LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 November 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Motor Cyclists's Death. latal head injuries were suffered by a motor-cyclist, Emanuel William l ovey single, Kohimarama, when a motor-cycle he' was riding collided with, a milk lorry in Auckland. He was taken to the Auckland Hospital in a serious condition and died about five hours after his admission.

Gifts to Red Cross. The Masterton sub-centre of the Rad Cross gratefully acknowledge gifts <,! parcels of clothing from the fellow.ng donors: —Mrs Eright, Mrs Kerr, iVlri McDougall, Mrs R. Wilson, East School, Miss B. Vallance, Mrs Whittaker, Miss Vallance, Mrs Tolhurst, Mrs Ashworth, anonymous (parcels). Wild Life Control.

No change will be made in wild life control in the Dominion till the wai is over, the president, Mr G. L. Pom-fret-Dodd, told members of the council ci the South Island acclimatisation societies, who held their annual meeting in Christchurch yesterday. Mr Pom-iret-Dodd said he had received confirmation from the Minister of Interna, Affairs, Mr Parry, of his reported intention to leave wild life control alone for the duration of the war. The council had not been informed officially ol this decision.

Jehovah’s Witnesses Sent to Gaol. Three Jehovah’s Witnesses, who appeared in the Dunedin S.M. Court yesterday afternoon, charged with having participated in the activities of a subversive organisation, were each sentenced to two months’ imprisonment. They were George Edward Crellin. Leslie Raymond Franks, and James Ernest Patterson. Crellin asked, leave to appeal. The magistrate asked him upon what grounds. They had all admitted they were members of this organisation. They would be given an opportunity to consult a solicitor if they so desired. Each man, when directly asked, refused to cease carrying on his activities. Reduction in Price of Meat. Wanganui meat prices will be reduced by a halfpenny a pound from Monday, according to a statement by the president of the Wanganui Master Butchers' Association, Mr G. E. Bennett. This is in accordance with the Internal Marketing Department plan whereby butchers were permitted to increase the puce of meat a halfpenny a pound on July 1, and a penny a pound on August 15. The plan was that the price would be reduced by a halfpenny a pound on November 1, December 1 and January 1, so that when the further reduction takes place in January meat prices will be the same as those ruling on September 30, 1939.

Legacies to Charity. The estate of the late Sir Percy Sargood, of Dunedin, has been sworn at under £200,000. After specific bequests and certain legacies -the residue is left to charitable purposes. In addition to several works of art. the Dunedin Art Gallery benefits by a legacy of £2OOO for a new wing. The testator’s ethnological collection has been left to the museum. The residue of the estate is to be held upon trust to distribute the income and capital among such charitable institutions or other charitable objects in New Zealand as the trustees may select, irrespective of locality or religious creed or persuasion. The testator expresses a wish that the whole of his fund be paid within 25 years from his death. The estimated estate duty will amount to £120,000.

Supply of Vegetables. The Minister of Labour, Mr Webb, is to be asked whether he will take steps toward stimulating production so that New Zealand housewives may secure vegetables for their families without paying unconscionable prices for necessary New Zealand produce, in a question of which Mr J. A. Lee gave notice in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mr Lee will ask whether Mr Webb is aware of the rising cost of New Zealand-produced vegetables due to (1) the withdrawal of labour for war purposes, (2) profiteering, (3) inefficient .marketing, (4) or to a combination of these circumstances, whether the Minister did not promise over a year ago to use unemployed men to grow vegetables for soldiers, in camp, the present shortage being forseeable, and what he has done in the matter.

Caught in Police Trap. Caught by the police in a trap prepared while she was collecting money in the streets of Auckland on Friday. November 22 during an appeal for the Fighting Forces Fund, Margaret Elizabeth McComb, married, Devonport, appeared on summons in the Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty to a charge ol stealing £4 6s belonging to the Patriotic Committee. Detective McEwen said that by arrangement a number of marked coins were placed in a collection box which accused carried. At 11.30 he saw her walk from Customs Street into Galway Street. At the rear of a building she tipped the collection box upside down into a separate cardboard box and put something into her pocket. Early in the afternoon he saw her do the same thing. Accused admitted the theft. She said she was trying to make up £l5 which she had lost the previous week. The magistrate. Mr Orr Walker, described the theft as premeditated and contemptible. Aceus cd was admitted to probation on condition that she did not take part in similar activities.