LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 May 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mo Bankruptcies. No bankruptcies were recorded in the Wairarapa in April. So far this year only one bankruptcy has been reported in the district. A Fatal Fail.

Mr C. Massey, plumber, of 51 Balfour Street, Wellington, fell down a ship’s hold yesterday morning, and received severe head injuries, from which he died soon after being admitted to the hospital. Vital Statistics. The vital statistics registered at the Masterton Courthouse in April were, the figures for April, 1941, being given in parentheses: Births, 34 (27); deaths, 17 (6); marriages, 4 (13). Gempetition Winners. Winners of competitions held at the Patriotic Shop on’Tuesday and Wednesday were: —Evening bag, Mrs Ramsay, Fernridge; dinner, Mrs J. Reed, Featherston; child’s garden, Mrs E. Wellwcod, Gladstone; cake, donated by Mrs D. Andrews and decorated by Mrs Butler, Mrs C. G. Judd. Sugar for Jam-Making, A statement that a special ration of sugar would be made available to housewives for jam-making and fruitpreserving if supplies were available was made by the Minister of Supply, Mr Sullivan, in a reply to a question asked by Mr Kidd (Opposition, Waitaki) in the House of Representatives last night. Drivers’ Licences. Fourteen drivers’ licences were issued by the Masterton Borough Council last month, making the total for the licensing year 2259, as compared with 23, for a total of 2406, for the corresponding periods of last year. The Masterton County Council issued four licences last month, bringing the total to 1187. In April, 1941, eight licences were issued, and the total was 1271. Tobacco for Soldiers. An intimation that cigarettes would be sold at existing prices at canteens to soldiers was given during the discussion on the Customs resolutions in the House of Representatives last night. It was stated also that the existing arrangements under which tobacco and cigarettes may be sent at low prices to soldiers overseas would stand unchanged. Not an Offence. A decision on the question whether telephoning a hotel that; police officers are outside, constitutes obstruction of the police, was given by Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., in the Christchurch Magistrates’ Court yesterday, in a case, before him. The magistrate held that telephoning a warning would serve to prevent the commission of an offence, and not to prevent the police from convicting a person of an offence that had been committed. The charge was accordingly dismissed.