LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 September 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Levy on Hides. The Hides Committee announces the following increase in the rate of levy on hides for export: Ox hides increased to lid a lb; cow hides increased to l|d a lb. The rates for bull hides, yearlings and calfskins (other than freezers) remain unchanged. The new rates will operate on and after today.

Social Problems. A further meeting to consider replies from women’s organisations will be held at the Countrywomen’s Club on Wednesday, September 17, at 7.30 p.m. All women interested are invited to attend when a further plan of campaign will be discussed. During the evening the meeting will be addressed by Dr N. H. Prior.

Expenses of British Children. Stating that all the expenses of British children now in New Zealand were paid by those who looked after them here, Mr Dickie (Opposition, Patea), asked in the House of Representatives yesterday why the parents of the children had to pay 9s a week into some fund. The Minister of Education, Mr Parry: The money does not come to New Zealand, you know. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry: The fund is in England; we know nothing about it. We have refused to accept any money.

Loss by Fire. “The loss by fire in New Zealand in 1940 was £772,692, an increase of £62,079 on the losses for 1939,” says the report on the fire brigades of the Dominion for the year ended March 31, 1941, which was presented in the House of Representatives yesterday. “The increase is probably due in the main to the higher values of both buildings and contents involved in fires,” the report continues. “The fire losses in fire districts for the year ending March 31, 1941, which are not strictly comparable with figures for the whole Dominion, were £242,689, a reduction on the previous year's figures.”

Registered Alien Fined. A plea of guilty was entered by George William Edward von Zedlitz, principal of the University Tutorial School, when he appeared in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday, charged that being an enemy alien he absented himself from his residence for more than 24 hours without obtaining d permit' and that he went more than 20 miles from his abode without permission. Sub-Inspector L. R. Capp said that defendant, who was registered as an alien, had gone to Rotorua with his wife for a week, without obtaining a permit. He said he was under the impression that it was not necessary for him to obtain leave. Defendant was a naturalised British subject and his wife was New Zealandborn. A fine of £2, with costs 10s, was imposed on the first charge and defendant was convicted and ordered to pay costs 10s on the second.

Boring for Oil. The New Zealand Petroleum Company reports that the Morere oil bore has reached a depth of 5875 feet and the Midhirst bore 8365 feet. There is no change in the formation at either site.

Card Party at Y.M.C.A. The fortnightly card party held in the Y.M.C.A. lounge room was well attended, the winners being Mrs Cotter and Mr Todd. The next tournament will be held on Thursday, September 25, commencing at 7.45 o’clock. R.S.A, Membership.

The present financial membership of the Wairarapa Returned Soldiers’ Association, at 808 is the highest figure attained since 1921, when the record membership stood at 832. It is anticipated that the membership at the end of the year will beat that record. Supplies of Knitting Wool.

Further supplies of knitting wool for patriotic purposes are now on issue from the Masterton Women’s Patriotic Committee’s depot at the Women’s Rest Room, Dixon Street. Mittens and socks may be. knitted from the’ finer wool and balaclavas and scarves from the wool of coarser quality. Hydatid Treatment.

The hope that the Government would not relax its efforts in dealing with hydatids was expressed by several Opposition speakers during the discussion on the Internal Affairs Estimates in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon. Mr Kyle (Opposition, Riccarton) said that last year £14,775 had been spent by the department, but that the estimates this year provided only £5OOO. He suggested that if there were a shortage of arecolene the department should use some substitute, but should not allow the treatment to lapse. The Minister,. Mr Parry, explained that 1 there were large reserve stocks in hand and the same amount would be distributed this year as last.

Sedgley Home. The matron of Sedglej r Home acknowledges with thanks receipt of the following gifts:—Sheep: Messrs J. W. Buchanan, Harold Beetham, F. B. Vallance, H. G. Williams. J. Dalziell. Cakes: Mesdames Moser. Paul Kummer, Trimble, L. B. Maunsell, W. Robieson, Hugh McKay. Mrs Ruby, the Misses Vallance. Buns: Golden Crust Bakery. Pikelets: Mrs Styles. Sandwiches: Young Farmers’ dance. Cauliflower and artichokes: Mrs H. M. Boddington. Artichokes: Mr Norman Groves. Swedes: Mr R. Liverton. Magazines, Mr F. .Lewis. Jam and stores. Mrs Griffin. Entertainments: St. Mathew’s Girls’ Club concert; Orchestral Society Concert. Pictures: Mr H. Reid.

Mr Arthur Mee, the British editor, tells of an old man whose small house in the London area, where he lived by himself, had been shattered by a bomb. Although in peril of being trapped by falling timber, he would insist on going back for his old and well-read Bible. “Hitler may bomb my house,” he said, “but he shall not take from me my Bible.”