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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Attendance at Exhibition. I ’fhe attendance on Saturday at the Centennial Exhibition in Wellington I was 35.000. making the total to date 205.108. ! Exhibition Special. 'fhe Exhibition special run by the Railways Department from Masterion to Wellington on Saturday was rather poorly patronised, nineteen passengers proceeding to the capital in the morning and 32 returning in the evening. The next special will run on December 2. Good Dairy Season. Consequent upon a bounteous season i and a great growth of pasture, the best for the past three years, dairyfarmers in the Thames Valley, Hauraki and the Te Aroha districts are enabled to do their part in respect to increased production. The Te Aroha Dairy Company, for butter manufacture, is receiving three and a half tons of cream daily in excess of last November, while the Te Aroha West and Manawatu cheese factories are registering large increases. Overseas Mails.

Because of Admiralty instructions, the postal authorities are unable to advise the closing times of overseas mails. The restrictions in this matter apply to neutral ships, as well as British vessels, so that persons who make inquiries by telephone—and many do- —cannot obtain the information they require. It is stated that whenever people know the sailing time of any particular vessel they should make an allowance of some hours for the posting of mails. Motor Smash.

A motor car containing two youths and a girl crashed into an electric fight pole in Essex Street, Masterton, on Saturday night about 7.30 o’clock. The loud report was heard a considerable distance away. The front of the car was badly damaged and the windscreen smashed. One of the occupants received cuts on a hand and minor injuries to a leg, but beyond this no injuries were sustained. The car had mounted the footpath, and was subsequently removed by Wagg’s breakdown service. The electric light post was slightly moved out of plumb. The Church Today.

The observation that the Church was not adapting itself to the changed conditions of the present day was made in the mission’s report presented to the Presbyterian General Assembly now meeting in Christchurch. The report stated that the Church had accepted the fact of the motor age, and each year saw its transport bill mounting. But strangely enough it was still endeavouring to work the same number of parishes and preaching places as in the day of the horse and gig. when a majority attended church. In other spheres, the report proceeded, folk thought nothing of travelling distances for meetings, and children were daily taken to consolidated schools for more efficient teaching. Yet when it came to the weekly or fortnightly diet of worship, people would hardly travel more than three miles. It was hoped to rectify this state of affairs. Plunket Pavilion. Delegates to the annual Plunket Society conference in Wellington inspected the model Plunket rooms which comprise a separate and attractive pavilion near the kindergarten and creche, at the Tirangi Road entrance to the Centennial Exhibition. The pavilion is a pleasant modern building, sunny and bright, offering not only an insight into the workings of the Plunket system of child welfare, but also educational hints to mothers, and a practical Plunket service such as is provided by the Plunket Society elsewhere in the country, at its 69 branches and 700 sub-branches. Here mothers can come to feed their infants, can prepare their milk, and can enjoy the weighing and other facilities of an ordinary baby clinic. Two trained Plunket nurses are in constant attendance, with a Karitane nurse, and a member of the Plunket Society's local committee to answer questions and be of assistance. Maoris and Christianity. The overwhelming number of the Maori people were hostile and indifferent to the Christian Church and because the numbers of the missionaries were so few, it was difficult to cope with this opposition and indifference. said the Rev Elemi Nikora, who spoke of the work in the Maori field at the missions demonstration held in connection with the Presbyterian General Assembly now sitting at Christchurch. Mr Nikora said he thought that a united front from a denominational point of view would do far more good than the individual church efforts made today. He claimed that what had changed the Maoris from a savage race to a peace-loving people was the grace and love of Jesus Christ. which the Christian Church had made known to them. He himsell had seen lives changed, homes made bright, and superstitions swept away. Superstition was still in existence today among the Maoris, however. though in lesser proportions of course. Centennial Exhibit from Masterton. An imported Australian woodworker, now in the employ of Mr J. G. Dagg. of Masterton, is finishing off an exhibit for the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition. It takes the form of a writing desk which is an original ;.p--ulieation of Sheraton details. A point i f interest is that it is constructed of Hie wonderful New Zealand kauri, which is greatly respected both in and outside of New Zealand and is admirably suited lor high quality cabinet ma!-:ing. A locking mechanism of special design is another feature. One lock attached to the centre dawer. when unlocked and when the drawer is opened about one inch, releases the whole of lhe locking device, which then gives access to the other four drawers and two small roll top envelope compartments. An adjustable indirect light, as an integral part of die desk, gives a tend, of modernity and this is of extreme utility for night writing. The blending of the plain bow and perfective shaped fronts in an original way gives an unusual and pleasant shape to the front of the desk. The Sheraton spade —toe leg and the variation of the Sheraton stretcher rails, which connect the legs at either end. also adds to beauty of design as does the arrangement of the envelope compartments and lhe indirect light at the top. Final arrangements for lhe exhibition of the desk will lie made with the responsible authorities in Wvlbnituu next Saturday

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Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1939, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
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LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1939, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1939, Page 4

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