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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wellington Competitions. At the Wellington competitions yesterday Beulah Hirst, of Masterton, won the action song, boy or girl 12 to 16 years of age, with 84 points, 4 points ahead of the second competitor.

Training of Cripples. A decision to urge the establishment of craft centres for cripples, and to grant £2OOO as a subsidy for the purpose. was made yesterday by the annual conference in Wellington of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society.

Bridge Reconstruction. A notice in this week’s Gazette consents to the raising of a loan of £865 by the Mauriceville County Council for the reconstruction of the Kopuaranga Stream Bridge or Mauriceville Town Bridge.

Ploughman Fatally Injured. Richard Will, aged 24, single, tractor driver, was admitted to hospital on Thursday evening and later died from injuries received while ploughing at Motu. When he failed to retury home a search was made and Will was found beside an overturned tractor suffering from head injuries.

Parcels for Red Cross Society. Parcels have been forwarded to the MJasterton sub-centre 'of the Red Cross Society by the following: Mesdarnes Bull. Wallis. H. P. Hugo, Trevorrow. McMinn, Upper Plain Women’s Institute, Misses Vallance, Booth and Campbell, Townswomen’s Guild and Mrs Cody and staff.

Land Development Scheme. An area df 2455 acres of Native land at Homewood, in the East Coast, has been brought under the provisions of the Act relating to Native land development. The area in question will be known as the Homewood Development Scheme.

Masterton Percussion Band. A feature of the concert to be given in the Town Hall tonight as part of the annual festival of the Wellington Competitions Sociey will be a demonstration by Miss Stubbings’s percussion band from Masterton. The band consists of between 20 and 30 children, and the children are expected to be accompanied by 28 parents. The society has been endeavouring for several years to arouse interest among teachers in percussion bands, and after the performance tonight Dr J. F. Staton, the English musician, who is judging at the festival, will speak briefly about them.

Band Concert at Masterton Park.

The following programme will be played by the Masterton Municipal Band at the Masterton Park tomorrow afternoon, commencing at 2.30 p.m.: — “Old Comrades,” march (C. Teike); “Belphegor,” march (Brepsant); “Fearless ■ Footsteps,” march (Rimmer); “We’re All Together Now” (arranged by Denham); “Tommies Tunes” (arranged by Field); “Fire Fly,” trombone solo (Moss); “Esmeraldo,” waltz (Greenwood); “Nursie Nursie,” fox trot (arranged by Denham); “You Grow Sweeter as the Years Go By,” fox trot (arranged by Mackenzie; hymns, “Rutherford” and “French.” Fair Rents Act. The operation of the Fair Rents Act is to be extended for a further year to September 30, 1941, under a Bill laid before the House of Representatives yesterday and the measure modifies slightly the type of premises to which the Act applies. The legislation has hitherto excluded tenancies where any services have been performed by the landlord, but it has been found in practice that this excluded many tenancies to which the Act was really intended to apply because even the most trivial service was held to prevent the operation of the Act. In apartment houses there is usually some trivial service performed by the landlord, and in such cases the whole purpose of the Act was defeated. The clause corrects this anomaly.

Companies of Engineers,

The Government's decision to form four composite works companies of engineers for service with the Territorial Force should the necessity arise was announced yesterday by tile Minister of Defence. Mr Jones. Each company, one of which will be formed in each of the Northern and Southern Military Districts and two in the Central District, will consist of a headquarters. a tunnelling and demolition section, a bridging section, a general construction section, and an excavation section, and will have a total strength of seven officers and 268 other ranks. The companies will be formed from married men between the ages of 21 and 45 years of age and single men between the ages of 46 and 55 years. Each company will be organised in such a way that, should the necessity arise, its rapid expansion to form a works battalion will be facilitated. each section becoming a company.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1940, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 August 1940, Page 4

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