LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 59, Issue 4220, 6 December 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A sitting of the Magistrate’s Court at Te Awamutu takes place to-mor-row.

There will be no screening of pictures at the local Empire Theatre this evening, owing to the Red Cross Concert occupying the theatre.

Accounts totalling £258 Ils 2d were passed for payment at Monday’s meeting of the Te Awamutu Borough Council.

Several cases concerning liquor are expected to come before the magistrate at the local Court to-morrow morning.

The Borough Council on Monday evening appointed Mr Frank Bertram as its representative on the Assessment Court for the next twelve months.

It is intended to hold a Parents’ Day at the local District High Schol on Thursday of next week, when opportunity will be afforded parents to view the iwork of the school, and the surroundings in which the scholars arc receiving education.

A reminder is given of the concert at the Empire Theatre this evening in aid of the local Red Cross Society’s funds. A capital programme has been arranged, including items by adults and juveniles and patrons are assured of a very entertaining evening.

Haymaking is keeping many farmers busy at present, and indications point to heavy crops. There is probably no part of this district at present carrying such heavy hay crops as the Hairini-Puahue area, and all available labour is employed cutting, curing and stacking, or baling.

“If they want to use the baths, and find the charge is rather high on their parents they can do without an ice cream or two each week,” said a councillor when the Borough Council was discussing the use of the municipal swimming baths on Monday evening, and the charges to be levied on juveniles.

Cr L. S. Armstrong told the Borough Council on Monday evening that the Defence authorities were asking to be supplied with an inventory of band instruments controlled by the Borough Council. He explained that military bands were being formed in the several camps, and instruments were required. The authorities had power to commandeer band instruments. The Council instructed the town clerk to forward an inventory of all instruments.

An address, under the auspices of th.e local Returned Soldiers’ Association, is to be given to-morrow evening in the Parish Hall by BrigadierGeneral Sir Herbert Hart, who is at present visiting relatives in this district while on furlough from Palestine. General Hart has served with distinction in several campaigns, and should have a very interesting story to tell. The lecture is, we understand, primarily for returned soldiers, but it is an open invitation, and ladies especially will be welcomed.

When the recommendation from the Finance Commitee at the Borough Council meeting on Monday evening, to the effect that no contribution be made to the Te Awamutu-Cambridge Defence Rifle dub, the Mayor said the recommendation was almost entirely due to the fact that the unauthorised expenditure funds were depleted. Cr Spiers said another reason for no recommendation was that most of the men primarily to be benefited would be away on military service.

An announcement was made last night by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, which is of interest to the members of the first echelon of the Special Force as well as to their relatives. He said that it had been decided to grant 14 days’ leave to all members of the first echelon of the Special Force to cover the Christmas holidays. After that no further leave on furlough would be granted. Arrangements are being made, said Mr for the men to be granted leave between the following dates: Departure, December 14, 15 and 16; return, December 28, 29 and 30. This meant that the troops would be 1 despatched from camp in drafts on Thursday, Friday arid Saturday of next week, and return a fortnight later according to the date on which they left camp. Every member of the first echelon of the Special Force' would be granted a free rail warrant to his home town or place of enlistment, and, if required, would also be supplied with the necessary interisland steamer warrant.