LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 February 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Sharp Earthquake. A sharp, short earthquake was ex IT- perienced along the West Coast at 6.1 NG a m. yesterday. Medical Board Sitting. A sitting of the Medical Board wi’ be held in Masterton on Tuesday t pj. examine recruits for the sth Independ ent Mounted Squadron. Horticultural Week. National horticultural week con eluded yesterday at a garden party a the Waitaki High School, a Press Asso elation message states. The profit o; the show was £175. Territorial Parade. A reminder is given of the parad of the First Battalion, Hawke's Ba; Regiment, to be held at the Mastertoi Drill Hall on Monday evening, com mencing at 7.30 o'clock. es, >rg - Bookmakers Fined. For having carried on business a bookmakers. Benjamin Nausbaum wa fined £lOO. William Black was fine< £l5O. and Charles Joseph Williams wa sentenced to a month's imprisonment TL by Mr Watson. S.M.. in the Magistrate’ Court at Marton yesterday. Red Cross Society. , The Masterton Sub-centre of the Rec ’ Cross Society, gratefully acknowledge • gifts of clothing and materials from the following: Mesdames W. McKenny, A D. Low. McGillirav, Kennedy. J. B ry • Hume. G. Lowic. Misses Maunsell, Vai _ lance, B. Vallance, Low. Drift to Towns. In giving evidence before the No. ‘ Armed Forces Appeal Board in Hamil ton recently. Dr. H. E. Annett. a mem ber of the Waikato Primary Productioi Council, referee! to the drift of fam labour to the towns. Dr. Annett safe _ better conditions associated with towr work proved an irresistible attraction In his opinion, farm settlement schemes properly financed would prove a solution of the problem. Damages Awarded. On the evening of January 25. 1940. John Downing, labourer, aged 48, Pal-merston-North. when about to mount his bicycle in Main Street, was struck by a motor vehicle driven by Frederick William Eagle, Whakarongo, and received injuries that rendered him permanently disabled except for very light work. In the Supreme Court, Palmerston North, yesterday. Downing claimed £3500 from Eagle, who admitted liability. The verdict was for £3068. Mastertonian's Show Successes. At the Onslow Horticultural Society’s midsummer show, held at Khandallah yesterday and last night entries were received over a wide field and from these came the two championship winners. Messrs H. G. Smith (Masterton) and E. W. Veitch' (Lower Hutt). Mr Smith exhibited the champion gladioli. “Miss New Zealand.” which has been a favourite with judges over recent years because of its size, colour and texture. In gladioli Mr H. G. Smith won seven firsts and two seconds. The R. A. Wright Cup. No. 2. for the highest aggregate points awarded for gladioli was won by Mr Smith. Production of Maize. .A splendid response to the appeal for! increased maize production is being | made by the Maoris in the Bay of I Plenty district. It was estimated by J the Director of Primary Production that ; the additional acreage required was I 4000. and of this 2500 has been provided by the Bay of Plenty Maoris, threelimes what they have usually grown ! The largest area under cultivation is! 1200 acres on Matakana Island, at the; entrance to Tauranga harbour, wherei many hundreds of acres were broken’ in by tractor, working round the clock I The Maori Land Board estimates that the yield will be 40 bushels an acre, and steps are being taken to extend the| cribs. There is difficulty in obtaining j sufficient roofing iron. Alleged Wastage of Petrol. Allegations of petrol wastage in Government cars were made at a meeting : of the Rangitikei County Council. “Hi the Government wants economy it J should start to practise it at home,"! said Cr. L. Hammond. "Government: officials and Ministers do not set good example. They use their ears for! everything.” Mr A. W. Sawyer. Oil: Fuel Controller in Marton, was invited: to the meeting to discuss petrol control! generally. This discussion was taken' i in committee, but in open meeting Mr! ’Sawyer said that as far as tin- general: | situation permitted the procedure fol-1 lowed up to now would be continued J There was quite an erroneous impression abroad that Government vehicles!' were run at will. Actually they were! 1 subject nt close control. > Religious Denominations. I There are 52 denominations :n Newt Zealand whose accredited represent:!-: • lives perform marriage, according :•/: the latest list <>f officiating ministers re- 1 > gistered under the Marriage Act.: 1 Seven have only two ministers each.; , 'and 22 one each. There are four'. .Maori denominations, namely, ’lie Ra-i, | tana Church, with 137 ministers. the: . I Rmgatu Church, with 38. and two small; 1 bodies with, a single minister each ‘ I Nine bodies are described as Spiritual■' ' list, one having eight ministers and the' others one each, of whom seven are; women A limited number of Presbyterian and Methodist s;stcrs and female Salvation Army officers arc authorised ito perform marriages. Rat mna list'd I have one representative m the !;>,t p I the* C i.. . i h f ( ' l .: . ‘ S ••i ’ - ‘ - ■ :. ‘ ; included. I