National Savings.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 January 1943, Page 2

National Savings.

National Savings receipts at the Masterton PoEjt Office yesterday amounted to £B6, making the total to date for the week £824, The quota for the week is £784. Oamaru Anglers’ Success.

Fishing the Hakataramea River, below Kurow, a party of three Oamaru anglers during the holidays caught 40 trout,, of a total weight of about 1301 b. The heaviest fish turned the scales at s|lb, several weighed between 4 and 51b, and the average weight was about 3-Hb.

Discovery on West Coast. Recent erosion at Tauranga Bay, in the Buller district, has revealed the remains of an old Maori habitation. Visitors to the beach during the holiday period discovered Maori oven cooking stones. Bones of fairly large animals were also found, and greenstone axes and unworked greenstone were amongst the relics unearthed. Interhouse Dance.

There was a large attendance at a dance held in the Masonic Hall, Masterton last night, by the Wairarapa Interhouse Association. The music was supplied by Mrs Ashton’s Orchestra, and extras were played by Misses Irwin and Gundersen. Messrs J. Bruce and L. A. Askew were efficient M’s.C. Supper was served by the Interhouse girls. The next dance will be held on Friday, January 15. Rata Blooms on West Coast. Railway passengers on the ReeftonWestport line from Inangahua Junction to Westport get a beautiful view of the lower Buller valley, which at present is covered with rata trees in full bloom. The hills, and in many places the river-banks, are thickly covered with rata right to the water’s edge. The full beauty of the valley is not seen so well from the roadside as from the railway line, and this is the first year that so many travellers have had the opportunity of seeing the blooms. Absenteeism in Factories.

Following an analysis which is stated to have disclosed that absenteeism in Wellington factories this week was very serious, employers'have expressed grave concern, and it is reported that representations on the subject have been made to the Government. It is stated that the nonchalant, even defiant, attitude taken up by workers who extended their holidays without the slightest regard for the war effort has shocked the principals of some manufacturing firms. They say that the problem has reached such a stage that it can no longer be regarded with any degree of equanimity, and they are insistent that the penal regulations which deal with this class of offence must be applied.