LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXI, Issue 2779, 24 November 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

In the report of tlie Rose Show last issue a mistake was inadvertently made in the list of awards. The winner of lhi> second prize in section 13, one rose any variety, Avas Mrs J. Scarle. The lady who was wrongly credited with the award wished the error to be corrected. Pome thrilling scenes were enacted .'•tiring tho steer-riding competition at the Waikato A. and P. Show on Saturday. Cowboy yells and shrieks of merriment greeted the riders as they attempted to maintain their seats on bucking steeds, tho enthusiasm of the big crowd being kept, at: high pitch 'throughout. The event attracted some twenty riders from all parts, entries being received from as far as Wellington. L. Clarkin, of Hamilton, the winner, received the plaudits of the crowd for a \ory clever exhibition of riding. Buckjumping on outlaw horses also created keen intore.-t. Undoubtedly the innovafions were extremely popular.

Last week two field guns and limbers in connection with the forthcoming artillery camp at Rotorua, arrived in Rotorua by rail and were side-tracked in the railway yards. Some politically minded-enthusiast marked the occasion by chalking on the side of the truck in which the guns were carried, the words ' < Clinkard 's Attack.''

Attention is drawn to the advertisement in this issue with regard to the display of woodwork at the Cambridgo branch of the Manual Technical School which will take place to-morrow and Thursday. Much of tho work that has been done by the school boys is in aid of the Auckland Blind Institute baz-

Only a week remains of the period of one month allowed for the declaring of "income other than salary or wages" received in the year ended March 31 last, and the payment of emergency unemployment tax on it. The period expires on Monday, November 30, on or before which date a further quarterly payment of 5/- on account of tho general unemployment levy has also to bo made.

In a statement at Napier last night the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Public Works, said the additional cost to the Government arising out of the earthquake would be £500,000 for the reconstruction of and repairs to roads, schools and public buildings, and £150,000 for re-surveys and restoration of land transfer titles and records.

To fly over portions of tho country which she had traversed many years previously by bullock waggon in the early pioneering days was the experience yesterday of Mrs A. Parnell, of Gisbornc, who, although she is aged 81, chose the aeroplane in preference to other means of transport when she came to visit her daughter in Auckland.

Dress reform for men, to accord with the particularly hot weather experienced, has been begun in New Plymouth. Upon being approached by their employees the principals of two firms agreed to allow their employees to wear open shirts and light alpaca coats. It is understood that a New Plymouth accountant has also agreed to allow his staff to follow tho new stvlc.

An American tourist, Mr Swain, who was a through passenger by the Sierra which touched at Auckland on Saturday, was so keenly disappointed at his inability to break his journey in order to sample the fishing at Rotorua that he made a request that a good specimen of Potorua trout should be forwarded to him at Auckland, to be delivered when the boat berthed.

The modern marvel of radio telephone has made it possible for the executive of an Auckland millinery firm to spend £15,000 in just over 10 minutes with a London business house this week. It cost him £23 12/6. This was the first time the Auckland-London service has been used to transact business from Auckland.

Tho To Aroha correspondent of the Auckland Herald states that swarms of small brown beetles are causing serious damage in the Manawaru, Shaftesbury and Gordon districts. Although in the past few year:-' the pests have been well-known in the districts for vheir depredations on passives and foliage, they have never before constituted such a menace as at preen 1 , I' e beetles have been identified as a species of the grass grub. Farmers have lately swept up the beetles, in buekoti'uis.

A sheep that had been bred as a pet in the Taranaki district, reached the exceptional weight of 1751 b. It was killed and placed on exhibition at New Plymouth several days ago. Extremely broad, with great rolls of fat on the quarters, it looked more like the carcase of a young bullock than a sheep. Ordinary mutton carcases alongside were small, by comparison, a fact that is not surprising when it is considered the usual dressed weight of a sheep ranges from (!51h to 751 b.

An unfortunate, though, for the bystanders, a rather humourous'accident occurred at Fairy Springs on Sunday, when a lady tourist, greatly interested in the trout which inhabit the pool leaned too hard upott the fence around its edge with the result that it broke, precipitating her into the icy waters. Interest in the fish immediately vanished and the lady, who was promptly rescued from' her cold bath, immediately returned to her hotel in Rotorua with unusual memories if not partieulaily pleasing ones of that portion of tho district's many wonders. There was rather an amusing scene in the Thames Court when a defendant in a wireless "pirating" case informed the court that he had given the informant a "lift" in to the court. When he was fined ho said, "I haven't got ten bob on me." Turning to the informant, he said: "Lend us ten bob, will you?" The. informant cheerfully complied, and the defendant offered the nrte, only to find that costs were also to be paid. Eventually defendant and the prosecutor went away together, the former promising to send the money in, amid the laughter of the court.

As a result of the Government's taking over the control of radio broadcasting in New Zealand from the end of the year, the 69 men and -women permanently employed, at the four stations controlled by the Radio Broadcasting Company of New Zealand, Limited, have received notice of the termination of their engagement, the notice taking effect from Deceinber 31. The secretary to the Post and Telegraph Department, Mr G. McNamara, has suggested that all those desirous of being re-employed should make formal application for the consideration of the Broadcasting Board as soon as it is appointed. ■ About 100 representatives of the Masonic Lodges of the Auckland provincial district will attend the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand, to be held in Wellington to-morrow, under the presidency of the Grand Master, the Governor-General, Lord Blcdisjoe. The Auckland Masonic district contains 81 lodges, extending ijoiu Kaikohe, in the Far North, to u.uumarunui and Gisborae, in the south, uud most of these* aro sending one or .in/re delegates, to a gathering which constitutes a huge Masonic Parliament.