Earth Tremor in Wellington.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 August 1941, Page 4

Earth Tremor in Wellington.

A slight earth tremor was .felt in Wellington at seven minutes past seven last night. N.Z. Billiards Championship. The first games in the 1941 New Zealand amateur billiards championship were played in Wellington yesterday when V Cheat. Christchurch, beat W. McMillan, Wellington champion, 666351, and R. Carrick Auckland beat A. E. Redmond Wellington, 666-400. Enemy of 1 rout Fry. Another enemy of trout fry has been discovered by officers of the Internal Affairs Department in the Rotorua district. Mr A. Kean, conservator of fish and game, stales that the fry of kokopu, or mountain trout, will in some conditions attack smaller fry. It was not previously known that this species was carnivorous. Replacement of Traffic Domes. A start has been made with the replacement of the large traffic domes at Masterton street corners by smaller domes. The new ones will be much safer from the point of view of road users, ns the old domes are unnecessaiily large. It is understood that only about six of the new domes are on hand at present. War Loan Stock. The Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday decided to take up stock in the War Loan to the extent of £5OO. Members of the exchange have been actively urging support among their clients, stressing the desirability of Auckland's record in war time finance being fully maintained. Good Quality Milk.

The most recent milk test of the Masterton Borough submitted to the Dominion Laboratory for analysis revealed the following gratifying result:— Butterfat, 5 to 6.6 per cent (permissible minimum, 3.25 per cent); solids other than butterfat, 9 to 9.6 per cent (8.5 per cent). This position is considered most satisfactory. Jars AA/p.nted, An appeal is made for small screw top pots or jars of glass or opal, such as those used for cosmetic or paste containers (with wide mouths). The jars are needed for packing essential culinary requirements for military camp kitchens overseas. Jars may be collected by the borough rubbish service or left in the box in the Central Arcade. Men for Waiouru. About 85 men from the Wairarapa district will proceed to Waiouru Camp next Monday for three months' Territorial training. Masterton men will parade at the Drill Hall at 10.15 a.m. and will leave by the 11.15 a.m. northward bound mail train. Men from other parts of the Wairarapa will join the train en route.

Home Missionary School. The Home Missionary School being conducted by the Presbyterian Church in Masterton this week will open in the McLaren Room, Knox Building, tonight, when an address will be given by the Very Rev G. H. McNeur on Liang-a-Fa, the first Chinese pastor. Tomorrow a Home Mission demonstration will be held and on Thursday at 7.30 p.m. the Rev Gladstone Hughes will speak on “Christianity and Democracy." The lectures are free and all interested are invited to attend. ’Varsity Harrier Championships. The course at Silverstream was very heavy for the New Zealand University cross-country championships on Saturday afternoon. The teams’ race resulted in a win for Otago University by one point from Victoria University College, and individual honours went to F. D. O'Flynn (Victoria). The placings were: —O’Flynn, 41.4, 1; Coombs (Otago), 41.39, 2; Thompson (Auckland), 41.51, 3; Kirkwood (Otago), 42.1, 4; Orange (Auckland), 42.43, 5; Stafford (Otago), 43.6, 6. O'Flynn, Coombs, Thompson, Kirkwood and Orange ' have been recommended by the New Zealand University Harrier Council for cross-country blues. In the race for the Carmaid-Jones Cup, competed for between Otago University ana Canterbury, Otago were the winners by 46 points to 69. Military Service Dodgers. A provision that no man can get work as a member of the crew of an overseas ship without the permission of the Director of National Service has ( been introduced to prevent men from signing on with the intention of leaving the ship at the first opportunity, , according to a statement made by Mr C. G. Camp, who appeared on behalf of the Ship Owners’ Federation, at ’ yesterday’s meeting of the Armed Forces Appeal Board at Wellington, ‘ when 126 appeals made by shipping companies on behalf of seamen, on the ground of public interest, were i dealt with. “We have found that a large number of men have left the Dominion with overseas ships as mem- ] bers of the crew and have jumped ship at the first free port of call,” said Mr Camp. “It is the young men we ( ] are watching. We know that some have been deliberately joining up with I a ship with the intention of jumping ship at the first available opportunity.”