LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 November 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mathematics Prize. For the third year in succession the John P. Good Memorial Prize for pure mathematics at Victoria University College, has been awarded to an ex-student of the Wellington Technical College. This year it has been awarded to E. A. Cottingham. Betting on Election. A,n unusual charge, that of betting on the result” of the general election, was preferred against two men in the Magistrates’ Court, Pahiatua. Mr Lawry, S.M., was on the bench. Accused were Joseph Harold David and Victor Levy. Accused were fined £5 each.

Mataura Licensing Poll. Mataura has failed to carry restoration in the licensing poll. The service votes bring the restoration total to 4336 and the no-licence total to 3234, thus falling short of a three-fifths majority by 206 votes. A few votes to come cannot affect the results.

Incorrectly Called Up. A Gazette notice cancels the calling up for service ninety reservists who have been incorrectly called up. In eluded in the list is the name of Kayer Walker Morris, of 24 Renall Street, Masterton, who was not a member of the class called up. Prisoners Sentenced.

At the Napier Supreme Court yesterday, Thomas Arthur Boardman, aged 57, watersider, for receiving paint valued at £lO ss, knowing it to have been dishonestly obtained, was granted probation for six months, his Honour pointing out that the offence was 13 years old. The prisoner purchased the paint from a seaman off a ship for £4. Agnes Wiwi, 23, for theft of £2lO in money, the property of a Chinese, was' sentenced to two years’ reformative detention. Mt. Eden Seat.

Though the magisterial recount for the Eden electorate shows Colonel Fortune (National) to be elected by a majority of eight, the figures include only forces votes notified to October 11, the date when the writ was returned. The returning officer stated yesterday that further results had been received showing Mr Anderton, the sitting member, as having a majority over Mr Fortune of 14. It is understood that 256 forces votes for the whole of New Zealand are still to come in. Only a small proportion of thees are likely, to be for Eden, and it is not expected that Mr Anderton’s lead will be materially reduced. Salaries of Teachers.

“Salary increases are governed by regulations, and no such regulations have been issued,” said the Minister of Education, Mr Mason, in reply to an inquiry last night as to whether there had been an increase in the remuneration of secondary school teachers. The Minister added that a draft scale of salaries for secondary school teachers was prepared by a committee immediately before the outbreak of war, but the war prevented further consideration of the matter at that time. The teachers, however, had now raised the question of these are likely to be for Eden, understood that the question has been remitted to the Stabilisation Committee.