FEATHERSTON

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 September 1943, Page 5

FEATHERSTON

POLITICAL ADDRESS NATIONAL PARTY CANDIDATE. The Town Hall, Featherston, was filled to capacity on Monday night to hear the National Party candidate for the Wairarapa seat, Mr J. J. Maher, deliver a spirited address. The Mayor, Mr J. W. Card, presided. Mr Maher gave an instance of what he said was the domination of the Government by outside interests, when Mr Scrimgeour was reinstated as Controller of Commercial Broadcasting. Mr Maher asked his audience how was the representation of New Zealand at Washington being conducted when Messrs Fraser, Nash and Langstone were squabbling over the spoils of office.

Taxation, rehabilitation and the decentralisation of industries were dealt with by Mr Maher, who gave emphasis to the continuance of Social Security benefits, which had been developed in New Zealand since they were first introduced by a Liberal Government. The increased cost of living, portion of which was due, he said, to muddlement by incompetent business methods in the Internal Marketing Department, was referred to. Mr Maher stated that the control exerted over’ the individual was a sorry trend. Several questions, including one re-

garding the completion of the Rimutaka Tunnel, which Mr Maher favoured, were answered. MINIATURE RIFLES COMPETITION SCORES. (“Times-Age” Special.) The following were the scores registered in the Featherston Miniature Rifle Club’s weekly competition:—L. Rasmussen 100, C. Foster 97, E. O’Neale 96, D. Flynn 95, Mrs Thurston 95, A. Burt 95, M. Hodder 94, K. Feast 94, Mrs F. Clark 93, K. McKenzie 92, D. Feast 92, Mrs S. Hodder 89, A. Cross 89, R. Johnson 88, D. Burt 88, F. Clark 88, S. Hodder 86, J. 'Gain 74, K. Wendon 55. The following were the scores in a match fired between the Featherston and Greytown Miniature Rifle clubs: — Featherston: M. Hodder 98, L. Rasmussen 97, A. Burt 97, Mrs Wilson 96, A. Cross 94, E. O’Neale 93, Mrs Thurston 92, K. McKenzie 92, K. Feast 91, F. Clark 84, D. Feast 89, J. Moriarity 83, Mrs L. Rasmussen 89, A. Johnson 75, R. Johnson 78; total, 1348. Greytown: J. Eccles 94, Mrs Maitland 93, Dr. Palmer 92, M. Hobson 92, H. Gray 91, R. Tilson 90, F. Skeet 90, Gray 88, H. Montgomery 89, T. Morgan 88, G. Gray 88, L. Wallace 87, T. Moy 84, Miss L. Gray 82, H. Bockett 80; total, 1325. Red Cross Society. Misses B. Corlett, N. Cade and P. Warrington have been successful in gaining their Intermediate Home Nursing certificate for the Pahautea-Kahu-tara sub-centre of the Red Cross Society. Classes in first aid are being held at the residence of Mr D. C. Collins. COSY THEATRE “WINGS AND THE WOMAN.” Tonight the brilliant drama, “Wings and the Woman,” will be shown. The leading roles are taken by Anna Neagle and Robert Newton. It is a thrilling story of Britain’s flying ' heroes.