LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Town v Country Cricket Match. The annual Town v Country cricket match will be played this season on the Basin Reserve, Wellington, on November 23 and 25. All Members of Firm Called Up. Among the latest military service appeals lodged in Auckland is one in which a member of a firm was called in the first ballot and appealed, while in the second ballot all the remaining members of the firm, including the partners, have been called for service. Philharmonic Concert.

Wednesday, Decembei’ 4, was the date fixed at a meeting of the Masterton Patriotic Committee last night for a concert to be presented by the Wellington Philharmonic Society in the Masterton Opera House, in aid of the Provincial Patriotic Fund appeal.

Damages for Breach of Promise. General damages totalling £750 and special damages amounting to £49 were.awarded to Zeila Margaret Fama, Matainata, by a jury in the Wanganui Supreme Court last night in a breach of promise action against William Samuel Gower, farmer, Whenuakura.

Activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Acting in defiance of the law. members of the sect Jehovah’s Witnesses distributed hundreds of copies of the booklet entitled “Cure” in Napier during darkness on Sunday morning. The police confiscated a number of the copies. The organisation is not strong in Napier, but was well established in Hastings before the Government ban. Patriotic Raffle.

At a meeting of the Masterton District Patriotic Committee held in Masterton last night it was reported that tickets for the raffle of a furnished house in Lower Hutt in aid of the £1,000.000 patriotic appeal were available for distribution at the local depot in Perry Street. All local sales would be credited to the district quota.

Infectious Diseases. For the week ended yesterday 11 cases of infectious disease were reported to the Wellington office of the Health Department from the central Wellington area. The notifications were.—Pulmonary tuberculosis (4), diphtheria (2), erysipelas (2), meningitis tuberculosis (I),’ puerperal pyrexia (1), and' pneumonic influenza (1).

Appeal to Business Men. At a meeting of the Masterton District Patriotic Committee last night Mr J. P. Farrell made an appeal to all business men to remove publicity posters from their premises not connected with the £1,000,000 patriotic appeal. He pointed out that the removal of posters relating to past appeals would assist in the concentration of all efforts on the paramount appeal. Church Free From Debt.

Speaking in St Andrew’s -Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North, on Sunday, the Rev J. Hubbard said the splendid response made in gifts and co-operation by members had resulted in the whole of the debt of the church being extinguished, yet four or five years ago it was £7OOO. The forthcoming general assembly to be held in Palmerston North would thus meet a debt-free church.

Pahiatua Queen Carnival. The Pahiatua district patriotic queen carnival is in its second week. Interest is keen, and the public is responding very generously to the National Patriotic Fund Board’s appeal for £1,000,000, of which Pahiatua's quota is £3OOO. There are five candidates: Misses Billie Morice, Lorraine Woods, Rona Rutherford, Dorothy Day, and Madge Reichenbach. The organising secretary is Mr J. A. Walsh, and his assistant Mr E. Mexted. During the last war Pahiatua raised £ll,BBO for the wounded soldiers’ fund, the total expenses being £ll3.

Fur Company Fined. Charged under the Price Emergency Regulations with having sold a fur coat for £2l, a price unreasonably high, the Universal Fur Company, Ltd., was fined £lO in the Palmerston North Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Witnesses for the prosecution stated that the coat, which was made of rabbitskin, could be factor)' produced for about £9, and that a fair retail profit would be 50 per cent. Defendant, on the other hand, declared that the coat had been specially hand-made from an exclusive pattern, costing £l4 8s 9d. Mr Lawry, S.M., said he was unable to place much value on defendant’s evidence because of an endeavour to mislead the court. Costs amounted to £2O.

A. and P. Autumn Shows. To discuss the advisability of holding autumn shows, a conference of agricultural and pastoral association presidents and secretaries was held in the Manawatu A. and P. Association committee-rooms, Palmerston North. Mr C. E. Vile (Manawatu) presided, and delegates attended from Dannevirke, Woodville. Wanganui. Horo-whenua-Levin, Rangitikei, Stratford, Wairarapa. Pahiatua, Taranaki, Feilding and Masterton. On the motion of Mr Colquhoun, seconded by Mr L. Smart (Wairarapa), it was unanimously agreed that all A. and P. associations be advised to continue with their shows. Sympathy was expressed with Wanganui and Dannevirko having to abandon their fixtures. Mr Vile was elected president in lieu of Mr 11. Kissling, whose resignation was accepted with regret. Mr R. R. Johnston was re-elected secretary.

King's Birthday.

The position in regard to the observance of the King's Birthday holiday was explained last evening by the Minister of Labour, Mr Webb. “By regulations issued under the Emergency Regulations Act, 1939. on September 11 last, provision is made for the observance of the King's Birthday holiday on Monday, November 25," said Mr Webb. “Under the Sovereign's Birthday Observance Act. 1937, the day fixed as the holiday is the first Monday in June. However, on account of the war situation at that time, the Government decided to postpone the holiday to a later date. The regulations fixing November 25 as the day to be observed as a holiday this year provide that any provision in any Act, award. industrial agreement, agreement under the Labour Disputes Investigation Act. or any voluntary agreement which makes provision for a holiday or the payment of particular rates of wages on the King's Birthday. shall apply to November 25 this year."