LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIII, Issue 3073, 21 June 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is what is recognised-as the shortest day of the year. The sun rose at 7.?>;1 a.m., and sets at 4.27 p.m.

Mr W. H. Jarvis has taken over the Thames Fish Shop, in Duke street, and will be opening up there on Monday next.

The Dominion reports that there are at present between thirty and forty cases of diphtheria in the Wellington Hospital.

It is'understood that the Government's additional grant to the .Blanket Society will enable a nurse to be established in the Tauranga district. An inexhaustible supply of artesian water has been located at To Kuiti by Mr C. McDonald, a water "diviner." It is probable that the water will be utilised as a borough supply. The Secretary of the G.P.0., Wellington, states that the Pacific Cable Board announces that owing to congestion of traffic, week-end cables will probably suffer a delay of ten days. The dates for the Cambridge Daffodil Society's Spring Show have been fixed for Friday and Saturday. Sept. 14th and loth. In our last issue it was stilted in error that the dates win'v. September I.7th and 18th. A queen carnival effort, to raise funds for improvments to the local recreation ground, has just been held at Otaki, and a sum of just under £IOOO was raised. The sum of £HV>O7 was put through the totalisator on the second day of the Hawke's Ray race meeting at Hastings yesterday, states a Press Association telegram. There are now on exhibition in Mr Alt'. Boyce's shop window, Cambridge,

two very handsome cups and several other trophies won by Mr W. Mabcrly, of Cambridge, at the recent egg-laying competition, when his pen of Black Orpingtons won the championship.

In connection with the Cambridge Oddfellows' Jubilee Ball, to lie held on Thursday next, 28th inst., holders of invitations may obtain tickets from the secretary's office, Duke street. There is every prospect of this ball proving a huge success. The .Education Department has investigated the relative seost of brick and wood for a new school at llokowhitu (M'anriwatu), and finds (state-s an exchange) that the cvt in brick will be &10.8IJ0. as against £f<Blo in wood. The! wooden building has therefore been deckled upon. A social to celebrate the anniversary of the Young Men's Bible Class in connection with Si. Paul's Methodist Church, was held in the church schoolroom on Tuesday evening, when ar enjoyable time was spent in games and competitions. A special anniversary service, conduct* d by the meraoofs of the Bible Cb.ss, will be bold or; Sunday, July Ist. > • Hoarsen as* and sore tiu'oat indicate *c?ni infc«iioh--wse Naxol freely--gives qui ok est rfclief.

Th.o morning service at St. Paul's Methodist Church on Sunday next will be conducted by the Rev. R. .')'. Metcalfe, from the Solomon Islands Methodist Mission field. For some roaso?) or other several clearing sales of dairy cattle in the Matamata district of late have fallen flat and the owners have been compelled to pass in :i number of animals. Maybe prices will brighten as the newseason approaches.—Morri nsville Star.

•'I can remember as a boy when the duties of Native Minister were second only to those of the Prime Minister," stated the Hon. 0. J. Purr in the House of Representatives lust week. Some great men had filled the office, said Mr Parr, and among the most capable who had done so was the late Sir William Herri os. 'i he annual special examinations under the Education Department will be held this year as follows: —Senior national scholarship, free place exams., and public service entrance exams, on November 21 and following days; junior national scholarship on November 29 and 30. Entries will close on September S, and late entries will be received until September 22.

A special meeting of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College was held in Christchurch last week to deal with tenders for the erection of new buildings at Riccnrtpn for the Boys' High School. Ten fenders were received, the highest of which was £49,816. 'That of Messrs P. Graham and Son, of Christchurch, at —41,377 was accepted.

Mr Glover, ;i visiting Evangelist, from England, will give special addresses to children at "the Oddfellows' Hall on Sunday, and the Salvation Army Hall on Monday, as advertised. Mr Glover is said to be specially gifted for the work he is undertaking, and his addresses are highly appreciated by all. Parents are invited to take their children to hear him.

The main road from Hamilton to Paeroa in places is now in a deplorable condition owing to the recent, rains (says an exchange). On Sunday night, the Auckland Star service car experienced some difficulty in completing its journey. It was bogged twice near Moliinmoho and also twice between To Aroha and Paeroa, arriving at Paeroa at S a.m. instead of at 2 a.m.. irs usual time of arrival. .*■

As showing the value of rain in the sugar growing district of Queensland, a letter received by a local resident states that £IOO an acre is an ordinary price for the land and that on a certain day the worth of the whole crop in the district was estimated at £1,000,000, but within two or three days about three inches of rain fell and this increased the value of the crop to £4,000,000.

We are pleaded to announce that Mr George Hall, of H'orotiu, possesses a champion Shorthorn cow whose yield of butferfat for the season just closed was 80,'ilbs. This record should give the Jerseys something to do. We hope in a future issue to be able to give full details of the history of this wonderful producer. We understand that her pedigree is uncertain, so she will be an ancestor instead of being a descendant.

A member of the Tiinaru Borough Council, whose nationality need not be stated, often provides (quite unconsciously) the comedy element at the Council's meetings (states the Tiinaru Herald). At a, recent meeting he was addressing the council in a very serious strain, concerning breaches of the bylaws affecting street verandahs, when he expressed the opinion, most emphatically, that "those breaches should be pulled up."

An enterprising shopper, who arrived at 4.45 a.m. for the opening of a clothing sale in Mnsterton the other morning (relates the Wairarapa Daily Times) found that he was sixteenth in the row. Two young men had remained up all night, while others commenced to arrive during the very early hours. A devoted brother arrived before' breakfast time with a, cup of tea for his sister, who had been waiting for quite a long time. By 0 a.m. the crowd extended across Queen Street til motorcars had difficulty in passing.

Recently a district rabbit trapper, after going his morning round, was sunning himself on a. bank overlooking a swamp near his whare. Being attracted by slight noises immediately behind, he was horrified to see a huge bull standing over him pawing the ground. After one glace the trapper lived for the swamp, but his belt came (drift and the consequent hobbling idded to his panic-stricken state. Pi till lv he reached the whare and for two

hours i\ state of siege was maintained, the bull snuffing under the door and around the building, while the man seized his gun and climbed to the highest available point, ready to ripel the throateued invasion, but. eventually the bull wandered off to pastures no?/. — Waipa Pest. Thousands of Mothers know the value ot Naxol In the home. It is the safest and most reliable remedy for Rhilla-r-coWs-—rkcl feverishnosa in very young fihilAran.

So far this month there have been only three days without rain, ami the total rainfall up to t) a.m. to-day is ;{.l7in. The country is thoroughly soaked, and ji row days' sunshine would be greatly appreciated. The Wellington branch of the Health Department during the past week received notification of a number (if cases of mild diphtheria, and the relocation Board authorities decided as a precautionary measure to (dose the Kilbirnie public school for ji week. The Health Department states there is no reason for undue alarm. The cases are mild, and every care is being taken to prevent the spread of the trouble.

Mr F. Lye, M.P. for the district, has received a letter from the Hon. Mr .T. ft. Coates, Minister for Railways, ack-

nowledging receipt of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce's communication (through Mr Lye) requesting improved goods accommodation at the Cambridge railway station, and stating that after full enquiry had been made, a report on the matter would be furnished.

Under the will of Miss Emily J. Martin, who died at Auckland on June U>, bequests totalling £BSOO are made to various religious and philanthropic bodies. Amongst the bodies benefitting from the. bequests are the Salvation Army, the Jubilee Institute for the Blind, Y.W.C.A., Methodist Orphanage and Mission Funds, Rt. Mary's Home, Oiahuhu, Society for Protection of Women and Children.

There has been a mild outbreak of diphtheria in the Hautapu district during the past week or so. As three children were suffering from the illness, it was decided on Tuesday last to close the Hautapu school for a few days. In the meantime the school buildings, etc., are being thoroughly fumigated and cleansed. The date of the re-opening of the school is not yet certain. The outbreak is not a very serious one, but the .school committee deems it wise to take every possible precaution to prevent its spread.

The Union Coy.'s Waihora is shipping 700 bullocks for Australia, purchased by Keith McLean, of Gippsland, Victoria, says a Wellington paper. The vessel has been specially fitted for the purpose. The operation of loading in Wellington is fraught with many difficulties and has been watched by a large crowd. The estimated cost of landing the bullocks in Australia will be £<) a" head. The Waihora will return for another shipment and if successful other consignments will be arranged.

Revaluation of the unoccupied crown In ads in the Kawhia district is suggested in a question which Mr F. Lye (Waikato), put to the Minister for Lands as to whether such revaluation would be made. Mr Lye declared that then; was no doubt the values placed on these lands were too high, and if it were proposed to wait until they were taken up at the present figures they would remain unoccupied for a very long time.

"It is no myth that cheap houses can be erected in Auckland, as declared by the expert interviewed by a Star reporter yesterday," said the Row C. Grant Co wen, to an Auckland Star reporter. "I have consulted one of the leading architects of Auckland." continued the clergyman, ''and he bears out the figures quoted by me in the course of my address on Sunday night last. He states, quite definitely, that a five-roomed house, consisting of a living room 17 x 1.1 foot, two bedrooms 1.1 \- 9 feel and !> x 1) feet, kitchen 12 x 9 feet, washhouso and bathroom !> x J) feel, with porcelain baths and tubs, can be built for the sum of £4:50. The maferial used is ferro-concrete. Tenders were invited by him, and a firm of builders in this city will shortly proceed with the erection of a number of these houses at the [trice stated."