LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 August 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Reporters Excluded. The West Coast Council of Primary Production, after ignoring for many months the expressed wish of the Minister of Agriculture, Mr Barclay, that the Press be excluded from its meetings, has agreed by four votes to three to comply with the Minister’s request. As a result, the only information which may be published will be supplied by the secretary of the council.

Kuripuni Methodist Ladies’ Guild.

At the monthly meeting of the Kuripuni Methodist Ladies’ Guild, a competition arranged by Mrs Blundell was won by Mrs Speight. Vocal solos were rendered by Mesdames Speight, Heyde and Snowsill; piano duets by Mesdames Speight and Snowsill; vocal duets by Mesdames Speight and Heyde, and vocal trios by Mesdames Speight, Heyde and Snowsih. Presentations by Maoris.

Three presentations on behalf of the Maori people were made when the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, officially opened the Waiomio Native School, North Auckland, yesterday morning. The first was a carved panel for use as ’a lintel to Mr Fraser, the second was a mottled puriri tekoteko to Mrs Fraser, and the third a carved walking stick for Mr Fraser to dispatch to Mr Churchill.

Indoor feasketball. The Wairarapa Interhouse Association’s indoor basketball competition was brought to the concluding stage last night when a large crowd witnessed several interesting games. Results:— Hansell’s B beat Borthwicks, 14/12; McKenzies beat Woolworths, 17/2; Rangers A beat Cody’s, 8/7; Cathies B beat Rangers B, 7/4; W.F.C.A. beat Cathies A, 8/7; Hansells A beat Sparklets, 9/2; United beat Macduffs A, 11/0; Lancers beat Codys, 17/13.

Army District Zones. The 33 zones into which the military districts of New Zealand were divided some time after Japan entered the war have been abolished as part of the general Army reorganisation. Under the zoning system each zone had a fulltime regular commander for all Territorial Force and Home Guard units, for whose operational control and training he was responsible. 'The Central Military District had 10 such zones. With one exception the'commanders of these zones have been placed on a nonmobilised footing. Juvenile Crime.

An increase of 135 in the total number of children' appearing before the Courts—3o7l, as against 2936 the previous year—is shown in the annual report of the superintendent of child welfare, Mr J. R McClunee, for the year ended March 31 last. This total, he says, includes children brought up on all counts, including indigency and other complaints not necessarily casting any reflection on the conduct of the child. There was not unexpectedly an increase (102) in the number of children dealt with as not under proper control.

Trapped in Lift. The assistance of the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Brigade was required shortly after 9.30 o’clock on Sunday night to release two service men and their three companions who were trapped for about half an hour in the automatic lift in Bates’s Building, Customs Street East. The lift jammed about four feet from the street floor level, and constant shouting by the occupants failed to attract the attention of pass-ers-by on the street or of people present at a social in the Catholic Women’s League rooms on the third floor. When the predicament of those in the lift was ‘eventually noticed from the ground floor, the Arc brigade was cakled and the outside door of the lift was forced open. The five people had to lower themselves through an aperture about 2ft. 6in. wide between the floor of the lift and the top of the outside door.

Up-to-date Method!

A Napier woman whose husband has now been overseas wth the Armed Forces for over’ eight months received recently a notice instructing her husband to attend a Home Guard parade. Forthwith she replied, “I regret to say your notice did not arrive in time for me to notify him to attend the paiade. When he is next required to parade will you kindly sent this notice in plenty of time to the enclosed address.” The address was an island “somewhere in the Pacific.”

Forged Petrol Coupons. Cecil William Hector Isaacs, monotype operator, who had been convicted on Friday last on charges of the unauthorised purchase of oil fuel, the use of prohibited oil fuel, and with, between February 1 and June 30, making the purchase of oil fuel of amounts totalling approximately 60 gallons with forged petrol coupons, was sentenced by Mr Stilwell, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, yesterday, to six months’ imprisonment on the charge relating to the use of forged coupons, and was convicted and discharged on the other charges. Prime Minister on Tour.

The Prime Minister. Mr Fraser, began a three-day tour of the Bay of Islands electorate today, when he formally opened a native school at Waiomio and the Kawakawa Consolidated School, a Kaikohe message reports. He delivered a political address at Kaikohe to an audience of several hundred. Explaining that the Labour Party’s election campaign would open in Wellington on August 30, Mr Fraser devoted most of his speech to a review of the Government’s eight years’ record. He received an attentive hearing and a vote of thanks.

Home Guard Rifles.

Some Home Guard battalions are requesting the return to store of rifles, bayonets, scabbards and automatic arms; on issue to personnel. It was officially explained last night that this did not mean that Home Guardsmen were being deprived of those arms which came under the heading of personal issue. Their return was sought for physical checking and accounting purposes, and they would be handed back. Unit issue such as Bren guns, Lewis machine-guns, and the like, would, however, remain in store.

Egg Rationing. Coupons on the preference egg rationing cards held by expectant mothers, invalids and children under the age of five years, expire on August 21. In announcing the continuation of the preference rationing scheme, the Food and Rationing Controller, Mr J. E. Thomas, stated last evening that it was proposed to carry on the scheme in the same' way as before, but without requiring the cancellation of coupons. In order to do this, retailers were required to compile a register of holders of preference cards registered with them and mark off on the register' when the supply was made, instead of crossing out coupons on the cards. The cards would remain on issue to new applicants, and existing arrangements for wholesale supply would continue.

Money From Waste Material. In the three years that the National Council for the Reclamation of Waste Material has been operating, it has made available to the patriotic funds £23.867, proceeds of the sale of waste materials, less expenses, states the latest bulletin of the council. For the year ended March 31 the gross revenue was £14,457, and expenses £5027, leaving a net surplus of £9385 available for distribution to patriotic funds. The net revenue earned in the various districts in the latest financial year was as follows:—Auckland, £2102; Canterbury, £3200; East Coast, £106; Hawke's Bay, £291; Nelson, £170; Otago, £994; Southland, £49; Taranaki, £505; Wellington, £1676; Westland, £2BB. Canterbury has maintained a leadership in these returns throughout the three years since the collection of waste was begun.

Relieve Bronchial Coughs and Colds — Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. W. E. Woods Ltd., Lambton Quay, Wellington