LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 October 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Social Diseases. An address on social diseases is to be given in Knox Church Hall tomorrow night by Dr. Herbert Smith. The meeting is open to the public and all interested are urged to attend. Municipal Conference. The municipal conference will be held in Napier early next year. Local bodies were circularised regarding the holding of a conference. Eighty-seven were in favour and 28 opposed, while six offered no opinion. Alleged Dual Voting. Following a scrutiny of the Palmerston North rolls, 24 cases of apparent dual voting have been found, and till these have been investigated the official recount will be held up. The investigation is not expected to take long. Hansell’s Dance. There was a fairly large attendance at a dance held in the Masonic Hall, Masterton, last night by Hansell's Sports Club. The music was played by Mrs. V. J. Ashton’s orchestra. Supper was served by a ladies’ committee. Alleged Attempted Murder. Charged at the Christchurch S.M. Court yesterday with having attempted to murder Kathleen Anne Ryan at Christchurch on October 2, Arthur William Ryan, machinist, aged 37, of Shrewsbury Street, was remanded to appear on October 11. Flying Fatalities. A total of 66 deaths from flying accidents occurred among personnel of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in New Zealand in the year ended on September 30. Forty-six of the fatalities took place this year, compared with 15 in the same period last year. Heavy Fines. Clarence Arthur Frederick Travella, aged 36, and William Thomas Coulthard 39, were each fined £lOO in the Christchurch Magistrates’ Court yesterday, in default three months’ imprisonment, for having used premises as common gaming houses. Bruce Avei’y Briggs, 25, for having assisted Travella, was fined £25. Food Poisoning Cases. Three cases of food poisoning have occurred in Christchurch, a father, mother and one child in the same family being affected. The trouble is be-lieved-to have been caused by corned beef, but though other people purchased corned beef off the same roll they were not affected. The district medical officer of health, Dr. T. Fletcher Telford, said yesterday that apparently the meat had been contaminated in the home. An analysis had been made of the brine and also other portions of the beef, but it was found to be free from bacteria.