LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 February 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

■ Cablegrams Prohibited. I The Controller of Censorship directs that the acceptance of cablegrams for Roumania and Hungary is no longer permitted. Work Resumed at Mine. ■ Work was resumed yesterday at the ; Millerton coal mine. The cause of the : stoppage will be the subject of an inquiry by a commission which is arriving at Westport from Wellington. Fire in Haystack. Sparks from a rubbish fire set alight a haystack in the Solway College grounds, yesterday, and the Masterton Fire Brigade, receiving a call at 3 p.m. had the fire out before much hay had been destroyed. Injuries Prove Fatal. The death occurred at the Waikato Hospital yesterday of William Readhead. aged 55. farmer. Waihou, who was seriously injured When a car he was driving collided on Tuesday with a train at Te Aroha. His 13-year-old son. who was with him, is still in a serious condition. Dairy Factory Hours. Objection to a proposal by employers to secure a seven-day working week in all dairy factories was voiced at a meeting of the Wellington branch of the Dairy Employees' Union at Palmerston North last night. The meeting was of the opinion that serious trouble would ensue if the proposal eventually became operative, claiming that no question of war effort was involved. Hutt Valley Hospital. A decision to apply to the Local Government Loans Board for authority to raise an additional loan of £ 147.100 for cost to be incurred in the erection of the Hutt Valley Hospital was made by the Wellington Hospital Board at its meeting last night. The present loan authority is for £254.250 and the addi--tional authority sought will bring the' total to £401,350.

Trading Banks’ Funds. An increase in net overseas funds, a substantial rise in demand liabilities, an increase of nearly £1.000.000 in Government securities and decreases in advances and notes in circulation are the principal features of the latest monthly returns of the six trading banks. London funds on January 27 totalled £1,2941,920, compared with £12,640.766 on December 30, an increase of £1.651,154. Overseas funds held elsewhere than in London amounted to £2,115.265, compared with £2,248,315, a decrease of £133,050.

Rotary Anniversary.

Speaking on the birthday of Rotary at the Masterton Rotary luncheon meeting yesterday. Mr. S. L. P. Free mentioned that in 36 years rotary had grown from one club to 5044 clubs, with a membership of 210.000. These arc the figures for the current year after allowing for the defection of the totalitarian States. It was noteworthy that even before war was declared Germany. Italy and Austria had withdrawn from this international movement whose motto is "Rotary as an opportunity for service." A Female Churchill.

She was a tall woman of about 50, and she was travelling home on an Auckland suburban tram. Neatly dressed, normally she might have attracted little attention had she not been smoking a cigar, and with evident relish, too! When she reached her stop she rose unconcernedly, picked up her gloves, bag and a paper in one hand. nonchalantly (licked the ash from the cigar and. before alighting, placed it in a corner of her mouth a la Churchill. Gift to New Zealand Forces. Warm appreciation of the splendid offer of the Anzae War Relief Fund, New York, to give 20 ambulance cars and five mobile canteens to New Zealand’s armed forces has been expressed by the Minister of Defence. Mr. Jones, who lias received particulars of the donation. Fifteen of the ambulance cars are for use of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt and five for the Army in New Zealand. The five mobile canteens are to be built to the specifications of the National Patriotic Fund Board and ship-1 ped to Suez. It is expected that the. 20 ambulance cars will be shipped ■ from New York during next month. Eg<j Supplies. Further reference to the question of egg supplies was made last evening by the Minister of Marketing. Mr. Barclay. "In my previous statement,’' .::iid the Minister. "I pointed out that we were faced with a wartime demand, and for the sake of anyone doubling 'hi>: assertion 1 may add that m a 12-months' period 3,000.000 eggs were purchased for the armed services. In addition, large iiuantities have been placed on transports and naval vessels, and ships that in the ordinary course v.oukl be stocking up With eggs m the United Kingdom ale now purchasing | ill New Zealand. These itiius’j .l de-j rnandt: will continue." Second Class Carriages Only. A ■■ fr'm Saturday many mixer! trains ..pera'im; ;i> the Wanganui railway district V. ill be providerl with second:.’ke ■■ acet innioibta>n only. M< t of the ’i. H:' ~!!< .:ti i run between Wang.mu: .md Marmn and Wanganui and Hawera. I but an ofi'R'ial taid yesterday that firs'- ; elm cas v. .mid be retained or. mixed: ■ er ! . ii.-i which connect with express I tra m M.mUm The number ■ f first- j .'I. I ' Cllgcl'.s Who Use tile less im-; ■ -ii'ati' m:\ed tram-, r m>! sufficient to; warrant the extra tonnage being I n.mhd :ti adilitioo io wineh the cars! ..!>• m di'immd. | ; .:r‘ieulai lv at busv : . | Divorce Suit. Wi. '. W.e. . J be the fi! t div . fee 1 ■ e ir m be brought among Pit-i xi ii I?m<ii • ■ came before tlu- Cifief: lustice ! Si<' Michael Mvi'o ! ,n tit ■ Supreme Ci’iirt, WeHmg'on. yesterday, .vheri the •• Beryl Young v ChesYoung as called Mr A J. Mazen’r.rb w h ppenred for petitmm ■ • aid . had bet n m able to loe: te he eh.mt the j,.1 rtte■ concerned were P.tran'n .siamivrs. and he had not been abl*’ help from the enemy’-, c.m.p Rollings, who appeared for re-1 ' '‘ ; 'L I;’ '. 't! Pu-’ -j, <, ' ■•■ : : f . . . . ■- ■ ■ . ■ . ■ . • . • 1 Lm. .: ’■ ■...-! v'. ..Li «• : Jy u . ’