LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 February 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

: Death From Burns. * i James Owen Agnew, single, 30. a i settler of Koiterangi. died in the West-' _ I land Hospital as a result of severe ; j burns received on Friday evening i through an explosion of benzine. Overhanging Tree Nuisance. i A correspondent writes complaining I of the nuisance created by overhang-; j ing trees in the streets of Masterton,! ! especially during wet weather. and ! particularly in the region of Church! I Street and Essex Street. The Rangatira. Tite Rangatira, which ran aground' ■ near Pigeon Bay. Banks Peninsula, on December 29. is to come out on Thurs-t day from the dock at Dunedin, where j ■he has been undergoing repairs. On 1 Thursday evening the crew will sign J on at Dunedin and the vessel will I leave for Wellington on Friday to take up schedule. Chinese Boy Wins Bursary. J. Hoe. a 17-year-old Chinese pupil! of Wanganui Collegiate School who has won a university bursary this! year, is one of three members of the' same family who gained matriculation i last year. The other two were his| sisters Ruby and Patricia. Their par-! ents are Mr and Mrs J. Hoe. Swiss Avenue. J. Hoe was 147th in the list' of 209 bursary awards. Plunket Society Donations. The following donations and subscriptions are acknowledged by the I Masterton branch of the Plunket Society;—Mrs W. E. Yowell £1 Is. Mesdames J. W. McKay. A. Williams. T. H. Horton. D. A. Barnes and Misses Vallance, 10s each; Mesdames R. H. Williams. J. C. Broad, A. Willcocks, F. Williams. L. Strickland. 11. E. Grantham. G. B. Young. D. H. Steward. R. Bell. A. E. Dillon. R. A. C. Selby. D. Young. S. A. Temple. D. Wallis. S. R. Driver, H P. Glen. G. McCullough. 5s each. Prisoner Escapes. A prisoner, travelling under escort on the Auckland-Wellington express ;y 1 few days ago. made a daring escape. I When the train was travelling at about 40 miles an hour on the straight run 'between Frankton Junction and Tc; Awamutu. the prisoner. Richard Humphreys. asked to leave the carriage, j lie had reached the platform when he i suddenly leapt to the door, opened it. j and jumped out before the constable could stop him. The prisoner, who is I 22 years of age, was on his way to; the Waikeria Borstal Institute. Immediately after his escape an extensive search was organised. Brethren and War Service. Citing Bible passages to support j their belief that they should not bear' arms. 11 members of the Open Breth- ■ ren appealed against .armed service on the ground of conscientious objection 1 before the No. 4 Armed Forces Ap-1 peal Board in Wellington yesterday, j Two expressed willingness to serve in ! .1 medical or other non-combatant | military unit and their appeals were' adjourned sine die till suitable non- j combatant service was arranged for; them. The others said they would. accept non-combatant service in any ■ civil capacity. Decision in their cases, was reserved. Woman Found Shot. When he was t<>ld by children at the house on his return from work on ! the farm that his wife had been shot, > Mr John Waldon, a Waihau farmer, went into the house and found his | wife. Muriel Lillian Waldon, aged 44. dead, having been shot by a .22 rille,! A post-mortem examination revealedthat the bullet had entered the head i from the right of the throat. A boy ■ age i 11 years is the only child of Mr and Mrs Waldon, but two young girls from Pukctitiri were spending the; holidays with them at the time of the) tragedy. .After evidence of identillca-, lion had been given an inquest was! adjourned sine die. Motor Cycles and Car.;. Tite Postmaster-General, Mr Webb, i said yesterday that 303.002 motor! vehicles hail been licensed for the i current year up to December 31 last. • this total bei»ig only 2375 <or .77 peri j cent' h-ss than that al the correspond-j ling date in 1939 ,-\s the decrease at the end of September last, compared with the figures for tin- previous! year was 231 per cent, a considerable, increase in the reiicensing figures for j ’he three months October. November.! ;.nd December last was revealed by ; the latest return Th" number of ears; licensed at the end of December was 1 212,199, a deer,-a'.- of 3i)| I tor 1 4 per ' Lent', compared with 1939 -The com-i ' mere al •!. - I,- licence' 74 437. were highCT by 1469 <or 2 per eenti thau ; 1 hose for the previous year The i nolur-cycle licences, 16.916, showed a ■ iecluic "f 833 'or 4 7 per e, ■ •.' - Unusual Grounds for Appeal. i I have said that I contracted l > ■ stay ab iir> tie my wife am! '.bare 1 am pming to stop. I think if things get .-o hot we can attend m that without' - I worrying anyone.” - uni Alfred W Hum > I Homy Anti.ibu-.. van-driwr. before the No 4 Armed Forces Appcpi p,, prd ill Welling-on yest.-rduy he ;t p- i pealed on the grounds of hardship ;,m| i Hl KC c’il L 4! K His ’.'.tfw I .Mairs AnU‘.‘bus, co-appc.ihHi • h ‘.Lt- | i-roumls of ii..rd-hip it v..- stated 1 i tma:;;!i they '.'.ere married. ..ft. ; I th" date which v.as slip-alat. d . gory f-.r military service, they had iiage held up thrmir-i dciuy in . < um.-mne ID- m.d m-t att.-mh .1