LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 January 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

+ — Scout Week. Scout week will start on Friday. February 20, when the Governor-Gen-eral, Sir Cyril Newall, will broadcast a message. Swimming Sports. Excellent entries have been received for the Wairarapa Interhouse Association’s swimming sports, to be held in the Dixon Street Baths, Masterton, on Wednesday evening, commencing at 7 o’clock. Among those taking part will be a number of Territorials and several Auckland championship holders. A comprehensive programme has been arranged. Swimming Club Events.

The following events wil be contested at the weekly meeting of the Masterton Swimming Club on Tuesday nightjunior girls: 25 yds. freestyle, 25 yds. backstroke. Junior boys: 50 yds. freestyle, 25 yds. breaststroke. Intermediate girls: 50 yds. freestyle, 50 yds. breaststroke. Intermediate boys: 50 yds. freestyle, 50 yds. breaststroke. Ladies: 50 yds. freestyle, 25 yds. backstroke. Men: 75 yds. freestyle, 25 yds. dash, 50 yds. breaststroke, relay race. There will be diving events for all grades. Motor Re-Licensing.

It is understood that new regulations will shortly be gazetted to allow the re-licensing of motor vehicles without the provision of new number plates. It is expected that comparatively little change in the system will be necessary, transfers being issued for motorists to place on their windscreens to indicate that they have paid the current year's fee. The current licenses will expire at the end of June and the re-licensing will be done in that month.

“Simply Treason.” “Industrial strife of the kind which has caused the hold-up in the supply of meat to the people of Auckland is simply treason at a time when the enemy may be contemplating an attack on our shores, and must be treated accordingly,” said the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, in a statement issued on Saturday afternoon. Earlier in the day Mr Fraser had announced that the Government had issued directions to the employees of the Auckland municipal abattoir at Westfield, who recently ceased work, to resume work forthwith. Interhouse Dance. The dance held in the Municipal Hall on Saturday night by the Wairarapa Interhouse Association was largely attended and proved a most successful gathering. Barnes’s Orchestra played the dance music, and the arangements made for the amplification of the music and of announcements were much appreciated. The M’s.C. were Messrs J. McChesney and M. Dallas. The winners of the Monte Carlo waltz competition were Miss J. Wenham and Corporal Hargraves, and Miss Gilmore and Second-Lieut. Coleman. An excellent supper was provided. Motor Cars at Races. In spite of the request made on Thursday by the Minister of Supply, Mr Sullivan, that car owners should not use petrol for mere pleasure, such as travelling to race meetings, there were more cars at Trentham racecourse on i Saturday, the second day of the Wellington Racing Club’s summer meeting, than on the previous Saturday, the first day of the meeting. This increase was noted by traffic inspectors. On the club’s property and in public parking places about the course on Saturday, there were 437 cars, including 19 taxis. The previous Saturday there were 282 cars at the races, including 49 taxis. Of the cars counted on the second day, 19 were fitted with gas producers.