared with September of last year (193). Price of Potatoes. Prices of potatoes were the subject of another question by Dr. McMillan (Government, Dunedin West) in the House of Representatives yesterday. He gave notice that he would ask the Minister of Industries and Commerce. Mr Sullivan, if he had seen a published statement that no growers of potatoes received more than £l3 a ton for them. “As I have in my possession a receipt proving that a Dunedin grocer paid a merchant £2l a ton for New Zealand potatoes, will the Minister inquire to determine whether or not the merchant made an excessive profit?” Dr. McMillan asked. Mussolini and Hitler. “The Italian people are definitely opposed to a tie-up with Germany,” said Mr P. Scott Ramsay, who returned to Auckland by the Monterey after r visit to Great Britain and Europe. He was emphatic that the Rome-Berlin Axis could not withstand the shock of war. Signor Mussolini’s toleration toward people of all racial types in Italy and his relations with the Catholic Church were in direct contrast to the position in Germany. While Herr Hitler had reduced tens of thousands ol Jews to poverty and misery, Signor Mussolini had enabled them to live on the level of equality with people of other races in Italy. In Vienna hundreds of shops formerly occupied by Jews were now closed and begging was common in the streets.

A new play has a banquet scene. The theatre’s acoustics are so good that the dialogue and the soup arc distinctly audible in all parts of the house. The tenor of a touring concert party in Australia, after a Saturday evening performance, disappeared with the week’s takings. He was accompanied by his friend at the piano. Attention is drawn to an advertisement in this issue inviting applications from men desiring to serve in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in various trades for the duration of the war.