LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Health Camp Appeal. The Health Camp Association’s street appeal conducted yesterday in Wellington resulted in the record sum of £328. Boring for Oil. New Zealand Petroleum Co., Ltd., reports that the Morere bore is down to 4510 feet with no change in the formation. The Midhirst depth is unchanged. Baby Choked by Peanut. A 19-months-old boy, Bernard John Dreaver, died at Dunedin yesterday afternoon while being taken to hospital after swallowing a peanut, which was given him to eat by his mother, but lodged in his throat. Efforts to remove it failed. He was dead when examined by a doctor. Levy on Wool. Rates of levy on all wool produced in New Zealand are announced in the Gazette issued last evening. They are: Sixpence a bale; threepence a fudge and a penny a bag or sack. These rates will apply to all wool which at any time during the season commencing on October 1 this year is exported from the Dominion or is delivered to a wool manufacturer for use in New Zealand. Patriotic Effort. At the monthly meeting of the Wairarapa College Board of Governors last night the Principal, Mr G. G. Hancox, reported that the sum of £25 had been raised for the London Relief Fund as a result of the picture entertainment given in the Assembly Hall last Saturday by Mr W, H. Saunders. It was decided to write conveying the board’s thanks to Mr Saunders. Arrival of Honolulu Clipper. After an uneventful trip from Noumea, the Honolulu Clipper of PanAmerican Airways arrived at Auckland at 2.29 p.m. yesterday on the conclusion of a flight from San Francisco. The flight was carried out according to schedule and without incident, stated Captain Barrows, who was in command. The trip from Noumea was covered in 6 hours 59 minutes, which was stated to be well within the average scheduled time. High Prices for Pumpkins.

While spring greens such as cabbages, cauliflowers, and silver beet are arriving on the Wellington market in ample supplies, ensuring reasonable prices to the public, pumpkins, which often go a-begging, are being sold at a premium this week. Sacks of the smaller grey-skinned variety realised more than 40s a sack at a Wellington market this week. Hothouse tomatoes from Lower Hutt brought 2s 4d a lb at the markets yesterday. Cabin Boy Drowned. No trace has yet been found of H. Carr, the 19-year-old cabin boy who disappeared overboard near Ward Island while an overseas ship was leaving Wellington harbour on Wednesday night. One of the ship’s boats was at once manned to search for Carr, and the examination vessel Janie Seddon, on duty at the Heads, was signalled, and left her station to assist. The surface of the sea was choppy, and the search made more difficult thereby. Though the tide was running into the harbour at the time of Carr’s disappearance, it is feared that the current from the Hutt River would have caused him to drift back into the outgoing tide shortly after 11 p.m. Waterfront Hold-up. Because of a dispute over dirt money on the Canterbury Shipping Company’s motor-ship Breeze at Wellington on Wednesday afternoon the waterside workers concerned were paid off. Yesterday morning no further men would accept engagement for the Breeze, in consequence of which the vessel was idle from 9 a.m. yesterday. ( Having investigated the matter, the Waterfront Control Commission has decided that the men concerned shall be penalised. The commission states that it has no intention of allowing stoppages of work in the vital indus--1 try of shipping. The form the penf alties are to take is to be decided when j the full facts have been investigated. The commission stated that: “The acI tion of the men ceasing work consti- ' tutes a breach of the order of the commission dated July 6, 1940, and will be dealt with accordingly.’’ The Cadet Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade will hold a dance in the Masonic Hall on Saturday night. The music will be supplied by Mr Jack Barnes’ Rhythm Boys, and, as usual, the duties of M.C. will be carried out by the Cadet Superintendent, Mr C. S. McQuade. The proceeds will be allocated to the uniform replacement fund. It is expected that there will be the usual large attendance of patrons. A moderate admission charge will be made.