LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 66, Issue 5597, 26 March 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

More Rain Needed The downpour of rain on Wednesday night was much appreciated, but much heavier falls are needed to promote a growth of grass. The land in the Te Awamutu district bears a parched appearance, -«««. indications point to a scarcity of winter grass. Repairs to Bridge Preparations are now being made to carry out extensive repairs to the Whatiwhatihoe bridge on the Te Awamutu - Pirongia - Ngutunui main highway, large quantities of timber being delivered and a workers’ camp established. Gum Boots Fetch £4 ss.

Thompson’s Auction Mart conducted a very successful clearing sale of furniture in North Street yesterday, Mr R. R. Ryan being the auctioneer. Prices for all goods were exceedingly high, household effects being sold for figures far in excess of new articles of similar quality. Cutlery also sold beyond new .prices, A pair of secondhand gum boots changed hands at £4 ss.

National Savings The following Waikato centres gained their quotas in the National Savings scheme campaign last week: Ohaupo, Raglan, Rotorua, Te Mata, and Walton. At many other places “ moneyballs ” rode high on the post office flagpoles, indicating that only a little additional support of war savings would have justified the breaking out of the flags.

Extraordinary Bowls The possible score on two successive ends, a feat that is probably unique in bowling in the Dominion, occurred in a pairs championship match at New Plymouth on Saturday. The pair who achieved this, E. Dingle and H. Round, of the Fitzroy club, changed their position from 12 down - to 5 up in the course of four ends, and won the game after their position had appeared hopeless. For a pair to score 17 points on four ends, including two possibles in succession, is thought to constitute a record. One possible during a game is uncommon, though not unusual.

Law Societies’ Views on Jury System During the last 12 months the difficulties of operating the jury system under war conditions have been considered by the New Zealand Law Society, and it has obtained the opinions of district law societies. At the annual meeting of the council of the New Zealand society it was stated that the majority of the district societies favoured abolition of the grand jury and the civil jury for the war period, but the majority opposed any alteration of the existing number of 12 which constitutes a juiy in criminal trials. Memorial to Romance With war workers clamouring for houses, there is in Melbourne a fully furnished five-roomed house standing empty and likely to remain so. In the early 1900’s a young man wooed the girl of his heart and she consented to marry him. With his savings he built and furnished a house. But then the lady changed her mind, and her grief-stricken lover locked the door and went away. He has not unlocked the door since. He has vowed that he never will, and the little house is now just a grey and dingy memorial to romance.