Medical Board Sitting.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 June 1941, Page 4

Medical Board Sitting.

A sitting of the medical board will be held at the Masterton Drill Hall on Tuesday morning of next week. False Fire Alarm.

The Masterton Fire Brigade was called out this morning, at 9.39 o’clock, owing to a street alarm caused by trees coming into contact with the wire cf the alarm system.

Territorials for Camp. Seventy-eight Territorials from the Wairarapa district left by the morning mail train today for Foxton and Waiouru camps. They are to undergo three months' intensive training.

Dinner to Soldiers. A dinner is to be tendered to members of the Sixth Reinforcements at the Midland Hotel tomorrow evening, at 6 o’clock, by the Masterton District Patriotic Committee. Those intending to be present are asked to give their names to the Town Clerk, Mr G. T. O’Hara Smith, as soon as possible. Vital Statistics.

A substantial increase' in ,the number of births, and a drop in the number of deaths and marriages were shown in the vital statistics registered at the Masterton Courthouse last month. Details are as follow, figures for May, 1940, being given in parentheses:— Births, 31 (21); deaths, 7 (10); marriages, 13 (17).

Motor Registrations. In spite of war conditions, the registrations of motor vehicles at the Masterton Post Office for the current year up to last Saturday totalled 2548, eight more than the number registered at the corresponding period last year. Last week proved a particularly busy one for the Post Office staff. On Friday a record number of plates was issued for one day, 288.

Drivers’ Licences. There has been a decline in the number of drivers' licences issued in May by the Masterton borough and county councils as compared with May, 1940. The Masterton Borough Council issued 1451 drivers’ licences in May for the new licensing year, as compared with 1790 in May, 1940. The Masterton County Council issued 770 licences last month, as compared with 1013 in May, ,1940. The charge of 5s 6d, against 5s last year covers an extra month and the current licencing year will end on June 30, 1942.

Missing Scow Fcund. ■ The. scow Horouta, which, with its captain and crew of three was overdue at Bluff, was located yesterday afternoon at Big South Cape Island by an aeroplane from Invercargill. The scow was taking mutton-birds off the island. The weather was ideal and Mr A. Mclntosh. Invercargill, decided to pilot his own plane to the Mutton Bird Islands in an endeavour to locate the scow. He left at 3 p.m. and was accompanied by Mr W. B. Dixon, captain of the schooner Britannia, who has a thorough knowledge of Stewart Island and the Mutton Bird Islands. On the outward trip search was made of the bays on the east side of Stewart Island. About 4 o'clock the scow was sighted in Puwai Harbour, at Big South Cape Island.

Choked by Chewing Gum. The suggestion that referees might well ascertain before a match started which players were chewing gum was made by the coroner, Mr Hunt, S.M., at an inquest in Auckland into the death of Gunner Trevor Leonard Williams, aged 20, who died on the Devonport Domain during a football match on May 21. The coroner said the medical evidence disclosed that a piece of chewing-gum two inches long by half an inch at the widest part was found at the bottom of Williams’s windpipe Bombardier Peter Sturmer, who acted as referee in tho friendly match in which Williams was playing, said Williams was 15ft from the play when he suddenly pitched forward on his face. Witness immediately stopped the game and went over to him. Dr. C. M. Rout arrived about five minutes later, but Williams had stopped breathing. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned.