LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Golfer’s Feat. The Hamilton amateur golfer, R. H. Glading, had a remarkable round of 65 in a bogey competition in Hamilton on Saturday, this being a record for the course. Glading held the previous record of 69. In a splendid sequence of scores, Glading returned nine birdies and nine bogeys and finished nine strokes under the scratch score of the course. An Inquiry Sought. A petition is being presented to Parliament by Mr William Stuart Wilson, Wellington, praying “that a competent tribunal be set up to investigate the reasons that so many industries which commercial men and others, during the past 25 years, desired to establish in this country, have been sabotaged and hindered in their development to the detriment of the inhabitants of this country and the Empire generally.”

Waipawa Seat. There will be no shortage of National Party nominees when the final selection of. a candidate for the Waipawa seat comes to be made, as in addition to the eight already mentioned, Mr Charles R. Edgecombe has been asked to stand. Mr Edgecombe, a wellknown farmer of Hatuma, is a member of the Waipukurau County Council and prominent in Farmers’ Union activities. The final selection is to be made on October 15. Permanent Investment.

The annual meeting of shareholders of the Masterton Permanent Investment and Building Society was held yesterday afternoon, the chairman of directors, Mr D. M. Graham, presiding. The annual report and balance sheet were adopted. The retiring directors, Messrs D. M. Graham and A. W. Chapman, were re-elected unopposed and the auditors, Messrs G. W. Sellar and N. H. James were reappointed.

A Bowling Blitzkrieg. A rather spectacular method of opening the season was adopted by the Terrace End Bowling Club, Palmerston North, on Saturday. Players, of whom there were close on 100, lineci the four sides of the green and at a signal, drew simultaneously on a kitty lying in the centre of the green. Th* little white ball looked completely helpless as the weight of the hundred bowls descended on it but strange to relate, there was only one toucher.

Railway Wagons and Tarpaulins. Day and night the railways, linked with primary and secondary industries, are doing their part in New Zealand’s war effort. This important service to increased production can be materially assisted by consignees’ prompt release of wagons and tarpaulins. Delay in unloading tends to impede the national war effort. Quick release of tarpaulins and trucks for use elsewhere is helpful to the State, especially at this time, when it is the duty of all to assist in the drive for accelerated production and victory.

High Award for Scout. The Dominion headquarters at Wellington of the Boy Scout movement have received advice from imperial headquarters, London, that the Cornwall Scout Decoration, scolding's highest award, has been given to Scout Stanley Cole, aged 17, at present in the Wellington Public Hospital. The award was made to him for heroic and cheerful endurance of suffering. Scout Cole has been in hospital for the last five years. In that time he has undergone more than 20 major, and a similar number of minor operations. Recently he had a leg amputated.

Sports Bodies and Art Unions. Though admitting the merit of the claims for financial help of some of the sports bodies whose membership and revenue had been affected by the calling up of men for military service, the Minister of Internal Affairs, MrParry, informed a deputation at Wellington yesterday that it was not practicable to make grants to those bodies from art union funds. The profits from that source were still, he said, being paid by the Government to the Dominion mayoral funds for the immediate relief of cases of distress not covered by the Social Security Act. 700 Unfinancial Members. The revenue of the Automobile Association (Wellington) for September was £2478, a decrease of £492 on 193940. The finance committee reported to the executive last night that it had 189 resignations before it. Acceptance of 159 was recommended, the rest to be held in abeyance. In September £7O in arrears was collected; there were still 700 unfinancial members on the register. It was recommended that these be advised that unless they settled by a certain date, their memb.eri ship would be cancelled. At the same time they would still be liable for their subscriptions. Last night’s meeting elected 91 new members. ( Emu Hatching Contest. , Consistently unlucky in his efforts I during the last three years, Silas, the male emu at the Auckland Zoo. has I been more successful this year. After brooding for nine weeks, Silas rose majestically from his nest on Sunday to reveal eight healthy chicks. Originally he sat on 10 eggs, so that the 80 pel- cent success is a record lor emus at the Zoo. For some years Silas lias competed yearly against Victor, pride of the Wellington Zoo. for the Dominion egg-hatching championship, open to male birds only. Victor won the contests in 1937 and 1938. and last year the event, was a scoreless draw. Actually. Victor did hatch several chicks last year, but they subsequently died. In past years, however, he has suc- ’ cessfully raised numerous progeny.