LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 86, Issue 13104, 11 February 1916, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

How does Nature deify us with a few cheap elements! Give me health and a day and 1 will make the pomp of Emperors ridiculous.—Emerson.

Two houses at Karangahake were destroyed by fire on Wednesday.

The Rotorua drivers' disputes have been referred to the Court of Arbitrat:on.

The Prime Minister states that the Government has no intention to get possession of patriotic funds. The de.lared value of exports from Auckland during the week ended February Ist was £1,540,274. Arrangements for the reception in Auckland of the Papal delegate, Archbishop Cerretti, on Saturday, February 19th, are practically complete.

The number of inmates in the Old Men's Home is nineteen. Two were admitted during the month and two were discharged.

The Cabinet has decided that the census is to be taken, but in all probability it will not be possible to make the necessary arrangements till early next vear.

The Conference of the New Zealand Locomotive Enginedrivei s, Firemen and Cleaners' Association at Christchurch decided that' wages should be increased.

A meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce will be held on Monday next at 8 oclock. There are several very important matters to come up for discussion, and a full meeting is anticipated. The question of holidays will be thoroughly gone into, and it is expected tliis will lead to an interesting discussion.

All this week very vivid Biblical object lessons—sometimes under the trees in the playground—have been given to large numbers of our elder school children, in the West and East schools alternately, before hours, by the hon. missioner, Rev. H. Biaddock, and again in the afternoons in the Presbyterian and Solvation halls. Those attending have shown e'ger interest, in spite of the sultry weather. The evening meetings for meditation and intercession have been and are being held in the Army hall.

Farmers throughout the Dominion have emerged from the wrestle with the income tax return with the complaint thai in the nature of their occupation it is impossible to provide an accurate statement, and that, therefore, the return is not a fa r basis for taxation. A letter on the subject from the Te Buke branch was before the Auckland Executive of the Farmers' Union. On the motion of Mr Duxfield, it was decided to inform the To Buke branch that the matter of income tax return and taxation would form the subject of a remit to the annual conference.