LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 November 1939, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Military Parade. The fortnightly parade of C Company, Hawke's Bay Regiment, will be held in the Drill flail tonight. Heavy Frost in Masterton. A frost of 9.1 degrees was registered in Masterton this morning, and those gardeners who failed to cover tomatoes, beans, marrows or pumpkins would be heavy losers. Nocturnal Visitor. Residents of Essex, Pownall and Renall streets report having been visited by a prowler during the past few nights. Several complaints have been made lately to the Masterton police, who state that residents are well advised to make absolutely certain that their houses are locked up while they are absent. Benefit Dance. A dance will be held in the Municipal Hall next Saturday night, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the rebuilding fund for the Maori Meeting House at Te Ore Ore. Music will be supplied by Kuini Te Tau and her popular melody-makers. A good night is assured, and the support of the Masterton dancing public to forward this worthy cause will be much appreciated by the committee. Car Capsizes. The capsize of a motor-car at Poukoura, Hawke's Bay, last night, resulted in injuries to two well-known Hastings residents, who were later admitted to Royston Hospital. They are:— Mr E. McDuff, proprietor of the Pacific Hotel, injuries to the chest. Mrs E. McDuff. spinal injuries. The condition of neither is serious. The car was travelling toward Hastings when it apparently skidded on the wet surface and capsized. It was extensively damaged. Dance at Kaituna. One of the most successful dances for some time was held in the Kaituna Hall on Saturday night under the auspices of the Kaituna Hall Committee and was largely attended by dancers from all parts of the district. Novelty dances were a feature of the evening, the Monte Carlo being won by Mr J. Mackay and Miss Slewart. Excellent music was supplied by Mr Jack Barnes’s Rhythm Boys. Mr Pat Ward was a most energetic and efficient M.C. A Proposal Condemned. “There is not the slightest doubt that this station is wanted for propaganda,” said Mr C. W. Pepperell, president of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting of the executive of the chamber, when the proposal of the Government to spend £70.000 on providing new quarters for the IZB commercial radio station in Auckland was being discussed. Mr Pepperell characterised the proposal as absurd and said the country could not afford £70,000 for such a station. East School Dance. The East School was again the scene of a successful dance on Saturday evening, the large number of patrons spending a most enjoyable time. Music was supplied by Mr J. West, and extras were played by Mr S. V. Ihaka and Mr H. Phillips. The winners of the Monte Carlo were Miss J. Cairns and Mr Neilson. The duties of M.C. were ably carried out by Mr Les Adams. The ladies’ committee provided a very dainty supper. The next dance will be held on December 2. Germans in Ontario. A statement that the' people of the German colony of New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada, were strong anti-Hitler, anti-Nazi, and anti-totalitarian in their views is contained In a letter received by an Auckland man from his brother, the Rev J. M. Jones, pastor of the New Hamburg Baptist Church. Mr Jones states that the surrounding county of Waterloo is almost entirely populated by Germans, some of whose fathers and grandfathers came directly from Germany, but all were counted among the best of Canadian citizens. Many Yachts Capsize. At least 24 youths took a ducking in Otago Harbour on Saturday afternoon, when the yachting season was opened. Rescue launches were kept busy going to the assistance of the crews of the boats which capsized when a southeasterly squall struck them and whipped the harbour up into heavy seas. At least two of the accidents might easily have had tragic results, but in each case the boys were rescued. Three members of the crew of one yacht had to hang on to their overturned craft for nearly two hours and a half before assistance arrived. Jay-walking Ducks. The attempts of two ducks who left the river and tried to cross Colombo Street near Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch, interested passers-by. The ducks did not attempt to find a pedestrian crossing, and met with several difficulties. Several times they set out and returned to the footpath, frightened by passing cars. Finally they nearly arrived at the other side of the road; but they were apparently frightened by the cars parked there, and turned back. A car turned sharply into Colombo Street as they were making the return journey and was obliged to make a sudden stop to save their lives. No sooner had they escaped from this danger than a tram bore down upon them. It was only then that they took to flight, bearing up the river, but making no move to alight on the water.

A Large Stingray. While his launch was lying at anchor down the Awanui Harbour, Mr Ted Walker saw a large stingray on a shallow bank a short distance away. Arming himself with a sharpened oar handle, he set off in a dinghy to capture it. Mr Walker plunged the handle through the stingray's head, but a strong wind macle handling the dinghy difficult, and in the ensuing struggle the stingray escaped into deep water. Shortly afterward Mr F. Begley saw the fish further away on another shallow bank, and. with Mr Begley at the oars, the two men set out after the stingray once more. The stingray put up a terrific fight, bul was killed after having showered the boat and its occupants with spray. It measured 7ft Gin from the lail to the head and 41'1 Gin across. It was estimated to weigh about 4001 b. It was of the black variety and had a short, thick tail.

Goering's father, a writer informs us. was a comparatively small man. Appartly the German Field-Marshal is a block of the old chip.