LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 September 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gaol for Deserter. A radio officer, Stanley Walton Kebble, aged 22, yesterday admitted in the Magistrates’ Court, Wellington, having deserted from an overseas ship, and he was sent to prison for a month. Commercial Travellers’ Effort. The amount now collected and subscribed by the Wellington Commercial Travellers’ Association for the metropolitan patriotic fund for comforts for the New Zealand forces overseas and in camp has reached £5032. American Red Cross Club. At the American Red Cross Club in Masterton tonight a checkers tournament will be held. A dance will be held tomorrow night and on Saturday night a scavenger hunt. On Sunday afternoon the usual tea dance will take place. Soldiers’ Parcels. The packing of soldiers’ parcels is to be carried out next week in the Town Hall by the Masterton Women’s Patriotic Committee. The committee appeals for donations of newspapers for packing purposes. Papers can be left at the Borough Council Office. Visitors will be welcomed during the packing operations. Bible Society Meeting. The annual meeting of the Masterton branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society will be held in the McLaren Room, Knox Sunday School, on Monday next, September 27, at 2.30 p.m The Rev. David Calder, E.D., 8.A., Dominion secretary, will address the meeting, and all interested are cordially invited to attend. Successful Shop Day. In Queen Street, Masterton, yesterday, a most successful shop day was held by the Whakataki Tribal Committee. Included in a wide range of articles and goods sold were Maori baskets, crayfish, pipes, pauas, karengo (seaweed), etc. Business was brisk and the Maori War Effort funds will benefit considerably from the shop day. Storm in Auckland. A severe electrical storm swept over Auckland city and suburbs before daybreak yesterday. It was accompanied by heavy rain. In a part of Epsom the storm assumed cyclonic proportions. A tremendous gale travelling from Mt. Eden toward Manukau Road left a trail of damage. Broken branches and tiles torn from portions of the roofs of several houses were scattered around. Slates were carried away from part of the roof of the Epsom library. Friendly Societies. Captain Justin Power, Independent candidate for the Masterton seat, addressing a meeting of electors in the Masterton Cntral School last evening, stated that it would seem to be part of the Government’s long range plan to bring about the total extinction of friendly societies. This, the candidate said, was a very serious question, and one which members of the Independent Group were determined, if elected, to straighten out, and to restore these much-needed units in the community back to their former sphere of usefulness at the earliest possible moment. Masterton Seat. “The issue in Masterton at the forthcoming election will surely be between Labour and Independent, because the Masterton electors are sufficiently astute to appreciate that their chosen representative should and must devote the whole of his time to the affairs of the constituency, and also reside in the electorate. This demand is a fair and reasonable one, and only the Labour and Independent candidates offer this service to the electors,” stated Captain Justin Power, Independent candidate for Masterton, when addressing a wellattended meeting held in the Central School last evening.