Waihi Telegraph With which is incorporated THE WAIHI MINER WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9520, 8 May 1940, Page 2

Waihi Telegraph With which is incorporated THE WAIHI MINER WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The monthly meeting ot the Waihi Borough Council will he held this evening.

Tho enp to he presented hy the Waihi Beautifying and Tree Conservation Society for the heat cottage garden in the borough is now on exhibition in tho window of Mr P. G. Brady.

During recent weeks apples havo been in great supply and cheaper than for years past owing to the difficulty of export. Ono local firm, in the past six weeks has sold over 3 3 tons of apples in case lots.

Among the amended sea fisheries

regulations appearing in last week’s Gazette is one prohibiting the use of mechanical power for dragging nets in fresh or brackish waters, estuaries, lakes or lagoons. The purpose of the prohibition is to aid in the conservation of fish.

A sensational dividend was returned when Rollicker won the Davidson Handicap in convincing stylo at Ilawera on Saturday. The win dividend exceeded a century and a quarter, and with a large crowd of spectators gaping round the “tote,” the lucky hackers were somewhat bashful in coming forward.

Approximately 2000 children in North Auckland have been immunised against diphtheria during Lite past year, and Hie work is continuing Indicative of the efficiency of tin treatment, not one case of the disease has occurred among the children sc immunised, said Dr. C. B. Gilbert 1 medical officer of health for NorLli Auckland.

“Snowdropping,” otherwise the theft of clothes from lines, is somewhat prevalent in Lower Hull and Petone at (lie present time, and the police in these districts desire to warn residents of the danger of leaving clothes out at night (Stales the Wellington “Post”). Members of the public are also asked to co-operate in assisting the police in the detection of this form of sneak thieving.

“Somewhat tardy progress is being made in the education of our young :n the need for conservation,” states the annual report of the Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand. “There are over 2500 schools in the Dominion, and adequate attention to these is far beyond the means of the society. Travelling lecturers, properly equipped and fully informed, would give much assistance in this matter.” Levies on marketable coal produc - ad in the Waikato and Ohai, or Nightcaps mining areas are imposed iy notice in the Gazette for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of rescue stations. Whe levies, which cover the output for the calendar year 11)29, are at the rate of three farthings and a penny a ton respectively. The exact areas to which they apply were defined by notices published in February. On the 1928 output of 717,879 tons from the Waikato lield, the latest figure available, a levy of three farthings a ton would produce £224.

Ten pairs of North Island kiwis for release on the bird sanctuary island >f Kapiti are to be obtained from the

back of Waverley, authority to take the birds having been received by the council of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society from the Department of Internal Affairs. The birds are to lie caught by a Waverley ' farmer, states tlie “Taranaki Daily News.’’ Kiwis are reported to be plentiful at the hack of Waverley and Waitolara, and are usually found in gorse and scrub country, where the tire often til tacked by dogs who come on them unexpectedly. Waihi coal dealers are having great clifliculty in meeting the demands of their customers. To build up reserves during April and May, so that an adequate supply would he available for the winter months, has been the practice in the past, but to labour difficulties has to be added the fad that the Railways Department is drawing a large part of its supplies from the Waikato, with (lie result. that dealers lind their stocks sorely depleted; and in ill least, one case almost non-existent. “That is all 1 have to satisfy orders .some of j which reached mo a fortnight ago,” I said one well-known Waihi dealer j this morning, pointing to the few sacks of. coal and some carbonettes left in It is store. The dealer added that there seemed little chance of i usual winter supplies being available, even if differences were adusted [ i straight away. I

'Hie Minister of Housing, the Hon. IT. T. Armstrong, will visit Waihi on Friday and will discuss with representatives of tlie Borough Council the housing problem in Waihi, which is very acute.

Forty chains of low tension exten - sions in upper Gladstone road, ten chains in Moore Street, and 1(5 chains in Dunstan’s road were completed during the month .stated the engineer, Mr X. G. McLeod, in his report to the monthly meeting of the Thames Valley Electric Power Board yesterday.

Members'of the Waihi Men’s Golf Chili will play a Stableford bogey match on Saturday, the draw being as follows: E. llollis v. 0. Morgan, W. Hollis v. E. Rowe, J. Barron v. P. Petley, M Ilaszard v. A. Lowric, W. Ludwig v. A. W. Clark, W. 11. Stainton v. Sutton, W. Rapson v. 11. Thompson, D Meikle v. .1. Coleman, R. Clark v. F. G. Barrowclough, J. Spence v. E. Dunstan, C. Tilly v. Scoblc, M. Ilaszard \» V. Evans, C. Worlon v. lon and Harper v. an - other. Members have been invited to attend the Katikati club’s opening at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Points awarded in the hand contest held in Matamata last Saturday to raise funds for patriotic purposes, and which was won by the Waihi Federal Band, are as follows: Quickstep—Waihi (1573 military points and 128 musical points—total 2553), 1; Tauranga (143, 127—270), 2; Matamata (140, 125 —265), 3. Hymn test —Morrinsville (122 points), 1: Matamata and Tauranga (121), equal. 2. Waihi wins the Pohle.i Challenge Cup by getting highest aggregate points. Sterling work by the drum—major, Mr W. N. Verry, who had the co-operation of His men in the marching, is responsible.