Princess Elizabeth’s Birthday.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 April 1941, Page 4

Princess Elizabeth’s Birthday.

The flag on the Masterton Public Trust building is being flown at full mast today in honour of the birthday of Princess Elizabeth.

Flag at Half-mast. The flag on the Masterton Post Office is being flown at half-mast today to mark the funeral of the late Prime Minister of Greece.

Knitting Group. The Knitting Group of the Masterton Sub-Centre of the Red Cross will resume knitting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Messrs Hugo and Shearer’s oak room. A quantity of wool has been received from the Red Cross Society, Wellington, to be made up for hospital requirements which are urgently needed. A full attendance is requested.

Rugby Practices. Football clubs in the Wairarapa turned out for the first practices of the season on. Saturday. Despite the heavy inroads of military service into the ranks of most clubs, there were good attendances. The prospects for the coming season are considered to be quite good. The weather was perfect and the grounds in excellent order. Indoor Basketball.

The following games have been arranged for tomorrow night in the first practices in connection with the indoor basketball competition to be played in the Y.M.C.A.: —7 p.m.. Garages v. Lancers; 7.20 p.m.. W.F.C.A. v. Hospital; 7.40 p.m.. Rovers v. Codys; 8 p.m.. Bouzaids v. Woolworths; 8.20 p.m.. State B v. Cathies: 3.40 p.m.. State A v. McDul'.'s; 9 p.m.. Banks v. Woolv.orths; 9.20 p.m.. Vesla Batteries v. State men.

Exempted Reservists. -There appears to be some misapprehension among both employers and employees in the cases of men who have been granted exemption by a manpower committee on account of their being employed in essential industries." said Mr L. D. Hickford, chairman of the Taranaki Manpower Committee, in an interview. Mr Hickford said that there were certain cases in which dairy factories had successfully appealed for an employee, and that employee had accepted a position in another factory under the impression that, as long as he remained in the industry his exemption still held. Mr Hickford emphasised that this was not the case. The exemption held only while the person was in the position with the firm that had appealed for him; lhe committee discountenanced any moves of this type. If a man changed his employment the exemption granted immediately ceased, and he was liable to be called up for service without delay.