LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Soldiers’ Gift Parcels.

The total amount subscribed in Masterton and district for soldiers' Christmas gift parcels was £26o'Os 2d, reported the Town Clerk, Mr G. T. O’Hara Smith, this morning. Motorist Killed.

James Hurren, traveller for an Auckland photograph enlarging firm, was killed when the motor-car he was driving crashed into the centre of a New Plymouth-bound railcar at Smart Road crossing, near New Plymouth, yesterday. Mr Hurren, a married man of middle age, received severe head injuries, and died almost instantly. Women’s War Effort.

The educating of women in the handling and repairing of motor-cars in order that they may be fitted for this purpose in the event of an emergency is to be started in Napier. The! Hawke’s Bay Automobile Association is to co-operate with the Y.W.C.A. in the training of such a class. Fifteen young women, have so far indicated their intention to attend the classes, which will be held in the association’s garage. Pillion Rider Injured.

Injuries severe enough to require his admission to hospital were received by a young man who was riding on the pillion of a motor-cycle that collided with a motor-car in Lower Hutt yesterday, while the rider of the machine escaped comparatively lightly and was taken home. The pillion rider was John Frederick Armstrong, apprentice trimmer, 57 Connolly Street, Lower Hutt. He received a head injury and concussion. The rider of the motorcycle was Charles Perrett, 2 Okura Street, Lower Hutt. Shopping Hours.

The reported intention of some trade unions to urge the Government to introduce the closing of shops on Friday nights and Saturdays was the subject of a protest in a remit from the Netherton branch of the Northern Thames sub-provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union. Mr W. H. Cheal said his branch considered the proposal an injustice to the shopping public and the farming community. Farmers did most of their shopping in the periods mentioned. The remit was carried.

Copra for Pigs. As the result of an experiment on the use of copra as a pig food carried out by the Hydra Bacon and Meat Company, Limited, Auckland, the opinion has been formed by the company that it would be of great feeding value if used in rationed quantities. In view of the need for increased pig production to assist Britain, and the present shortage of the usual foods in New Zealand, the experiment is, one of wide interest to pig raisers and feeders. Man Power Committee.

Attention is drawn in another column to the fact that the offices of the Masterton Man Power Committee are now situated on the top floor of the Public Trust Office Building, Perry Street. All enquiries and appeals in respect of the postponement of military service should be directed to the secretary of the committee at the above address. Appeals must be lodged within 10 days of the issue of the Gazette calling men up for service.

Service of Intercession. The combined service of intercession was held in the Opera House yesterday. There was a large attendance, the Rev D. McNeur, being in the chair. Scripture Lessons were read by the Ven Archdeacon E. J. Rich and the Rev D. McNeur. Addresses were given by Major Mahaffie, who spoke on “Victorious Peace,” and the Rev H. Taeapa, whose subject was “The Prayer That Prevails.” The intercessions were led by the Revs V. W. Joblin and H. L. Kings. Mrs H. Speight was pianiste. Travellers Abroad. Requests by men and women for permits to leave New Zealand for Australia and further abroad have lessened in number in recent weeks, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, stated last night. This was no doubt attributable to a full understanding by the people, who had a desire to travel even in wartime, that they would be exercising sound judgment in deciding to remain in their own country. The merits of every claim made to a permit to leave the Dominion, the Minister said, were thoroughly investigated before a decision was come to. A factor which had made difficult the consideration of the claims to a travel permit of some men who had been in business or employment in New Zealand for two or three years, or perhaps for longer' periods, was that they came within the scope of national service. Money For Troops. Provision to enable relatives and friends of New Zealand soldiers serving overseas to send to the troops substantially larger remittances from the Dominion than those at present allowed, thus placing New Zealand soldiers on a more favourable comparative basis with Australian troops, was sought in a question of which Mr Holland (Opposition, Christchurch North) gave notice in the House of Representatives yesterday. The question was addressed to the Minister of Finance, Mr Nash. “All remittances to members of ■ the New Zealand Expeditionary Force overseas are limited to an aggregate of £2O New Zealand currency a year, which is less than one shilling a day sterling,” Mr Holland said in a note to his question. “Australian soldiers may receive from Australia up to £lOO sterling every three months, and more if necessary.”