LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13816, 22 July 1918, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A; twenty years 01' the will reigns; at thirty the wit; and at forty, tlic judgment.—Henry Gnttan A Press Association cablegram states that the Australian editors in America were well entertained by the Council ■>£ Foreign Relations, the National Patriotic Society and other bodies. Experimental work on pumice, land in the central district of the North Island is referred to in a report, by the Board of Agriculture, "It has now been found," states the report, ''that successful settlement can take place and good returns be secured from lands which in earlier times were looked upon as useless. Certain pioneers have doiig great work ih demonstrating value. Large areas, possibly, are only suitable for the growth of timber, but other areas which come within a reasonable distance of the railway system, or its likely extension, are clearly suitable for setting aside for settlementpurposes. It will lie quite appropriate to term thin woek "Children's Week" yt HooJtpr and Kingston's, for this firm making a special show at greatly reduced prices in all needs for the little ■ • Wool coats for infants, babies' vests, woo) shawls. hootf" -• jn fact, everything required ! nursery. You'll hny them . .•:■I .J v cheaper i his week ai 11 • ~<J Kingston'-;, where the big sale is in progress. See the linn's l>ig ndverfisem«nt for prices on page fi." When you reel a oola cmnmn on, don't wait unld it has gnpp»< ; ou. • t t«ke NAZOL Ht onw. ■

The Ot ira tunnel v.hi , Satunlay ni;>rull> j; u.th an h -co. iron j '' ar - l j At the Police Court, Hamilton, today, before- Mr liawsnn, S.M., a statu-i tory first ollVmicr pleaded to having been found drunk in Grey street, Hamilto 11 yesterday afternoon. lie vos con-, i>-Icm 1 anil .iis<- 1, and prolii!>itoil for 12 mouths (by consent). i The weather in Hamilton during tin l wcek-enl was decidedly wintry. Following on Saturday morning's frost; the afternoon was showery and cold. ! Last night and early this morning there j were thunder showers, followed l>v I heavy rain during the forenoon. (Iwing to the greatly increased scale ■ (if in consequence of Ihe recent { municipal engineers' .strike in .lohan- | nesburg, the Town Cnuacii has decided • to replace unskilled white workers by ! natives. The whites have accordingly j appealed to the Industrial Federation. \ urging drastic action. in support of tlie I white employees. j Yesterday, Staff-Captain Dixon, sec- i I'etary lor the young people's work, and j chaplain to the forces, opened a ten ! days' mission at the Salvation Arniv | llall in Bryce street. Notwithstanding I the cold weather, the meetings were) largely attended, and promised well for the success of the effort This evening the staff-captain gives a lecture on "My Trip to the ITome Land." A charge of the theft of grass seed, to the value of £l4O lis 4d, was preferred against Thomas Arthur Kemp, late assistant manager of the Farmers' I iiicn Trading Company, at the Police j Court, Auckland. The accused was re- j manded, bail being allowed, accused iu ! his own recognisance of £3OO and two sureties of £l5O each. A \\ ollington Press Association telegram states that communication with the South Island is completely lost beyond Blenheim and Nelson. After a short break in the weather snow is again falling in the city, which melts as fast as it falls. The weather is unprecedented in this respect, as snow has never been seen in Wellington before. The hills round the city bear a light covering of snow, and the ranges on the far side of the harbour are covered more thickly. At the sitting of the Miliary Service App'eal Board in Timaru (states the Herald) a warning was issued against farmers "wasting their time growing barley," the chairman and his eol leagues on the hoard making it plain that if any farmer reservist who was given a sine die adjournment devoted his timee to barley growing he would he liable to he called up and sent into camp. The board also made a very definite pronouncement to the effect that if any man who was let off to grow wheat failed to do so he would be promptly despatched with the Forces. Judgment lor plaintiff for £2O damages and an injunction to restrain defendants from trespassing on plaintiff's land was given by Mr Justice Cooper in the Supreme Court, Auckland, in the case of P. A. Cullen (Dr Bamford), of Kihikihi, farmer, against two Maoris, Rata Karaka and Aera Rewhi (Mr Inder), of Parawera. Plaintiff's case was that defendants and other Maoris repeatedly cut down his fence and used a path across his property to the main road, and he claimed £OS 10s damages and an injunction against trespass. The defence was that defendants had acquired a right-of-way across plaintiff's land by long usage, and also that their ancestors had given some of their land tor the right to use a path across plaintiff's property. His Honor, in giving judgment, said defendants now had a public road through their property, and must use that instead of trespassing on plaintiff's land.