LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 90, Issue 14052, 3 May 1919, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

What ought not to be done, do not even think of doing.—Epictitus. To-night, at Tamahere, and at Tauwhare on Monday evening, Mr. S. Lye will give an address 1 on "Good Roads." All interested are invited to attend. Hon. Sir Jas. Allen, Acting Prime Minister, states that Sir Thos. Mackenzie's term as High Commissioner has been extended for four months as from April. A mail for the United Kingdom. Continent of Europe (correspondence must be specially addressed " per Ajana) will close. at Hamilton at, 8 o'clock this evening. A well-attended meeting of Rot'oru;> householders on Friday night unanimously carried a resolution favouring tne'acquisition of the freehold of the. Crown leases in the town and local control of town affairs. As the result of attempts to assassinate prominent Americans it has been decided to round up and deport anarchists. I.W.W.'s and Bolshevists. The Government is determined to root out anarchists throughout the country. The N.Z. Plunket Society (Hamilton branch) will hold its anri>ual meeting in

the Theatre Royal tea rooms on Friday next. Mr. J. A. Young, M.P., will preside. A short musical and elocutionary programme will be provided. All interested in the work of the

society are cordially invited to attend. Two first ' offending "drunks," arrested in Collingwood street yester-

day, and admitted to bail in the sum of 10s each, failed to appear when called on in the Police Court at Hamil-

ton this moring, and were ordered bv Mr. E. W. Mason. J.P. t to forfeit the amount of their bail. Arthur Leo Beor Ashton, the prisoner who escaped from custody on Thursday, when being taken to Invorcargill, was recaptured on Friday afternoon by Constable Barrett at Glencoe, about 12 miles from the scene of the escape. The bank, clerks in Hamilton discussed the proposal. from the Bank Officers' Association. It was : resolve.! to record their appreciation of the present satisfactory relations, also disapproving of any attempt to introduce union principles into that relationship.

Some excitement was caused in a Hamilton boardinghouse this morning by a disturbance, among some dissatisfied employees over ham and eggs. For a few mimites things were rather merry, the cook Jteceiving a drenching from some water which was thrown Irian excited fellow-servant. Eventually order was restored by the "firing" of one of the parties, At the close of the annual meeting ••>' ratepayers in connection with the P'ukekura Road Hoard, to be held in the Public Schoolhouse at Pukerimu on Wednesday next, at 2.30 p.m., a meeting of settlers to form a Rabbit Board will be held.

The body of Frank Ernest Goodman, who disappeared on April 9, has been found on 'New Brighton Beach, much decomposed. ■ Deceased met with an accident nine years ago, and injured his brain. At the inquest the Coroner returned a verdict of suicide while in an unsound state of mind.—Press Association.

One of the many tasks performed by Base Records, Wellington, is the checking of all accounts in connection with the fo'ur weeks' free railway travelling and free meals at the railway refreshment rooms, which comprise one of the returned soldier's privileges. The payments under this heading to the Railway Department during a recent montli amounted to £41,060. Public meetings do not appear to he a popular form of entertainment in Hamilton, several having lapsed "for want of a quorum " of late. Last night a meeting was announced to take place in the Methodist schoolroom for the purpose of forming a branch of the People's Protection Society. Upon a pressman arriving he found the hall in darkness, and one solitary individual waiting outside. Considerable interest is being lakon in the sale by public auction by .the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company on Wednesday, May 21, of the well-known Redwood Estate, in the Cambridge district. This property has been fanned by Mr. J. Allwill for the past .'io years, and as he is now retiring, the homestead block is to be sold. It consists of 170 acres of the best and most productive land in the district, adjoining the Hautapu railway station and the Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company's butter, cheese and dried milk factories (the latter to be erected at an early date), ami the town of Cambridge is only two miles away by a good road. The property is sub-divided into 11 sections, five of which have buildings upon them. Consistent good quality, and latest shades in wallpapers to choose from, you may be assured of obtaining the best value for your outlay when you ask the NEW HOME BUILDERS. LTD., to proceed with your interior and exterior house decorations. Call or write, when our estimator will wait on you, or ring 'phone 374. 78

AVc are now showing our winter stock of cider-down quilts. Strange to say, these goods are only a very little higher in price than last season, and have not risen in price nearly to the extent of other lines. The kapok quilts are 22s fid, '2Bs fid, and 35s for double bed size. We have a nice range of down quilts, starting from 55s to 105 s. all of which are in dainty and artistic colourings. For blankets, quilts, ( sheetings nnd all household drapery, there is no place like Hall's Drapery Stores.*

Tlie installation of the newly-eleeted--Mayors tor the ensuing term is fixed for Wednesday next, 7t7i inst. Vedrines was attempting a flight from Villa Coublay to Home, when he fell from h great height near Lj'ons, and was killed. It is stated that sleeping sickness is' following in the wake of Spanish influenza and pneumonia in America.Writing on March 25 a correspondent stated that the matter was not alarming, but 21 deaths had occurred. More than 100 cases had been listed as actual sleeping sickness in seventeen cities, but there are believed to he V many as yet unrecorded. In this disease the sufferer lapses into a state of coma. In many instances the recovery is complete. Some have been; known to sleep for eight or ten days and then "come to life" in good health. A number of committees are consider- . ing taking precautions similar to thosetaken against the spread of influenza.. In no instance since the beginning-: of ]916 has the Base Records Casualty Staff left the office until all work on* any casualty list received up till 8 p.m. has been completed, and the telegrams notifying next-of-kin lodged in the post office. This is one of the features of the w-ar work performed by Base Records the first director of which, Major Norton Francis, is ahout to retire. He explains in a reuort on the office that the Casualty section Has had to deal with as many as 2000 names in a single' day, and" when the cables were received In the late afternoon or evening, the work had o continue im- r til long after midnight. In abnormal times volunteers were drawn from the whole of Base Rcords staff for over--time assistance, and' thus the next-of-; kin of our soldiers were relieved of anxiety at the earliest possible moment. No casualty report was sentout until the cabled had been carefully cheeked with the infor* mation on the Base R>™rds sheets regarding the soldier's initials, unit and number. The centenary of the American Order of Oddfellows was celebrated at Cambridge, when Bro. G. Healey, P.G.„ presided over about 48 members. Bro* E. Healey made reference to the prosperity of the order throughout theworld, while the membership was approximately 2,300,000, and the capital per member in New Zealand about £2B, which is on an equal, if not ahead,, of any other friendly society. Thesecretary, Bro. G. Reed, also spoke rnr, support of the chairman's remarks.. The toasts honoured included "The King," "The Lodge," "The Navy,!" "The Ladies," "The Returned Heroes," while musical items were rendered by Bros. L. V. Corpe, \V. H. Woolley, H. Lorimer, W. Leathbridge, A. Kilmore. The accompanist was Mr C. Banfleld. The singing of the. National Anthem brought a most successful event to a close.