LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 October 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Aircraftman Injured. When an aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force crashed near a South Island Air Force station in the early hours of Saturday morning, the pilot, Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Frank Kingston, received serious injuries and was admitted to hospital. His next-of-kin is his wife, Mrs I. M. Kingston, Herne Bay, Auckland. Council of Sport Affiliation. A proposal that the Royal Life Saving Society affiliate with the proposed National Council of Sport received no opposition at the society’s annual meeting in Wellington on Saturday. The New Zealand Surf Life-saving Association at its annual meeting in Wellington ’on Saturday night, also decided to affiliate with the National Council of Sport. Jockey Injured in Car Smash. When returning by motor-car with friends to Wellington from the Trentham races on Saturday, H. N. Wiggms, the leading jockey, who won the Wellington spring double on Glenfalloch and Beau Vaals, was involved in an accident. The car in which they were travelling was struck by another vehicle and overturned near the Wellington Post Office. Wiggins was cut about the face and on the legs by broken glass, and was badlj r bruised. School Leaving Age. If the Government intended to extend the school leaving age to 15 years, after February 1 next, it was time advice was received, so that steps could be taken to meet the three problems that would be raised by the decision, said Mr S. B. Sims at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board. The matters involved were the provision of extra accommodation, additional teachers, and the.revision of the syllabus. The chairman said no word of the Education Department’s plans had been received. Rationing of Butter. Acting under instructions from the Food Controller, an agent in Auckland for butter in tins is accepting no further orders for dispatch overseas in the meanwhile. The reason- given by the Food Controller, he says, is that a stocktaking is necessary before the rationing of butter in the Dominion is introduced. The firm in question, which has 30,000 clients throughout Nw Zealand, at.present has 12,000 orders on hand for butter which, it is hoped, will be delivered abroad in time for Christmas. Interhouse Dance. The Masonic Hall was crowded on Saturday night for the dance held, by the Wairarapa Interhouse Association. Barnes's Dance Band provided excellent music for the dancing, which was ably directed by Messrs J. Bruce and F. Stains as M's.C. Mr W. Butler was responsible for the effective coloured spotlight effects. The winners of the competitions were: Lucky spot, Miss Joan Johnston and Dr. Reed, U.S.M.C.; Monte Carlo, Miss Norma Ihaka and Mr B. Welch. A tap duo dance, which was greatly enjoyed, was given by Miss Beulah Hirst and Mr B. McHattie. Wellington Carillon. Emphasising that full justice to the Wellington carillon cannot be done by mechanical playing, the report of the executive to the annual meeting of the Wellington War Memorial Carillon Society recommends that a fully-trained carillonist be appointed after the war. Without this the true “lights and shades” cannot be properly expressed. Recitals by Mr Clifford Ball and the late Miss Gladys Watkins have proved that, the report states. Inquiries have been made abroad to ascertain the prospects of securing a fully-qualified carillonist after the war and encouraging replies have been received from Mr Clifford Ball, carillonist at Bournville, England, and M. Kamiel Lefevre, of the Riverside Church, New York. The report states that the playing mechanism has been overhauled and that when one or two minor defects have been adjusted automatic playing will be resumed. A contract has been let for future upkeep, so that the carillon will not get out of order again.