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LOCAL AND GENERAL

National Patriotic Fund. The latest list of donations to the National Patriotic FuYid brings the Domillion tola! Io £62,646 5s b’d. Attendances at Exhibition.

At the Centennial Exhibition yesterday. the attendance was 13.437. The total is now 2,003.987, and daily average 16.658. School Essays.

Because of the death of the Prime Minister and consequent break of two days in school routine, the closing date of the Essay Competition which is being sponsored in Masterton by the Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative Association has been extended from March 29 to April 5. Caravan Rally.

At a meeting held in Masterton, it was decided to held a caravan rally. On Saturday. April 13, caravans will assemble at the W.F.C.A. parking area. Chapel Street. Masterton, at 1.30 p.m. sharp, and proceed to Lake Ferry, where they will camp until Sunday. Participants are requested to bring games and musical instruments. Patriotic Funds.

The treasurer, Mr B. O. Peterson, reported, at yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Provincial Patriotic Council that funds in hand totalled £4405. the figure being made up of £3BOB in Wellington and £597 in the hands of zone committees. The total was very satisfactory. Jsaid the chairman, Mr Hislop mayor of Wellington, considering that the.total in the national fund was about £62,000. Donation of Draught Horses.

Two draught horses, a mare and a gelding, both young and active, and in good working order have been offered for sale on behalf of the Wellington Provincial Patriotic Fund by Messrs J. ,1. Curtis and Co, Ltd.. Wellington. Mr G. T. O’Hara Smith, Town Clerk, secretary of the Masterton Patriotic Committee, has received advice to this effect, with a request for assistance in finding a purchaser for these animals. Further particulars are obtainable from J. J. Curtis and Co., Wellington.

Orange Consignments. Complaints about the condition in which some consignments of oranges reach Masterton are made by a Masterton fruiterer, who states that in several instances' recently he has had to throw out a considerable proportion of the fruit. Under the present marketing arrangements, he states, it is impossible to secure any concession for fruit arriving in an unmarketable condition, whereas previously, when business was conducted through the merchants, some concession was made' in instances of this kind. Other fruiterers have had similar experiences, but complaints so- far made have been without result.

The Building Trade. With the slackening off of building for defence and a decided falling away in construction for private enterprise, some unemployment has developed among carpenters, painters and bricklayers. Till recently, builders were often at their wits’ end to obtain skilled labour. It is a long time since they were in the position in which they now are of receiving daily inquiries for work from carpenters and others. State housing and other Government construction arc absorbing most of the energies of the building trade. There has been a wider spread than formerly in State housing contracts, which has compensated many builders for the decline in private work.

Soldier Rubs Noses with Mayoress. An unrehearsed incident occurred during a complimentary gathering for members of the Second Echelon in Hastings. The mayoress, Mrs G. A. Maddison, presented gift parcels to the troops who were present, and as the men lined up on the stage their names were called and they were given a hearty handshake by Mrs Maddison. One of the recipients of gift parcels, however, was a member of the Maori Battalion, and he accompanied the handshake with the traditional Maori greeting of rubbing noses. The mayoress was momentarily taken aback by this unexpected demonstration, but she rose to the occasion and amid applauseentered into the spirit of exchanging greetings.

Victim of Motor Accident Dead. Injuries which Mr Stanley Wong, a Chinese, the driver of a van which collided at Hastings with a car, received on Tuesday night proved to be fatal, for he died in Hastings Memorial Hospital yesterday. The only other person out of the six involved in the accident who was admitted to hospital Mr John Steedman. Auckland, has serious, but not critical, shoulder injuries. Mr Wong, who was well known in the district, was 34 years of age and had been in New Zealand since he was ten years old. He was well educated, and 'could speak English fluently. On several, occasions he had acted as interpreter for legal and official purposes. and had been heal'd on the ail in introductory numbers to Chinese items given at children's sessions in Hastings.

Soldiers Wives and Dependants.

The setting up of women's committees to handle cases where single girls and wives had been left in unfortunate circumstances through soldiers going overseas was discussed by tne Wellington Provincial Patriotic Council at its meeting yesterday in Wellington The question was. said Mr 1. Jordan, whether the cost of assisting the wives and dependants of men who went overseas without making adequate provision for them should be borne bv the provincial councils or whether such expense should not be borne by the Government. Mr E. C. Hale: The Government’s financial assistance board doesn't go far enough. Mr Jordan: I think it is a Government matter Men with large families should be prevented from going overseas and leaving their wives and dependants in need. Mr Halo: If they have to roly on some Government committee for assistance, then God help the dependants. The chairman. Mr Hislop, mayor of Wellington, said lie did not think provincial councils should be asked to bear such expense. It was agreed to bring the question forward for discussion at the conference of H provincial councils of New Zealand to be held in May.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 March 1940, Page 4

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Tapeke kupu
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LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 March 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 March 1940, Page 4

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