LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 August 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Basketball Competitions. lona A (Masterton) won the Wairarapa Basketball Association’s A grade competition this year. The run-ners-up were Carterton A.

Much Appreciated Gesture. A message has been received from St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Suva, that the sum of £l3 12s had been subscribed by members to repair earthquake damage at Presbyterian churches in the Wairarapa. This friendly gesture is much appreciated by the congregations of the churches concerned.

Record Price for Cartridges. What was claimed might be a record price for a box of cartridges was mentioned by a member at a meeting of the council of the Southland Acclimatisation Society. He said that at a recent auction one box of cartridges brought 28s, another 275, and four boxes were sold for 25s each. Another member said that the four boxes at 25s were sold to a man who wanted to shoot shags. The man had told him that he feared that unless he shot the shags there would be no fishing in his district next season, and he was therefore determined to procure cartridges at any cost. Sugar Ration. Little inclination to draw the extra sugar ration for jam-making, which has been available since July 15, has been shown by Dominion housewives, according to the rationing controller, Mr J. E. Thomas. In all centres demand has been only light, suggesting that most households were managingwithin the ration of 12oz. a person weekly. He added that the additional allocation had been given as a result of representations by fruitgrowers and the general public. According to several grocers, many women preferred to wait for an allocation of sugar in the main jam-making season. If they used the August supply for jam, and applied for its replacement, that amount would be deducted from any special issue made later. Others considered that because of the limited variety of jams that could be made at this season, women preferred to wait until the stone-fruits were available.

Earthquake Repair Jobs. Forty repair or demolition jobs made necessary by the recent earthquakes are now under way or arranged in Wellington, but it is expected that the total works of this nature to be carried out will exceed 100 in the business areas of the city. This takes no account of apparently sound building parapets which it is considered should be taken down as a precautionary measure. Found Drowned. A 14-year-old school girl found the body of James Boyle, single, aged 50, farm hand, in a waterhole alongside the main highway near Tangiteroria on Sunday morning. The road at this point on Thursday and Friday was covered by over eight feet of flood water. Mr Boyle was- last seen alive by the same girl on Thursday about a mile from where the body was found. The coroner returned a verdict of accidental drowning.

From School to Camp. A survey undertaken by vocational guidance officers throughout the North Island shows that a large number of boys are leaving school and being drafted into military camp without taking up any occupation and that many others have been debarred from taking up the careers for which they are best fitted because they are approaching military age. Others again have been prevented from taking up a suitable apprenticeship by shortage of materials in the trade or because there are insufficient journeymen to allow additional apprentices under the awards. The survey is being extended to the South Island. Out of 88 State secondary schools circularised by the Government Youth Centre, 82 replied showing that since last December 173 boys had gone straight into camp, 67 had failed to find suitable employment because they were nearing 18 years of age, 12 had been prevented from taking up suitable apprenticeship, and 38 had left school without finding satisfactory employment for various other reasons.