LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 May 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Masterton County Report. Masterton County ratepayers who wish to peruse the annual report of the Masterton County Council are requested to apply to the County Office and arrangements will be made to make a copy available. Presbyterian Church Services. The Rev David McNeur will conduct services at the Lansdowne Presbyterian Church on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The Rev A. C. Lane will officiate at Mauriceville at 11 a.m. and at Eketahuna at 3 p.m. A service will also be held at Opaki at 3 p.m.

Charge of Vagrancy. A nineteen-year-old girl, who appeared in the Masterton Magistrate’s Court this morning on a vagrancy charge, was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within twelve months. Senior Sergeant C. Murphy asked for suppression of the girl’s name and this course was agreed to by the presiding Justice, Mr W. R. Blennerhassett. •

Indoor Basketball Times. The following are the times for the Wairarapa Interhouse Association’s indoor basketball matches at the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium on Monday night:— Hansell’s B v. Transport, 7 p.m.; United v. W.F.C.A., 7.18; Rangers A v. Cody’s, 7.36; Cathie’s B v. Rangers B, 7.54; Hosiery Mills v. McDuff’s A, 8.12; Hansell’s A v. Garages, 8.30; McDuff’s B v. Borthwick’s, 8.48; McKenzie’s v. Cathie’s A, 9.6; Woolworth’s v. Sparklets, 9.24; C. Smith’s v. Lancers, 9.42.

Ruamahanga Bridge. A statement of the reasons for the delay in the construction of the Ruamahanga Bridge at Te Whiti was made by the County Clerk, Mr J. C. D. Mackley, in his annual report, presented to the Masterton County Council at its annual meeting. As a result of the suspension of the contract, the council would be compelled to incur additional costs to complete the work and as these costs were brought about by the action the Government was forced to take owing to war conditions, the council considered that the costs concerned should be met out of the War Expenses Account. The Government, however, would accept no responsibility in the matter. Further representations were being made in the hope of receiving more sympathetic consideration.

Record Jersey Sale. Jersey Week in the Auckland province drew leading breeders from every part of the Dominion, and Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales were also represented. Many sightseers were also attracted by the fact that the offering of the famous O.K. stud was a world’s record one in numbers. That the

quality was also of the highest was indicated by the fact that the' herd of 435 head realised a total of £24,350, also a world’s record for a Jersey sale. It is also a record for the Dominion for any auction sale of stud stock. During the series of four sales, 696 head were sold for £35,630, an average of nearly 50 guineas per head, an extraordinary tribute to the popularity of the Jersey breed. More than 60 lots realised three figure prices. The sale was conducted by Messrs Wright, Stephenson & Co., Ltd.