The Waikato Independent Incorporating “The Cambridge Gazette.” TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIII, Issue 3072, 19 June 1923, Page 4

The Waikato Independent Incorporating “The Cambridge Gazette.” TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tlio Cambridge Daffodil Society had fixed September 17th and USth as the dates for its next Spring Show.

Tho Mamtwai arrived at the Cambridge wharf yesterday afternoon with n large cargo of general goods, of which groceries comprised the hulk.

Mr W. H. Davies has disposed of the Leamington store business to Mr F. Weatherall, who took over the business veste.rdav.

We understand that the Hamilton Choral Society intends to enter for the two big musical items (open to choirs or musical societies) at the competitions to be held at Wellington in September next.

A now mechanical /iro-ladflor -.costi £-800 arrive*''! in Wellington last wook on order to the Wellington City Council. It is mounted on u motor truck and can be raised Soft in 20 seconds.

At the -Miiiiav.atu Winter Show Cambridge Co-op. Dairy Co. secured third prize in class for box of butter for export. open to members of the Factory .Managers’ Association. For the championship aggregate, Masterton, Mauriceville. Faired and Levin tied with IS!) points each.

A young l:uly hail a romarUaVdo experience whilst shopping at Wagga, in Xew Sooth Wales. She asked tn lie shown soma gloves, am! tried one on. Whan sha withdraw liar hand she was astonished to liml a valnalde gold ring sai with a diamond. She proceeded to the firnrs ofli a a and reported the matter of the finding of the ring.

Owing to the Australian drought, the Wanganui Herald understands that flu'ii' is a shortage of prinii l beef for the Melbourne market, and that a buyer from that city is pui;c,hasing -ftit bullocks in the Wanganui district at ihc present time at £O/ per hundred pounds weigh 1 (£lO for 8001 b bullocks).

(Jus 1 Hum’s opinion of Now Zealand: “I fool liko 111ci small boy who was allowed to ask his toaohor to come and see his garden after he had put a lot of work into it. The teacher nodded am! said, ‘Very good. ’ and the small boy looked up at his pereeptor and burst out: ‘Very good! Hell, it’s just perfect!’ Mr F. Macpherson. to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce recently.

Excellent progress lias been made bv the contractors with the extensive additions to Messrs G. Calvert and Co.’s premises in Cambridge. The builders’ work is now nearly finished, though considerable work in the shape of fittings, etc., will occupy some little time, and it will probably be about a month before the new portion of the buildings will be open for business purposes. When completed, this firm w <ll have one of the finest shop premises in South Auckland. Unless fresh chilis or colds are te.r-kJ-■ml at once —they may become more iUorbvus. Jv'iizol is the Wt, kuowa rein* j edy In y.-m.

The lute Sir Willium Merries bequeathed £IOOO to To A rob a, and it is proposed to expend the money in beautifying the town.

The appointment of Mr Bollard as a member of the Ministry, as forecasted by The Auckland Star, has not yet been confirmed. The Premier lias promised to make an announcement to-day, and it is fully expected that Mr Bollard will be appointed.

A New Plymouth Maori, who spent five days at Katana's settlement last week, says five thousand natives were present on one occasion during his visit, there being a continuous stream inwards and outwards. Four trains stop at the station nearly every day and all are said to bring large numbers of Maoris seeking a.cure for various ailments. It is Ttatana’s plan to extend his work to the palcohas; hence he proposes making a tour of the Dominion, including Taranaki.

An article recently appeared in Chambers’ Journal, entitled “The Extinction of the Moa in New Zealand,” and written by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Slceman. A rather interesting letter thereon was subsequently received by the High Commissioner for Now Zealand, Sir James Allen, from Mr Charles Hunnybun. who wrote as follows: “Colonel Sieenian quotes a 'Maori proverb, ‘Moa kni hau, ’ indicating that the moa always seemed to have its head in the air eating wind. The equivalent of this sentence in Hindustani is ‘Moa havva (wind) khata hai (eating is).’ The similarity, if ‘kai’ in Maori means ‘eating,’ and ‘hau’ means ‘wind,’ is interesting.”