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LOCAL AND GENERAL

Maori Child Drowned. Hoani Ponga Paiaka, aged 10, was • drowned in the Ongarue River on Sunday. Samuel Gawith, aged 13, made strenuous efforts to rescue the boy, but Paiaka struggled and he had to let go. Transport Association’s Conference. The Dominion conference of the Public Passenger Transport Association opened in Auckland yesterday. Mr J. Sayegh, chairman, welcomed delegates from all parts of the Dominion, and said the matters before the conference were extremely important. The aim was to help the transport authorities, who had many problems to cope with. Bookmaker Fined. “There are far too many of these small bookmakers. They seem to be able to operate in hotels, and licensees don’t seem to stop them,” said Mi’ J. L. Stout, S.M., in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday when inflicting a fine of £25 and costs on Leonard Milton Sutton, who had pleaded guilty to an offence. Thief Sent to Gaol. John McCulloch Forsyth, a motor driver, aged 33, pleaded guilty in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday to stealing, on or about September 1, a levy book valued at Is, the property of Wright Joyce. The police stated that he was a deserter from a military camp and had a bad record. Mr J. L. Stout, S.M., sentenced him to three months’ hard labour. Outbreak of Fireblight. Fire blight has again broken out in pear orchards in districts of Central Otago. The serious shortage of labour among orchardists in Central Otago, one grower said, did not allow the quick handling which was necessary to prevent the spread of the disease, and he added that prompt action would have to be taken by the Department of Agriculture if there were to be any pears left in Central Otago. No Canteen in Dry Area. The Minister of Defence, Mr Jones, said last night that his attention had been drawn to a statement published in the Press intimating that the Wellington Methodist Synod had adopted a resolution expressing grave concern at the “questionable action” of the Government in opening a wet canteen in the King Country, thus introducing liquor to a prohibited area. Mr Jones stated that apparently the synod resolution referred to the wet canteen at a northern military camp. “There is evidently some misconception as to the nature and limits of the _ area known as the King Country,” said Mr Jones, “and it should be explained that the. camp in question is not in the King Country. The location of the camp is not included in a no-licence area proclaimed under the Licensing Act, and it is clear, therefore, that there had been no violation of the pledge given by the Government to the Maori people, as stated by the synod.”

Telegrams VVithcut Envelopes. Post offices throughout the Dominion are now delivering telegrams without envelopes. As in the last war, the self-enveloping style is used. The telegram is double-folded to ensure secrecy and adhesive paper is stuck on the side to keep the folds together.

Stock Cartage Codes. Information that the Minister of Transport would probably soon take action to bring the stock cartage codes in all districts into line, and thus secure a national policy, was contained in a letter received at a meeting of the executive of the Auckland branch of the Farmers’ Union. Red Cross Shop Day. The country districts’ sub-centre of the New Zealand Red Cross Society will hold a shoo day in the Y.M.C.A. on Friday from 16 a.m. till 5 p.m., in aid of the normal activities of the institution. There will be fancy goods, meat, produce, cakes and old and new clothing for sale, guessing competitions and amusements for children.

Sick Leave Payment. Payment to staff members in connection with sick leave was raised at the monthly meeting of the Tararua Electric Power Board by the secretary in his report of his attendance at the regional meeting of secretaries. A lengthy discusion ensued. Mr J. G. Brechin led the opinion that staffs appear to become extraordinarily healthy once sick pay is discontinued as a policy. Mr Cheetham moved that the board pay sick pay for the first five days. Mr Fouhy seconded the motion, which was carried. The resolution covers only those employees on an hourly basis. Members agreed that union awards did not provide for any give and take. A man could be sick for weeks and then charge up a few minutes’ overtime.

Masonic Lodge Centenary. New Zealand Pacific Lodge, at its 1091st meeting last night, celebrated its 100th birthday and the centennial of the establishment of the Masonic Order in this country. Many of the builders of Wellington have passed through the lodge, and occupied its chair, since the first meeting on November 23, 1842. Apart from the purely social aspect of the work of New Zealand Pacific Lodge throughout the century, it has played a considerable though unobtrusive part in the dissemination of charity. The place of assembly 100 years ago was the Southern Cross Hotel, on the site of the present Mandel’s Buildings in Willis Street, close to the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel. Except for two brief periods when special circumstances —the partial destruction of the lodgeroom in the earthquake of 1848 and a difference of opinion in 1890 over the issue of changing allegiance from the United Grand Lodge of England to .the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, then just constituted—New Zealand Pacific Lodge has met regularly since.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 November 1942, Page 2

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Tapeke kupu
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LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 November 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 November 1942, Page 2

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