LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 September 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gift to War Fund. A bequest of £2OOO to the New Zealand Government to be applied toward defraying the expenses of the war is contained in the will of Mrs Hannah Veale Bayly, Auckland, who died on June 26. Probate has been granted in the estate, which has been sworn at under £lO,OOO. Money for Patriotic Purposes. Discussion as to the allotment of £544 subscribed by members of the various bowling clubs for patriotic purposes took place at the Wellington' Bowling Centre meeting last night. It was decided to divide the money equally between the Wellington Provincial Patriotic Fund and the Fund for the Sick and Wounded. Waterfront Control Scheme. The new waterfront control scheme will come into operation in Auckland on Thursday, and within a few weeksat all other Dominion ports at which overseas vessels call. This was' stated yesterday by the chairman of the Waterfront Control Commission, Mr R. E. Price. Later the scheme will be extended to other vessels, the ultimate aim being to bring all ports, vessels and waterfront workers within its scope. Optimist Club Meeting. There was a good attendance at the weekly tea of the Masterton Optimist Club held in the Y.M.C.A. rooms last night. Chief Optimist R. Bradford presided. The speaker for the evening was Mr J. Cleghorn who referred to his trip through the United States of America. Mr Cleghorn received an attentive hearing and on the motion of Optimist M. Finlayson was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.

Measles Epidemic Spreading. There is every indication that the present mild measles epidemic is spreading in the Waikato, as all camps in the area now have some cases, while' the civilian population in some parts of the district has also been affected. On Monday seven soldiers were admitted to the emergency hospital in the new West School, two being from Hopu Hopu, one from Claudelands, where the 7th Medium Battery is in camp, and the other four from a special isolation camp at Te Rapa. Thirty-nine soldiers are now in hospital.

R.S.A. Vigilance Committee. The vigilance committee recently set up at a special general meeting of the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association to assist in suppressing subversion held its first meeting this week. The committee unanimously elected Colonel T. W. McDonald chairman. It was resolved that for the meantime communications from the general public should be addressed to the secretary of the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association, Victoria Street, to be passed on by him to the committee. A subcommittee consisting of the chairman, Major A. B. Sievwright, Captain D. Bryan, and Mr H. Haycock, was appointed to draw up the objects, policy, and procedure to be adopted by the committee.

Bungalow Journey. A four-roomed bungalow, the property of the State, made the journey from Durham Street, Sydenham, tc Belfast, during the early hours of a recent morning under steam power. When discovered by a reporter at 1 a.m. it covered the whole width of the Gloucester Street bridge, one of the most difficult parts of the journey to negotiate. Hurricane lamps hung from its foundations, and its front door and windows had the rear view. A small part of the roof had been removed tc enable it to pass under the wires. Two men walked in front with lanterns and they were to be met by a Transport Department inspector at Papanui though they felt that anyone who needed to be warned of the approach of such a huge “vehicle” should not be on the highway. The house was built only eight years ago, and it will remain Crown property when it settles , on its new section in Belfast. Not Poisoned. From an anlyst’s report received recently by Mr J. M. McGregor, caretaker of Forbury Park, it would appear that poison was not, as was at first ' suspected, responsible for the death on the park" plumpton of a number of bares belonging to the Dunedin Coursing Club. Holding that it was impossible for anyone to have laid poison on the park. Mi- McGregor submitted the body of one of the hares to Dr R. Gardner for examination, and received the following report:—"No strychnine or other alkaloid. hydrocyanic acid, or arsenic or other metallic poison is present. This eliminates all the substances likely to be used in deliberate poisoning. The stomach contained grass, but no other material which would suggest an artificial bait. In my opinion, the animal was not poisoned.” —(Signed) R. Gardner. Mr McGregor says that, all the hares died in similar circumstances.