LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Exhibition Attendances. At the Centennial Exhibition on- Saturday the attendance was 18,711. bringing the total up to 1.584,873. The daily average is now 16.860. Territorial Parade.

There will be a parade of C Company (Lewis gunners), First Battalion Hawke’s Bay Regiment, in the Masterton Drill Hall at 7.30 o'clock tonight. A full attendance is desired. Military Enlistments.

The following men have enrolled at the Masterton Defence Office for service overseas: Messrs A. C. Beckett (Masterton); E. C. Rasmussen ' (Feathersston); W. Taueki, M. Ngatuere (Mangamahoe). The- enlistments are steadily increasing and have' now reached 559.

Sunday School Picnic. Owing to the wet weather the Knox Sunday School annual picnic was held in the McGregor Hall on Saturday afternoon. Under the supervision of the Superintendent, Mr G. W. Morice, and his assistants, an enjoyable time was spent in indoor games and competitions. Luncheon was provided at mid-day, and before leaving tea was served to those present.

Soldiers Injured in Motor Accident. Three soldiers from Trentham Military Camp were badly injured in a motor accident on the Western Hutt Road early yesterday morning. They were: —Corporal J. H. Slipper, head injuries and shock. Private I. Draffin, head and back injuries. Private C. Bennett, chest injuries and shock. The accident took place at about 4 a.m. when the light car in which they were driving ran off the road at the level crossing traversed the cattle stop, and struck a signal post. The men were taken to the Wellington Public Hospital.

Presbyterian Plaque Unveiled. The Commercial Bank of Australia in Lambton Quay stands on the site of the first church in Wellington. It was the first Scots Church, subsequently St Andrew’s, and was erected in 1844. Some of the kauri timber is still in existence and from it will be made a piece of memorial furniture for the present church. Yesterday afternoon, in the presence of visiting Presbyterian ministers and members of St Andrew's congregation, the Rev J. Lawson Robinson, 8.A., Moderator of the Geneial Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand unveiled a commemorative bronze plaque set in the side of the building. '-S''' ' J®® l Professional Golf Tourney.

Consistent golf throughout the tournament enabled A. Murray (Auckland) to win the Hawke's Bay professional golf championship, which has been conducted on the Maraenui links. Napier, by the New Zealand Professional Golfers’ Association and which concluded on Saturday. Murray s rounds of 71. 73, 76, and 72, total 292, were even if not brilliant performances, and though his individual rounds were diton bettered by other players he was always at or near the head of the list. With one round to be played on Saturday afternoon T. S. Galloway (Rotorua) had a one-point lead over Murray, but a 77 in the last round against Murray’s 72 spoilt Galloway’s chances. By turning on a good 70. one of the two best rounds of the tournament, A. Dyke (Maraenui, Napier) came up to second place on the aggregate, only two points behind the winner. Dyke s rounds were 75. 76, 73. and 70. his last round being all the more noteworthy as the course was affected by heavy rain.

The men in the Navy today never go short of their rum ration, we read. However, this has nothing to do with that "zigzag course" we so often hear about.

Three young plumbers are in the same tent at a militia camp, and arc described as being excellent soldiers. Their success in kit inspections is encouraging the profession to believe that this will finally end the old jokes about plumbers’ memories.