LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 April 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mauri Boy Killed. A Maori boy, Tukutaimoana Heremia. aged six, was killed instantly when the bicycle lie was riding was struck by a car on a country road 10 mile:?, from Napier al 5 p.m. yesterday. Military Enlistments. Under new regulations the publication of names of recruits for military service, until they have passed the medical board's examination, has been forbidden. It is understood that a large number of men have enlisted and then failed to appear before the medical board when called upon. Burglaries At Ashburton. Two business premises in Ashburton were broken into on Tuesday night. At Miller's, Limited, drapery store, a steel grille was cut through and £24 was stolen from cash registers. At Smallbone Brothers' garage a small sum of money was taken. Both premises have previously been entered. Miller’s losing stock about three years ago. Cablegrams to Soldiers. The Post Office advises that, commencing forthwith, the addresses ol cablegrams to members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt are to be charged for as four words, ir-

respective of the number of words contained therein, plus one word for the indicators ”LC” or “DLT,” if these rates apply. Awatea’s Running. For the first time since she was commissioned in 1936 the Union Steam Ship Company's Tasman liner Awatea, of 13,000 tons, will be taken off the run from Sydney to Auckland next month. The step is the result of a substantial decrease in passenger traffic from the port and to conserve oil fuel. The liner will remain in service from Sydney to Wellington. Sugar Supples. An announcement that the New Zealand Government had informed him that it had agreed to become a party to the British Empire scheme for the purchase and distribution of sugar and had intimated its concurrence to his Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom was made by the Premier of Queensland. Mr W. Forgan Smith, in an interview yesterday at the conclusion of the negotiations in Wellington. Mr Forgan Smith has now left on his return to Australia.

Tasman Air Service. The question of a suitable date for the inauguration of the Tasman air service with the two flying-boats Aotearoa and Awarua was among the matters discussed in Wellington yesterday by representatives of the New Zealand and Australian Governments and the newly-appointed directors of Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. Though no official indication was forthcoming it is considered more than probable that the first flight will be made next week. Ey-Election Recount. The result of the by-election for two seats on the Wanganui City Council is rot changed by the recount, details of which were released by the returning officer, Mr C. R. White, yesterday. Mr W. Earle (Labour) heads the poll with 2671 votes; on the first count he polled 2673. The other seat was won by Mr A. Bullock (Independent). His majority over Mr A. E. Halligan (Civic League) is seven, after being eight on the first count; with the inclusion of absentee votes Mr Bullock gained 19 on the recount and Mr Halligan 20. Waterfront Commission. A sitting of the Waterfront Control Commission, recently set up by the Government to deal with problems arising on the waterfronts of the ports of the Dominion and the rates of pay and conditions of waterside workers, commenced in Wellington yesterday. The sitting is expected to last several days. Mr. R. E. Price is presiding’ and the other members of the commission are Mr. H. A. McLeod, master stevedore, Wellington, and Mr. J. Roberts, secretary of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union. Scout Year Book. The 1939 Year Boole of the Boy Scouts' Association of New Zealand is an attractively produced booklet containing among other things, a list of officers of the association throughout New Zealand, the annual reports of the executive and treasurer for the past year and a financial statement. A Dominion census as at June 30, 1939, showed that there were 14,657 connected witli the Scout movement in New Zealand, besides 4368 non-warranted workers. Figures relating to the Wairarapa are: Commissioners, 1: groups, 8; packs. 9; troops, 8; crews, 1; Scouters, 36: Cubs. 172; Scouts, 195; Rovers, 7; total, 411; non-warranted workers, 165. Still At Large. Since March 12 liberty has been enjoyed by Raymond Stanley Hill, Hastings, who escaped from a train at Taupiri, on the Main Trunk, when being conveyed to a Borstal Institute. The police in Napier stated yesterday that they had no knowledge of his whereabouts. Hill, who is 19 years of age, escaped while being transferred from Auckland jail to Waikaria Borstal Institute to serve a sentence of three years for breaking, entering and theft in Nelsen. Wellington, Palmerston North, and Auckland. He leapt from a converted car at Eskdale after the police had barricaded the road, and made off into the bush. He was subsequently seen at Hauinoana, but since them his whereabouts have become a mystery. Preserving Beauty Spots. The possibility of establishing a national trust in New Zealand, on the lines of tne British society, to safeguard for all time famous beauty spots was referred to in the report of tlie president of the Rangitikei Scenery Preservation and Tree-planting Society, Mr S. A. R. Mair. It had been found that many owners of native bush would welcome some permanent organisation in which they could vest these beauty spots for all time. Inquiries had been made throughout New Zealand as to the feasibility of eslablisliim 1 a national trust on the lines of tlie British society, but tile war had shelved any such proposal. Tlie question had been opened up. however, whether the society should seel; incorporation and thus be able tn accept trit-'l. There was certainly an urgent need for something of Hie sort, as many owners had no confidence in Hie changing personnel of either the rcneral or local government to hold such places for the people,