LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Esperanto Congress. The next Esperanto Congress is to be held at Wellington. Burnt to Death. Charles Canty, aged 56. a mill hand, was burnt ot death in his hut at Ngnhere on New Year's night. He was' alone. His wife and family reside at Christchurch. Tragic End to Holiday. While on holiday at Waimarama Beach with his daughter, Mrs L. White. Porangahau, Mr William Herbert Organ. of Blenheim, collapsed and died. Mr Organ, who was about 65 years of age. had suffered from heart trouble for some time.

Condition of Accident Victims. The condition of Dr. A. K. Currie, ship’s doctor of an overseas vessel, who received head and chest injuries when a small car in which he was a passenger came into collision with a taxi on the Hutt Road about 5 a.m. on Wednesday, was reported by the Wellington Hospital authorities last night as serious. Other injured persons are reported to be making satisfactory progress.

Car Plunges Into Harbour. A sensational mishap, involving the sudden plunge of a large car into the waters of Picton Harbour, occurred or. New Year’s Day. An elderly woman. Mrs B. Lissaman, seated in the rear of the veheile when it commenced its run down the slope at the rear of the launch jetties, was fortunately able to scramble out and was pulled to safety before the car reached the edge of the seawall. The vehicle came to rest on its wheels in ten feet of water. Atjow tide it was secured to a punt, and at full tide it was towed off and dragged back to land. The only damage it sustained was a complete soaking.

Chess Congress. The final rounds of the New Zealand Chess Congress at Tirnaru resulted:— Championship: Scott drew with Bennett. Allerhand bent Fairburn, Lennard beat Vincent. Wade beat Newick. Final points: P. Allerhand (Wellington), won 6. lost 0, drew 2, total 7; R. Wade (Wellington), 6, 0. 2.7; G. Bennett (Otago). 4,2. 2,5; R. Scotts (Wanganui), 3. 1. 4, a. Major Open.—Ninth round: Wallace beat Mrs Short, Kemshed beat Mrs Golding, Hardy beat Steele, Traves bent Pearse. Final points: J. Hardy (Wellington), won 7, lost 0. drawn 1. points 7); N. Traves (Timarul, 6, 1. 1, 61; D. Steele (Wellington), 6. 1,0, G; E. Wallace (Tirnaru), 5, 3. 0. 5.

Need for Church Co-operation. The opinion that there is need for (he churches to draw closer together and to co-operate in doing their work more efficiently in this country, is expressed by the “Outlook,” the organ of the Prosbytreian Church, in an article discussing the proposals for union cf the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches. “The churches ought to get together," it says, “because it is part of the Christian faith, that God’s family is one family. Not only would it set a good example in wartime, but it would be a benefit to nil the churches from the point of view! of efficiency and economy. Now, hav-| ing been publicly asked to converse and negotiate about union, we have to return an answer.”

Cultural Development.

"There are two aspects of education, the mechanical and the cultural.” said Professor I. A. Gordon, of Victoria University College, ai the annual prizegiving ceremony of the Dannovirkc High School. Professor Gordon pleaded for a wider development of a typically New Zealand culture, with the development of New Zealand art. music, literuature, sculpture and architecture There was scope for this in a country where the conditions of life were st;

comparatively easy, he .-'aid. and for this development we must look to I youth. New Zealand at present—and I the war accentuated the position—was I short of the highly-skilled expert. He I urged on those leaving school that, m I addition to making themselves experts in their own specific calling, they should strive to acquire culture, and to build on to the slowly-developing culture structure of the Dominion. American Anglers Disappointed. . New Zealand's reputation as a troutl fisherman's paradise was let clown i rather badly when officers of the U.SS.. | Bear tried Southland waters the other day (says the Dunedin ''Star”:. Several streams were tried ami fmmd I wanting, but eventually Amrr.can lm> . i found response from fish m a hubstream near Wyndham. Commander R/ II Cnizen, ;m ardent angler ml himself pleased with his catch, whichincluded several nice fish up to ihrcw and a half pounds .Members of ih<previous exjx-diUons. as well as < f j American musical companies, have i previously been keen to try out the ’local deer shooting, famous bvcmise »f ids freedom from restrictions m a. i country rather overburdened with! I them. But few of the officers the . Boar think <<f the sport with anything ( but a maritime indifference*. What; j they were mij.is - sed with was the num-. I ber of rabbit" *-n Otago and Smithland i i. ads