LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 October 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Electric Power Interruption. There will be an interruption in electric power tomorrow in Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, Featherston and Martin borough, from 1.15 p.m. to 3.30 p.m., to allow connection of the new line to the sub-station. Women’s Division and conscription. At a meeting of the Wellington Central Provincial Executive of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union a resolution was adopted approving of any move made to bring in conscription of manpower. The opinion was expressed that all sacrifices demanded should fall equally on all sections of the community. Centennial Exhibition Ball. As a grand climax to weeks of feverish preparation and anticipation, the Centennial Ball was held in Wellington at the Exhibition last night and was attended by more than 1000 representative visitors from all over New Zealand. The first official social event in connection with the Exhibition, which opens early next month, the ball was also an appropriate prelude to New Zealand’s centennial celebrations. Forged Coupons. Stated by the police to have printed two coupons resembling the official petrol coupons and to have used them to obtain petrol, Bernard Ellis Williams, compositor, aged 25, appeared before Mr Stout, S.M., in the • Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, yesterday. He was fined £2 on each of two charges of buying motor spirit except in accordance with the terms of a consumer's licence to purchase, issued under the Oil Fuel Emergency Regulations, 1939. Model Plane Still Missing. The gas model plane named Humbug, which was lost last Monday during the course of a model plane meeting at Te Ore Ore has not yet been recovered. The model disappeared in the direction of a line between the Hood Aerodrome and Gladstone. Anyone finding the plane is requested to communicate with Mr W. G. Perry, Masterton. An intensive search is being organised during the weekend.

Masterton Band Programme of Music. The Masterton Municipal Band will play the following programme of music at the Masterton Park tomorrow afternoon, weather permitting, commencing at 2.45 o’clock: — March, “C.1.V.” (Rimmer); march, “Marmion” (Smith); march, “Knight of the Road” (Greenwood); march, “South West” (Dale); march. “Clear the Road” (Greenwood); hymn, “Be by my Side” (Rimmer); waltz, “La Charmeuse” (Moret); Irish medley, “Paddy’s Capers” (Sutton); “Sliders Hornpipe” trombone solo (Wood); “Reflections” euphonium solo (Sutton). Miniature Beach Scene. Gleaming with the fine white sand of Australia’s beaches, and set with remarkably fine modelled figures of a surf team, one of the most spectacular displays in the Australian Pavilion at the* Exhibition depicts a typical beach scene in Australia. Beyond the sandy beach in the foreground are rolling breakers, on which surges a life boat that is drenched in synthetic spray from time to time as the scene operates with amazing realism. This display is built in a proscenium twenty feet wide and set in the centre of a forty foot wall decorated' with photographic murals representing sporting activities in Australia.

Purchase of New Zealand Wool. An announcement of the ports at which New Zealand wool for purchase by the United Kingdom Government would be appraised was made by the Minister for Marketing, Mr Nash, in a broadcast address from Wellington last evening. These are:—Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill. Mr Nash said that after a full conference with the Overseas Shipowners’ Allotment Committee a tentative decision had been reached for appraisement at Tokomaru Bay, Nelson and Blenheim. A final decision depended on agreement about the extra cost involved in connection with appraisement at these places. 200-Mile Trek. A three weeks’ trek of just over 200 miles, during which they drove a herd of 160 head of cattle without losing or injuring one, was completed on Thursday by two Central Otago youngsters, brother and sister. They were Edna and David Aubrey, aged 21 and 18 respectively, children of Mr D. C. Aubrey, of Cattle Flat Station, in the Wanaka district, and they covered the last stage to paddock their cattle at Momona, after leaving home on October- 6 The cattle, which are mostly Hereford and black polls, and are all three-year-olds, will be on th'e grass at Momona for a few days till they are taken to Burnside for the weekly market next Wednesday. Second New Zealand Division. The Special Force formed for service within New Zealand or overseas is to be known as the Second New Zealand Division, thus providing continuity of the Dominion’s military history. The units of the new division will be numbered in continuation of the serial numbers" of its predecessor which was formed in Egypt after the close of the Gallipoli campaign and served in France in 1916-18. The division is being organised on the ninebattalion basis, which was deemed to be more compact and handier than the 12-battalion organisation adhered to by the New Zealand Division in the last war, but abandoned by some British divisions in favour of the smaller grouping. Recently the nine-in-fantry or rifle battalion division was made the standard throughout the Empire. Centennial Flcwer Show. In recognition of the value of the National Centennial Flower Show, which is to be held at Wellington on January 30 and 31, the Government has made a grant of £ 100 towards the pre- : liminary expenses. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, in wishing the show success, expressed the hope that it would prove the most notable event of its kind in the history of New Zealand horticulture. The committees appointed by the flower show executive are now busily organising and arrangements are being made for exhibits from all parts of New Zealand. It is intended to make the displays truly representative of the Dominion's horticulture, and the enthusiasm with which growers are responding indicates that the show will reveal the amazing possibilities of this country in the wide field of horticulture.