LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7910, 3 October 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A concert in aid of the funds of the Waihi hospital—promoted by Mrs Jones, of Waikino —will be held in the Miners’ Theatre on Thursday, October 24th. Mr J. P. Gamble announces that a large shipment of British fuji silk in all colours and British rayon (plain and floral) has been landed at his “Home of Good Values” in Rosemont road. * Mrs Malcolm Ross, in an article in the Otago Daily Times, draws attention to the fact, which most people probably have not noticed, that New Zealand and Australia are represented at the League of Nations at Geneva by Parr and Marr. That smaller attendances at Sunday school was probably due to the increasing custom of family motor car excursions on Sunday afternoons is the opinion expressed by Dean Barnett (formerly of Waihi) in the October parish leaflet. The Waihi Federal Baud will, weather permitting, play a musical programme on the hospital grounds on Sunday afternoon, commencing at 2.3 0 o’clock. A collection will bo taken up at the gates in aid of the funds of the hospital. The latest talking picture equipment to arrive in New Zealand is the Patent Reproducer System. It has many up-to-date features, especially the tonal quality of reproduction due to cone loudspeakers replacing horns. Up to the present 12 installations have been ordered, the first of which will go into the Regent Theatre, Morrinsville, and be tested there next week. Some indication of the value to Thames of the fishing industry is given by the weekly pay-outs of the companies engaged in the trade. To name one only, the Shortland Pish Company, paid out last Friday the sum of £149 9s Id for fish supplied. The crew of the highest boat lifted a cheque for £76 15s lOd, whilst the boat with the smallest catches drew a cheque for £l9 13s sd.

Mr A. H. Parkinson, M.A., secretary of the New Zealand Educational Institute, Wellington, visited Waihi yesterday and during the day addressed the teachers of the various schools on educational matters. Mr Parkinson is making an official visit to as many schools as possible in the Auckland district and is enrolling members for the institute. He is accompanied by Mrs Parkinson and is making the tour by motor car.

The district engineer, Public Works Department (Paeroa), visited Waihi on Tuesday in connection with the steps being taken by the Hon. E. A. Ransom, Minister of Public Works, to provide relief works for necessitous unemployed in Waihi. The location of the men has not yet been fixed but the probability is that they will be employed on a section of the Matangi road, from Tierney’s corner to Buchanan’s property, a stretch of two.or three miles.

Births registered in Waihi last month totalled seven, two fewer than were registered in September, I 9 2S. Deaths numbered four, as against two. There were no marriages e’ther last month or during the corresponding period of las! year. Figures for the quarter ended September 3 oth are as follow, those for the corresponding lhr<v months of last year being given in parentheses: —Bi’ths, IS (30); deaths, IS (12); marriages, 8 (5). For the past six weeks a couple of goats have been deriving their daily sustenance from the young grass on Hie lower slopes of the Martha Hill and incidently doing a useful service for the Waihi Beautifying and Tree Conservation Society by keeping the grass down. In the last week or two tire spring growth has greatly increased and been more than enough for two goats. However, one of the animals has solved the problem and will in future be assisted by two of her progeny, the increase havingbeen made on Sunday morning. In a little talk on English folk songs at the Westminster Glee Singers’ entertainment in Hamilton last week-end, Mr Edward Branscombe spoke of the need of fostering a love of music in the schools, and expressed pleasure that something was being done in this direction in New Zealand; in fact, he said, this is the only country where music is an integral part of the education system. He was glad that something was being done to counteract the influence of jazz. According to experts, the recurrence of earthquake shocks at Arthur’s Pass do not suggest preliminaries to another big upheaval, but rather the readjustment, in all probability, of the strata 'disturbed by the March tremors. Both Professor Speight, of Canterbury College, and Mr Skey, of the Christchurch Observatory, agree that a genera l readjustment was responsible for the r>> cent earthquake. Mr Skey s'atcd that it was quite usual for minor shocks to be felt for several months after a big disturbance. The protest made to the Post and Telegraph Department by the Waihi Beautifying and Tree Conservation Society against the erection of unsightly poles in Seddon Avenue has not been without result. Replying to correspondence on the subject the district telegraph engineer at Auckland (Mr E. Gage) states that the 201’t polo at the corner of Martin road and Seddon Avenue will bo replaced with one of hotter appearance and the 25ft pole, to which exception was also taken, will be made to look more sightly. The latter, adds the engineer, is the only pole available at Waihi and will be quite satisfactory after attention

Th;if, the one-man farm- —or, rather, the one-family farm —can be made to give a retilly good return In tin’s district has been demonstrated on several occasions, but we doubt if the success attained by a Ilairini dairy fanner can be equalled anywhere. says the Waikato Independent, Cambridge. He has 4S acres, all in grass excepting about three acres in lucerne. He has a milking herd of 50 cows, of which 48 are at pro lit now, and his supply to the factory hist week was approximately 1500Ibs ot milk daily. As the present is nowhere near the Hush of the season, the daily production of milk should go up to very nearly 20001bs when the pastures freshen up. In addition to the cows there are on the place a hull, a horse and several calves. The farm itself is one of the best-kept of all file nice dairy farms in the Ilairini district, hotter known as Rangiaohia, where Colonel Nixon was shot in the Maori war.

At the Soccer Club’s dance at the Foresters’ Hall on Saturday evening a novelty dance will be introduced. The monthly meeting of the Waihi sub-branch of the Plunket Nursing Society will bo held at the Haszard Street rooms to-morrow (Friday) afternoon at 3 o’clock. Another four-ball match will be played on the Waihi links by members of the Waihi Golf Club on Saturday. Senior players will again partner juniors, partners to be drawn for.

“It was a shriek to waken the dead.” was how one of the members of the Wellington Automobile Association who was present at the testing of a new steam locomotive whistle or syren, which is calculated to act as an efficient warning to motor and other wheeled traffic at level crossings, described the sound. Already 40 British farmers have booked for the tour of New Zealand to be undertaken early in the New Year. The party will be a very representative one and will include several lady farmers as well as wives and daughters of farmers. Lord Bledisloo, one of the outstanding agriculturists of England, and Mrs K. Fergusson, of Argyllshire, prominent in Scottish pig farming, will be of the party.

Waihi and Ilikutaia lady hockey representatives will play a match at Paeroa on Saturday afternoon, commencing at 2.30 o’clock. The personnel of the Waihi team will be as follows: Misses M. McMahon, C. Inglis, B. McConnell, A. McMahon, J. Patterson, A. Craig, M. Fagan E. Bell, G. Delaney, C. Morton and D. Weedon. Emergencies, Misses M. Nisbct and T. Mair. Cars leave for Paeroa on Saturday at 1.30 o’clock sharp.