LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shock Proves Fatal.

The death occurred in the Waipukurau Public Hospital last night of Mr Robert Crump, an elderly employee of the Public Works Department, who a week ago received a 110,000-volt shock at the Government’s Onga Onga substation. An inquest will be held. Boy Injured.

A boy who was riding in a Wellington tram yesterday with one leg hanging outside received a broken knee as a result 1 . His leg was caught by another tram as it passed the one he was riding in at the corner of Manners Street and Cuba Street at 11.40 a.m. The boy, Warren Hodson. 11 Boyds Terrace, was taken to hospital by the Free Ambulance. 14C Divorce Actipns. Thirty undefended divorce petitions were heard by Mr Justice Blair in one day in the Supreme Court, Wellington, this week. Today, there are 40 more to be heard and two judges will be occupied. Altogether for the present quarterly sessions in Wellington approximately 140 divorce actions were set down for hearing, 30 already being decided. The petitions include a number of applications for orders for restitution of conjugal rights.

Transport Licensing. In connection with the sitting of the No 2 Transport Licensing Authority to be held at Masterton on Thursday and Friday, May 27 and 28, farmer applicants for licences are advised that there will be no need for them to appear at the sitting provided they have some competent person to appear for them with the necessary information. The information required is as follows:—(1) Road on which farm is situated; (2) factory supplied (if any); (3) nearest railway station; (4) nearest town.

Lamb Disliked.

Commenting on the demand for pork, and the shortage which had led to the prohibition of its consumption by civilians for two months, the Minister of Agriculture and Marketing, Mr Barclay, informed delegates to the dairy conference in Wellington yesterday that members of the United States forces had no taste for New Zealand lamb, and could not be induced to eat it. Mr J. Boyce (Manawatu) commented that if they did not like it they should be made to go without, and they would soon develop an appetite.

Membership Levy. “It is far too much,” observed the chairman, Mr W. Kemp, at last night’s meeting of the Masterton Fire Board when the board was advise,d that the levy due to the Fire Boards' Association was £7 7s against £3 13s 6d last year. It was decided to advise the association that if it did not accept the same levy as last year the board would resign its membership. Mr H. Clay said the scale of charges was on the basis of expenditure—the more the board spent the higher was the leyy, ,

Donation of Greenhouse. Mr Trevor Beetham has donated a large greenhouse to the Wairarapa Hospital Board. The greenhouse will enable a variety of plants which had to be bought in the past to be raised at the "-Master tdn Hospital gardens. Fire Service, “It simply means another boss,” said Mr W. Kemp (chairman) at last night’s meeting of the Masterton Fire Board, referring to the establishment of the National Advisory Committee. Mr F. Lambourn said the board would soon be a nonentity. Mr Kemp said it had been stated that the Government’s policy was to make the fire brigades an essential service, ’the same as the Police force, with headquarters in Wellington.

Gifts to Masterton Hospital.

The Matron of the Masterton Hospital Miss H. D. Grant, acknowledges with thanks the following donations: Books, Mrs H. B. Maunsell, Master C. O. Jones, Eketahuna Girl Guides, Mauriceville West Sunday School; magazines, Mrs Dunderdale, Miss M. Robinson; paper, Miss Iva Gordon, Mrs McConnell, Red Cross Sub-Centre; flowers, Sub-Centre Red Cross, Miss Iva Gordon and Staff, Mesdames Tolhurst, Bannister, Cook, C. Loader, Lansdowne Church, Knox Church Ladies’ Guild; flowers and cakes, Country Women’s Red Cross; rose hips, St Matthew’s School; decorated screen, Eketahuna Girl Guides; gramophone records, Y.M.C.A.; empty jars, Mrs W. James; fruit, cigarettes and games, St Vincent De Paul and Red Cross Sub-Centre; teas, literature, etc., National Women’s Welfare League.

Stock of Liquor Seized. A stock of wines, sherry, and cocktails, said to be worth £lOOO, was seized by the police at premises in Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, after Raymond Spencer, salesman, aged 55, had made a sale of a bottle of cocktail, a mixture of four New Zealand wines, to each of three men on Tuesday evening. Mr G. I. Joseph, who appeared for accused in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, yesterday, said that Spencer had intended to apply for a wine licence, and that he had invested £lOOO, which he had received as compensation for injuries in an accident. The offence, counsel said, was an isolated one, and the labels on the bottles bore defendant’s name. Accused had had experience in wine blending, and had decided to start business as a wine merchant. He purchased wine in all parts of the Dominion to build up stocks. Mr Stilwell, S.M., sentenced accused to one month’s hard labour for selling liquor without a licence, and reserved his decision on the question of confiscation.