LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 September 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thomas Bracken’s Grave. A suggestion to raise a fund of up to £250 for the perpetual upkeep of the grave of Thomas Bracken, author of ‘Not Understood” and New Zealand’s national song, “God Defend New Zealand,” was made recently at a meeting of the Dunedin City Council by the Mayor, Mr Allen. It was then stated that the Dunedin City Council had hitherto undertaken to keep the grave in order. Territorial Training. Under the new arrangement for the training of Territorials announced by the Minister of Defence (Mr Jones) yesterday, the present practice of taking recruits into camp in monthly drafts will be discontinued as soon as training cadres for the various units are ready, and recruits will enter camp quarterly. Three quarterly drafts of recruits will be taken into camp each year and the remaining three months will be reserved for preparation for and unit collective training, which is now to be increased to two months’ camp training instead of two weeks as previously prescribed.

Estimates Disposed Of. The last five classes of the main Estimates, representing £10,291,571, were passed by the House of Representatives yesterday, making a total of 52 classes, involving £41,925, 667, passed to date. Classes passed yesterday were: Transport Department, £86,400; Marine Department, £156,890; Working Railways Account, £9,842,581; National Service, £102,’500; National Provident and Friendly Societies Account,. £103,200. Public Works Estimates, and also Supplementary Estimates, remain to be passed. It was a quiet day without friction or dispute. The House rose at '4.30 p.m. till 2.30 '■ on Tuesday afternoon.

“Once Aboard The Lugger.” “Once Aboard the Lugger,” a musical extravaganza by the choir girls of the Interhouse Association that will thrill the audience with its bright singing, snappy dialogue and ballets, will be presented in the Opera House tonight. The production has been in the hands of Mrs E. J. Rich, and this in itself should be sufficient to induce the public of Masterton to give its wholehearted support. A pleasing feature of the presentation will be the solos and duets, the vocalists for which ha\V been brought right up to concert pitch by Mrs Miller Hope. The cause is a worthy one, as half the net proceeds are being devoted to the Sister Phyllis Matthews fund.