The Waikato Independent. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 3041, 24 January 1929, Page 4

The Waikato Independent. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Particulars of issue of excursion tickets and train arrangements in con- ; ncction with Anniversary Day arc adj vertised in this issue, j Mr Laurence Andrews, # London j qualified eyesight specialist, associate jof Mr H. Grocott, of Hamilton, will j visit Cambridge on Friday, January 25, and may be consulted at the Old Bank Chambers, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Executive of the Student Movement, which held its annual conference in Cambridge recently, has elected the following officers for 192^: | —Chairman, Mr. Gordon M. Mackenzie, | Christchurch ; vice-chairman, Miss Margaret Walker; minute secretary, Miss Alison Burns; lion. treasurer, Mr. T. N. | Gibbs. Another accident in the hayficld is reported from Kiwitahi. While he was working the stacking machinery Mr. F. Milt kelson, a son of Mr. and Airs. N. E. Miklcolscn, was struck by a lever and sustained slight concussion and injuries to his head, and an ear was cut. He was admitted to a private hospital in Morrinsvillc, where several stitches were inserted in his head. He is making good progress toward recovery. “A satisfactory season was experienced by beekeepers, all districts returning good crops. Present indications point to the 1928-29 season being above the average, and the high standard of New Zealand honey on the Home market would be well maintained. Registered beekeepers in New Zealand now number 5500, representing some 90,000 colonies of bees,” says the Director-General of Agriculture in his review of the season. A party of 45 English public school boys between the ages of 17 and 19 is expected to reach Auckland from England by tbc lonic on Monday, February 11th. The boys, who have just left school and are about to enter public life, are coming hero to learn as much as they can of the Dominion in the seven weeks at their disposal. This is the third and most ambitious of the tours of this character arranged by the Public Schools Empire Tour Committee, the two previous ones, to Canada and to South Africa, having proved most successful.

A party of 23 Irish girls, who will bo trained in New Zealand as nuns, arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the ITlimaroa on Tuesday. They were in charge of Mother Cecily and Sister do Sales, of Dunedin, who have been visiting- the United Kingdom and the Continent.

“The cost of living in England is higher than it was when I was there last in 1922, but I do not think it is as high as in New Zealand. Fruit is cheaper than out here, where s we grow it. In fact, everything but meat is dearer in Now Zealand.” —Rev. C. F. Pierce, headmaster of the 'Wanganui Collegeiate School, who recently returned from a tour of America and Great Britain. ' 1

A memorial stone ,in memory of the late Sir James Carroll, will be unveiled at Gisborne on or about March sth. The stone, which is being* prepared in Napier, will be of plain design, without superficial ornament; in fact, the object of those organising the memorial celebration is that the. stone should represent only strength, endurance, and, above all, a dignified consonance with the vault in which lie the remains of the late Sir James.

In the course of his farewell remarks at the Wanganui Court on Tuesday, Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., related a humorous incident that occurred in Gisborne when he was stationed there. A new and nervous Justice of the Peace asked Mr. Barton if he would allow him to sit on the Bench one day with him to get experience. Mr. Barton agreed to the gestion, and on looking down from tlio Bench at the commencement of the day’s list the Justice remarked to Mr: Barton: “My word, you have got a tough-looking lot up before you this morning.” Mr. Barton: “Sh! Sh! They arc members of the Bar.”

For the official opening ceremony m connection with the electrification of the Christchurch-Lyttclton railway line on Thursday, February 14th, a blue ribbon will be cut at the Christchurch end by Mrs. Taverner, wife of the Minister of Railways. In the afternoon the invited guests, of whom there will be about 400, including representatives of various organisations in the city and the surviving pilgrims who arrived at Lyttelton by the first four ships in December, 1850, will join a special electric train and be taken to Lyttelton, where the balance of the programme will be carried out. The electric trains will run on the time-table on the following day.

It happened at a city kinema, the other night. At an interval a young lady left her girl Mend to go out for some refreshment. With surprise, and then satisfaction, she noted the fact

that the young men in the shop gave her their admiring, curious and undivided attention. Gratified, she at length returned to the theatre, still the object of admiring looks. People stopped to look at her and remark on her. Convinced that she was a rose that had blushed unseen until now, she reached her seat with great elation. It changed to consternation when she suddenly discovered that her new green garters were still around her ankles, where she had slipped them in the dark, because they wore too tight!

From the viewpoint of the farmer it is doubtful if there has ever been a better season than the present one. A prominent farmer, in the course of conversation with a Press representative, remarked that for once he thought even the proverbial growler would find it bard to raysc a grouch. The season, he said, had been a remarkable one, taken from every aspect. Tt had been a good one for production. Prices had been good for dairy produce, wool and lamb. There was an abundance of grass not only for present needs, but also for winter fodder, and the prospects for root crops looked good. Except perhaps for the farmer who might be caught with a paddock of hay cut, even the weather had been above reproach, rain coming just when required.

The taste for tobacco once acquired rarely dies. Once a smoker always a smoker. Many a lonely man’s best friend is his pipe, and-it’s no less true that many a man would rather go short of “tucker” than short of ’baccy. Let those ivlio rave against smoking—generally because it makes them ill —go on raving. Those • who know the pleasure the pipe gives, the comfort and consolation it brings, will never be convinced to the contrary. Why should they? There’s no harm in tobacco so long as it’s pure and as free from nicotine as possible. The imported brands, to be sure, often contain a terrible lot of nicotine. That’s bad. But our New Zealand brands contain so little that they are comparatively innocuous and may be freely indulged in with the utmost impunity. Yes, and what’s more, they’ll soon spoil you for any other kind, they are so sweet and fragrant. They are in various strengths. “Riverhead Gold” is mild, “Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog) is medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) is full flavoured. —64.

Members of the local Fire Brigade are, at present, assiduously practising for the Dominion Jubilee Demonstration, to be held at Hokitika, and commencing on February 25tli. The brigade will be represented as follows: Fireman Geo. Drew, delegate and trainer; Secretary K. Reeve, Firemen E. Byrne, R. White and 11. Carter.

“Londoners told me that Sir James Parr has been the most energetic High Commissioner New Zealand has sent to London, in the matter of pushing the trade of the Dominion on tlio British markets,” stated Air. F. Foote, of Gisborne, who has just returned to Gisborne from a world tour, discussing with a Pressman the impressions gathered while touring abroad. “He has done a great deal of excellent work in bringing and keeping before the actual householders of Britain the merits of our produce, and his personal t.-uch has been felt in many parts of the Offi Country.”