Waihi Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1935. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXIV, Issue 8849, 30 November 1935, Page 2

Waihi Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1935. LOCAL AND GENERAL

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The Waihi Druids' Lodge will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening next, commencing at 7 o’clock. A social, to which friends are invited, will follow.

At tlig Methodist Synod a member was reading' a report on Christian marriage, states the “Taranaki Herald.” “Christian marriage is monogamous,” he said. Another member who had been dozing was suddenly alert. “What was that?” he said. The speaker repeated his statement. “Oh,” said the disillusioned, “I thought you said ‘monotonous.’ ”

According to the new president of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation, Mr D. Henry, the number of persons engaged in manufacturing industries has increased considerably during the last two years. It was stated at the manufacturers’ conference that the figures were:—■ 1.053 (March), 52,800; 1931 (March), 54,800; 1935 (July) 05,000.

The New Zealand Broadcasting Board has received numerous messages congratulating it on the success of the new 4YA broadcasting station at Highcliff, Otago. The majority of the reports, which include one from Australia, refer to the high quality of the transmission. The new station has been on the air for tost transmissions since November 3rd. The official opening will take place on December 2nd, the ceremony being performed by the PostmasterGeneral and tlie chairman of the Broadcasting Board, Mr H. D, Vickery. To mark the occasion a special programme will be broadcast. ft will include items by Wilson Ewart (baritone). Dorothy Clarke (contralto), and the Splvakovsky-Kurtz Trio.

No better Christmas or birthday present, could be given the young folk than “The Princess Elizabeth Gift Rook” in aid of the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children, a copy of which we have just received from the publishers, Messrs Hod dor and Stoughton, of London. The book is beautifully turned out, and an excellent example of the printer s art. But it is much mors than that. Not only is it a delightful souvenir of a much-beloved princess, but also it contains sjtpries and poems by the foremost writers and poets of the day, including Sir James Barrie, Budyard Kipling,' Oeijis Mackail and John Hrinkwater. To the ypupg folk—ajid to* the older folk as well—if will hg a source of sheer delight, Coloured plates and qmjigipg pen-and-ink drawings are not Its least attractive feature, and not one of its more than 200 pages will not he appreciated by the young people for whom it has been compiled. By special permission of the Duchess of York, the publishers have been allowed to reproduce as a frontispiece Mr Philip de Laszlo’s famous portrait of Princess Elizabeth.

The annual inspection of the Waihi branch of the ;3t. John Ambulance Brigade will be held in the King’s Hall to-morrow (Sunday), members to assemble at 1.45 p.rn. A life saving demonstration will be given and members of the Surf Club and citizens are invited to be present.

The local Salvation Army corps is holding its Sunday school anniversary to-morrow (Sunday). Special part-singing by the children, written for the occasion, will be a feature of the anniversary, together with variour tableaux at the afternoon and evening services. The children will present a first-class programme, consisting of allegories, illustrated songs, tableaux, etc., on Monday evening at 7.30.

There is no prospect of television being introduced to New Zealand in the near future. A letter from Baird Television, Ltd., London, to a Dunedin firm, states that they are not interested in appointing agents in New Zealand at the present time. The letter states that it is anticipated that the first London television station will be opened in the autumn of next year. The Baird company is now manufacturing the transmitting apparatus for the station.

The secretary of the Waihi Racing Pigeon Club, Mr G. Moffatt, reports that although none of the birds engaged in the recent trying race from Blenheim homed within the time limit the first pigeon to reach its loft was that entered by D. McDougall, an enthusiastic junior member of the club. McDougall, adds Mr Moffatt, won the yearling cup and the race from Taihape last Saturday, probably a record for a youth in his first year as an owner of racing pigeons.

The wonderfully warm and genuine deep feeling of friendship and repect towards the Dominion of New Zealand by the people in all walks of life in Great Britain was commented upon by the Hon. Mark Fagan, M.L.C., when acknowledging a welcome extended to him at the meeting of the Wellington Harbour Board last week-end. Before leaving New Zealand he had often heard that New Zealanders stood high in public esteem in the Old Country, indeed he had been under the impression that comment in this connection had been overstressed. However, as a result of observation and personal contact, obtained-as a result of his visit, he was convinced it would be difficult to overestimate the very valuable and tremendous amount of goodwill that existed towards our Dominion by the people of Great Britain, and this feeling of friendship was not confined to any one section. It existed amongst all classes, and he had found it in evidence, without exception, in every county he had visited.