LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Horticultural Society. The Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Societv has a membership of 217. Masterton A. and P. Association. The annual meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association will be held in the Association’s room, Masterton, on Wednesday, August 6, at 2.30 p.m. Plane Crash at Piha. During a training flight from Whenuapai Air Base on Saturday afternoon an aeroplane crashed on the beach at Piha, an Auckland Press Association message states. The occupants, Pilot Officer J. D. Bew and Leading Aircraftman D. Gale, received very slight injuries. The aeroplane was damaged fairly extensively. Fatal Fall. Falling from the roof of a shed at the Mason Brothers Engineering Company Limited’s premises at Freeman’s Bay, Auckland, an apprentice engin- ( eer was killed. The victim was George Alec Cook, aged 17, son of Mr H. Cook, Devonport. An ambulance and 'doctor were called immediately but the lad was dead on their arrival. Fertiliser Ration. Discussing the fertiliser rationing scheme yesterday, the Dominion secretary of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, Mr A. P. O’Shea, said that he understood that' minor amendments were to be made to the schedule of allowances for certain crops. If this were done, he believed that farmers would have no vital objection to the scheme. Death Under Anaesthetic. While under an anaesthetic a widow, Lucy Mary Pryor, aged 77, collapsed and died. Mrs Pryor was admitted to Auckland Hospital on July 13 suffering from a broken hip received when she fell from a couch. An anaesthetic was being administered for the purpose of performing an operation on the fractured hip bone when the patient collapsed and died. Will Sit During Race Week. “In present circumstances it would be improper for the Court to grant the usual indulgences in race week,” said Mr Justice Northcroft in the Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday, when replying to a request for postponement of a divorce matter. “The Court will continue to sit during race week regardless of racing fixtures.” Counsel had suggested postponement of his case to next session as witnesses had to come from a distance. His Honour remarked that witnesses might be glad to be in the city during race week.

Clay Bird Shooting. In a big field of shooters, seven tied for the £lOO prize in the 25 clay bird handicap in the New Zealand Gun Club's championships at Longlands, Hawke’s Bay. yesterday. Those to shoot possibles were E. C. Thomasen, J. W. McKenzie, •T. W. Elliott. W. Sharp. H. Belk. A. J. Brown.- C. E. Gray. The 10 clay bird match in the afternoon resulted: C. E. Gray. W. Quigley, D. Missen, B. Clinch, equal, 1. Farmer’s Bequests. The will of the late Mr Walter George Matheson, of Clarksville, Otago, farmer, provides for the following bequests: —New Zealand Institute for the Blind. Auckland, £1000; Presbyterian Social Service, Dunedin, £1000; Tokomairoa Presbyterian Church, £5OO. The remaining money in the estate of £7500 will be applied for the rehabilitation of Otago soldiers in the present war. Women’s Point of View. “I should like to see an advisory council set up in the Dominion where women from all centres could discuss problems, particularly concerning women and children,” said Mrs Dreaver, newly-elected member of Parliament for Waitemata, in an interview. “This body should have direct contact with women members of Parliament to discuss social legislation. There is no problem facing any progressive Government that cannot best be solved by full consideration of the women’s point of view.” School Dentistry. Plans leading to further important developments in the extension of the school dental service are being prepared by the Health Department, according to a statement made yesterday in an interview by the Minister of Health, Mr Nordmeyer. “We are in a position to take steps to increase the field service to cover the upper standards of our primary schools,” said the Minister, “and I have already directed that wherever circumstances permit, treatment will be continued into standard V this year. Gift for Minesweeper. A sample of Maori symbolic carving to be affixed to the bridge of his ship will shortly be forwarded from Auckland to Lieutenant-Commander G. Bridson, Auckland, who is in charge of a trawler engaged in minesweeping in British waters. The gift of friends in Rotorua, the work is done on a piece of timber 6in. wide and Bft. in length milled at Wharepaina. The bridge of the trawler already has been inscribed with the Maori war cry “Ake ake kia kaha” (We fight on for ever and ever), and in a recent letter Lieutenant-Commander Bridson expressed a wish to have some carving to go with it.