LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8085, 22 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day, December 22nd, is the longest day.

At the Hamilton Baptist Church on New Year's Eve a praise Bbrvioe is announced, when a choice musical programme will be presented.

The Rev. S. Henderson, of the Thames, will preach morning and evenirg at the Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow. Sermons appropriate to the season of the year will be delivered.

We wind remind those interested of the clearing Rile to he held at Kangiriri on Monday by the New Zealand L-ian and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., on account of Mr P. L. Guillard, who has given up dairying. A launch will meet tho train al Rangiriri station The sale will start at 12 o'clock, and luncheon will bo provided.

The attention of our readers is called to a special Christma3 service to be held in the Wes'eyan Church, Col'ingwood-street, at 730 p.tu. on Christmas Day, when special music, etc., will be provided. A collection will be made in aid of the Wesleyan Methodist Children's Home, London. As the object is a most worthy one, it is hoped the response will be liberal.

There is great discussion in Christchnrch re the closing of the I'xhibition on Christmas Day. The corce-sionairei in the Exhibition, if opon, will be able to sell their wares all day, while the townspeople will be compelled to close. Mr. Munrc, the manager, suggests the closing of the Exhibition till two p.m., and says the Dunedin Exhibition did not observe Christmas Day by closing. Owing to the holidays there will be no parade of the Hamilton cadets next week, but the weekly drills will be resumed the following Friday. Captain Pearson informs us that recruits are j uning every week and he desires that intending members hand in their names during January, ,in order that they may participate in the annual camp, which will be held inSteole Park some time in February.

The eutrios for the sports to be held on Steele Park, Hamilton, on Boxing Day con--stttute a record, and some of the best provincial athletes will compete. A feature \vill be the chopping contest, as t>o entries have b.'en received for this event. An energetic c mmittee has the arrangements well in hand and a good day's enjoyment may safely be promised to patrons. The Hamilton Municipal Band will be in attendance.

Complaint has been made to us that the letler hex lobby at the Hamilton Post Office is closed at eight o'olcck, mid that thisinlhcts great ineonvenienco on those whose business takes them away from town until iate. It is pomttd out th it formerly, when the tjwn was not nearly of the size or importance it is now, the lobby was kept open until 10 pm. We feel sure that tne matter has only to bo mentioned to secure a ie-nedy.

Afrtuu Hamilton P lice Court this morning, before Mo-srs VV. A. Graham and E Burgess, Jus ices of the Peaoe, a young mau named George Gnffiths was charged with having unlawfully carnally known a girl between the ages of 13 and 16, at WhatawhaU on November 23rd. Sergeant Hansen prosecute i, on behalf of the police, and Mr Watts appeared for accused. The case was proceeding when we went to press.

Last Friday morning (says the Timaru " Herald") Mr J. Hefferuan lost a team of three horses in an extraordinary manner. He was drihing on Mr Eiworthy's H.iltne Station when a thunderclap frightened the animals, who dashed down a steep iucline and into a water course, a direct drop of over Mr Heft' man was lowered down by a rope and recovered tlie harness, but the loss of the hones ia a most serious one fur him.

At a meeting of the Wana;anui Ministers' Association (says the Chronicle) th u following resolution was carried: "That this association enters a string prote-t against the aciioa of the authorities in having alterations to th-3 Wanganui Post Office effected on the Loid's Day. It fails to see that th re could be any real necessity for such desecration of a day he'd sacred by a largo propjrtion of the e immunity, and it deeply regrets that the Government should lend its c 'uutenauce to robbing the workers of their weekly day of re-t. That a cupy of this resolution be forwarded to the Hon. the PoatwasterGtneral."

It is probable that several New Zealandera in the legal profession willßhortly have oonferred upon them the honour of "K.C " (King's Counsel). Hitherto no New ZeUander practis ng in the oolony has held the honour, but, us a result of negotiations carried on by the Government' the Governor of >ew Zealand now has the power to bestow Kiug's Ccunselships. The names of several representative lawyers have been mentioned in connection with the puposed b-» departure, but the Premier, questioned on the subject by a Post rtpreceutative, s»id nothing had yet been done in the matter, BALI 10 EVIDENCE. The Manager of tno Bay of Plenty Dairy' Company, writes as follows:—"I havo pleasure in testifying to the excellent work done by thu two si/s two Bailie Separators installed in our skimming stations last October. While working at their registered capacity, -20 gallons per hour, they have given good results, the skim milk averagiug for the whole season .02. The perfect motion of the machines while working a thing n.'t to he forgotten by creamery managers, Tno simplicity, durability, ease of management, and cleaning is thoroughly up-to-date. My directors have cart-fully watched the general w rking of the Baltic separators during the past s-ason, and the cost of power, spire parts,'etc, was sj small that thfy expressed themselves as being plea-el with I heir action in selecting the Baltic make of separators." For particulars write to J. IS. MacEwan AC. Ltd., Fort-street, Auckland.