LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 April 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Frost in Ma'terton. A frost of 3.2 degrees was registered in Masterton this morning. College Cross-Country Run. The annual cross-country run of Wairarapa College pupils will take place tomorrow, commencing from the Park Oval, at 3 p.m. Senior and junior cups, presented by the Masterton Hairier Club, will be awarded to the winners of the two sections. All persons interested are invited to attend. New Zealand Public Accounts.

“A preliminary examination of the accounts for the year just closed suggests that there will be a surplus of revenue over expenditure,” said the Minister of Finance, Mr. Nash, before leaving Auckland for Wellington. He said it was impossible yet to say what the surplus would be, and added: ■'After making provision for everything that it is necessary to meet, there will be a balance on the right side of the ledger.” Meat Export Problem.

•“rhe position can only be regarded by Southland farmers as most unsatisfactory,” said Mr. Derbie, general manager of the Southland Frozen Meat Company, in commenting at Invercargill yesterday on the announcement by the Minister'of Marketing that wethers and ewes up to 521 b. might be killed at South Island freezing works. He said that at the weights stipulated not more than about 10 per cent, of the ewes offering could be killed, and the task of drafting lightweight sheep would be practically impossible. Swimmer Seeks Reinstatement.

Miss Sylvia Gotlieb, a fomer 100 yards New Zealand swimming champion, applied at last night’s meeting of the Wellington Swimming Centre for reinstatement as an amateur. She stated that she had accepted fees as an instructor and she now wished to reenter competitive amateur swimming. Several members considered that Miss, Gotlieb could not be reinstated. It was decided to advise Miss Gotlieb of the rule regarding reinstatement and to ask her to supply a full statement in support of her application. Woman Thief Sent to Borstal. A 23-year-old typist, Patricia Mary Treacy, was sent to Borstal for two years by Mr Levvey, S.M., at Christchurch yesterday, on seven charges of theft from hotels of goods valued at £lO2. The offences were committed in Wellington and Auckland. DetectiveSergeant McClung said that the girl, with a male friend, arrived from Wellington last month and stayed at a hotel in the city. She was then on probation on the condition that she should not associate with this man. “She could accurately be described as a hotel thief and shop-lifter,” said Mr McClung. “She has two previous convictions.”

One Organisation Advocated. “I feel that the day has now come when all sections of employers should be firmly welded into one large organisation which would strengthen our hands and perhaps result in more liberal consideration than we have had to accept in the past,” said the president of the New Zealand Employers’ Federation, Mr. B. Sutherland, Wellington, when addressing members . of the Wanganui Employers’ Association last night. “It may be said that there are different sections which have different interests, but I see no reason why all sections cannot have their own problems dealt with by their own organisations and then unite on all policy matters and matters of common interest,” Mr. Sutherland added.

New War Industry Probable. If tests which are to be carried out in Australia shortly prove satisfactory, a new war industry may be established on Banks Peninsula, where deposits of diatomaceous earth are being investigated by a Christchurch business man on< behalf of principals in Australia. Between 500 and 1000 tons of the deposit are required for export, presumably in the manufacture of munitions. Diatomaceous earth, a fine siliceous deposit, is found in many parts of the world, and is used chiefly in the making of dynamite. It is found in many forms, varying from a fine powder to slate-hard rock, and some doubt exists as to whether the samples taken from Banks Peninsula are true. They have been forwarded to Sydney for analysis and tests. Use of Electricity. Tn the coming winter the estimated demand for electric power in the North Island will involve under peak load conditions the generation of about 80.000 k.w. more than the hydroelectric power schemes can produce, according to a statement made by the Minister of Public Works, Mr. Armstrong. at Auckland yesterday. It is hoped that if the mines can supply coal in sufficient quantity, stand-by steam generating power plants will meet the extra demand but this will be achieved only if the public assists by exercising economy in the use of electricity. Naturally, the desire is to avoid placing any restrictions upon the use of electricity. but the necessity for them or their extent will depend upon the response by the public to the appeal for general economy, and in particular the elimination of wasteful and luxurious use of electricity. Gaol for Assault. A warning that he would deal strictly with cases of larrikinism which came before the court was given by Mr. Salmon. S.M.. in the Wanganui Megistrate’s Court yesterday, when he sentenced Bernard Farrell to two weeks imprisonment and fined William John Horne £5, for having assaulted WilI liam Berkctt outside the Glasgow | Street Hall on the night of Febuary 1. j Both denied the charge. Berkett, a billiards saloon proprietor, said Farrell and Horne were using bad language in the saloon and he asked then! to moderate it. They refused, and he asked n friend, to telephone the police. A constable called in and spoke to them and they left. Horne returned and used threatening language. The same night witness attended a dance in the Glasgow Street Hall. As he left the hall. Farrell and Horne were there, and Farrell struck him in the stomach. He was hit on the head and was knocked down □nd his ribs were also bruised.