LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 November 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Masterton Ram Fair. The decision to hold the Masterton Ram Fair on February 17 and 18, 1944, was made at a meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association last night. Woman Poundkeeper. For the first time in the history of the Waikato a woman poundkeeper has been appointed, Mrs Nora Flynn having been given that office by the Waikato County Council. Record of Service. Of the five sons of Mr and Mrs S. N. Kilgour, of Masterton, all are serving with the Armed Forces. One is in Egypt, one in Guadalcanal, two in New Caledonia and one at Trentham. Family Evening. Youth Week will be opened in Mastertcn on Monday night by a family evening in the Y.M.C.A. rooms. All families in the district are invited. Government and local body representatives will be present. District Lamb Competition. Due to the late season, the holding of a district lamb competition was not favoured at last night’s meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association, and it was decided not to hold the competition this year. Fined for Selling Pork. Stated by both police and counsel to be probably the first to face a charge under the regulations prohibiting the sale of pork, Hugh Lawrer-ee Tucker, Rongotai, was fined £5 in the Magistrate’s Court, Wellington, yesterday, for having sold an 811 b. leg of pork to a Courtenay Place restaurant-keeper. Salvage Experts. “How do people know when Marine units leave here?’ ’asked Mr J. E. Broad at last night’s meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association, when matters relating to the showgrounds were under discussion. “Each time a unit goes out there is a queue of salvagers at the borough rubbish tip,” replied Mr P. F. Fagan. Boy Fatally Injured. Found seriously injured on the roadside near Waverley on Wednesday night, Desmond Arthur Walsh, aged 13, son of Mr and Mrs A. P. Walsh, of Waverley, died in the Patea Hospital shortly before midnight. He had left his home riding a horse to attend a scout parade, and it is thought the horse threw him. Manunui Sensation. A sensation was caused at Manunui this week when it became known that leather belts on the box-making machinery at Ellis and Burnand’s factory had been mutilated at night. The damage amounts to about £l5O. The belts are bf a special make imported from overseas, and will be difficult to replace. They' cannot be repaired to make them serviceable, and this may cause a hold-up in the works. Detectives are making inquiries. Council of Sport Not Favoured. The Council of the New Zealand Rugby Union, at a meeting in Wellington yesterday, unanimously passed the following resolution: —“The New Zealand Rugby Football Union does not favour the formation of the New Zealand Council of Sport, and for this reason is not prepared to affiliate with such body. Further, as the proposed rules of the New Zealand Council of Sport conflict with the rules of the New Zealand Rugby Union, this union is precluded by its constitution from joining such a body.” In passing the resolution, it was made clear that the union favoured the formation of local associations for the promotion of physical welfare, but could not see that any good purpose could be served by the formation of a national body.