LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1778, 3 July 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The vital statistics registered at Te Awamutuc during June were: Births 12, marriages 5, death 1. The main road to Kawhia is reported to have rapidly improved owing to the) recent spell of fine weather. Mr W. Jeffery informs us that the rainfall registered in Te Awamutu during the month just closed was 4.69 inches.

, The result of the) English athletic championships at which Randolph Rose* is competing to-dlay will be broadcasted through (the Post Office telephone to-morrow morning. Messrs Dalgety and Company have received the following cablegram, of daiie 3Q,th June, -.from thair London house: At the tallow sales 260 casks of tallow were offered and 61 pre cent sold. The prices are unchanged to 6d lower.

There is no disguising the fact (says a southern writer) that the King Country bush farmer banked heavily on the quality of his land. The limestone and rhyolite lands that comprise the bujk of the country have not the holding capacity of the heavier papa formation that is met with here and there. The fertility is there, but the tendency to retrogress is very apparent in the light of recent The Council of the South Auckland Bowling Association gave lengthy discussion at a meeting last Thursday evening to tournament dates within its area, with particular reference to the South Auckland fixture interest in which has been lacking for several years. It was felt that something had to be done to create more keenness in what should be the main tournament in this area. Proposals which are to be submitted to a meeting of delegates at Hamilton on September 25 will advocate that the main tournament be held ait Easter and that six be the maximum tof tournaments each season in the centres’ (district.

lOAving to unforeseen circumstances the promoters of the smoke concert at Kakepuku to-night, intended as a compliment to the many AVorker s who assisted in eercting the public hall there, have had to postpone the function. Chatting this morning with the secretary, we were informed that so far as possible all invited guests have been advised of the postponement, but as the public Avere expected it Avas necessary to publicly give notification. “Pot hunting’’ is a phrase Avihch is, understood by all sportsmen and its application has the right to be directed, on occasions, to institutions of this nature for reason that there have been evidences that more than the mere playing of the game for the game’s sake has crept Into operation. There Avas a hint of the danger of this over-zest at the annual meeting of members of the Hamilton BoAvling Club on Wednesday, Mr R. N. Pilkington., the new president of the club, depreciated any desire to make the “securing of scalps’ 1 ’ the prime object of the game of bowls. There was the true sporting spirit of the game to be observed and this alone should be fostered. Judging by the applause accorded the remarks the support towards them Avas unanimous.