The Waikato Independent THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3274, 4 March 1937, Page 4

The Waikato Independent THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL

National Party Leader. —In the course of a tour of the Auckland Province, the Hon. A. Hamilton, leader of. the National Party, will visit Cambridge this month and address a public' meeting.

Mushrooms Appear.-—" With the prevailing warm, showery yreather, that seasonal deh Gac y* mushroom, has made an early appearance in several parts of the Cambridge district, and already some local residents have been c able to treat themselves to. a, delectable addition to their breakfast menu. No doubt if the climatic <eonditipns continue favourable the', much-sought-after mushroom will become more plentiful throughout the -district.

All Night- and tav-' erns ‘ seehied to stop open ' att night' pn Uie 'dbhfhibhty Mr Ralptewilson* .who' has 1 'jhst :fettirued flrStif a tour 4brdsd/ toM Ro-^ -:t^>Clhb^a^wdsek,cbut^all^thd-tirae-lid was there he sa\v bnTjr ; one intoxidlited' person! in England public houses’ were open till 10 o’clock at night* and in several months he saw only tw ; o people so 4 affected. New Zealand, of course, had a licensing law which 'required hotels to close their bars at 6 p.m. The first night fie hack in Ne^w^Zealand everyone seehied to be'driiak!