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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Death from Injuries. Mr. Robert Kean, aged 62, service station proprietor, who was one of those involved in the motor accident on the Cable Bay road on Christmas Day, has succumbed to head injuries.

A Christmas Baby. At least one Hastings man will bear the distinction of having Christmas Day, 1940. as his birthday. One baby was born in Hastings yesterday. This was a son to the wife of Constable J. King. Business Brisk.

Butchers and bakers in Masterion experienced an exceptionally busy day and this morning, folowing the" holidays. The late shopping hours were not observed last night.

Body Recovered. A body recovered yesterday from the Pelorous River, near Canvastown,' proved to be that of Mr. Thomas William Marris, single, aged 28, who was drowned late on Thursday afternoon. He was one of a party of Christchurch motor campers who went bathing. Unable to swim, he got out of his depth in a deep pool.

Clothes Too Small. It has been the common experience of territorials home for Christmas after completing their three months’ training, to find that their civilian clothes are now too small for them. The majority of the the men put on from a stone to a stone and a half in weight, and from the opinions expressed by many of the single men, at any rate, they would just as soon stay in camp as return to civilian life. School Renamed. Another link with the past is severed with the change of name of the school at Mangamutu which has been approved by the Education Board. In response to a request from the School Committee,- when the school is repainted the name “Mangamutu" is to replace “Scarborough,” which has served since its foundation. The change was promoted by the Committee which felt that the school should bear the name of the settlement which it served and which has been popularly known for many years now as Mangamutu. Methodist Centenary.

A hundred years ago the first Christian church was established in the northern portion of the South Island. That was at Ngakuta Bay, Port Underwood, where the Rev. Samuel Ironside went ashore and, with the assistance of Maoris and whalers, cut the timber from which he erected his church. The centenary of this historic occasion was observed when the Rev. J. D. McArthur and a party of Methodists journeyed to Ngakuta Bay to take part in a ceremony conducted on the spot where the church once stood. Originally it was intended to erect a cairn to commemorate the occasion, but in view of the fact that the locality is an isolated one it has been decided to wait until 1943, when a memorial to Samuel Ironside and his work will be erected at Taumarina, near Picton. National Horticultural Week.

Arrangements for the observance of National Horticulaural Week, 1941, were discussed at the last meeting of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture. It was noted with pleasure that Mr. D. Tannock, of Dunedin, would deliver the Banks Lecture, 1941, at Oamaru, on Thursday, February 6, the title being “The History, Development and Activities of Reserves Departments in New Zealand.” It was reported from Oamaru that entries in the National Flower Show, 1941, for comprehensive horticultural displays had been received from Christchurch, Dunedin, Timaru, Waimate and North Otago. Active support is being given by the Mayor and City Council, Oamaru Harbour Board, supplemented by a donation of 10 guineas and the Oamaru Retailers’ Association.

Possibility of Boxing Bout, Mr. Charles Lucas, the boxing.promoter who assisted the Manawatu Boxing Association in staging the bout between Maurice Strickland and the Alabama Kid in Palmerston North on Thursday night, has cabled Ron Richards, the well-known Australian lightheavyweight, inviting him to meet Strickland in Wellington shortly. With that end in view Strickland, after a brief rest, intends to start light training again at an early date. The main obstacle to be overcome in the promotion of .the Strickland-Richards bout is that Richards will be unable to take his share of the purse out of New Zealand, but the present proposal is that Strickland take over Richards’ share of the Wellington purse and give Richards an equivalent amount in Australian money after a return bout that is also mooted to be held in Australia. Double Hat Trick. ‘ A 11-year-old Dunedin schoolboy was responsible for a remarkable bowling performance in a school cricket match recently. In an eight-ball over he took seven wickets, including a double hat trick. The first six balls of the over sent six youthful batsmen back to the pavilion; the seventh failed take a wicket, but another fell to the last ball. Five of the batsmen were cleaned bowled and two were caught. The player responsible for this amazing performance was Peter Gray, a pupil of the Macandrew Road intermediate school, who is spending his holidays in Invercargill. According to Wisden the greatest number of wickets obtained by a bowler with successive deliveries is nine. Eight have been taken three times, six once, five once and one one occasion seven were taken in eight, balls. A Masterton schoolboy in a recent school match did the double hat trick, taking in all seven wickets in the one innings.

Average Incomes. Based on declarations of income made under the Social Security Act, figures compiled by the Gc/ernment Statistician show that the average income per head of males in New Zealand for the 12 months ended March 31, 1939, was £264, and for females £95 The total number of returns received up to April 16, 1940. was 995.134; these comprised 485,674, for males 462 060 for females, and 4700 cases where no data of any kind had been entered on the questionnaire, says the Government Statistician. The number of returns received was substantially less than should have been furnished. It is believed that the great majority failing to supply returns had little oi no income apart from salary or wages; in such cases having no fuithei social security tax, or very little, to pay, many did not appreciate, despite considerable publicity given to the requirements, that a return was still necessary.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1940, Page 4

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LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 December 1940, Page 4

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