LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIV, Issue 3229, 7 June 1924, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

During the last financial year permits wero issued in Wellington for the erection of 935 dwellings as against 7(52 in the previous year.

At a meeting at Dunedin of musical, sporting, and other bodies it was decided to form a company with a capital of £25,000 to build a hall with a seating capacity of 3000 on a capital site already secured. Mr Caughley (Director of ‘Education) visited Morrinsville last Tuesday, when the proposal to erect a manual training school at Morrinsville at a cost of £2127 was discussed. Mr Caughley stated he would report favourably on the Morrinsville request.

The annual meeting of the Waikato Licensing Committee was held at Te Awamutu on Thursday last when the Central and Masonic Hotels licenses were received and a permanent transfer granted to Mr V. IMckett, of the National Hotel.

Mr Norman Stewart, builder, of Hall Street, Cambridge, sustained a 'severe fall in Hamilton yesterday, while working on a house in course of erection. Mr Stewart fell from a. scaffolding and was rendered tinconscious' for about half an hour. Fortunately he has suffered no serious injury.

At the annual re-union of the Feucourt suppliers of the Cambridge Dairy Company last evening, in the course of his remarks, Mr F. H. Anderson referred to the possibility of the bacon industry and the need for farmers of this district to turn their attention to this industry, the prospects of which appeared at present to be very bright.

At a meeting at Putaruru on Monday evening last the formation of a Chamber of Commerce was completed, the following officers being elected: —President, Mr F. C. Barnett; vice-presi-dents, Messrs Spear and Alcorn; secretary, Mr Martin; assistant • secretary, Mr Smith; treasurer, Mr Brown; councillors. Messrs Bear, Morris, Portas and McDonald.

The following rainfall figures in Paoroa for the month of May have been supplied by the local office of the Public Works Department with last year’s figures for the same month in parentheses: Total rainfall for the month was 15.20 inches (4.45). Rain fell on 17 days (18), the heaviest fall being on May 17. when 5.20 inches (.84) were registered. Dame Nellie Melba remarked one day recently that a certain letter in the alphabet appears to dominate her whole life—-the letter M —from which she finds it impossible to escape. For example: She was born in Melbourne in the month of May. Her father’s name was Mitchell, and she took the name of Melba. She was trained by Madame Marches'?, and her most sensational debut was made in Milan. In addition to all these coincidences, her two most famous roles are Mini! and Marguerite. A resident of Stoke (Nelson) adopted with success, so it is said, a rather novel method of protecting his coal supply, which was diminishing more rapidly than the household requirements warranted. He sprinkled his coal box liberally with pepper, and a few nights la,ter a violent (it of sneezing was heard coining from the direction of the coal store. The resident concerned subsequently had a heart-to-heart talk with the intruder, who, between the sneezes, promised to seek his coal supply from elsewhere in future.

Speaking at the annua! re-union of Feneourt factory suppliers last night, Mr P. C. Petersen referred to the increasing difficulties of marketing butter at Home, and the possibilities of Argentine opposition. It was a factor to be seriously considered, and it was his opinion that the Dominion should concentrate upon cheese during the coming years, as it would be a good many years 1 before the Argentine would become a serious competitor in that'direction.

The slogan “support your own town” is a. worthy one, and when it is applied to tailoring in your town there is not the slightest reason why you should go outside when it is possible to get, guaranteed hand-tailored suits and

cost,nines, made right where you live, at a figure that cannot be improved upon even in the cities. In to-day’s issue we specially draw your attention to the advertisement of Mr H. H. MeCathic, a perusal « f -luck we assure you “is worth while.”* . ■

Eggs from Canada , wore being sold in Auckland this week. Twenty acres of land near Morrinsvillo have been acquired by the Government as sites for dwellings for railway employees. The Customs Revenue collected in Auckland last month amounted to £ISO,516, compared with £161,662 in May of last year. A farmer named David Hennessy, of Rototuna, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. Bankrupt’s Statement shows a deficit of £1872. The entries for the National Dairy Show, to be held at Palmerston North, total 3370, compared with 2687 last year. The Thames Harbour Board . debenture issue for £20,000 has been very much over-subscribed. Subscriptions were boing refused yesterday as they came in. One of Morrinsville’s old identities, Mr James Dignan, suffered a very nasty accident on Thursday. He was walking along and suddenly slipped falling heavily and sustaining a broken arm above the elbow. A little boy, aged three years, Ronald Maxwell Linwood, ran out on the street at Newmarket on Thursday, when race traffic was at its highest, and was knocked down by a passing motor car. The lad died soon after.

Of the two days’ racing of the Auckland Racing Club’s Winter Meeting already concluded, the totalisator investments for the two days amounted to £154.549. an increase of £2279 on the figures for two days last winter.

Mr 11. Mursland, clerk of the Raglan County, has established a record by collecting 99 per cent of the rates levied. Only £IBO were outstanding at March 31st, and the clerk expects to collect at least half of this amount.

In connection with the Dominion Industrial Exhibition at Auckland, excursion tickets will be issued from Cambridge and intermediate stations to Auckland from June 9th to 27th, available for return up to July sth. See advertisement.

Two jockeys were injured, although neither was seriously hurt, at the Auckland races at Ellcrslie on Thursday. Arthur Rutherford’ received injuries to his right arm while the other jockey, Berry, sustained chest injuries as the result of a fall in the Remuera Hurdles on Whanoko.

With the issue last month of building permits to the value of £30,381, the current year promises to eclipse last year’s record of building activity in New Plymouth. The erection of another four-storey block of flats is contemplated. The building will comprise 32 flats and will be erected alongside au existing block of flats in St. Aubvn Street. —News.

An entertainment will be held at the Presbyterian Hall on Tuesday evening last, to help raise funds for the proposed Scouts Hall in Cambridge. The programme arranged is an excellent and well-varied one. In addition to eoncert items by leading local artists, the Scouts, both boys and girls, will give demonstrations of their work, which should be exceedingly interesting. A full attendance, is hoped for.

The flood conditions in the Ngatea (Paeroa) district are still exceedingly bad, being made worse by high spring tides. Practically all roads to the butter factory are under wafer, the district high school is isolated ,and many residences have their entrances blocked. In Ngatea township the only dry land is the main road. The baker lias six inches of water in his bakehouse.

Anyone who smokes 20 cigarettes a day (says Dr W. E. Dixon) is putting 5 per cent of his blood out. of play. An habitue may smoke 50 cigarettes a day with appreciable result, because his system has developed an attitude of tolerance. The danger of smoking is that it produces sudden alterations in the blood pressure and changes in the elastic fibres of the arteries. It requires 30 cigarettes to produce the amount of nicotine in the blood produced by one eiga r.

In connection with the paragraph recently appearing in the Waikato Independent to the effect that transmission poles erected a few years ago have already had to be replaced, a Palmerston North hydro-electric expert states that apparently these poles were bought as mixed Australian Hardwood. Mr P. Drew, Chief Inspector of the New South Wales Forestry Service, has identified one of the rotted poles as spotted gum. This, the expert explained, was useful for many purposes, but was useless when it had to be used in such a manner that it came in contact with the ground.

“When it was rumoured that wo had established an agricultural bank irt Now Zealand a British financial concern wrote offering us £5,000,000 for investment in it at. the same price as the New Zealand Government was paying for loans at. the time. That proved that, in the eves of 'English investors, agricultural banks are as good a form of security as the Government,” said Mr W. J. Poison, Dominion president of the Farmers ’ Union, at the inter-provincial conference at Feilding.

The lira! tost.-match between England and South Adrica will commence on June 14th.

The annual meeting in connection with the Cambridge Municipal Band will be held at the Council Chambers next Tuesday night.

The annual dinner in connection with the Cambridge Rifle Club will be held at the Central Hotel to-night (Saturday). : This will be followed by the annual meeting of Club. All members and intending members are invited to : 1.1 end.

While the Wingntui Steeplechase was being run at Dunedin on Thursday, one of the contestants, Isla Bank, fell heavily at a bush fence coming down on its rider, T. W. O’Connell, who was killed, the unfortunate rider having sustained a fractured skull. Deceased was a married man with four children. The rainfall at Te Aroha for May was 15.79 inches. Tlie heaviest fall was recorded for the 24 hours ended 27th inst., when 6.60 inches were recorded. Cambridge people complained of the wet month, yet. Te Aroha. had nearly an inch more rain during one day (6.(50in) than we had in the whole month (5.87 in.)

It. was mentioned at the annual reunion of the Feneourt suppliers to the Cambridge Dairy Company last evening that this year the branch had established a record for output and that the factory was in the flush working over capacity. At the top of the flush the factory was handling 5200 gallons of milk daily, necessitating the use of seven vats for the cheese.

A ltoto-o-raugi farmer informs us that the country in the neighbourhood of the Mangapiko stream was more badly affected with the recent floods than he had ever seen it before. He states that the amount of rain which fell in tho district could not possibly have accounted for this exceedingly heavy fiood, whieh was undoubtedly due to abnormal rainfall nearer the .source of the Mangapiko.

“There’s something wrong with our system of civilisation if a man is penalised because he has children,” said the Magistrate when a man came before him in a claim for possession of a dwelling, and stated that his principal diffb culty in getting another place was the fact that he had several children. People who had houses or rooms to let did not mind one or two children, but when it came to half-a-dozen they would not let a place to a man.

Cambridge district was well represented in the home industries section at the Winter Show. Mrs C. W. Keeley, of Cambridge, was a very successful exhibitor in this class, and her efforts must surely constitute something in the nature of a record. She made 29 entries, and won sixteen first, prizes, nine seconds, and one third. Little wonder that this lady won the points’ prizo easil.y. We congratulate her.

In the Police Court at Wellington on Thursday, Margaret Roberts, alias Madame Azucena, was committed for trial on u charge of alleged unlawful use of an instrument. During the hearing of the case it was stated that when dotectives were searching accused’s house two revolvers were found in a cheat of drawers. One was registered and one was not. The house was well provided with firearms, remarked the chief detective.

The large part of Auckland city’s activities dependent on electricity for motive power came to a standstill for 54 minutes on Thursday owing to the failure of the supply from King’s .Wharf station. The stoppage of all tramway services, augmented as they were to cater for race traffic, was the most conspicuous consequence. But the effect, was felt also on the wharves where cranes ceased to function, in large factories where hundreds of hands were idle because machines were stationary, and in shops and offices where lights, or lifts, or even adding machines were temporarily out. of action.

The Te Awamutu branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association has received indications that its proposal for a reduction of the annual subscription from half a guinea to five shillings is almost certain to be agreed to at the forthcoming conference. It is held that the reduced subscription will result in a very-big increase in membership, and the local branch expects to have a total membership of over a hundred in the near future, under the cheaper rate. Returned men will surely support the efforts of the local executive.—Waipa Post.

The recent rise in wool apparently has not as yet had an effect on the prices of woollen materials in New Zealand, and there is no indication that the prices will increase, in the immediate future (remarks the Wanganui Chronicle). An informant stated that, his experience with certain high-grade serges had been that there was, if anything, a tendency for the prices to be reduced; but several special lines much in demand had shown an increase. It was also pointed out that the prices quoted by those selling forward did not show any increase, as prices of materials depended largely upon compel ition. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Influenza, take