LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Masterton Show Weather. At the monthly meeting of the general committee of the Masterton A. an« P. Association last night it was decided to insure the gates against the weather for £lOO.

Privileges for Soldier Members. For the duration of the war the privileges of the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society are to be extended to all members going on active service. This decision was unanimously reached by members of the executive committee today.

N.Z. Hurdles Record Equalled. The visiting Australian hurdles champion, S. Stenner, equalled the New Zealand record for 120 yards hurdles, established by P ,F .Sharpley (Hastings), in a match race with the Canterbury champion, C. R. Bradwell, in Rotorua three years ago, when he beat Sharpley and Bradwell in Napier on Thursday night. No Visitors to Camp at Weekend. Visitors will not be admitted to Trentham Camp at the weekend. It is explained by the military authorities that there is a considerable amount of work to be done, including the fitting out in uniforms of the men who entered camp yesterday. After Sunday the camp will be open to visitors at weekends.

Challenge Cup Donated. The secretary, Mr R. H. Williams, stated at the monthly meeting of the general committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association last night that a challenge cup for the champion jump event had been donated by the local branch of Woolworths Ltd. It was decided to send a letter of thanks to the manager. Drunken Motorist Fined.

“Were it not for the fact that his wife is subject to illness. I would not hesitate to send this man to gaol.” said Mr Goulding, S.M., in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, when convicting Victor William Eyles, a ship’s officer, aged 48. of having driven a car while intoxicated. Accused was fined £3O and costs, and was forbidden to drive again till May, 1941.

Over 1600 Recruits at Trentham.

More than 1000 recruits from, all parts of the North Island and from the south yesterday entered the Central District mobilisation camp at Trentham. where they will train for service overseas with the Second Echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Within the next few days further drafts will reach the camp and eventually bring the total of men training there to nearly 1600. Centennial Exhibition.

Yesterday's attendance at the Centennial Exhibition was much the same as Thursday’s. 15,820, making the daily average 16,702. There are now only 48,932 to go before the million is reached. The attendance immediately before the luck admittance is likely to be large, as all those who covet the splendid, six-valve cabinet radio set on show in the Government Court, prize for the millionth visitor, are bound to be there.

All Black Tour Abandoned. On the outbreak of war between Britain and Germany in September last, the council of the New Zealand Rugby Union decided that if the war was not over by the beginning of 1940 the tour of the New Zealand team to South Africa this year' would be abandoned. This decision was communicated to the South African Rugby Board, and a cablegram has now been received from the South African Board agreeing to the suggestion that the tour should be abandoned.

Langdale Horse Sports. The Langdale Horse Sports Society is holding its annual gathering today on the Langdale Domain in beautiful weather. There is a good attendance and excellent entries have been received. It is anticipated that competition will be keen in the horse and athletic events, and an exciting day’s sport will be witnessed. There will be a dance following the sports in the Langdale Hall tonight, when a large gathering is expected.

Hot Weather in Central Hawke’s Bay. Central Hawke’s Bay is sweltering in a heat wave; 87 degrees were recorded for several hours yesterday, and evening brought little relief, the temperature at 7 p.m. being still 76 degrees. For the past week the temperatures have been high, reading 84, 76, 83, 85, 80, 76 and 87. Conditions were most trying throughout the day, and the moment business finished there was a general exodus to the river. The country is drying up very rapidly as a result of the hot spell.

A Sand Tunnel Tragedy. Buried under a sandbank which collapsed while he was playing at Woolston on Thursday morning, Peter McLaughlan, aged 13, of St. John Street, Woolston, died shortly afterward, attempts at resuscitation at Christchurch Hospital failing. The boy had been playing with a younger brother in a sandbank at the corner of Dyers Road and Bromley Road, and had started making a tunnel under the bank when a section caved in, burying him beneath three to four feet, of sand. His brother tried to make an airhole, and then went to bring help. Another brother and the father, Mr James McLaughlan. rushed to the scene and got the boy out, and it was thought then that the boy’s pulse could be felt faintly. He was immediately hurried to hospital. but was there found to be beyond help.

System of Accrediting. Recommendations that entrance to the University of New Zealand should be by a system of accrediting, instead of only by examination, were laid before the Senate of the University in Wellington yesterday. After discussion occupying the greater part of the day. the scheme was adopted, to be laid before the Minister of Education and other authorities concerned. The recommendations were’made by the entrance committee after it had considered previous resolutions of senate and reports of the professorial boards and entrance and academic boards. The scheme outlined was that University entrance should be based on accrediting by schools on a list drawn up by the University in consultation with the Education Department. Only schools of undoubted suitability should be included in the list in the first instance. The system would be reviewed after experience of its working. An entrance examination would stilt be held or those who had not been accredited.