Borough Building Permits.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 October 1942, Page 2

Borough Building Permits.

During October the Masterton Borough Council issued 7 building permits for £llO3 10s, as compared with 11 permits for £2643 17s 6d during October, 1941. Men Released From Camp. At a sitting of the Wairarapa Armed Forces Appeal Board held in Masterton yesterday afternoon 50 men were released from military service for farm, freezing, and other essential work. Two Charges of Murder. David John Campbell, timber worker. aged 20, who did not appeal’, was called to answer two charges of murder in the Magistrates’ Court at Napier yesterday. The police request for a remand to November 11 was granted. It is hoped then to proceed with the charges. Y.M.C.A. Dance. The dance held last night in the Y.M.C.A. rooms by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Y.M.C.A. was largely attended. The music was supplied by Jack Barnes’s orchestra and an extra was played by Private G. Farrell. The duties of M.C. were capably carried out by Mr E. J. Esler. Another dance will be held in the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium tonight. Air Force Relations Committee.

The annual report of the Wairarapa and Ruahine Aero Club states. The Air Force Relations Committee of women came into being shortly after the commencement of the war, and has done a great deal to sponsor assistance for members of the R.N.Z.A.F. in providing knitted wear, foodstuffs and other comforts for distribution. The committee takes this opportunity of again placing on record its appreciation of the valuable services which they arc rendering.

Prison Chaplain Resigns. The Anglican chaplain to the Auckland Prison, the Rev G. E. Moreton, has resigned that position, which he has held since December, 1939. Mr Moreton stated that he had nothing to say at present regarding his resignation, except that he was remaining secretary of the Auckland Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society and would continue his work for ex-prisoners. Mr Moreton and a collaborator, the Rev Melville Harcourt, vicar of Birkenhead, this month published an autobiographical book, “A Parson in Prison,” containing rather severe criticisms of the New Zealand prison system and comparisons with English penal methods as seen by Mr Moreton on a trip abroad in 1936.