LOCAL AND GENERAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4954, 11 February 1937, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A novelty in the way of dances is to be held in the Parish Hall on Saturday night—a knock-knock dance. Competitors are to hand their entries to the doorkeeper, and a prize of £1 is offered for the best knockknock.

The Te Kuiti Maniapoto representative cricketers are to leave for Taumarunui, to play their match for the South Auckland Shield, from the Post Office at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday.

The decision in the case in which a charge of dangerous driving was preferred against C. Harger was reserved. Mr. Levien stated in the Court on Tuesday he would endeavour to visit the scene of the accident.

Nomads (Otorohanga) engaged the Aria cricket team last week-end, an exciting contest resulting in a win for Nomads by 125 runs. In a total of 231, J. Larson 101 (retired), and J. A. Frew 67 (retired), were responsible for a partnership of 168. McKenzie was top scorer for Aria with 48, out of a total of 106.

Mr. E. Salisbury, who is to give a lantern lecure in the Municipal Hall to-night at 7.30 p.m., says that Africa owes much to-day to the men who made the “Old Book” the mien of their counsel and gone into untrodden fields in obedience to the Lord’s great marching orders, “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” Mr. Salisbury, who has travelled over 16,000 miles and visited over 200 mission stations, has a story to tell that should prove intensely interesting to all. He and Mrs. Salisbury have also bad the supervision of the Dan Crawford Memorial Hospital at Luanza, erected to the memory of that great pioneer. A cordial invitation is extended to all to view these slides and hear just what is being done in the land where the names of David Livingstone and Dan Crawford never die.

When Major Emory Chubb was in Christchurch he had a good story to tell concerning an old London couple at the time of the war. The couple visited his firm’s premises in London and announced their desire to buy a safe. One standing over six feet high caught their fancy, but before buying it they inquired if they could stand inside it. The request was agreed to and it was found that the safe would accommodate them both. This clinched the deal, and the couple explained that they were very worried about the iair raids, and wanted to have a place of refuge. To suit the peculiar needs special ventilation was fitted to the safe.

The codlin moth is becoming a more serious menace in fruitgrowing districts throughout the world. This was the opinion expressed by Mr. Ralph Paynter when speaking at a meeting of Hawke’s Bay fruitgrowers. Referring to past control in English orchards Mr. Paynter said that the codlin moth was causing more concern at Home now than in the past. “I am told that in some districts in California it is impossible to control the codlin moth at all,” he commented.

“•There is not going to be any cheap stone fruit this season,” said one auctioneer at the markets in Wellington, recently, as he knocked down second-grade apricots for 6s a case. “The trouble is there is not enough to go round. Hawke’s Bay was badly hit by the rough weather in the spring and early summer, and supplies from that quarter have been restricted. The stuff I am selling now is from Canterbury.”

A Napier establishment employing a large staff a few days ago paid out amounts of back pay which had accumulated since the introduction of the new industrial legislation. TMext day a man armed with the authority of a number of his fellow-workers conducted a tour of the tailoring businesses of the town seeking the lowest price at which 20 suits of clothes could be made.

The following extract is from the Dominion dated February 9, 1912: — “An instance of how land speculation is going on in parts of the King Country is cited by a Te Kuiti land agent. He sold a farm on Friday morning in the Otorohanga district for £560. The property was again put in his hands for sale and he turned it over next morning. The new buyer instructed the agent to sell again, with the result that he disposed of the property for £1350. The new purchaser still considers that there is a margin left.”

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce the president referred to the impending departure of Mr. W. J. Broadfoot, M.P., as a member of the Parliamentary delegation to the Coronation. It would be appropriate, he suggested, if the Chamber grasped the opportunity to make some slight recognition of Mr. Broadfoot’s representation of Te Awamutu district, in Parliament and out of it. He suggested a social on non-partisan lines, a function at which all who had been so worthily represented could take part. It was left to the president to institute inquiries as to whether any movement was contemplated to entertain Mr. Broadfoot and wish him well on his mission overseas.

A question of how long after alcohol has been consumed the .highwater mark of intoxication is reached was discussed in some detail during a case in the Wellington Magistrate’s Court. One medical practitioner who examined the defendant at 1.55 a.m., approximately an hour after one <>'lass of wine had been taken, said that the question depended to some extent upon the food a person had had previously and whether he was used to alcohol. Another medical practitioner, who said that the defendant was not intoxicated at 2.45 a.m., 50 minutes later, said that recent medical research, as late as last year, had shown that alcohol concentration in the blood two hours after drinking was almost as great as an hour afterwards, and that an ■examination two hours afterwards was a fair test. The Magistrate (Mr. E. D. Mosley): “Of course, medical men differ about that.” The doctor replied that maximum intoxication might not be reached until four hours after drinking. The time of maximum intoxication varied from person to person, upon the functioning of their glands, and upon a number of other similar factors.