LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2550, 25 May 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A fire occurred at Morrinsville, in a storeroom connected with Mr T. Empson’s grocery business, on Tuesday last. The building w T as gutted and a storeroom adjoining was also damaged. The North Island championship boxing tournament will be held in Palmerston North on June 22nd and 2,‘!rd. The South island championships will take place this year at Timaru. The Wellington City Council has granted a request for permission to erect a tent at Brooklyn, to provide accommodation for a family of six people. The Okahukura-Maticre branch railway line was formally opened by the Minister for Public Works on Tuesday, the occasion being one of much rejoicing in the district. Strong tions were made to the Minister, urging that the railway be pushed on to Ohura at once.

Yesterday, Empire Day, was the anniversary of the birth of the late Queen Victoria, who was born on May 24, 18.19, and died on January 22, 1901, at the age of 81. The idea of the general observance of the day throughout the Empire originated with Lord Meath over 20 years ago. In Auckland the day was marked by a visit of inspection by the Governor-General, Lord Jellicoe, to the King’s Empire Veterans at the Veterans’ Home.

Great success has attended the campaign on behalf of the poor and needy of Auckland which has been undertaken by the Commercial Travellers’ and Warehousemen’s Association the amount of clothing having exceeded all expectations. The clothes drive on Saturday met with a very generous response from the public. The president of the association, Mr A. Thompson, states that during the day nearly 200 motor-cars, in which were members of the association, and boy scouts, were engaged in conveying to the various depots the parcels of clothing contributed by citizens. Twenty lorries were also employed in collecting those and taking them to the Drill Hall. The goods stored there as a result of the day’s operation amounted to over 200 tons measurement, the value being computed at about £4OOO. This stock will be augmented when the North Shout districts have added their quotas. ’Tis most amusing! and most absurd, The most astonishing thing I’ve heard,

Sane people who never heard, they’re sure, Of world-wide Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure! Resigned to suffer from year to year, Distressed with eolds and obsessed by fear. These bo the people v ho most endure, And most need Woods’ Peppermint Cure.

The Levin Dairy Company has paid out 1/2 per pound for its April supply of butterfat.

The Ganc Milking Proprietary are making a demonstration of latest improvements to their milking machines at the Hamilton Show next week.

The Taranaki Herald understands that Portland cement is being offered to New Plymouth importers by an English firm at £0 per ton in sacks landed at the breakwater.

Messrs Jas. Keeley and Son, the wellknown Leamington nurserymen, have just issued a new catalogue, copies of which will be supplied free on application. The booklet was printed at the Waikato Independent printery.

As an indication of the eagerness to obtain secured positions, even at a low salary, the secretaryship of the Stirling Dairy Company, which was advertised at a remuneration of £15(5 a year, drew forth 27 applicants, whose addresses ranged from an area covering from Christchurch to Invercargill. —Clutha Leader.

It was a sorry day for me that I was induced by the statements made by the authorities in England to bring my family to New Zealand.” So stated the father of a family to a Wellington reporter recently. “I have been in New Zealand seven months, and have secured two days’ work. 1 am leaving by the first boat for England again.”

At the Levin S.M. Court last week, two men were fined £2 each and costs for conducting a raffle without permission of the authorities. The lottery was held for a Mardi Gras, and it was for this reason, and on the grounds that defendants were ignorant of having committed an offence that the Magistrate inflicted such a light penalty. It was pointed out that defendants were liable to a. line of £IOO each.

A local resident has obtained patent rights in connection with an automatic nib-ejector, which it is claimed is a long-felt want that will soon be universally incorporated as part of the equipment of all penholders in daily use. If the anticipations prove true the inventor should soon be in “easy street,” for it is from such small devices as this that fortunes have been amassed.—Te Aroha News.

King’s Birthday, June 3, falls on a Saturday this year, and will doubtless be observed on that day. The secretary of the Employers' Association (says the Dominion) advises that the Public Holidays Act provides for the “Mondayising” of the Sovereign’s Birthday when it falls on a Sunday, but there is no provision that permits of this course being adopted when the holiday falls on a Saturday. This is an occasion on which a whole holiday falls on the day of the weekly half-holiday, and there will not therefore be any necessity for shopkeepers to observe a half-holiday during that week if they grant the holiday. On Tuesday evening last a young people’s social —arranged by the Young Women’s Bible Class members —was held in St. Paul’s Methodist schoolroom, when a large number were present. A very pleasant evening was spent in games, competitions, musical items, etc., supper being also provided. It is intended to hold a series of these socials with the object of finding recreation for the young people during the winter months, and also raising funds for furnishing Bible Class rooms, which it is hoped to erect in the near future.

A disgraceful incident occurred at Shannon, Manawatu, on .Saturday last, daring a junior football match between Levin Rovers and Shannon. Mr Claridge, the referee, ordered a local player off the field for the alleged use of obscene language. This action was resented by the home team and by spectators, who closed round the referee and assaulted him, rendering him unconscious and breaking his jaw. Mr Claridge was removed to the Palmerston North hospital.

“Mercutio,” of the Auckland Herald says: “Is New Zealand destined to become a country inhabited solely by lawyers? A glance at the results of the last University degree examinations shows that the would-be lawyers not only outnumber the students in any other branch of higher learning, but almost equal the total of the others put together. And it must not be forgotten that students can qualify to practise law without taking a degree at all. So rapid is the multiplication of qualified lawyers, that newcomers into the ranks will no doubt have to content themselves with the reflection that there is always room at the top. That is true of the law as of all other professions, but the rush for the top is liable to become a feverish affair if the pieseut rapid accretions to the ranks continue.”

Don’t hesitate to use Nazol freely, especially by constant inhalation. It protects the Mouth, Nose and Throat from infection. Good for Coughs, Colds, Sore Throats, etc. 4 For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

Create an atmosphere of Nazol about you, so that you constantly inhale it. It. is undoubtedly good for Coughs, Colds, Sore Throats, etc, . 3

Tho ex-Kaiser is said to be asking for a million dollars for the foreign rights of his book, the writing of which has been completed. At Hamilton on Monday last twelve cyclists w r ero fined £1 each and costs, for riding their machines at night with* out having lights.