LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7907, 26 September 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wellington’s air pageant has been fixed for November 16 or 18. The Defence Department and Aero Club have promised to give full support. One of the new amphibians, due to arrive in the Dominion this week, will be available for the pageant.

On behalf of the Waihi Fire Brigade, the superintendent, Mr W. E. Roberts, wishes to acknowledge with thanks a donation of £l Is from Miss E. M. Taylor as a mark of appreciation of the prompt action of the brigade in connection with the recent incipient outbreak of fire in her business premises in Seddon Street.

The Waihi-Paeroa Transport Company, which now has three daily services direct to Thames, desires to draw attention to the fact that the ’bus in the second service will leave Waihi at 9 a.m. as usual, but will leave Paeroa for Thames at 10.30 o’clock in future, instead of at 10.45. *

The Dominion’s birth rate steadily declines. There were 27,200 births for a population of 1,390,684 in 1928, and there were 11,811 deaths, the difference of natural increase being 15,389 persons, or 1.1 per cent, only of the total population. Back in 1870 the natural increase was 3.1 per cent.

An instance of a hawk killing a weasel and of cats killing stoats, were given by the president of the New Zealand Acclimatisation Societies’ Conference at Wellington as a proof that the balance of Nature, in view of the rapid increase of the enemies of native birds, was adjusting itself. Tuesday was “egg day” at the Central School, and no fewer than fifty-three dozen were collected from the pupils. These should realise approximately £4, which sum forms the nucleus of the fund for this year’s Christmas tree for the younger children. The proceeds of "egg day” will be supplemented later on by a luncheon party at the school.

Subject to the date proving convenient to the Railway Department, the adjourned inquest touching the death of Mr Richard John Perry, act-ing-inspector of permanent ways, who was fatally injured on the railway line near Waimata in a collision with the forenoon express train on Monday, September 16th, will be resumed on Wednesday next, October 2nd, before the district coroner (Mr W. M. Wallnutt).

The Ohinemuri Gold and Silver Mines at Maratoto evidently intend starting crushing almost immediately. In an advertisement on page 3 of to-day’s issue the battery manager (Mr J. R. Noble) is inviting applications in writing for experienced crushermeu (gyratory crusher), stampermen, vannermen, cyanidemen, slime filter operators and a general fitter with knowledge of electrical plant.

With the advent of spring Mr P. G. Brady is displaying at his Seddon Street premises a big range of seasonable goods. A glance at the artistically arranged windows will indicate the variety and excellent quality of the new season’s stocks. To-morrow (Friday) evening the public is invited to participate in a promenade of the commodious shop where there will be found an attractive display of the latest designs in spring materials, etc. *

Indignation at the fact that vandals have been at work on the flower beds at the Central School will be felt by masters, pupils and others who have taken so much trouble to beautify the school grounds. Not only the flowers, but also whole plants have been removed. It is to be hoped that there will be no repetition of the trouble, and that all pub-lic-spirited citizens who pass the grounds after school hours will keep a strict look-out for possible offenders.

Daylight saving, it is fondly hoped in some quarters, will this session become a permanent institution in New Zealand by Act of Parliament. The late King Edward VII was a firm believer in daylight saving. All the clocks at Sandringham were always kept half an hour ahead of Greenwich time by His Majesty’s orders. The King deplored the way -n which the first hours of daylight were wasted, and in the last two years of his life caused the same rule to be observed at Windsor and Balmirnl.

Friends of Jim Leather, who showed considerable promise as a cyclist while residing in Waihi, will be pleased to learn that he was placed first in the fifty-mile Auckland provincial amateur cycle road race from Epsom to Cleveland and back, held last Saturday in perfect weather under the auspices of the Manakau Amateur Cycling Club. Leather, who was on lOmin 40secs, won by three lengths from C. Francis (Smin 40secs), and in the run home he seemed to have little difficulty in keeping at the head of affairs.

The Mayor o£ Paeroa (Mr W. Marshall) and Cr. H. J. Hare have been invited to make tlje trip by air from Auckland on the occasion of the flight of three or four of the Auckland Aero Club’s 'plapes on Wednesday next, October 2nd. The mar chines, weather permitting, will leave Auckland at 9 a.m., arriving at Paeroa about an hour later and remaining there for about live hours. Te Aroha, Cambridge and Te Awfimutu will be included in the itinerary and the ’planes will arrive back in Auckland about 10.30 a.m. on Friday, October 4th. The object of the club is to encourage interest in aviation, particularly as a commercial proposition, and quite a number of North Island centres will be included in the tour, during which the flyers will also endeavour to locate suitable landing places for ’planes.

During a discussion in Parliament on the Estimates on Friday last, Mr A. M. Samuel (Thames) drew attention to the working hours, conditions and salaries of probationers and nurses in our hospitals. Mr Samuel said that although he had on more than one occasion brought up the question of the working conditions, and remunerations of the nurses of the Dominion, he had not yet receiyp(l a satisfactory reply, The work of the probationer's and nurses was of a very arduous nature. It wps done under dangerous conditions extend,ing over long hours, and the remuneration provided was poor. He hoped the Minister would be able to inform the House that something had been done or that an inquiry was to be set up, and that these girls would have j something better to look forward to | in the near future.

A meeting of the newly-formed Waihi Homing Pigeon Club will be held in the Miners’ Union reading room on Tuesday evening, October Ist, at 7.30 o’clock. Mr H. G. Lakeman, district engineer at Auckland for the Telegraph Department, was in Waihi yesterday on a tour of inspection. Amongst other matters which claimed his. attention was that of the erection of unsightly telephone poles at the intersection of Martin road and Seddon I Avenue. The engineer’s attention had been called to these poles as the result of a letter to the local postmaster by the Waihi Beautifying and Tree Conservation Society pointing out that in view of the improvements being carried out more sightly poles might be substituted. Mr Lakeman inspected the locality yesterday afternoon and is having the matter attended to. Incidentally be paid a compliment to the society on the improvements to the appearance of the main entrance to the town since his last visit here.