LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 September 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A Cyclist’s Death. That the police had been unable to trace a certain car which they believed struck a cyclist in Railway Road, Hastings, shortly after 6 p.m. on June 28, was mentioned by Detective Sergeant L. B. Revell at the inquest into the death of the victim, William Hans Richardson, carpenter, before the District Coroner, G. Ebbett, J.P., at Hastings yesterday afternoon. The coroner returned a formal verdict that death was due to fracture of the skull and other injuries caused when he was knocked down from his cycle by some motor vehicle.

Estimates Passed by House. Six classes of Estimates totalling £6,336,048 were passed by the House of Representatives yesterday. To date a total of 41 classes of Estimates has been passed, representing a sum of £20,868,139. The classes dealt with yesterday were as follows: Audit Department, £43,100; Broadcasting Account, £297,770; External Affairs, £247,700; Public Service Superannuation Fund Account, £8625; Labour Department, £1.603,000; Post Office Account, £4,135,853. The House rose at 5.30 p.m. till 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday. Aid to Russia, The Wellington branch of the New Zealand Harbour Boards’ Employees’ ' Union, at a recent meeting, carried the following motion, which was forwarded to the acting-Prime Minister, Mr Nash: “That this meeting impress upon the Government the necessity of implementing as a gesture of sympathy and practical assistance the immediate appointment of a New Zealand representative to the U.S.S.R., also the immediate offer by the Government of a trade and military pact with Russia.”

Appeal for Scout Movement. “However hard pressed we may be in the struggle, we must never forget the young girls and boys who have got to win the peace for Christian democracy when we have won the war against pagan tyranny,” said the Dominion Chief Scout, Sir Cyril Newall, in making a stirring appeal for the Scout movement at the annual meeting of the Dominion Council of the Boy Scouts’ Association (New Zealand branch) in Wellington yesterday. His Excellency said that in his dual capacity of Dominion Chief Scout and Governor-General, he was ready and anxious at all times to do all that was in his power to help and encourage the Boy Scouts and the Girl Guides of New Zealand. It was impossible to over-estimate the importance of these twin movements, for they; had a vital part to play in the recon-1 struction of the world which must follow victory. '

Territorial Parade. Members of the Second Hawke’s Bay Regiment are requested to parade tomorrow at 9.15 a.m. at the Drill Hall, to attend the national prayer service i in Masterton Park. Change of Name. The name of the 2nd Battalion, Hawke's Bay Regiment, has been redesignated Ist Battalion Ruahine Regiment. with headquarters at Dannevirke. Ritual Contest. The Druids' Lodge, Carterton, will hold a ritual contest on Monday night between past and present officers of the lodge. A large party of Masterton Druids intend to be present. Handsome Donation.

At last night’s meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association, Mr N. Blatchford, on behalf of the trustees of the Wairarapa Training Farm, presented a handsome trophy to the Association for competition in the fat lamb classes. On the motion of the president, Air R. E. Gordon Lee, the trustees were accorded a hearty vote of thanks. Railway Collision.

Two men were slightly injured and damage done to three wagons when a light locomotive collided with a heavy goods train at the southern end of the Purewa tunnel, near Auckland, yesterday morning. The goods train was travelling slowly up an incline just past the tunnel, and the light engine, which was following ran into the train from behind. The guard's van, a cattle truck, and an open truck were derailed and damaged. The guard, Mr T. M. White, and a fireman. Mr R. W. Mit- | chell, were slightly injured. The clearing of the,blocked line was completed by 8.30 a.m. Twelve trains, including the early express from Wellington, had to use an alternative route.

£45,000 Worth of Vegetables. Ohakune and district supplies nearly half of the vegetables for the North Island, states a Wanganui report. The value of vegetables sent through Ohakune railway station last year was about £45,000. Most of the growing is done by Chinese gardeners, and estimates show that about 1,000,000 bags or sacks of vegetables were sent away from the district last year. Chinese gardeners grew more than 600 acres of potatoes last year. A return taken out for the season up to March 9 last showed that Chinese gardeners alone grew 217 acres of cauliflowers, yielding 43,000 sacks of the vegetables. Cabbages grown totalled 222 acres, producing 66,600 sacks. The area on which peas were grown was 47 acres, yielding a total of 10,575 bags.