LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 5 December 1935, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

United Kingdom Goods. A clause added to the new articles of association of the Whangarei Dairy Company at a special meeting yesterday was that the directors shall, wherever practicable purchase United Kingdom goods. First Piles Driven. The first dozen piles for the new Victoria Bridge have been driven. A monkey winch and a friction winch are being used for the purpose. Work on the bridge is proceeding steadily, and employment for 11 men has been found this week.

Retiring. Mr A. McGregor, headmaster of the Mount Eden school and lv headmaster of the Whangarei Public School, is from the teaching profession at the end of the present school year. Arrangements have been made for a gathering of farewell at the school on December 13, at which friends and past pupils have been invited to attend. Crews In Training. The Whangarei Rowing Club had six crews out over the week-end, the men having started to train assiduously now that the weather has improved. Three crews, the junior fours, the heavy maidens and the light maidens, are training for forthcoming regattas. The two first-named, it is expected, will be competitors at Tauranga. Pilgrimage to East. The Empire Ex-Service Association, Whangarei, has received advice from Dominion R.S.A. headquarters that the Cunard-White Star liner Lancastna will make a special pilgrimage tour from Liverpool in May, 1936, Among the places visited will be Salonika, Kelia Bay, Gallipoli and Istanbul, and special shore • excursions will be run to places of wartime interest to members of the Anzac Forces. Provision will also be made for visits to vyar graves at Mudros and other places.

Supported Increase and Decrease. One of the new articles of the Whangarei Dairy Company states that the number of directors shall be seven, as at present. When the articles were being considered at a special meeting yesterday, Mr Spedding moved that the number of directors be three, which he considered would be sufficient. He found no seconder and Mr Chetham moved that the number be increased to nine. Mr Spedding seconded this amid laughter. The motion was lost, however, and the number will remain at seven.

“Yes, Yes, and No, No.” “What about translating all this into Maori tongue?” asked a Maori supplier at the special meeting of (the Whangarei Dairy Company yesterday when the new articles of association were being considered, and many legal points were being explained. “You have been talking away,” the supplier skid, “and we say yes, yes. or no, no, but we don’t know what you are talking about.” The chairman said he wquld translate the motions if he could, but he was unable to speak the tongue. However, he thought that the few Maori suppliers present understood English sufficiently well. Night Bowling.

A disappointingly small attendance saw the 1935-36 season of night bowling" introduced at the Whangarei Club on Tuesday. The weather was perfect and there was no dew on the greens. Last year a popular demand existed for play in the evenings and it was proposed this season to hold a weekly pairs tournament. Expectations were that many would, avail themselves of the facilities but the absence of good conditions lately have made members chary of venturing out.

Whangarei Returned Soldiers. The financial membership ladder of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, shows that the Empire ExService Association is eighth on the list for numerical strength. The Whangarei membership as at October 31, stood at 390, and was only exceeded by that of the four city branches, Invercargill, Gisborne, and South Canterbury. Northern Wairoa stands 24th on the list, with 225 members, Rodney 30th, with 147, and Hokianga 78th, with 42. The total membership of the R.S.A. now stands at 19,712. Since October 30, eleven additional members have become affiliated with the Whangarei organisation. Plural Voting.

There were ten apparent cases of plural voting in the Marsden electorate, but the official recount, concluded last night, disclosed that these were not due to design, but to inadvertence on the part of poll clerks who had obviously ruled out the wrong name. The method- employed in checking up on duplicate voting is very thorough. The rolls used at each of the 77 booths are assembled on the one table, and the names of the electors are called from a master roll. As the names are called those who have voted are struck off. If a name is called which is struck off in more than one book the position is immediately investigated. Deliberate plural voting is liable to a heavy fine.

Railways Busy. The seasonal traffic in stock and merchandise on the New Zealand railways, which was delayed by bad weather conditions and poor markets, has now commenced to move with the result that business just at present is very heavy. Cattle are beginning to move more freely and last week a load of 17 trucks went from Okaihau to Westfield. The wool sales are making greater traffic in that commodity and logs being railed from the Kaikohe branch line have been heavy. Prospects for a big passenger movement at Christmas are indicated by the bookings for the WellingtonLyttelton ferry service which has been full for the past few days. “Anyone desiring berths' would be well advised to get busy early” said an official of the department today.

The Whangarei Scouts, Cubs, Guides and Brownies will hold their annual rally on Sunday, December 15, when they will march from the Triangle to the Regent Theatre, where a service will be held. Mr G. N. Morris, S.M., will deliver the address, and the singing will be led by the Municipal Band, which will also head the procession through the town. The proceeds of a collection will go to the Crippled Children’s Fund. Much interest is being taken in the rally, which is expected to be of a very successful nature.

Crowds of delighted buyers visit Henry Wilson’s sale of Benjaman’s stock, Newmarket, daily. Wise shoppers are buying their Christmas presents early while selection is greater. Join the happy band. If thrift is a virtue, well it’s easy to be virtuous at Wilson’s for every pound spent shows a distinct saving of at least 30 per cent.

Paihia Conference, The conference of clergy of the Waimate Archdeaconry, which is being held at Paihia, will conclude tonight, when the final meeting is to be held. Yesterday afternoon those attending visited the Marsden Cross and other historical sites.