LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 June 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

St. John Ambulance Dance. The St. John Ambulance Brigade will hold a dance in aid of the brigade funds in the Masonic Hall, Masterton, tonight. The music will be supplied by Mr J. Barnes’s orchestra. Farmer Injured. Mr F. B. Tatham, of Homewood, was admitted to the Masterton Hospital yesterday afternoon with a piece of steel inbedded in his leg. The steel flew off an anvil and struck him in the leg. His condition is satisfactory. Official National Candidate.

There is a prospect of there being three if not four candidates in'the field for the Hawke’s Bay seat at the forthcoming general election. The National Party has selected Mr Eric Nicol Pryor, Hastings, as its official candidate. Though this is the only definite announcement to date of an opponent for the sitting Labour Party member, Mr Cullen, gossip has it that there will also be an Independent candidate as well as a supporter of the Democratic Labour Party. The Independent, it is said, is to be a well-known farmer from north of Napier, who at one time was a supporter of the Labour Party. Interhouse Dance. Keen interest was taken in a Maxina waltzing competition at a dance held by the Wairarapa Interhouse Association in the Masonic Hall last night. At? high standard was set by the 45 couples taking part. The judge, Miss B. Hirst, awarded first prize to Miss Rita McGovern and L.A.C. W. R. Jaspers. A Monte Carlo waltz competition was won by Miss McDonald and Mr Spackman. Bright music was supplied by Mrs Ashton’s orchestra find extras were played by Miss Corlett. Messrs L. Askew and F. Stains were efficient M’s.C. Supper was served by the Rangers’ indoor basketball team. Next week a special exhibition will be given by a tap dance trio. Show Affairs. A decision to abolish the inspection of flock rams at the next Ram Fair was made at a meeting of the general committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association last night. Mr R. E. Gordon Lee presided. It was stated that the inspection of flock rams had ’an adverse effect on entries, and the local society was the only one which enforced an inspection. The Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society wrote offering the full use of its grounds to the Masterton Association if it wanted to hold a show. The offer was accepted with thanks, and it was decided to refer the matter to the annual meeting. Mr Lee thanked members of the committee for their assistance during his term of office as president.

Forgery and Theft. Sentences on 10 prisoners who had been found guilty of forgery and theft in connection with the signing of Army acquittance rolls were passed last night in the Dunedin Supreme Court by Mr Justice Kennedy. The following were sentenced to 15 months’ reformative detention for forgery and six months’ reformative detention on charges of theft:—Jack Bayne Townsend and James Richard Edmond. The following were sentenced to six months’ hard labour on charges of forgery and six months on charges of theft, the sentences to be concurrent:—James Rivers, Claude Alexander Buchanan, Percy Lawrence Dawson, Alexander Reid Young, John Gavin Macintyre, Allan Gibb, Milton James Hall and Clementi Hall Beck.