The Waikato Independent Incorporating "The Cambridge Gazette." THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 13, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIII, Issue 3150, 13 December 1923, Page 4

The Waikato Independent Incorporating "The Cambridge Gazette." THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 13, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Several heavy showers of rain fell in Wellington on Tuesday night, and this should relievo the water famine in the city to some extent.

An appropriation by ballot for £IOO was held, in connection with the No. 1 group of the Cambridge Building Society,' in the Council Chambers last night, the winner being Mr B. P. dc Latour.

"A Wairarapa sheep farmer, who received 17/01 lb for his hogget wool at the Wellington sale, stated that two seasons ago he only realised 4id and 5d for wool of a similar quality.

New York contains more Jews than any other city in the world, more Italians than,any Italian city, and probably more Germans than any town in Germany. It is said that 75 per cent of the population is foreign or of for-' eign descent. New Zealand is not alone in looking to the East for a market for dairy produce. An Australian paper records the fact that arrangements have been made to send 35,000 eases of condensed milk from the Nestles Company to Singapore and other eastern ports. Additional shipments of the milk are to be made during the season. The lack of punctuation marks in telegrams tends occasionally to make curious reading. During one of last winter's rare frosts the secretary of the Tfoyal College of Science Football Club received a telegram from the secretary of a club with which a match had been booked for the following day: "Please scratch ground very hard." He wired in reply: "Wc arc not chickens." So many motor 9ervic.es are now running from Wanganui to other parts of the Dominion that it has been necessary to arrange a special stand for them. Provision had to be made for ears leavi ing (and arriving) daily for Palmerston North, Marton, Hawera, and other services—to Mount Egmont. There are five different. Arms running services, and they all start from the Rutland Hotel in the Avenue. The St. John's Hill and Mosstown services also start on the opposite side of the Avvenue. At Cambridge, on Tuesday, His Excellency the Governor-General was presented by the War Memorial Committee, through its chairman (Mr H. Alan Bell), with a very handsome suedebound souvenir programme of the unveiling ceremony. Every page of this book had been most beautifully illuminated by Mr J. D. Hamilton, our local decorator, in a most artistic way, the printing being done at the Waikato Independent Office. Lord Jellicoe expressed his appreciation of the gift, and praised the workmanship of the artistic production.

Speaking at the Masonic dinner on Tuesday night, His Excellency the Governor-General spoke most highly of the singing of the Choral Society at the unveiling function during the afternoon. '' You have in Cambridge,' r said Lord Jcllicoe, "a 'Choral Society of which you should be proud, and which would be. a credit to the largo cities." His Excellency also expressed pleasure at the beautiful singing at St, Andrew's Church at the afternoon dedicatory service. Captain. Southey, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General, also expressed pleasure at the excellent rendition of the two anthems by the Choral Society.

A motor travelling van, the occupants of which spent Tuesday night in Cambridge, created considerable interest among those who inspected it. The body has been built to an ordinary Ford one-ton truch chassis, and has been constructed specially to suit requirements as a touring car. It comprises two compartments, one for ladies, and the other for men, and is equipped with comfortable spring stretchers for four inmates. The fittings are exceedingly ingenious, every inch of space being used to the- best advantage, with the result that the passengers have all the conveniences of H home, even to kerosene stove, washing and bathing conveniences, layatorv, etc.; indeed it resembles an up-to-date ship's cabin and cookhouse combied. The car is owned by Messrs Dillicar Bros., of Hamilton, who carTied out the whole of the work themselves. The car is an ideal moans of getting round the country for. holiday excursions. Messrs JMllicar Bros, are lat present on n fishing excursion to J OTtoroire and Kotorua.

The N.Z. Co-op. Dairy Co.'s new cheese factory at Pukekura has been completed, and is now working. It is a fine, spacious and up-to-date building.

Although His Worship tho Mayor had asked the business people, at the instance of the Chamber of Commerce, to close their premises only from noon to 3 p.m. on Tuesday for the war memorial unveiling, practically all the shops were closed during tho whole afternoon. An important question was raised at the initial meeting of the Taranaki District Highways Board as to the quality of the various kinds of bitumen on the market, which affected greatly the standard of the roads constructed. It was resolved to ask the Main Highways Board to undertake the testing of the quality of materials for permanent surfacing, if necessary establishing a laboratory for the purpose.

"The Government puts in a railway siding for you, charges you probably twice as much as it costs, uses it itself when it likes, levies £25 a year on the body or company which controls it, and then anyone else who uses it has to pay a fee also." Laughter greeted this condemnatory remark by Sir James Wilson, chairman of the Manawatu County Council, at a recent meeting of that bodv.

Just now Cambridge might be fittingly described as a veritable garden of roses. Lovers of gardens have planted rambler roses profusely in every direction, and at the present time these are a riot of blossom. In some, parts, more particularly in several gardens in Bowen Street and that neighbourhood the fences for chains are one mass of roses, which look particularly beautiful.

The most luxurious private railway car in America is being built for Henry Ford, the motor car millionaire, at a cost of 75,000 dollars (says the Now York Herald). The car will give all the comforts of a mansion. It will contain tiled bathrooms, sumptuous bedrooms, ami a drawing room with an electric phonograph and a broadcasting and receiving radio set. Other features will be an electrical kitchen and also a richly appointed business office and secretary's quarters.