LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Drilling for Oil. The New Zealand Petroleum Co. states that the Morere well is down to 5871 feet with the formation unchanged. The Midhurst well is down to 8138 feet with no change in the formation.

Mr A. Hyde’s Death. A verdict that death was caused by coronary sclerosis was returned by the district coroner, Mr Miller, S.M., at an inquest in Napier yesterday concerning the death of Mr Arthur Hyde, who collapsed last Saturday afternoon while engaged in a shoot at the Monte Carlo Gun Club grounds. Theft of Postal Packets.

“The pubic’s confidence in the postal service must be maintained,” said Mr Justice Northcroft at the Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday when he sentenced William Irvine to hard labour for 18 months on seven charges of stealing postal packets addressed to soldiers. Freezing Charges.

Delegates constituting the electoral committee of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board adopted the following resolution at the annual meeting in Wellington yesterday:---“That this electoral committee is more than disturbed at the evidence disclosed by the audited accounts of the freezing companies and urges the board, in the interest of the producers, to insist both on an uplifting of the schedule prices for meat and a reduction of freezing charges for the coming season.” Hit and Run Charges.

There months’ imprisonment with hard labour and five years’ disqualification from holding a driving licence was the punishment meted out to Frederick Claude Pratt and Samuel Ivan Henderson in the Christchurch Supreme Court yesterday when they appeared for sentence on hit-and-run charges. Pratt was charged that being a driver, he failed to stop and render assistance >to injured persons after an accident and Henderson was charged with aiding and abetting in the offence. Gaol for Petrol Reseller.

Imprisonment is the penalty to be suffered by Robert Paul Tungatt, a Wellington petrol station proprietor, who admitted before Mr J. H. Luxfor , S.M., in the Wellington Magistrates Court yesterday that he had on three occasions made' false statements to the Oil Fuel Controller. It was alleged that unauthorised sales of petrol amounting to 1727 gallons had been made in 15 months. Tungatt was remanded for sentence so that his customers who buy petrol at his station on licence may arrange to buy their petrol elsewhere. The Magistrate stated that he intended to send Tungatt to gaol.

Frost and Rain. Two degrees'of frost and 34 points of rain were recorded in Masterton during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. today. Queen of Holland’s Birthday. The flag on the Masterton Post Office was flown today in honour of the sixty-first birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland. Billiards Championship. R. Carrick (Auckland) defeated S. Moses (Wellington) in the final of the New Zealand amateur billiards championship, concluded at Wellington last night, by 1500 to 1371. Masterton West Free Kindergarten. There was a good attendance at the monthly meeting of the Mastert'on West Free Kindergarten. The president, Mrs C. J. Williams, was in the chair. An invitation from the N.Z. Kindergarten Union for two members of the committee to attend meetings of the Union was accepted. Mrs Dagg gave a very interesting demonstration on felt work. Supper was provided. Three-Legged Lamb. A three-legged lamb was born on the property of Mr. J. L. Heckler, Papawai, on Thursday. The lamb died the following morning, apparently because it was unable to stand to get a drink. It is a most unusual occurrence to find a lamb minus a leg—in this case it was one of the hind legs. Usually, in the case of freak lambs, they possess an additional leg or legs. False Income Returns. Two prosecutions brought in the Auckland Magistrate’s Court yesterday by the Commissioner of Taxes resulted in fines totalling £225 being imposed by Mr F. K, Hunt, S.M. Victoria Effie Warbrick, a nurse who till recently conducted a large maternity hospital, was fined £5O on each of three charges of wilfully furnishing false returns of income for the years ended 1938, 1939, and 1940. An elderly Assyrian clothing manufacturer, Joseph Waken, was fined £25 on each of three charges of negligently making false returns. New Zealand Export Meat. News that within the last few days the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, had intimated that in the third year of the war the United Kingdom Government would endeavour to lift 275,000 tons of New Zealand meat was given by the Minister of Marketing, Mr Barclay, when addressing delegates at the annual conference in Wellington yesterday of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. “We will end this second war year period with approximately twice as much meat in store as we had at the end of the first war year, but the position is by no means serious, and' considering the immense difficulties which had to be faced during this year, the position must be considered satisfactory, as a whole,” said the Minister, reviewing the storage position.