LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 April 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Attendances at Exhibition. At the Centennial Exhibition at Wellington yesterday the attendance reached 27.177. bringing the grand total up to 2,090.946. The daily average is 16.727. Summer Time ends on April 28. Summer time, which began on September 24 last year, will end on April 28, the last Sunday in this month. Clocks will be put back half an "hour at 2 a.m. on that date, officially ushering in the New Zealand winter season. Military Enlistments. Enrolments at the Masterton Defence Office total 625. The following is the latest list of recruits:—Messrs D. J. Falkiner (Eketahuna); L. W. Wiley (Carterton); D. H. McKay (Pihautea), and J. McNamara (Masterton). Seamen’s Strike Settled. The strike of Chinese seamen on a British vessel at Castlecliff has been settled, and the ship will sail today after being delayed for four days in port. No information about the terms of the agreement could be gained from agents of the owners of the vessel. Drunken Motorist Fined. When he pleaded guilty in the Magistrates' Court, Wellington, yesterday to having been intoxicated while in charge of a motor-car on the Hutt Road on Monday night, Bernard McGee, motor trimmer, aged 42, was fined £l5 by Mr Stout. S.M.. and his licence was cancelled for 12 months.

Death of Valuable Ram. Mr. A. T. Hunter, Wanganui, recently was unfortunate enough to lose the stud Romney ram purchased from Sir William Perry for 220 guineas. This ram, which was of outstanding quality, was purchased through Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., at the Master ton ram fair. Sir William Perry has, however, with his usual generosity, replaced this ram free of charge with a vety high quality animal which he had intended keeping for his own use. Ribbon Parade. Arrangements are well advanced for the Wairarapa Kennell Club's Ribbon Parade, to be held at the Masterton Park on Saturday, April 13. There will be the usual classes for dogs and bitches and a full range of variety classes. Judges have been appointed as follow: Spaniels, Mr H. K. Macintosh; sporting dogs, except spaniels, Mr G. F. Birkett; all other breeds, Mr E. Hall (Lower Hutt). Intending competitors are particularly requested to make their entries before Thursday, April 11. so as to save delay at the parade, though post entries will be accepted as well. More Marriages.

Statistics issued by the registrar of births, deaths and marriages in Wellington yesterday disclose that many more marriages were celebrated last month than during.the corresponding period in 1939. Last month’s total was 300, as compared with 262, and of these 70 couples were married by the registrar, as against 58 for March, 1939. The figures for the March quarter show an even more substantial increase. There were 789 marriages in Wellington during the period under review, as against 633 during the same quarter last year. During the March quarter, 1939, couples married by the registrar totalled 139, but this year the total was 164.

Science Congress. Word has been received by Mr Gilbert Archey, honorary secretary for New Zealand of the Australian and New Zealand Association for- the Advancement of Science, that it has been decided to proceed with arrangements for holding the 1940 Science Congress in Adelaide from August 14 to 21. This decision, which has the approval of the Prime Minister of Australia, is in accordance with the desire of responsible officers of the association in all States but one. Social functions wil be reduced and matters for discussion will, in considerable measure, be directed toward wartime problems and matters related thereto. The presidentelect for the Adelaide meeting is Dr P. Marshall, Wellington. Mounted Rifles in Camp.

The Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles have gone into camp at Waipukurau racecourse. About. 300 men will, be in training, coming from as far north as Tolaga Bay and southward as far as Masterton. Officers in camp are: Commanding officer, Lieu-tenant-Colonel G. S. Wilson; camp adjutant, Lieutenant A. J. Young, N.Z.S. A squadron leader, Captain W. H. Ebbett, M.C., E.D., B. squadron leader, Captain H. A. McCaulay; C squadron leader Captain B. H. Pringle; headquarters squadron leader, Lieutenant J. F. Cook; quarter-master, Lieutenant J. T. Thomson; veterinary officer, Lieutenant I. J. Cunninghame; bandmaster, Lieutenant A. Wood; troop leaders. Lieutenants A. H. Russell, J. E. Evans and E. J. Wright; Second-Lieutenants C. H. Monckton, F. E. B. Wallis, H. G. Cooper, P. J. Borthwick and R. Bunny. Pronunciation of Achilles.

Pronunciations of the cruiser's name which was on everybody’s lips in Wellington yesterday differed widely and wildly. ' Variations overheard were: Ark-lilees. accent on Ark; Ackil-ees, accented variously on Ack and ees; A-chilees, accent on chill; Aek-illees, accent on Aek; and ash-ilees, accent on Ash. Correct pronunciation, according to literary authorities, is A-kill-ees, accent on kill. The name is that of the Greek hero, who with his army of Myrmidons caused the defenders of Troy" some worry. He was invulnerable, his mother Thetis the Sea-God-dess having dipped him as a baby in the River Styx, all but a heel by which Paris eventually pinked him with an arrow, his marksmanship aided by the divine intervention of Apollo. Achilees died of the wound. Borough Office Facilities. An up-to-date cash register, for the recording of all sums of money received. has been installed in the Masterton Borough Council office. The machine, which is electrically controlled, keeps 13 different totals in respect to various accounts, such as gas, rates, cemetery, etc., and at the same time stamps a receipt form for eveiy transaction. Provision is also made for separate totals for each of two tellers, who can lock their own sections during their absence. The total of any account is readily available, and at the end of each day the total of all transactions is quickly ascertained . The machine is set at the beginning of the financial year by the auditor, who alone has" a key that enables him to read the grand total at the end of the year. This, incidentally, considerably facilitates the auditing.