LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14539, 10 December 1920, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Opportunities fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them. —S. Smiles.

A gold nugget of 154 ounces has been found in the Balhurst district.

A proposal to adopt proportional representation in municipal elections was defeated at the meeting of the Auckland City Council by li to 2. The Mayor's motion to increase the number of councillors to 21 was also defeated by '.» to 5.

To-morrow (Saturday) is the close of "Home Furnishing Week" at Hooker and Kingston's. This event is one that the ladies of Hamilton will not soon forget, for if. lias been the means of enabling I hem to make tremendous savings on their purchases. For instance, pretty casement curtains, usually r>s Md yard for 3s lid; double kapok mattresses, usually 50s (id for •i'.is (id; tapestry table covers, 3 yards long, usually s'Js (id for 40s 6d; and our famous .so inch herringbone sheeting at 5s lld for .'is '.hi yard. Shop at Hooker and Kingston's, the one store where you can really save on your purchases. „ Agents for Pictorial Review Paper Patterns throughout the Waikalo.*

Lady Connoisseurs or Perfume place the famous No. 52 Lavender Water first on their lists — for it 3 sweet and lasting fragance. 6.

A cablegram from London state* that the wool sales on Wednesday were postponed on account of fog. The classification list of assistant teachers employed full time in secondary schools or classified for such employment is gazetted this week. The next best despatch for correspondence for United Kingdom and Europe and America will be by a mail closing at Hamilton at 8 p.m. 21st inst. Regulations under the Education Act relating to the classification of seoondary school teachers employed in technical schools and technical and manual classes "are published in this week's Gazette.

The case of Samuel John Thorn, who has been sentenced to death for the murder of Sidney Seymour Eyre, at Pukekawa, will come before the Evecutive Council shortly—perhaps not at its next meeting, but at the fallowing meeting. The Produce Department of the Bank of New Zealand has received the following advice from its London office:— "The London wool sales have opened with weak competition and a fair attendance of buyers. The market shows no change for fine crossbred. Medium and coarse are unsaleable." "What did he look like?" asked counsel of a witness in the Supreme Court at Hamilton yesterday, when endeavouring to secure information as to the condition of a horse the ownership of which was in dispute. "What did he look like?" repealed the witness. "Why, like a horse, I expect." "What terms were you on with plaintiff at that time?" asked counsel of a Maori witness in the Supreme Court at Hamilton yesterday. "We were on no terms at all," replied the witness, who evidently did not understand the question. His Excellency the Governor-General has consented to act as patron of tho Raglan Carnival Club. Funds raised by this club are devoted to public purposes in the district. At present they are being used to improve the local recreation reserve.

Tliis week's issue of the Sporting and Dramatic Review is featured with a striking set of illustrations, prominence being given to illustrations of recent racing meetings. The miscellaneous section covers jumping event 3 at the Auckland Agricultural ana Pastoral Show, Wellington and • Wanganui bowling enthusiasts, the Wellington College, and other pictures of wide interest.

Harry Willis, the "wild man" who was run down by horsemen at the back of Taihape some time ago, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment for vagrancy at Thames. He was found sleeping in the Parawai railway station, and in consequence of complaints was arrested by the police. He said he had tramped from Taumarunui to Thames seeking work, but was unable to find it. He was in a deplorable condition. When the sitting of the Supreme Court opened at Hamilton this morning his Honor the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, found that the solicitors were not ready to go on with business, and he was compelled, after an hour spent in "cleaning up" one or two cases, to adjourn the Court until 2 p.m. This caused his Honor to enter a strong protest. "They don't seem to understand the value of time. It is'the same in Auckland. It reminds one of the old story of the politician who said: 'When you get to the Auckland district it is always afternoon.' " The Supreme Court, Hamilton, was engaged all day yesterday in hearing a case in which Frank B. Morley (Mr Walshe) sued John T. Helet (Mr Finlay) for possession of the racehorse Tama-a-roa and £3OO damages for alleged detention. There was a crossaction in which Hetet claimed from Morley possession of the horse and f. 200 damages for alleged wrongful conversion. The jury returned a verdict for Hetet in both cases, and lie is to be given possession of the horse. No damages were awarded. A full report of the evidence is given on page 7.

The Railway Board of Appeal w r as occupied all day yesterday, at Auckland, with the appeal of G. S. Frost, foreman at Frankton Junction, who was superseded by other members at the staff review of 1919,. Mr C. R. Bell appeared for the appellant, and Mr J. Mason for the Railway Department. The cross-examination of the appellant by Mr Mason was in progress when the Board adjourned until this morning. The appeal of Mr Frost will probably be disposed of to-day, and the Board will then consider that of Mr F. Graham, chief clerk at Hamilton, whose appeal is based on similar grounds to that of Mr Frost.

How do the Government regulations for the conservation of building material affect sales of timber by auction? A question that has been asked more than once. It is stated that a person purchasing timber at a public auction is not required to produce a permit from the local authorities, such f.s is required by a man giving an order to a timber mill. The result is that in some cases people who urgently want timber and have not been able to procure a permit, have gone to the auction, and the price in some cases has gone up far beyond the price regulated by the Board of Trade. It is understood the, attention of the authorities has been called to this phase of the timber problem, and that steps are likely to be taken to bring auctions more into line with the other source* of supply.

Temporary crosses will be erectea by the Government over all unmarked soldiers' graves in the cemeteries at O'Neill's Point, Purewa, Wa.ikaraka, Waikumete, Otahuhu, Hamilton, Te Aroha, and Rotorua. This deoision was conveyed in a letter from the New Zealand War Graves Committee to the lion, secretary of the Soldiers' Mothers' League, Mrs Emily Nicol, in reply to recent complaints regarding the state of the soldiers' graves at Waikumete. The letter stated that the Government had not yet definitely decided upon a scheme in regard to the formation of soldiers' cemeteries and the erection of memorials. It was possible, however, that in special soldiers' cemeteries two memorials, "The Great War Cross" (Cross of Sacrifice), and the "Great War Stone"-(Altar of Duty), would be erected in addition to a permanent headstone over each grave. The New Zealand Architects' Association was dealing with the layout and arrangement of two cemeteries, and some little time would probably elapse before this question a"nd others of equal importance hail been determined.