LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 3103, 27 June 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

:ParliaTOenU£<Wis this -afternoon;- The Governor £ JJpeeeh 'lsß be delivered .ft The UB»al weekly auction sale _w #1 be held 10-raQrtow at jir; ft. Jlill's

The Hamilton Borough Council baa «rnnted £125 to tho earthquake relief fund. '•"'' The Waikato Diocesan Synod opens its sessions at Hamilton on Monday next, July- Ist. N The Hamilton Ministers' Association has decided that the ] morning services of Sunday, July 7th, be held as thanks giving services for tjie recovery of the King from his recent serious illness. .

A very slight. earth tremor was felt in Cambridge at about 6.45 last even-, ing. The shock was also, felt in T.e Miro, Horahom, Maungatautari, and other parts of,the district. While working; at a printery in Cambridge, on Tuesday a lad named John Brett sustained a nasty gash on the hand through contact with a guillotine. Medical attention was ' seertred, and some stitches inserted. -. ;•;

Mrs. O. B. Farrer and Messrs. J. C. Taylor, A. E. Manning and W. @. Pountney have offered an area of land along the river bank at Hamilton for a public park. The Borough Council has accepted the offer. A final reminder is given concerning the citizens' long-night dance in aid of the Fire Brigade, to be held in the Town Hall this evening. Banfield's orchestra will provide the music, and a-good, time is promised all who attend. A meeting of friends and supporters of the United Party will be held in the "Oddfellows' Hall this evening at 8 o'clock, when the Dominion organiser, Mr. Moller, will be present, the object being to form a branch of the Party in Cambridge. At the Cambridge Police Court yesterday a man named John Wiley Burns appeared before Mr. H, Alan Bell, J.P., charged • with drunkenness while in charge of a horse and gig the previous night. Accused ,who pleaded guilty, was fined £2. He also consented to the issue, of a prohibition order againqt himsclf.

The newly-formed Hamilton Little Theatre Society gave, its opening per-, formance at Hamilton on Monday night last, when it produced Sutton Vane's "Falling Leaves." The play was of a particularly high standard for amateurs, and the performers received numerous congratulations on their fine work. There was an excellent attendance. The play was repeated on Tuesday night with equal success. ,At the annual meeting of the Waikato Hospital Patients' Sunshine League, on Tuesday night last, it was reported that, largely as a result of the effort made by. Mr. Matthew Heinz, who a credit balance of £159. The hospital nurses had collected £36 and the Son : ning girls £l9, while other had b.con received^

For the convenience. of their ,extensive country clientele, Messrs,, H.. and. E. H. Grocott, consulting opticians, of Hamilton, beg to intimate, that arrangements have bceri made for Mr. E. H. Grocott, F.8.6.A. (Fellow of Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians, London, England), to personally visit Cambridge rogularly every alternate Friday. Mr. Grocott has recently returned from a prolonged sojourn in England, where, he had extensive experience in some of the leading refaction clinics of London. Mr. Grocott may be consulted at the Bank Chambers, Cambridge,. and ap-" pointraents may be made previously With Mr. H. L. Possenniskie, chemist, phone 3, Cambridge. Mr. Grocott will; visit. Cambridge s on Friday, June 28th.t