LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14348, 27 April 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A prince that goes to the top of his power is like him that shall go to the bottom of his treasure.—Marvell.

After threatening all day, rain set in about 6.30 last night and continued until early this morning, the downpour at times being exceptionally heavy. The fall during the night was .82in.

William Gilroy, a labourer, met with a fatal collision at Stirling while at work in the South Otago freezing works, through his head coming into contact with a saw which was in motion.

A farmer, when discussing the prospects of the baeon industry with a Wanganui reporter, stated’ that there was a tendency among farmers, owing to the prospects of high prices, to pay more attention to breeding pigs during the present year. Purebred pigs were now in keen demand along the coast. The farmer then referred to an anomaly in regard to the railway tariff on purebred pigs. In other classes of stock a reduction is made in the railway freight, but not so with purebred pigs,'the tariff being unreasonably high, and consequently not tending to encourage the distribution of pigs over long-distance rail journeys. The following are the results of the examinations in Theory of Music, held in December, 1919, at the Hamilton Convent, in connection with Trinity College of Music. London: Intermediate: Jean Hodd, 84 (honours); Hilda Whitlock 74. Junior (advanced): Annie Reynolds 74. Junior: Eva Murphy 85 (honours), Ireue Waters 73, Iris Hodd 61. Preparatory: May Sweeney 98 (honours), Una Balland 96 (honours), Jennie Preece 84 (honours), Helen Ousley 80 (honours). The results achieved by the Cambridge Convent were:—Junior: Hazel Hooper 95 (honours). Preparatory: Elsie Chatworthy 74, Dorothy O’NeiJJ 62.

Anzac memorial services were held in Victoria Square, Cambridge, on Sunday when there was a very large attendance, including a good muster of returned soldiers and Scouts, who, headed by tile Cambridge Brass Band, marched to the Square. The order of service was as follows: “National Anthem’’; The Lord’s Prayer, led by Pastor Slyfield; hymn, “O God Our Help in Ages Past”; Scripture lesson, Captain Medland (Salvation Army); hymn, “Onward, Christian Soldiers”; prayer of thanksgiving, Rev. J. D. McArthur. Address, by Rev. T. H. Roseveare, in which he referred to the landing at Gallipoli, and said they had met to do honour to the brave lads, who had laid down their lives for the world’s liberty, and asked his hearers to remember the words of Rudyard Kipling, “lest we forget.” He also referred to the splendid courage shown by the lads of New Zealand, not only at Gallipoli, but on every battle-front. The address was a stirring one. The address was followed by the hymn, ‘.‘Recessional,” and the' Benediction, the services concluding with the sounding'of the “Last Post.” We have now on show a nice range of our new season’s costumes, coats, furs; sports coats, raincoats, etc. The recent keen, snappy days are enough to hurry one in the selection of a cosy coat that combines quality and good fit with smartness and style. We have the coat you’ll like, one that includes all these essential points. See our display, and note our keen prices. Some smart lines are showing m costumes, including tweeds and garbardines, while we are fortunate in being able to show some very attractive styles in all-wool navy serges. Ladies making preparations for the coming season will do well to visit our showroom, where a cordial invitation is extended but in no case is anyone pressed to purchase.—Hall’s Drapery Stores."

Hamilton grocers contend that the present time is most opportune for circulating the new “Keep Smiling” Boot Polish. Price 8d per tin—A. J. Entrican and Co., Ltd., wholesale agents. 7

The cotton spinners' ballot favoured •a strike by 20,744 to 1623, and the card-room workers by 60,956 to 3341, Two modern German battleships, the Posen and the Oldenburg, have arrived at the Firth of Forth, replacing ships sunk at Scapa Flow. The second of the new aditions to the P. and O. fleet, the Harkunda, 15,400 tons gross, sailed on the 24th inst. on her maiden voyage to Bombay. Her sister ship is the Naldera. The captain, 30 officers and 300 men of the Renown travelled to Rotorua this morning. Several of them expect to have some fishing whilst there, 'rhe band from the ship will also visit Rotorua.

W. P. Miller, taxi proprietor, of Auckland, was fined the maximum of £lO by tlie magistrate here for reckless driving. The case arose out of a, trip made from Auckland to Wellington in 14 hours as a speed test. The local complaint was that after leaving Awakiuo defendant met a drove of sheep and caused a number to fall over a bank so that some were killed, and others injured.

Newspapers give prominence to colonial meat importers' allegations that while the British consumer is eating meat which has been in cold storage fm’ two years the British Government ia selling to the United States freshly killed New Zealand lamb at a higher price, namely lOd per lb wholesale. They state that mutton costs lOd per lb in Britain, and lamb killed two years ago costs 13d per lb.

Just before the Royal procession passed along Victoria street to-day, a man named Kelly, a clerk employed at the Horotiu Freezing Works, fell through a skylight on Mr Varney'» verandah,'striking the pavement with his head, and sustaining a fracture of the skull. He was attended by Dr. Douglas, and later removed to the Waikato Hospital. After the procession passed a lady on Mr F. T. Wilson’s verandah stepped through a skylight, but, fortunately, the wire netting underneath broke her fall sufficiently to allow a couple of bystanders to catch her, and draw her back.