Local and General.

Waikato Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1404, 27 January 1914, Page 4

Local and General.

The list of registered medical practitioners and dentists in New Zealand appears in the last Gazette. Advices from Hobart state that a record fruit crop and the heaviest apple harvest for years is predicted. The Anglican Central Board of Missions, London, collected £1,941,. 000 in support of various activities in 1913. It is estimated that £1,231,000 will be required for 1914. It is now announced that the first issue of the new daily evening paper in Christchurch (the Sun) will be made on Friday, February 6th.

Speaking at a banquet at Rotorua last week, Mr A. E. Glover, M.P., said, ‘‘ no man in New Zealand could beat the Hon. W. H. Herries for the Tauranga electorate,” The Wielaert-Pechotsch combination which recently visited Cambridge, is at present appearing in Wellington.

The Cambridge Bead Board, at its meeting on Saturday decided to instruct the surfaceman to do some necessary repair work on the Sana torium road. Cambridge £lO2 9s towards the Every Member Campaign, on behalf of the Canton Village Mission, in connection with the Presbyterian Church. The attention of persons entitled to the New Zealand war medal is directed to the fact that application for the medal must be made before the 31st of March next. After that date no further applications will be c onsidered. As an indication that the working season is being taken advantage of by the local bodies it is interesting to note that at the last meeting of the Waitorao County Council accounts to the amount of £3667 were passed for payment. Motorists are reminded of the meeting in the Farmers’ Olubroom to-morrow evening, when the President of the Auckland Automobile Association will discuss with local car owners several matters of .particular interest. As a result of the systematic culling that has been going on for some years past, comparatively little disease is to be found among the dairy herds of the Wairarapa. A few cases of mammitis have been discovered but the beasts have been isolated, and will be destroyed or otherwise disposed of. It understood that, after the Britannia aeroplane has fulfilled its engagements at the Auckland Exhibition, it will be send to Christchurch, and housed in King Edward Barracks. There will then be flights from Hagley Park, and it is likely that a School of Aviation will ultimately be formed in Christchureh, with Lieutenant Hammond in charge. One day last week the local Charitable Aid Board paid the fare of a man to Taumarunui. Yesterday the Board’s officer, received a letter of thanks from the man, and a refund of the amount of his fare. Although cases in which help is given in this average about two a week, this is only the third instance of a refund being made in eleven years—Standard, Palmerston. Mr W. G. Doyle» of Monavale, has sold his farm, comprising 328 acres, to Mr E. Joule, of Auckland, at a satisfactory figure. Residents of the district will regret to learn that Mr Doyle contemplates leaving the Waikato, and his loss to tne district will be a distinct loss, for his enthusiasm as a member of the Monavale Ratepayers Association and the Waikato Central Agricultural Association —to mention only two —was an example to many other settlers. The Esdaile estate, Tauranga, five minutes’ walk from the wharf or post oliice, is to be sold by public auction on the 10th February next. The estate is subdivided into valuable quarter-acre sections. Messrs Wilson and Robbins, in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, have been instructed to sell this attractive property, and for further particulars applications made to the above mentioned firms will have prompt attention.

The following humourous anecdote is credited to Bishop Cleary: —Bishop Yerdon was questioning some children in Southland, and one of the questions asked was ‘’Can God do all things?” “Yes,” replied the class. “Is there any one thing that God cannot do?” persisted the Bishop. “I know,” said one boy. “Well, what can’t God do ?” queried the Bishop. He can’t please the farmers.” replied the lad.

American files to hand by the last mail state that George Lucas, of Malden, Mass., fullback on the Stamford Preparatory School football eleven, has gone home to recuperate from a queer injury. Lucas received a blow on the back of his neck in a game which forced him to “swallow” his tongue; that is, his tongue turned backward in his throat. He was choking to death, when a person who had seen a similar injury before put in his hand and pulled the tongue back. Lucas has been very weak ever since.

A perusal of the various exchanges that have come to hand since the New Year reveals a very general failing of country newspaper subscribers to pay the amount of their subscriptions. In cities there is no such difficulty. The sixpence is paid up each Saturday, and there the matter ends. But with subscribers spread over the whole countryside, the collection of these accounts becomes a matter of great difficulty, which no amount of business acumen seems capable of surmounting. The fact that 95 per cent of the subscriptions are as “ good as gold ■' is of little consequence, as that assurance will not pay the many current expenses of a newspaper. Will our subscribers please take this gentle hint? ' i I •-*1

There will be no i se of the “ Wai kato Independent’ 1 on Thursday next, Anniversary Day.

A letter to .the Editor from ‘‘Pro Bono Publico” is unavoidably held~ over to-day.

At the swimming sports at Hamilton on Saturday, H. Marcroft, of Cambridge, was second in the Boys’ Race, 33 yds, won in 26 secs.

The Cambridge Brass Band will render the following programme in the Domain Rotunda to-morrow, (Wednesday) evening, commenoing at 8 o clock: March, —Galvini; selection, Golden Sceptre; waltz. Will o’ the Wisp; march, Insomar; selection, Songs of the Sea; march, Constelation; march, St. Elmo.

On the 21st'instant, the New Zealand Dairy Association Ltd., distributed amongst its suppliers the sum of £71195 15s lOd. This payment covered 1530218 lbs of butterfat supplied during the month of Deo The amount of butterfat for the month la st year was 1418059 lbs; thus the increase ■for the month was 111659 lbs.

The fact that there is a considerable waste of water going on in the Borough was brought under notice of the Council at last meeting, and it was decided to take steps to prevent it. By advertisement in this issue the Mayor cautions all users of water that prosecution will follow breaches of the by-laws in regard to the matter complained of and that an inspector has been appointed to watch the interests of the Borough.

There are several factors in operation which will’ contribute to a drop m the price of land (says the Masteron Age). First of all, the interest on money is hardening. Then the » cost of production is annually increasing. Again, the rates and taxes are mounting up, and the markets are s owing less buoyancy than in former years. It is well that those who are m possession of land, arid those who are contemplating buying, should read the writing on the wall. We have had a period of fat years. We do not want the lean. But those who' are wise will be prepared for a fall in the price of land.