LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 April 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

State Houses, Tenders are being called for the erection of a two-unit dwelling in Bennington Street, under the State Housing scheme. The State Housing block at the west end of Masterton is now s toWnship of its own. Killed by Fall of Earth. Mr Jamies Dickie, a married man with three children, was buried by a fall of earth at the Kamo brick works (Whangarei) yesterday afternoon. He was dead when dug out. A compan--ion who was working on the face with Mr Dickie managed to jump clear as the fall occurred. Maori Mission. The Anglican Maori Mission of the Wellington diocese will meet in conference at Otaki on Friday, when the Bishop of Wellington, the Rt Rev H. St Barbe Holland, .will preside. The four archdeacons of the diocese will also be present, together with many lay representatives. Bishop Bennett and Canon Williams will represent country districts, and other delegates are expected from Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay, Rangitikei and Wanganui. On Sunday a combined service will be held, when Bishop Holland will preach. Scorpions in a Temper. A couple residing on the South Coast have just received a letter from their son serving in a Natal unit somewhere in Africa. He writes: “Never have I seen such numbers of scorpions. Not the kind which are founds on the Drakensberg, but fellows of an outsize in girth and ferocity. They infest our booths and clothes at night. The other day we killed 84 in a very short time —as follows. We poured water down their holes, and out they came in a terrible temper to be met by our bayonets. These 84 were killed in a line of about 60 feet in length. Carrying On. Cycling, as everything else, has been affected by the present conditions, but we are slill carrying on. Every one of our fourteen sections, which are situated in Manchester itself and the outlying district, are holding runs and meetings regularly, although naturally on a reduced scale. Above everything else, we are keeping smiling in spite of everything that has happened to us up to the present, day and we are all confident of the outcome of the struggle, so writes Frank A. Newey. of the Cyclists’ Touring Club. Manchester District Association, in a letter published by the "Christian Science Moni-

The Butter Position. “Since the announcement that there would be difficulty in connection with the shipping of our butter, consultations have taken place with the Minister of Marketing. Mr Barclay, and other members of the Government." said the chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board, Mr W. E. Hale, in a statement last evening. “It has been decided to call the board together next Wednesday to go into the question of how we can slill further increase our output of cheese next season." said Mr Hale. "Every possible avenue of securing an increase will then be explored. In the meantime, it can be said definitely that any further changeover of supply from butter Io cheese factories which can be carried out at once is in the interests of the industry and the nation.”