The Waikato Independent TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2971, 7 August 1928, Page 4

The Waikato Independent TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At Auckland on Saturday last BuckIcy and Bailer, who escaped from custody, were each, sentenced to throe years' imprisonment in addition to the sentences they are already serving. Mr J. W. Levcsque advertises that he has purchased the milk business lately carried on by Messrs Floyd, Gilbertson.and others, in Cambridge. The rainfall in Morrinsville in July was heavier than has been experienced during that month.for many years. The figures were 6.46 in, spread over 13 days. The maximum fall was 2.13 in on the Bth. In 1927 5.15 in fell on 16 days. The number of unemployed men registered at the Government Labour Bureau in Auckland on Saturday was 862, compared with 816 the previous week. James Smyth, contractor, of Pio Piohas been ; adjudged bankrupt. A meeting of creditors will be held on Tuesday, August 14. During the quarter ended June 30 post and telegraph returns for the Hamilton post office district; show post and telegraph business amounting to £70,157 Os sd. Hamilton figures include £22,800 5s 3d for postal (sixth in New Zealand) and £47,351 15s 2d for telegraph business (fourth in New Zealand). Mr E. B. Cox, of Cambridge, wrote to the Waipa County Council, yesterday, agreeing to accept the position of classifier of the new Pukekura drainage district. The council formally appointed Mr Cox to the position, and the engineer was instructed by the council to proceed with the work as speedily as possible. '' The time taken in Swift's meatpacking works at Chicago to kill a pig and turn him into canned pork is three minutes twenty seconds ,exclusive of the two days when the animal is in the cooling chamber,' 'said Mr J. L. Wild, in addressing the Palmerston North Rotary Club. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure For Influenza Colds.

The Auckland Winter Show rOMiltcil in a profit of £2OOO, which will be shared between the Manufacturers' Association and the A. and P. Association.

The Government has decided to give a guarantee on the basis of £3 5s gross per case of 30 dozen eggs on the London market.

During 1927 the Government Life Insurance Department paid out in death and maturity claims £473,199 and these figures bring the total amount paid in claims since the inception of the office in 1870 up to the total of nearly £11,000,000. Its assets now amount to over £7,500,000.

The Railway Departmen; intends to put in hand immediately the duplication of the main line between Prankton and Horotiu. Work ,by a gang of twenty to thirty men will be commenced next Monday.

A meeting of' representatives of sports followers, held at Auckland last night, decided to petition the Government to take a referendum on daylight saving at the general election, failing which it was suggested that employers and employees in the main centres of the Dominion should come to a mutual arrangement to observe daylight saving during the summer months.

''lf we get back to freedom of competition, to the non-restriction or output, and to payment by results, we in New Zealand have nothing to fear from any competitors," declared a delegate at the Farmers' Union Conference. He added that our present, methods in workshops would both amuse and' shock any up-to-date workman from the States.

At yesterday's meeting of the Waipa County Council the resignation of Mr C. Bowden, from the position of assistant clerk to the council was accepted. The council decided to invite applications for a lady assistant at a salary of £l5O per annum. A slight rearrangement of the office staff was also agreed to. A splendid wharcpuni, which when completed will contain some i of the finest productions of Maori craftsmanship, "is in course- of construction at Murupara, a picturesque Maori village occupying an isolated- spot 43 miles from Rotorua, at the confluence of the Rangitaiki and Whirinaki Rivers. The builders of the -wharepuni are two old Maoris from Whakatane, who arc doing the whole of the work from hard manual labour involved to the carving of the most intricate designs. Hamilton possesses a claimant to .the Jennings millions in the person of Mr A. H. Strong, of Boundary Road, Claudelands. Mr Strong's mother, who died recently, was a sister of Mrs Emily Rowe, of Thames, and a granddaughter of Mr William Thomas Malone. Miss Mary Jennings, a niece of the founder of the fortune, married Mr Malone, through whom Mr Strongclaims to be a relative, of Mr Jennings. It is added by Mr Strong that he will be surprised if the many descendants of the Malone-Jennings' union are able to establish their claim. He says he believes there is a birth certificate missing, the absence of which precludes any chance of litigation ending successfully.