LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13462, 17 April 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.—Delarem.

A supplementary draft comprising Herbert Cooper and Joseph Seymour Bolton left Hamilton for Trentham by the express thig afternoon.

The contributions from the pupils of the day and Sunday schools at Waharoa towards the Dr. Barnardo box now amount to about £5, a further £1 13s 9d having been collected since February.

At a meeting of dairymen, recently held at Lichfield, it was decided to form a branch of the Dairymen's Protection League, and to work for a repeal of the farthings per lb butter-fat tax. Mr F. Pepperel was elected president, and Mr A. Vincent hon. sec.

The railway timo-table for May announces that the night (express from Wellington and mid-day express from Auckland shall be discontinued, and the up train will leave Wellington at 1 p.m. 8 The down train will leave Auckland at 8.45 p.m. The up and down New Plymouth, Wairarapa and Napier mail trains are to be maintained.

All parts of the Auckland province were represented at the funeral of the late Mr A. J. Storey, at Rangiaohia, yesterday afternoon, fully 500 being present at the grave-side* where the service was conducted by Ven. Archdeacon Cowie, Rev. J. T. McWilliam (brother-in-law of deceased), and Rev. W. Lambert, Vicar of Te Awamutu. At the conclusion of the service, Archdeacon Cowie made feeling reference to the fine life of deceased, and his many good works. » The ladies of Hautapu, under the direction of Mesdames W. J. Andrews and A. J. Arnold were in charge of the Re] Cross shop at Cambridge on Satuiday, and that they were successful is shown by the fact that they took over £45. The afternoon tea brought in £4 lis 6d, the guessing competitions were responsib'e for £4 18s, the winners being: Mrs C. Hunter, pair of fowls (No. 17); Mrs H. Crowther, cake ((No. 43); W. J. Andrews, basket of lollies (No. 45).

It was pointed out at the Chamber of Commerce meeting that the general fee at all the local stables for taking charge of a horse was 6d. The question came up in, connection with the old practice of connecting horses with verandah posts and other fixtures in the town, and that many of the country people were under the impression that the ch„ige at the stybles was Is Gd. On? speaker said that there had been great improvement in the streets since the traffic inspector had been appointed. The head of a Manchester firm of caterers, with branches in several parts of the city, being unable to get sufficient sugar for table use for his customers, has been experimenting with honey, and recently his clients found in place of sugar on the table pots of U ney with which to sweeten their tea. Some have demurred, "but that," says the proprietor, "is prejudice." The great majority have tried the alternative in good faith, and the general verdict is that the tea is just as pleasant with honey as with sugar. An announcement has been made by Mr W.. A. Holman, Premier of New South Wales, that the World's Press Congress, which was to have been held in Sydney, has been postponed till Eastter, 1919. The entry of America into the war has largely contributed to the decision. Mr Holman promises continued Government support and cooperation towards making the 1919 meting successful. In the meantime there will be a temporary cessation till towards the end of the present year of the activities of the Australian aiid NewZealand executives.

The many friends of Leo, Jan and Mischel Cherniavsky, the celebrated Russian violinist, pianist, arid cellist, will hail with delight the news that they are to appear in Hamilton to-morrow night. Since, their visit two years ago they have visited all of the cities and larger towns of Canada and centres of the U.S.A. Sir Henry Heyman, a distinguished musician of San Francisco, writing to a friend in New York, says: "The self-consciousness of the audience was swept away like a cyclone carries dust into the air. These young Russians swayed their hearers until they ■md thej audience seemed one: The aplause rang through the audience in volumes so intense that the building s cm.'d almost to quiver. The voung geniuses appeared, played and conquer* ed San Francisco."

"The weak I will make strong."

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In the Supreme Court this morning the prisoner Tioke was asked by Mi Mays if he had any complaints against beiuor-Se:geam Cassells whilst in his ?.d , y - Tioke re PJ'ed as follows: 'He s a good man; I like him. He give me plenty of rabbits, eels jam and birtter.- (Laughter.)

roitei ifcm Dargavllle.. A named Tailrau Tito, it is alleged, was attacked while asleep by a man with a razor at""vTTiarau. A conveyance was sent oirt and the injured man brought in. The 'wound, which consists of Q deep cut across the nose, is not serious, and Tito has been able to leave the hospital. The police are investigating. Tito asserts that he saw his assailant gallop away on horseback.

In nply to a question put to a Maori witness in the Supreme Court by Mr Lundon in regard to the teachings of Rua/ witness said that they were taught to be industrious and provident, and all other works of that nature which are of benefit to mankind. In pursuance of these teachings thev had placed 3000 acres of land under "grass. The grass seed industry was theirniain source of getting a living, and thev had the cream of the land in the shape of grass seed. Previous to the trouble they were also engaged in raising some sheep, and getting a few cattle together. These were now scattered and had gone away. They had to sell their land to the Government to defend themselves, and at the Government's own price.