LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1939, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Profit on Football Season. A profit of £64 on the season’s operations was reported to the final meeting of the season of the management committee of the Manawatu Rugby Union. Masterton Enrolments. Since recruits have been accepted for enrolment in the special military force, 277 have registered in Masterton. This number includes men from all parts of the Wairarapa. The latest enrolment is that of Thomas McCaffery, of Ngaumu Road. Injured in Fall from Tram. The chairman of the Auckland Hospital Board, Mr Allan J. Moody, after stepping off a tram in Queen Street, Auckland, yesterday, slipped and fell heavily on his back. He reached his office 100 yards away, and a doctor ordered him to hospital. An X-ray examination revealed a serious injury to the spine. Maori Battalion. So far only 30 registrations for the Maori Battalion have been received in the Northland area, the quota for which is 322. Eight volunteers are married with 34 dependants among them. One man has a wife and eight children, and one from Hokianga has five children.

Dutch Ship Arrives. With the words “Maetsuycker, Holland,” painted in huge letters on the sides and the tricolours of the Netherlands painted on the bows, the Dutch liner Maetsuycker arrived in Auckland this morning from the Dutch East Indies, with 48 cabin passengers and 500 tons of cargo.

Army Pay to be Subsidised. Married men employed by the Hamilton Borough Council who enlist in the New Zealand military forces will receive 25 per cent of their salaries in addition to their military pay as a result of a decision made by the council at its monthly meeting. It was also decided to give an assurance to all employees who enlisted that they would be granted leave of absence and that their positions would be kept open for them till they returned. Wrestler Enlists. The New . Zealand professional heavyweight wrestling champion, Meynell Blomfield, known as “Lofty,” yesterday strolled into an Auckland recruiting office and enlisted in. the special force for home or overseas service. “They said something about a recommendation as a physical-culture expert, but they put me down as professional wrestler, truck driver and motor driver,” said Blomfield to an interviewer. Church and Lotteries. A. motion disapproving of the action of certain organisations connected with the social service work of the diocese in receiving money grants from the proceeds of State lotteries was keenly debated at a sitting of the Anglican Diocesan Synod. Archbishop Averill said the question was difficult. If this money was refused on the ground that it was tainted, ought not every contribution received by the church to be examined in a similar light? The motion was lost on the voices.

Gifts to Sedgley Home. The matron of Sedgley Home acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the following gifts:—Sheep, Mr G. G. Beard; cakes, Mesdames Ninnes, H. C. Robinson, T. Jordan, L. B. Maunsell, St Matthew’s Choir, British and Foreign Bible Society; oranges, Mrs R. K. Jackson; rabbits, Mr Boddington; sausage machine, Mrs J. Dixon; plants and papers, Mrs G. Hyde; fat and shoes, Mrs Ralph Beetham; eggs, Tinui Church; help on farm, Mr David Williams; entertainment, Orchestral Society. Life Saving Patrols. According to the annual report of the New Zealand Surf Life Saving Association rescues effected during the 1938-39 season totalled 156, which added to the recorded total number of 2156, brings the total number of reported rescues in the past seven years to 2312. In an estimate of the hours of duty performed by members of surf life saving clubs in New Zealand during the recognised five months of the year in which swimming is indulged in, it is stated that no less than 68,600 hours are given up to patrol duties by club members. Children’s Health Camps.

Arrangements-are now being made by the Community Sunshine Association to conduct children’ health camps at Motuihi Island during the Christmas holidays. It is intended to send a total of 450 city children to three fortnightly camps, beginning about December 20. Plans for the continuation of the camps after the Christmas holidays will depend on the extent of the financial support given to the movement through the sale of health stamps, which begins next Monday. Official first-day covers for use on Monday will be on sale at the chief post office. Centennial Church Services.

An open-air centennial service, in which most of the principal church denominations will combine, will be held at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, on January 7, 1940. The Rev A. C. Watson, who gave details of the service to the Christchurch Presbytery, said the Rev J. Lawson Robinson, Modera-tor-elect of the Presbyterian General Assembly, would preside, and Bishop West-Watson would preach. Singing would be led by the Salvation Army Band, and by a male voice quartet relayed through loudspeakers. As part of the Canterbury celebrations, the churches would be asked to hold special services on Auril 7, 1940.

Fined for Not Dipping Lights.

The first prosecution by the. Wellington City Council of a motorist for not dipping headlights resulted in a driver being fined £1 by Mr Stout, S.M.. in the Magistrates’ Court yesterday. An inspector said that he saw defendant’s car approaching with dazzling lights, which were not dipped, in spite of the fact that there was traffic in the other direction. Defendant’s excuse was that he did not realise that the light switch was not in the position which caused the beams to be deflected. The prosecution was brought under' the recent amendment of the traffic regulations. Several drivers were fined for failing to give way to pedestrians at authorised crossings.

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