LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 12 June 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

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A first offender for drunkenness was convicted and discharged at the S.M. Court this morning. The Waikato Hospital Board yesterday, decided, on the recommendation ol the Health and Finance Committee, to accept the offer of the Department of Health for the maintenance subsidy to be assessed at £19,847 and the lew at £2(1,252. The estimates show a deficit of £5,089,

In the report of Mr W. ,T. .lordan's speech delivered in Whnngarei on Saturday evening, he was made to say that the amount of the loan of- £19.000,000 had been increased by £885,000 and the Interest by £1,000,000. The latter was a misprint, the increase stated by Mr Jordan being £IOO,OOO.

Tlio worst piece of road between Auckland and Whangarei,” said a tra- ' (“Her to a representative of the “Advocate,” “is from the Waipu Gorge through the Braigh to the Waipu hall. This stretch is full of pot holes, some of them quite deep, and it is a disgrace to the authorities who are responsible for the road’s maintenance. ”

Ladies! As it is possible to wear a costume the best part of the year it is well to have one good tailor-made in your wardrobe. For latest fashions, consult Geo. Hendy, High-class Ladies’ Tailor, corner Bank and Vino Streets.

Messrs Webb, Ross and Johnson were today appointed 'solicitors to the WLnngurei County Connell.

The Waiotifa School Committee’s re

quest for traffic signs for erection near the reserve was granted, by the Whangarei County Council today.

The suspension of the Unemployment No. 5 scheme will idle 300 men now working under the scheme in Whangarei district. The news of the suspension has caused much uneasiness.

The vote carried at the close of the political meeting addressed by Jit. Hon .1. G, Coates at Waipu on Wednesday evening was one of thanks to the speaker and continued confidence in him as Leader of the Reform Party.

The Colonial Ammunition Company has presented to the Whangarei Miniature Rifle Club a handsome jug, with appropriate decoration, as a compet - tion trophy. It is probable that the .jug will lie offered as a prize for a match among lady members of tha club.

After a very keen debate in which several amendments wore beaten, the Auckland City Council, last evening, decided to reduce all wages by 10 per cent, from today. An amendment that no married man’s wage should be reduced below £4 a week was defeated on the easting vote of the Mayor, Mr G. W. Hutchison.

The delegation which represented the Whangarei Harbour Board in the conference with departmental 'officers and the deputy-chairman of Wilsons (N.Z.) Portland Cement Company, have returned from Auckland. The members have nothing to report until the monthly meeting of the board,, which will be held on June 17.

A serious accident nearly occurred in Bank Street this afternoon, when a boy riding a bicycle skidded on the bitumen and fell in the path of two cars proceeding up and down Bank 'Street respectively. Fortunately the boy fell in the middle of the roadway and neither car was travelling rapidly. The lad was uninjured by the mishap.

The information that there are 41 motor cars and trucks in Portland, was conveyed in a letter from the manager ■)f Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement Company to the Whangarei County Council, with reference to the pot-holed state of the road leading over the hill into the township. The riding member and engineer will investigate what can be done towards improving the road.

“I have expressed the opinion on more than one occasion in this court that if a married man on relief work does not pay his wife all the money he receives over and above the rate for single men, ho must go to gaol,” said Mr H. P. La wry, S.M., in the Maintenance Court in Christchurch. '‘There are no two ways about it. If a man takes this money for himself he is doing so under false pretences.”

Tlie weekly meeting of the Hikurfingi Children’s Guild was held last night in the Methodist Church, the Rev. J. 11. Hall presiding, the competition being prepared reading. Mr Harden kindly consented to- act as Judge. The highest points were given to the best in each group as follows: —“Patience,” Isa Fenney; “Progress,” David Cochrane; “Cheerful,” a tie between Mabel Goodhew and Jean Cochrane; “Excelsior,” a tie between Walter Young and Vivian Ansel!; and “Victory,” a tie between Louis Dinsdale and Sydney Jackson.

“It’s the first time I have been inside this room. Let the councillor for the riding do the talking instead of me —he is more used to it,” said a farmer who formed the sole member of a deputation when asked to put his case to the Whangarci County Council today, “Don’t bo afraid,” saicl a member. “I’m not frightened of any man,” rejoined the other immediately. There was a general laugh at this cpilek acceptance of a supposed challenge. Later the visitor showed that despite the strangeness of his surroundings, he was quite capable of making a very clear explanation of the points at issue.

Still more Bargains at Henry Wil.sou’s Sale of R. W. Whitehead’s stock, bought at :■{/() in the £: —545 n. White Sheeting, l/;{; 80in. Ditto, 1/11 yard; 54in. Bordered Casement Cloth, 11-jd; Stout Pillow Cases, 1/5 pair; Curtain Nets, 9-id yard; 40iu. Pillow Casing, 7id; Ladies’ Garberdine Coats, were 49/(5, for (5/fi; Ladies’ Tweed Coats, 9/11; Wool and Silk Hose, were 4/0, for 2/6; Men’s Twist Working Shirts, ■VO, and Neglige Shirts, wore 7/11, for 4-0.

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