LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 December 1940, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Explosion in Bakehouse. An explosion of an oil burner at the bakehouse of Teddy Brothers, Onehunga, yesterday destroyed the whole day’s output of bread, 3000 loaves. The building was not extensively damaged. Smail Farms Bill.

At a recent meeting of the Masterton Labour Representation Committee a motion congratulating the Government on having passed the Small Farms Amendment Bill was carried unanimously.

Plunket Society. The local branch of the Plunket Society acknowledges the following subscriptions: Mesdames H. R.iKeltie £2, J. A. Gallagher 10s, H. Jacob 10s, A. Caselberg, S. R. Gawith, J. D. O’Connor, R. King, J. Cocker, C. Pickering, S. Rapson, T. H. Newlands, W. Bragg, A. S. Hodson, E. Trass, E. M. Spicer, G. E. Wainscott, O. A. Wyeth, 5s each.

Forced Landing of Aeroplane. A Moth training plane from the Taieri Air Force station developed engine trouble yesterday and made a forced landing at Forbury Park, Dunedin. It came to rest upside-down after crashing through the rails of the surrounding training track. The pilot was not hurt. The only visible damage to the machine was broken propeller blades and dented bonnet and tail fins. Coursing Control.

The action of the Wairarapa Coursing Club in severing its connection with the National Coursing Association and participating in the formation of a North Island Associaton was endorsed by a special meeting of the Wairarapa Club,, held in Masterton last night. Mr. S. D. Geary presided. Members regretted the necessity of having to take that action, but as no satisfaction could be obtained from the National Association regarding dates, no other course was open.

Military Training. “Men of the Territorial Force who are drawn in the ballot for overseas service will enter camp in the ordinary way and undergo the usual training,” said the Minister of Defence, Mr Jones, in reply to an urgent question asked by Mr Gordon in the House of Representatives yesterday. Many of these men, added the Minister, would no doubt become non-commissioned officers and thus be instructors for others who had not had previous military training. Mr Gordon had asked the Minister to explain the position ol Territorials, n.c.o's. and privates who had completed their training and weie called up for service overseas. He inquired whether they would be required to go through full training again. Motor Car Strikes Pole. Six persons were injured, when a rental car in which they w jr) L. irc | ling along Thorndon Quay Wellington about 10 0 c . lock , l f he COI T Mr H Roberts, ship's steward, Y C oUj the'car fractured jaw, head miuries and shock. Miss E. Orr. housemaid fi-actured left arm and wrist and i I- ivriem IVf Porter, dietician, <ibu Sions'to the left arm and shock. Miss Barron, housemaid. Punctured wound on the right leg and shock. Mi V. Troke ship’s steward, injury to the vi ffit -inkle. Mr B. Marsh, ships stevv- ‘ A i urv to the left leg. The pole w- s sh ittered by the force of the imoct which brought down telegraph ; ' an d also the trainway overhead wires. The car was badly damaged. s'he Free Ambulance took the injured noonle lo the Wellington hospital. Miss Orr! Miss Barron and Mr Roberts were ndmitted to the institution and the others were able to go home after receiving treatment.