LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3392, 24 December 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

With this issue, being the last for the present year, we publish the usual calendar for 1932, containing a good deal of useful information, especially to our farmer readers. If any of our subscribers fail to receive a calendar we will be glad to supply one on application. Furthermore, with to-day s issue is published the weekly fourpage supplement usually issued on Saturdays.

We are informed that Te Awamutu Municipal Band was approached a fewdays ago with a view to providing the music for the annual sports meeting at Oparau on Thursday next.

Picture-goers should note the comprehensive list (advertised elsewhere in this issue) of attractions to be screened at the Empire Theatre during the holiday season.

Holiday traffic through Te Awamutu by motor vehicles continues, and a gentleman who has for several years closely observed this class of traffic commented yesterday that there has been almost as great a volume as in any previous Christmas season, notwithstanding the higher cost of petrol and the alleged hard.times generally.

-The : ideath Tuesday, at Tjtirarigij of Mr Frederick Carr Rol-led-who retired from active journalism .Only last September, after 33 years'association with;.the New Zealand 'Herald and the Auckland Weekly News as agricultural- editor. Mr Rollett was very as the " Special the. journals named, and his yjudginent and recommendation were'impdrtaritjfactors in the' development of much -unproductiveland, in the Auckland province .especially. :. / ■- ' Cl\.,'V - 'Evidence of the "pound of flesh" which the Government demands from deceased estates by way of death dlpity :is furnished by the figures relative to the city recently sold on account : of executors of the willl of Miss HelenwMure, an absentee pro-; perty owner whose death in Great Britain occurred recently (says the Otago Daily Tithes). - The gross rejturn;:;frpnit..the'sales .of several city properties -.'' ; totalled- '; approximately £75,000,x0f w ; hich sum over £30,000 Will be annexed by the Commissioner of Taxes.; - .Contributions made through such channels may possibly be over T looked in some • quarters-; when the burden of taxation becomes, as it-is at the present lime, so; extra* ordinarily heavy as to.suggest an un-\ even;..distribution of the load. {>;.,- ? Passenger' traffic on the-railways' has sh. i, . niuked increase for several week;;, hut now that the Christmas, vacation .si. commenced for the schools and ! many others the holiday rush is at its peak. -.At Frankton Junction the'!||tnand fpr/seats has resulted in unusually heavy booking, while at Te Awamutu the passenger ffistßic. offering is of that for previous Christmases. The north and southbound limited ex-o;v,-s trains are fully booked for several days ahead. The daylight limited expresses have very popular, ant i are being well patronised. .In order "to cope with th" holiday rush a iiqi'd express, which "leaves,Frankton' ; '<•• 'the south at 10.53 p.m., has been inti:qdftced. On 3rd January a fourth eflfl'ss, for Wellington %BI leave igM^lijat 11.19 P-m. This-f Will run onjy on that night. In addition to the from which leaves Fiankton at .1.9 a.m., 'another train I .leaves at 15.17, a.m.. , Most of those:extra expresses! will cease; run-1 ning early in the new year. , ■ ;.'"'

The death occurred this morning j of Mr James Boddie, first Mayor of Te Kuiti and well known in business circles in Auckland as a director of the Farmers' Trading Co., and a former member of the Auckland Board of Education.

A Te Awamutu team, skipped by T. W. Gee, is to compete in the South Auckland Bowling Centre's full-rink tournament at Hamilton during the holidays. The Te Awamutu representatives play at Hamilton East on Saturday, at Frankton on Monday, and at Hamilton East on Tuesday.

As be the last issue of The Waipa Post before the holidays, we take this opportunity of wishing all our readers, advertisers and subscribers alike, the compliments of the season, with a very bright and prosperous new year following.

The local Municipal Band intends to render a programme of seasonable carols and selections in the streets to-morrow morning, commencing at about 6.30 o'clock —so that people will not be disturbed in their slumbers ! Such consideration is worthy of recognition.

Keturns of the proficiency examinations at from six of the eight Hamilton primary schools show the percentage of passes to be 68.35 this year, compared with 90 per cent last year. Headmasters are considerably dissatisfied with the department's requirements, which they assert cause considerable injustice.

In connection with the race meeting at Pirongia on Saturday it should be noted that the first race is timed to start at 11.30 a.m., and the last event at about 3.30 p.m. This early start is intended to meet the convenience of farmer patrons' who thus are able to see the full programme of events and then get home in reasonable time to attend to the dairy herds.

That the dust raised by passing traffic imparted a taste to the beer that was not to patrons' liking was a reason submitted by an hotel licensee in a letter to the Waimairi County Council, Canterbury, when he asked that the road in the vicinity be paved. It is not surprising, therefore, that the local body decided to place the paving of 13 chains of road on the estimates for next year.

Conscience money in six sums totalling £l4 14s 2d was recorded recently in Wellington by the Government departments. Thg Treasury received £lO and the Railways Department and the Pensions Department £2 each. Smaller amounts were forwarded to the other departments, some person unknown appeasing his conscience with a donation of Is 8d to the post office.

A thoughtful act by the local Boy Scouts was done yesterday, when two of the Scouts waited on the Mayoress and handed her 17s, the amount of their pence collection, to be expended in toys for distribution as she thought fit. As a result of this kindly action, for which the Scoutmaster, Mr G. F. Pryce, and his Scouts deserve every credit, many children will be visited by Santa, who might otherwise have been overlooked.

Te Awamutu will not have many activities during the Christmas season, but the bowling, tennis, and croquet areas in Victoria Park will no doubt be availed of. We understand that bowlers are being catered for with one-day tournaments, while quite a number of visiting tennis players will be seen on the local tennis courts in friendly competition with local devotees.

The funeral of the late Mr C. T. Rickit, on Tuesday afternoon, was attended by a very large number of town and district residents. A short and impressive service was conducted by the vicar (Rev. S. R. Wareing) in St. John's Church, and then the interment took place in the churchyard, a large number, of wreaths being laid beside the grave as tokens of sympathy" with the bereaved widow and family.

Seasonable greetings, in acceptable form, are to hand from the board and management of the N.Z. Railways, his Worship the Mayor and the Mayoress, Messrs Clark and Matheson, Ltd. (Auckland) the editor and staff of the Pahiatua Heerald, the Unemployment Board, the editor and staff of the Bay of Plenty Times, the Universal Film Co. (Wellington), the Western Electric Co. (Wellington), Mr W. Campbell, Mr Jas. Walker, Mr C. A. Finch and Glen Afton Colleries Ltd. (Auckland). We heartily reciprocate the good wishes.

"We have practically reached the stage in our negotiations when we can rely on the South Africans coming to the Dominion, subject to the fifth test in Australia finishing in time to enable them to embark at Sydney for Auckland Lon February 19," said Mr E.} R. ; Gaygill, chairman of the New Zealand; ; i Cricket Council. "The team is expected to: arrive at Auckland on February 23 and to leave Wellington on .March 8," said Mr Caygill. "The itinerary V has. not been definitely decided;; but ;it is unlikely that more than three matches will be played, one !each in Auckland, Wellington and ■Ghristchurch,' with the probability bf one- being a test?';, TjjJ| f Tburned; remains of two valuable ; which were stolen fi?pi*i>! -Frankton .■ on Monday evening were found in? differeht localities on Tuesday evening.. .The ironwork was all that remained of each vehicle. One car, a three-seater, was owned by Mr F. Butler, .of London Street, and was taken from ..outside; a,;picture theatre at Frankton. The second car, a fiveseater, sedan, was'owned by Mr A. F. and was.removed from ou4ide ; his home ,Vih- ,Rimu Street, Frah%tqn. The charred.ironwork of Mr Butler's, car was. found near while the remains of Hfi,. Cameron's vehicle were-found at The, damage - done is i>stimated at £BOO. The police regard the loss of the two cars as an act of .-Wanton'''destruction,, and consider that both thefts were the .work of the, one party.-