LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13475, 4 May 1917, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Guard against that vanity which courts a compliment, or is fed by it.— Chalmers. Further donations to the Y.M.C.A. Fund, taking the total to £574 15s, appear on page one.

Heavy monsoonal rains in New South ,Wales are delaying telegraphic com. munication.

The first meeting of the recently elected Hamilton liorough Council' will be held this evening, when Mr J. W. ELis will b6 duly installed as Mayor.

The Carpenters' and Joiners' Union at Dunedin have formulated demands in which they ask for an increase of wages to 2s per hour. The retail prices of butter have been reviewed by the Board of Trade, and are fixed as follows: —April and May,. Is 7d per lb; June, July and August,' Is 8d per lb.

A meeting of the State coalminers was held on Wednesday, at which the arrests of P. C. Webb and two others were considered. It was decided to continue work as usual.

The rainfall for April, as recorded by Dr. G. E. Saville, of Mor rinsville, was 4.13 in on eight days, the heaviest fall, 2.38 in, being on the 16th April. In April, 1916, 3.58 in fell on eight days. Ladies are reminded that the very latest fashions in musquash, squirrel and bear furs may be inspected at the Model Rooms over Tombs' garage; also fur coats in brown, musquash and coney seal. The latest in tweed walking coats are also to hand.

inspector Phair has received a wire from Waihi stating tliat a boy named Arnold Stewart Rogers, aged five years, was a-ei'V t IV snot by his brother, a gfd 18, while out shooting at Kahikahi yesterday afternoon. The new comet which was recently visible hr>s now faded and can scarcely be seen with the naked eye, although still visible through a field or opera glass. It is in the constellation of Oetus the whale, and can be seen on'v between about 4.45 and 5.1') a.m. Wolfe's comet, with which tin's visiter "as at first confused, will probably be vTsible to the nuked eye in June and July, being in or near the square of Pegasus. At present it is approaching both the sun and the earth. An inquest was held at the Waikato Hospital yesterday afternoon, before Mr J. B. Teasdale, Coroner, of Te Awamutu, touching the death o* Augustus A\ illTam Charles Bissor, 38., an inmate of the Tokanui .Mental Hospital, who was admitted to the Waikato Hospital on the 27tli of last month, suffering from bone disease of the th'"h. He underwent an operation, and the disease then attacked his lnng, pneumonia setting in. After hearing the evidence the Coroner returned a verdict to the effect that death was due to pneumonia and ostromyelitis (inHamation of the marrow of bone).

The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. AY . 1) .S. Mac Donald) is r'icvc, to visit Australia, tvith the object of making arrangements for the piireba-'p of u heat for New Zealand if injpor unions are required to make up local shortages. Wheat-growers' responses to the Government's appeal to extend the areas sown were satisfactory, but much depends oil a good season, also upon the railways being able to carry artificial fertilisers without interruption otherwise crops will be reduced. Mr Mac Donald expects to be awry tbreweeks.

Wheat growers should refer to the advertisement appearing in this issue, by tlie Minister for Agriculture, : i rVlch it is stated that farmers and others " illing to grow wheat, but requiring financial backing for the purpose, will, on applying to the. ' Fields' Supervisor for their district, be furnished with a letter guaranteeing payment nf-er the harvest, to any merchant for t- :< m-.' wheat or manure supplied. Full particulars may be obtained at any of the principal offices of the Derrrfreoet. Sett-Jers having an area of not V ,s t!ia." 500 acres of wheat land svitrb'e Tor r.

tractor, and wish to purchase one 'or that acreage of wheat, the Department will advance the funds on conditions arranged

The monthly meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union wa* held in London Street Schoolroom, Hamilton, on Thursday afternoon. Mrs J. M. Jones occupied the chair, a fair attendance of workers being present. Mrs Seed was elected "white ribbon" agent, and -Mis Loot superintendent of heme meeting,. Mr Worslev spoke on beliaif of six o'clock dosing, and a house, to-bouse campaign will shortly hp started. A resolution was forwarded to the Acting-Premier, protesting against the carriage of Lquor, Hi ; k there is not sufficient soace for manures, seeds ,etc. The delegates' report of the convention was read, and clearly depicted a great advance in \r i. e '.'s work in "nil departnineis 0!' st: I" reform.

"There is one thing to be looked forward to while in France," said Lieut. Morton to a Napier Te'egraph reporter, "'that is the eight days' leave in England. To get away from the mud and slime of the trenches, even if only for a few days, is a welcome rest, and in England every New Zealander can be certain of a waim reception. Victoria stiticn at 1 a.m. is one of the most remarkable sights of the war. This is the time ef the arrival of leave trains from France. Thousands 'of soldiers elad in sheep skins and carrying their rifles are I 0 no through London by many scores of nv tor bus~s ready waiting fir litem.

Why should a man .v!io is wear and use only Empire • consistenly cram his pipe full of American tobnco Keep Nejv Zealand money in New Zealand hy smoking Gold Pouch Aromatic—our very own tobacco, grown in Hawke's Bay district. Gold Pouch Aromatic is a different tohacco, in that it contains hut I.', per cent of nicotine—the lowest of any tobacco; and this difference is reflected in a mildness, smoothness and distinctive flavour, peculiar np-' 1 Pouch Aromatic—'tis heaUkkv too. Consider also its economy—a full 2±oz hag for one shilling, agpinst 1 * imported article. As a rJ" : Zealander, and as a discrim : tir-n smoker, you should try Gold I<• c h Aromatic. N.Z. grown "Three Diamonds" is the cigarette roller's smoke. (11) Last week over 250 pairs of the colossal towels left the store of Hooker and Kingston, Ltd. They wre the best value that had ever been shown in Hamipon for a long day. This week's special is double bed sheeting, unbleachel, 80in. wide, in Twill and Herringbone, usual price 2s 3!, tlii; special Is 9|d yard; singl • 1 e:l I h, usual price Is Bd, this week's \ ' c Is Ogd; double bed white sheeting, usual pri?e Is lid, this week's price Is 7jd. Just call in and have a look at the quality of these sheetings; you'll ccrtainiy not get better value. Of course, our usual discount of 3d in every 5s still holds good, cheerfully given throughout the sto e on every purchase.—Hooker and Kingston, Ltd., famous for ijw prices.* For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is 6d, 8s 6d.

A message from Christchurch states that Alexander Craighead, a married man, a farmer, thirty-five years of age, of Spotswood, Cheviot, was killed at Waikuku last night through the motor car in which he was riding swerving as result of a tyre bursting] The Hon. G. W. .Russell told a Wellington reporter that last year the ''revenue derived from the sale of trout at 1 okaanu totalled £859, and at Rotorna £904. This year £522 hacl been received at Tokaanu and £955 at Rotorua, with two months yet to go in each case.

The Dominion Gift report by the Auckland Women's Patriotic League for March, shows that Hamilton head, ed the list for country places with 472 parcels, Cambridge coming next with 400. In the city and suburbs section city topped the list with 200, so it will be seen that Hamilton has something to be proud of.