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Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 July 1941, Page 4

College Rugby. Showing superior combination in all departments, Rongotai College beat Horowhenua College by 17 points to 6 in the annual match between the first fifteens on the Kilbirnie Recreation Ground yesterday afternoon. Billiards Championship. The final of the Wellington amateur billiards championship was played in Wellington last night. The two finalists were W. McMillan (Fire Brigade Club) ” and A. Armstrong (Federal Club). The game resulted in a win for McMillan by 750 to 707. R.S.A. Social Evening. It is anticipated that several members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force will be attending the social evening to be held in the Masonic Hall on Friday night by the Wairarapa R.S.A. The president of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, the Hon. W, Perry, will be the guest of the evening. Budget Debate. Six speakers, four from the Government side, including the 'Minister ol Public Works, Mr Armstrong, and two from, the Opposition contributed to the Budget debate in the House of Representatives yesterday. The House adjourned at 10:30 p.m. till 2.30 this afternoon.

Charity Ball. Debutantes from all parts of the Wairarapa will be presented to His Grace Archbishop O’Shea at the St. Vincent de Paul Society’s charity ball, to be held in the Municipal Hall, Masterton. on July 30. Two orchestras will provide the music, and special supper arrangements are in the hands of a ladies committee. Optimist Tea.

There was a fair attendance of members at the weekly meeting of the Masterton Optimist Club held in the Y.M.C.A. Rooms last night. In the absence of Mr R. Baikie, Optimist F. Cody presided. The speaker for the evening was Captain J. V. Dolan. D. 5.0.. who gave an address on military intelligence in the South African War. Colour-Blindness.

“From four per cent to five per cent of men are wholly or partly colourblind —red-green blind as we call it,’’ said Mr G. Maxwell Keys, boys-voca-tional guidance officer, when speaking at Christchurch at a meeting of the Parents’ National Educational Union. On the other hand, he said, he had met only one woman or girl who was col-our-blind.

Home Guard Training. A full evening’s programme was carried out last night by the officers and n.c.o.’s’ training class of the Masterton Home Guard, including bayonet fighting under the direction of Lieut. Wood, physical culture exercises, and a lecture by Mr T. A. Brown on field signalling. Captain J. H. Conly gave a most interesting address to the officers of the battalion on field training from the company commander’s viewpoint.

Sister to Manage Farm. “Your sister is to be commended; her action is a lesson to others,” said Mr C. Orr Walker, S.M., chairman of the Auckland Armed Forces Appeal Board, to a dairy farmer who told the board that his sister was to carry on his farm. The farmer asked that he should not be called for service until November 1 to enable him to get everything in order for his sister to carry on the farm, on which 33 cows were being milked. He said that his two brothers were overseas and he wanted to join them. The postponement was granted.

Talk on Photography. Members of the general public, together with active and honorary members of the Masterton Art Club, are invited to hear a talk tomorrow night on “The History and Progress of Photography” to be given by Miss Iva Gordon in the clubrooms (Bannister Street hall). Though photography in some, at least, of its forms is familiar to most people, general knowledge of the subject is sketchy and incomplete. What Miss Gordon has to say tomorrow night will be of interest to all Art Club members and also, it is hoped, to members of the public who have an interest in taking photographs. Instant Relief for Coug’is, Colds — Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. *