LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1939, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A War Gesture. The banks have cordially accepted the offer by the bank officers’ organisation for members of their stall's to work an extra four hours weekly as a gesture toward the country’s war effort. should longer hours be required.

Makogai Leper Fund. At the community sing in Wellington yesterday, the chairman, Mr E. Pajlisser, announced that £ll4 3s 4d had been received in subscriptions to help toward the care of lepers on Makogai Island. From a raffle and sale of mystery parcels in aid of the Mayor's Fund £44 19s Gd was obtained. The sing was conducted by Mr Will Mason with Mr Frank Crowther at the piano. Fishing Season.

The fishing season in the district controlled by the Government in the centre of the North Island opened yesterday. Fishing on the Tongariro River, Lake Taupo, is reported to have been very good, and limit bags were obtained yesterday morning by several fishermen. The fish were in fair condition. The season in the Wellington district opened on October 1.

Treatment for Electric Shock. A recommendation that all power boards should 'make it known to their consumers that any person suffering from electric shock should be treated as in cases of drowning by respiratory methods, which should be kept up for a considerable time, was made by the coroner, Mr Harris, at an inquest yesterday, in Huntly into the death o> Warrard Stevenson Archer, farmer, of Naike.

Skin Tests and Diphtheria. Skin tests, as part of a campaign to make children immune from diphtheria, have been conducted at Woodville District High School by the Southern Hawke's Bay Education Board's school medical officer, Dr Anderson. The injections are given with the consent of the parents. The first of these was administered this week and will be followed by further injections of serum on November 21 and December 12. Labour Party Caucus.

A caucus of members of the Parliamentary Labour Party will open on Saturday, according to an announcement by the Prime Minister. Mr Savage, yesterday. The summoning of caucus was part of the party's plan of making members acquainted with what was going on, Mr Savage said. A lot of new problems had been created by the war, and it was only a fair thing that Government members should have some knowledge of what was happening from time to time.

Influenza Epidemic Camp. The mild epidemic of influenza which attacked the Central District Mobilisation Camp, Trentham, is now on the wane and many of the men have gone back to training. After -discharge from hospital the men are being put into special huts for two or three days’ fest. Well looked after, they have not been long in getting back on their feet. The epidemic has not been peculiar to the camp, and there have been many cases in Wellington during the past few weeks. Of the type common at this time of year, the illness has in the majority of cases not lasted more than a week.

Defiance of Law Leads to Death. A verdict that death was caused by multiple injuries accidentally received in a collision between a car driven by Jamieson and a train, was returned by the coroner, Mr A. J. Graham, at an inquest yesterday into the death of George Glasgow Jamieson, aged 33, farmer, Hopelands, Woodville. Jamieson died in Palmerston North on October - 23 from an accident at the West Street level crossing. It was stated in evidence that he was driving toward the sun. and also that he had been refused a driving licence twice, and did not hold one at the time of the accident.

Westport Mayoralty. With 47 declaration votes to be taken into account, Mr J. M. Robertson stil] leads Mr J. Kilkenny in the Westport mayoral election with a majority of 77 votes. Figures given yesterday were as follows: Robertson, 1083; Kilkenny. 1006; informal, 8: total, 2097. Majority fpr Robertson, 77. An interesting comparison is furnished with the figures in 1935, when the same candidates contested the mayoral seat; Kilkenny. 1080; Robertson, 653; informal, 12; total 1745. Majority for Kilkenny, 427. Monday’s poll was the heaviest for some years. The number of votes cast exceeded those of the previous mayoral contest by 399.

Claim for £5OOO Damages. A collision between two cars travelling between Waikanae and Otaki on the evening of March 27. which resulted in the death of William Hakaraia Roach, carpenter, Otaki, gave rise to a claim for £5036 Is 6d damages by his widow, Bernardino Maud Roach,' Otaki. on behalf of herself and his eight infant children. The case came before Mr Justice Johnston and a jury in the Supreme Court. Wellington. yesterday. Deceased was a passenger in one of the cars; the driver of the car in which he was travelling, the driver of the other car and the owner of the other car were joined as defendants. The defendants were Daniel George Fraser, licensee of the New Central Hotel, Petone, in whose car Roach was travelling, Ronald Graeme Guy, who had rented the other car to the man who was driving it, and Whitt Carroll, farmer. Hastings, the driver of the other car. The case will be continued today.

Centennial Music and Drama. "Whatever attitude the people in some localities may have about modifying their programmes of centennial celebrations. 1 believe firmly that the public of New Zealand will be unanimous in a wish for a complete performance of the centennial music and drama festivals which are being planned by the National Centennial Music Committee with the assistance of provincial music committees,” said the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, in a statement issued last night reviewing the arrangements. The Minister said that the centennial music committees in the four main centres were cooperating enthusiastically with the nations and each had plantr.mme which was tiding in interest ? ad'i 'lieator