LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Territorial Ballot.

A Gazette was issued today containing the names of men called up for service with the Territorial Force. They have been drawn in the eleventh ballot to select men for military service, and comprise youths who have recently become liable for territorial service by .reaching 18 years of age. Men who have passed out of the overseas service group on becoming 41 are also included. Royal Academy of Dancing.

At the recent dancing examinations conducted in Wellington by Miss Kathleen Danetree, of London, Miss Joan Tandy was successful in obtaining 100 per cent passes for her pupils, who included three from Masterton as follow: —Elementary, Valmai Price, Paddy Turner. Grade IV: Erin O’Rourke (honours). Miss Tandy also passed the advanced examination. Maori Mission.

“One fact during the year has been borne in upon me with tremendous force and that is the dire need of the Maori people for more efficient, intense, and systematic instruction and the desire of the Maori clergy for help to make their ministry a more potent force for the uplifting of their people,” said Bishop Simkin in an address at the opening of the Auckland Diocesan Synod yesterday. He appealed for more liberal support for the Maori Mission and for funds to comply with the request by the Maori clergy for the appointment of a pakeha priest to help them.

Guns in Action.

The guns of the coast defences of Wellington went into action day and night yesterday when a full calibre practice shoot was held by the 10th Heavy Regiment. The night shooting was particularly spectacular with the flashes from the guns showing up vividly in the total blackout conditions, giving a momentary glimpse of the emplacements and gun crews. The spectacular effect was made greater by the operation of the searchlight batteries sweeping across the harbour entrance and out to sea to find their targets and hold them while the guns did their job. A high standard of shooting was witnessed.

Scientists’ Remuneration.

Comment that he did not want to criticise the department, but had been staggered to find that an honours graduate from the University of Leeds, now in New Zealand on a scholarship, was being paid less than scores of manual workers who had appeared before the board, was made hy the chairman, Mr W. F. Stilwell, S.M., at the sitting of the No. 4 Armed Forces Appeal Board in Wellington yesterday. Mr Stilwell said the board had to take cognisance of the fact that the department, while paying men on this scale, considered them too valuable to be released for military service,

t-ine Pansy Beds. The beds flanking the entrance to Masterton Park are well worth inspection at present. There is a fine showing of pansies of many beautiful colourings. Near the Tea Kiosk there are also some splendid blooms.

Cyclamen Display. Many favourable comments have been passed by visitors to the begonia house at the Masterton Park on the magnificent display of cyclamens which are on show at present. The blooms are of a particularly large size and type and features many beautiful shadings. Pahiatua Golf Tourney.

Visitors from Otaki, Makuri, Hokowhitu, Alfredton, Woodville and Eketahuna, took part in the annual tournament of the Pahiatua Golf Club during the weekend. The championship was won by a visiting player, Mr E. B. Anderson, of Otaki. At the conclusion of the competitions, the trophies were presented to the successful competitors by the Mayoress, Mrs Siddells. Money For Medical Services.

“There is any amount of money there, and 1 think it is right to say that there will always be plenty of money in the Social Security Fund,” said the Minister of Finance, Mr Nash, replying during the debate on the Supplementary Estimates to the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Holland, who asked where the extra money was to come from to pay the doctors the increased amounts provided for under the Social Security Amendment Act. Mr Nash said that in the main Estimates provision was made, he thought for £600,000, in expectation of the general practitioner scheme coming- into operation. Payments would be made out of that sum. An Unsatisfactory Ship.

Asking the leave of the House to borrow an American expression, the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, described the New Zealand Government motorvessel Maui Pomare as a “perfect pain in the neck” and a worry to every Government and Minister since it had been built. Mr Fraser was replying during the discussion on the Supplementary Estimates to a question by Mr Endean (Opposition, Remuera), who said that every time the Estimates were picked up there could be found something in connection with the Maui Pomare. A sum of £4OOO is provided in the Supplementary Estimates for structural alterations to the vessel necessitated by the re-engining of the ship, this amount being in addition to £32,500 provided in the main Estimates. “When are we going to finish with this vessel?” Mr Endean asked. “The present' Government was not responsible for the ordering of the ship,” Mr Fraser replied. “We inherited it and it has been the worry of every Government and Minister since.” He said that if a new ship could have been obtained, they could have been saved a great deal of trouble, but as it was they had to make the best of a bad job.