LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No Publication Tomorrow. The “Times-Age" will not be published tomorrow, New Year’s Day. Heat in Masterton. The heat in Masterton yesterday reached 88.5 degrees in the shade—the record for this summer. ' Outsize in Strawberries. Several very large strawberries have been grown by Mr W. Barker, Boyne Street, Bluff. The weight of the largest was Ijoz., the length was 2 1 , inches, and the circumference 51 inches. Twins Gain Equal Marks. It was reported at the annual prizegiving of the Marist Brothers’ School at Palmerston North that there had been a tie for second aggregate prize in one of the classes. Peculiarly (and the examination papers had been marked by outside examiners) twin brothers secured equal marks in the test. Bowling Tournament,

The Christmas fours tournament of the Wellington Bowling Centre was continued yesterday, when two rounds of post-section play and the semifinals were decided in perfect conditions on the Wellington club s lower green. Results: Semifinal. —Kelburn (Brighting), 25; Hataitai (Wellings), 11. Hazlewood (Lyall Bay), 22; Bryce (Island Bay), 8.

Car and Lorry Collide. Extensive damage was done to two cars, though the occupants escaped serious injury, in a collision which occurred at the intersection of the main Waipawa-Tikokino road and the Waipawa traffic bridge. A car driven by Mr R. McKay, Palmerston North, and a lorry driven by Mr Ernest Manner - ing, collided, the driver of the car and a companion receiving cuts which necessitated medical attention.

Fatal Dive.

Diving into the swimming pool at Central Park, Whangarei, on Saturday evening, Albert Lurman, aged 27, single, whose parents live at Otorohanga, failed to come to the surface. Seven minutes later his body was recovered. There was no mark on it to indicate that he had struck the bottom. A companion said Lurman seemed to swerve when diving in order to miss a child. Lurman was to have gone into camp soon.

Learning to Swim. A new device which is meeting with success in teaching children to swim has been made in Napier and has been put into use. A cylindrical tank about 12 inches long fits into the child’s back and is strapped round the body. The air in the tank compels the child to float, and from the side of the baths the instructor has no difficulty in explaining the necessary movements. The buoyancy of the cylinder gives the child pupil more confidence than the normal procedure does. Treatment of Tonsils.

A remit that the Department of Health.be asked to take steps to treat children with enlarged tonsils, and advise parents concerning dietary and other measures, to prevent the removal of tonsils, as recommended by many school medical officers was adopted at the quarterly meeting of the Auckland School Committees’ Association. The remit was submitted by the Owairaka committee and was supported by several other delegates, who contended that the removal of tonsils was not always in the best interests of the children.

Spectacular Gorse Fire. Heavy smoke rolling over Wellington last evening originated from one of the most extensive and spectacular gorse fires that has occurred in the nearer suburbs of me city during recent years. Raging from two in the afternoon till the early hours of this morning, it consumed some hundreds of acres of gorse between Melrose and Houghton Bay. Averted by a change of wind and the efforts of fire-fighters from the houses along the summit of the hill, on Buckley Road, it threatened with destruction the Salvation Army’s Eventide Home for elderly women, Mersey Street.

Military Training. Beginning today thousands of young men will receive notices to attend military camps early in January. This applies to balloted territorials and to recruits for overseas. The concentration of men for the Expeditionary Force will take place on January 5, 6 and 7, and for the Territorial Force on January 6 and 7. .This concentration, over a three-day period, will be the biggest yet in the Central Military District in the present war. There will be some conflict with pressure of civilian traffic returning from holidays, presenting the railways and army authorities with a formidable problem.

Democratic Labour Party. The following New Year message on behalf of the Democratic Labour Party has been issued by Mr J. A. Lee. D.C.M., M.P.: "Resurrection is as eternal as death. In the life of humans, of societies, of nations, there aie cries. Yesterday’s hope dies on some Calvary. Our Empire .is emerging from the jaws of. death. Truth and courage are winning the resurrection. With purpose still more tenacious we must face 1941. May all help to sma.h and repel Fascism’s enslaving physica and spiritual chains. May ai neworld be deserved and won. Good foitiune New Zealanders on active set vice. May achievement crown , J 5 10 .p] Good fortune to boys and. gnh, patriotic citizens.’

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