LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 February 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Transport Breaches.

Recent visits to several dairy factories in the Pahiatua district resulted in a number of informations by the Traffic Inspector (Mr W. G. Milne) being heard in the Pahiatua Magistrate's Court by Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M.. and fines imposed on the defendants for breaches of the transport regulations. Ngahauranga Gorge Road Open. A statement that both lanes of the Ngahauranga Gorge highway would be open for traffic today was made yesterday by the Minister of Public Works, Mr Armstrong. Mr Armstrong added that care would have to be exercised still, particularly by traffic from the Johnsonville end, as the filling-in was as yet only in a rough stale. Its consolidation would be necessary before tar-sealing could be undertaken.

Prisoner Still at Large. John Henry Wilson, alias Gordon Cyril James, aged 28. who escaped while under the escort of a warder by jumping from a train near Ohakune at 2.45 a.m. last Friday, is still at large, but his movements have been traced. Inspector J. Dempsey said yesterday that the police think there is reason to believe that he is now in the northern half of the North Island. Though there is no real news of his present whereabouts, his movements have been traced to Taranaki and back toward Hawke’s Bay.

An Outstanding Sheep. An outstanding Romney Marsh ram offered at the Masterton Ram Fair by Mr P. McLachlan, of Willow .Park, was offered in the flock section, but was transferred to the stud division and brought GOgns., being purchased by Mr Hoggard, of Greytown. The ram is of pure Waiorongomai blood, having been bred by Mr R. W. Matthews, being full of the R 89 and Ajax blood. He is considered by good judges of Romneys to have been one of the best boned and footed animals passed through the ram ring this year. Soldier Members of Parliament. An understanding has been entered! into by the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, j and by the Leader of the Opposition.; Mr Holland, to do everything in their; power to got their supporters to vote! solidly at the next general election for.' members of Parliament on active ser-1 vice who seek re-election. This is to be done regardless of the party to which i the absent soldier member belongs. The! arrangement has been made to deal! with the situation that would arise in! the event of a person claiming to be I an Independent candidate or the can-1 didate of some party other than the! Labour Party or the National Party; contesting seats held by members! serving with the armed forces.

Unusual Experience. Two brothers, who last saw each other in Glasgow 31 years ago, were reunited in Sydney recently after a dispute in a taxi One was the driver and the other was the ptie<enger. Both Scotsmen —Edward Bell and Robert Bell—•lost track of each other before the last war, and neither knew where the* other was living. Edward Bell, who has been farming in Queensland for the last 15 years, arrived in Sydney and called a taxi to take him to the Wentworth Hotel. In George Street, the passenger told the driver that he was going the wrong way, and a dispute arose. He said—incorrectly—that the Wentworth was in Elizabeth Street, 'l’he driver asked him to show him his room ticket. When he examined it he found that his passenger was his brother. Industrial Disputes. According to the 1.-itvst Abstract of Statistics, 56 industrial disjiuie:; involvng a stoppage of work too): place in New Zealand during 1940, This is 10 fewer than in 1929. but is above the; iVerage for the last 16 years and the fifth highest number during that period The number of worker; in*, voiced <10,399> was the fourth highest! during that period. The approximate loss m wages, however, was below the. iverage The loss of wage; to the w. rk. !■• was T2IDT2 It pointe i out by the (h-vernmonl Statistician that lhesi‘ are f.w the actual perv.d; . .!' the di ; uO' , no alle'A atiec being : 1 matlo f, r the fact that the work not * l>erfcnneti al lh<- time mar have |x-en ■.•arrieti out ■ til - <-qne-:sly L either whole, >r in part The preatc t, ntnnber of disputes <l7> oceinied m ■ tiipjj.mt ami ■m,''i Wij'i:ing. Delivery of Goode. hl r;;-." wlliTe g'-id’ amVe ‘T" I t«> the gotitls are ;s '. . ilia al. ■ j sun <;> itvei y < : the g< ■ s;- < - | ... rj y 11 ’; ’ v .u; t i r ■h ■ j bu ■ i.: • - ' vicL-U '.hr MM’ - !''<’.*• GM/C” .. i G’ : - I . j, . . . •■co, ~ . <i s inmm'■ c t • h..:.■! at::! O i n: •. i ‘ o : - ■ ■ '!• w;il i-e ler - • • . -J. . • ,f, .aid-,