LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 August 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Woman Found Hanging. Ivy Ethel Norgate, married, aged 40, was found at Dargaville yesterday by her husband, George Webb Norgate. The body was hanging from a rafter in a washhouse at King's Court Avenue, Dargaville. Failure to Deliver Vehicles.

In cases said to be the first of the kind in the Dominion, William Thomas Lowe and Henry Thomas Stephens, farmers, Hinds, were each fined £5 at Ashburton yesterday for having failed to deliver to the military authorities motor vehicles which had been impressed for the Army.

Inquiry Into Fire. The chairman of the Auckland Fire Board, Mr. Kingston, said yesterday that he proposes to recommend to the board at its meeting on Wednesday that a coronial inquiry be held into the fire at John Burns and Co., Ltd.’s warehouse. He said the full facts relating to the manner in which the fire was handled by the brigade could then be ventilated, and the board would welcome constructive criticism. “Regarding the apprehension which has been expressed as to what would happen in the event of fires caused by enemy action,” said Mr Kingston, “the public must realise that owners and occupiers of buildings, including dwellings, are responsible for first-aid precautions in dealing with incendiary bombs. The permanent staff cannot deal with a number of outbreaks at one time. Everyone must shoulder responsibility.” Maori Claim. Claiming in substance that when their forebears sold the Government the Mokau-Awakino block for £5OO they were not paid for 7000 acres, members of a branch of the Maniapoto tribe yesterday sought compensation in cash or land at a sitting of a Native Land Court in Awakino. When in 1854 he prepared the plan on which the purchase was based, Mr John Regan had to estimate when he fixed the area involved at 16,000 acres. In 1883-84 the boundaries were surveyed, and the area cf the block was found to be 23,000 acres. The block includes Pihoe and other run holdings either purchased or leased from the Government. In 1938 members of the sub-tribe concerned petitioned Parliament for compensation, and, after consideration’by the Native Affairs Committee, the prayer was referred to the Native Land Court for investigation. It is understood the Court will submit a report to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court before the matter goes.back to the Parliamentary Committee.

Medical Board Sittings. Sittings of the Masterton Medical Board will be held at the Drill Hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of next week. Mounted Rifles Parade.

( The parade of the Wellington-East Coast Mounted Rifles called, for tomorrow at the Solway Showgrounds will now be held at the Drill Hall.

Home Nursing & First Aid. Thirty-five candidates were examined this week in connection with the Home Nursing classes conducted by the Nursing Division of the St. John Ambulance. The examiners were Drs. Helen Cowie and N. H. Prior. Mrs H. V/. Thompson was supervisor, assisted by Mrs D. K. McKenzie. Six cadets were examined in first aid by Dr. Helen Cowie and Mrs Thompson last night. Gaol for Theft.

In the Dunedin Magistrate's Court yesterday, William Clingan Fraser, wharf labourer, aged 33, appeared for sentence on a charge of having received stolen goods. The case arose from charges of pillaging preferred against waterside workers on Tuesday. The magistrate, in sentencing accused to one month’s imprisonment, said that stealing goods on the wharf and receiving them were serious offences, especially in wartime.

Cheese Crate Pool.

Representatives of cheese factory companies in Southland at a meeting at Invercargill yesterday protested emphatically against the inclusion of the South Island in the crate pool. There is, says a resolution adopted, no justification for bringing the South Island into the pool, the effect of which will be a substantial addition to production costs, which are already considerably higher than those of the North Island. The meeting requested the Dairy Board to exercise its authority under the regulations to exclude the South Island from the pool. Teacher Objectors.

On the motion of the chairman, Mr S. Rice, the following resolution was adopted at. a meeting of the Southland Education Board yesterday:—“That it be a recommendation to the Minister of Education that no person who refuses to take his part in the defence of the Empire should be employed as a teacher in any public school in the Dominion, and that education boards should be given power to dismiss any teacher who refuses to comply with the Defence Regulations of New Zealand, or who, on grounds of conscientious objection, claims exemption from service.”