LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14601, 26 February 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Don't be afraid to be polite at all times and under all circumstances. "li is no disgrace to be called a gentleman.

There was a big' influx of visitors to Hamilton to-day for the Motor Cycle Club's sports. A large number of p»oplo left Hamilton to-day fo attend the races al Thames. The monthly meeting of the Hamilton Commercial Association will be held tn Mr I!. Shaw's garage on Tuesday next, al 7.-'lO p.m.

A 1 n recent meeting of I lie Pnlmerston North Master Rutehers' Association, the price 1 ' whs revised, an<l substantial reductions made in beef, mutton and pork. The now price list will come Into effect on March I.

A lire in a bakehouse al the back of Bettley's Buildings. in Victoria Street, Hamilton, caused an alarm I" be sounded on the syren this afternoon, about t. 15. The damage was not extensive, bill a batch of bread was spoiled, ''! suppose that very few of us small shopkeepers knew that the Act had h*en passed until it had slipped through," said Mr G. 11. Bayliss, J.P., speaking at, n meeting at Wellington convened by him with the object of making representations to the Minister to secure the repeal of the .VI which compels shopkeeper* to close at 6 o'clock. The parish picnic in connectiort With the local Anglican Churches, was held to-day, the Manuwai taking a large and happy throng' to I he Narrows, where the clay Is being spent. In former years the picnic was purely a Sunday School one. but (ins year an innovation has been introduced by enlarging Hie function {■' a parish picnic. Thai Ihe new idea was appreciated w,is evidenced hy Hie large crowd that passed up Ihe Manuwai's gangway. The Manuwai made another trip at I o'clock to allow those welkins i" Ihe morning au opportunity U> participate.

A mail for T'nitpfi Kingdom, Europe, and America, will close at Hamilton on Monday next, 28th inst., at 8 p.m.

At the annual meeting of Hie Auckland District. 1.0.0-F., M.U., it was decided that the rules be amended to permit of district conferences being held away from Auckland, and that the next, conference be held in Hamilton. The electric light suddenly failed at the meeting of the Hamilton Kindergarten Association hist night. Fortunately, ihc business had practically concluded, so no inconvenience was caused.

At the meeting of the Ham Hon Kindergarten last night Mr MeKenzie, Inspector of Schools, stated thatil was litll.' known that there \\;is a remarkably heavy mortality among children during the first year of attendance at the primary school; in no other school year was the mortality so heavy.

The Hon. E. P. I-ee states that Cabinet has decided that, in view of the reduced prices now quoted for imported cement, the remission of the duty on cement will be cancelled from April 1.

The Onehunga Borough Council has decided to spend £42,000 on street improvement and the work is to be proceeded with at once. The ratepayers are also to be asked to sanction the raising of a loan of £27,000 fur drainage and other works.

Considerable interest was manifested in town Ibis morning in the appearance of the Avro biplane, which was taken fdr a trial spin by Captain l.'pham, D.F.C., the intrepid pilot. The machine circled over the town and then returned to the Claudelands course, where a series of passenger flights will be carried out this after- 0 noon.

A correspondent writes: —"Whtn the residents of Hamilton entered Victoria Street this morning they found the/ road and footpaths liberally chalked with Iho announcement that the motor cycle sports were to be held to-day. Much labour must have .been expended in the disfigurement of the street. One wonders why. One canno; imagine that il would have much effect, on the attendance at, the sports."

A special general meeting of the Hamilton Rugby I'nion will be held in the Hath Rooms on Wednesday next, to discuss the steps to -bo taken in regard to the coming season's affiliationThe annual i sting of the I'nion will be held on April sth, and it is incumbent on clubs to bold their meetings before that date. To Wednesday's meeting players are particularly invited. As Mr W. H. Morris, of Hamilton East, was driving a motor car along Grey Street, this morning, it got into Iho water table at the spot where the lire engine smash occurred, and capsized. Fortunately, the driver, who was the only occupant of Hie car. was not seriously hurt, lie states that the water table requires attention, as it is a I present a danger to motor traffic.

At the annual meeting of the Cambridge Y.M.C.A. last evening, Mr R. Reynolds was elected president, contingent to his acceptance. Other officers elected were: Vice-presidents, Messrs A. Gascoignc, Andrews, and T. F. Richards; lion, treasurer, Mr J. W. Cocks; hon. secretary, Mr P. T. Glanville; Board of Management. Messrs Haysmlth, Huge, Bellamy, Penn. Bolous and Debridge. Among those, present at Hie meeting was Mr Wilson (secretary of the Auckland Y.M.C.A.., who complimented the local association on its grand work and progress during the past year. A greater increase took place in births in Christchurch during the year jn>t v closed than in any of the other of the main population centres of the Dominion 'reports the Lyttelton Tinvs). Auckland had a record of 3362, being an increase of 649 over 1919. but Christchurch bad 2631, being an increase of 761. Wellington came a bad third with an increase of 429, and Dunedin fourth with 392. Excess of births over deaths was greatest in Auckland, and least in Dunedin, Hie figures for the four centres being— Auckland 1673, Wellington 1393, Christchurch 1239, and Dunedin 724. Another example of the dexterity of the cargo pilferer was discovered in a local warehouse recently ("says the Southland Times). A case of boot polish had been delivered, and the case from outward appearance had not been tampered with in any way. After the lirst layer of polish had been removed, the warehouse men found to their astonishment that the remainder of the case was filled with all sorts of odds and ends to occupy the space originally occupied by the polish. The pilfering had been accomplished neatly, and no sign of it was apparent until the case was opened.

The first, personally conducted tour of'Xew Zealand by Thomas Cook and Sim since the war i.-> in the hands of .Mr n. A. Bennett, of the London staff, who left Wellington with his party this week for (he south. The members of the party, all of whom are from New York, are as follow:—Misses Ruth Ring and Beatrice Brown, Mesdames Norman R. M'Glure, John Wallace, and Boardley, and Mr Horace Keesing. The duty of Cook's representative is to closely attend to the comfort and enjoyment of the. party, to look after all matters of business concerning transport, luggage, tickets, accommodation, and to ensure thai those under his care see all there is to be seen in the countries visited. After the trip through New Zealand the party will visit Australia.

"I happen'to be, for the time being, Minister of Mines," Mr Massey said in the course of his speech at Hokitika last Wednesday. "A number of newspaper editnrs, who Ihlnk they know all about It. say that 'Mr Massey has overloaded himself, ami cannot do justice In IIk 1 work in hand. But if a man at Hk' head of affairs wants to get the run "f the different Departments, and Iho knowledge he ought to possess, there i« only one way to do il—and that is In lake over the Department and run it himself, then he will get the necessary detail knowledge. I am preparer! io say this: That whoever the Prime Minister may be, [he one Dcpartmenl that he should control, hesides the ordinary work of the Prime Minister's Department, is lhal of Finance. Me rannol do Jus work nor his duly In Ihe country' unless he is conversanl with Ihe details 'if finance. - ' The amuiai conference of Ihe NewZealand Pharmaceutical Society is Io he held tin- year al Christehureh, commencing on March 8, His Worship Ihe Mayor will pr.'sid» al Ihe opening function. .Many important matters relating In pharmacy matters generally are to come up for discussion, the most important being Ihe tpiestion of a School of Pharmacy. II is evident lhal there is a general desire to do the best for students, and whether the best interests will In- served by having a school established in Wellington, or that arrangements he made with Ihe Universities in the four centres, will ho decided al Hie conference. Mr .1. S. Tingey, president, will preside al the sessions. The work of organising the conference is in Ihe hands of Mr 1.. Bonningtoii. who has undertaken the duties nf organising secretary. Complete arrangements hav. : been m; m fur Ihe eiilei laimuenl of visitors. \ reception and b ill will be held at 111 ■ Choral Hall, anil a motor Irip will b>' j taken t-j the Kaiapoi Woollen Millet j