Girls’ Camp.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 January 1940, Page 4

Girls’ Camp.

A further forty young girjs are in camp at the Solway Showgrounds, following the recent business girls' camp, under the auspices of the Young Women’s Christian Association, Wellington. A happy time is being spent in swimming and kindred sports. The girls are accommodated in spacious quarters beneath the grandstand. Exhibition Attendances. Exhibition turnstiles yesterday registered 16.332 admittances. This figure, though high, is again below the average necessary if the millionth admittance was to take place on Saturday. With 79.293 to be made up today, tomorrow, and Saturday, it now seems highly improbable that the millionth visitor, recipient of the coveted radio set. will arrive at the Exhibition before Monday at earliest. Fish Endangered. A report is current that thousands of brown trout fingerlings are endangered on account of streams rapidly drying up in the Carterton district. The fish are crowded into the small pools left by the receding water. As far as is known, there is only one stream in the Carterton district, one at Dalefield, which dries up every year and it is probably concerning this stream that the report refers. Last year efforts were made by the authorities concerned do. remove stranded fish from this stream.

Woolpack Employees Strike. One hundred and sixty hands employed at New Zealand Woolpack and Textiles, Ltd. Foxton. have gone oil strike during the past 24 hours. Trouble started on Tuesday evening when union officials demanded the reinstatement of men whose positions had been filled when they did not resume work after the holidays, on Monday. This was declined, arid the p.m. shift did not start. Al. midnight the night shift followed suit, and yesterday morning a meeting attended by union officials was held, before the time for the day shift to start. This shift did not operate and the hands dispersed about 9 a.m. A further meeting was held during the afternoon, but so far there have been no further developments. Mr Collins, Inspector of Factories, was in Foxton all day. The factory closed down on Christmas Eve for the holidays, and when it opened on Monday morning five men were absent. Their positions were at once filled and the trouble has arisen from this.

The twelfth annua! Manawatu and West Coast slud sheep sale will be held on the Showgrounds, Feilding, commencing at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday. January 10. Stud Ryeland rams and stud Romney rams will be offered. The Manawatu Live Slock Auctioneers’ Association will conduct tin.- sale, lull ■particulars of which appear on page 10 of this issue