LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 October 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Trafalgar Day. Tomorrow will be the 137th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Liberty Loan.

The trustees of the Auckland Savr ings Bank have decided to’ invest £lOO,OOO in the Liberty Loan, bringing the total invested to date in Liberty Loans up to £300,000. Town Clerk’s Death.

Suffering a dislocated neck when he was involved in a motor-car accident last Thursday, Mr Clennell Nelson Thayer, town clerk of Opunake, died in the Hawera Hospital yesterday. He was 36 years of age.

Splendid Family Record. The seven sons of Mr and Mrs James Clothier, Morrinsville, have been accepted for military service and have been passed grade one. Three have already seen active service, one has been accepted for the Air Force and three are waiting to be called up.

Wairarapa College Sports. The Wairarapa College annual sports day will be held at the College grounds on November 5. At last night’s meeting of the College Board the ActingPrincipal, Mr F. J. Gair, extended a cordial invitation to parents and friends to be present.

Charitable Bequests.

Leaving an estate of £13,000, the late Mr Charles Henry Owens, retired farmer, Auckland, made bequests totalling £7600 to various institutions, including £lOOO each to the New Zealand Institute for the Blind, Auckland branch of the Plunket Society, Henry Brett Memorial Home for Girls, St. Mary’s Anglican Home, Otahuhu, and the Community Sunshine Association, Auckland.

Caretaker Sent to Gaol

On a charge of the theft of goods belonging to tenants in the city buildings of which he was caretaker, John Livingstone Fisher, aged 58, was sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment in the Magistrates’ Court, Auckland, yesterday.- He pleaded guilty. The police said Fisher had been caretaker of the building for 13 years. He admitted stealing goods valued at over £6O. Fisher was addicted to drink, and he was recently in hospital with alcoholic poisoning. His wife was ill and was not expected to recover. “Fortunately cases of caretakers abusing their trust are extremely rare,” said Mr Luxford, S.M., “but when they occur it is not a case for leniency.”

Bills in Parliament.

A good clearance of legislation was made by the House of Representatives yesterday, and five Bills were put through and passed. They were the Finance Bill (No. 2), the National Provident Fund Amendment Bill, Local Legislation Bill, Native Purposes Bill and the Homewood Trust Bill. The Fair Rents Amendment Bill and the Statutes Amendment Bill were introduced last night, and they are the only measures remaining for the consideration of the House. The Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, slated before the adjournment, which was taken at 10.30 p.m., that it had been intended to bring in a Building Construction Bill for the better control of building construction in view of earthquakes. This had been in mind for some time, but as the Bill had to be fair to local bodies concerned it would have to be held over till the December session.