LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14768, 6 October 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The best preventative or idleness is to start with a deep seated conviction of the earnestness of life.—J- Stuart Blackie.

A cup for competition in the horse section at the forthcoming Waikato A. and" P. Show has been donated by J. G. Rutherford and Co., wine and spirit merchants, Auckland.

The Paloona sailed from Dunedin for Melbourne yesterday with the Kaikorai band aboard. The band will eompcte in the Bailarat contest, to be held at the end of the month.

Mr J. W. McKee will not appear in his usual role of chief draught horse steward in this year's Waikato Agriculture Show. lie has been promoted to steward in charge of the side shows and exhibition space. The removal of the weekly sales from the Hamilton yards to Frankton has affected the takings of the Horse Bazaar, for since the yards Were closed the revenue has dropped from £9 to £7 10s weekly. The Hamilton Council is to be asked to change the half-holiday in Agricultural Show week, from the Saturday, to the "second day of the show —"Wednesday, November At Auckland, yesterday, Walters and Cummins were committed for trial on bail of £4OO, for alleged thefts from ttje wharves, .under circumstances previously recorded, and in which a driver named Campton made a confession to the police. A sum of £2O has been donated by fhe Waikato Trotting Club to the Waikato A. and P. Association. The Club was thanked by the Association, to-day, and it was decided to allocate the money to the harness section.

A young man named Ijiram Bell was sentenced to 14 days' hard labour by Mr J. W. Walsh, J.P., at Hamilton, today, for drunkenness on the railway platform at Hamilton, yesterday. Accused had several previous convictions against him for inebriation, Senior Sergeant Mathew remarking that fines appeared to have little effect on him. The Hamilton Orphans' Club will give a concert in the Theatre Royal on Tuesday, October 18. on behalf of the extension of the Bailey Consumptives' Ward at the Waikato Hospital. An excellent programme has been arranged. The noble cause is one that will appeal to all, and doubtless there will be a large audience. Tickets (3s) may be obtained at Paul's Book Arcade, where seats may be booked without extra charge. It should be borne in mind that every £1 raised will carry a Government subsidy of 245. The following new members were elected by the Waikato A. and P. Association, to-day: —Messrs H. ( Gothorpe, Rototuna; F. Gibson, Claudelands; A. Beange, Matangi; W. Burbush, Hamilton; G. Jackson, Claudelands; C. H. Newson, Hamilton; G. Powell, Junf., Taupiri; R. Duncan, Eureka; W. Field, Eureka; H. Graham, Hamilton; P. Brady, Frankton; G. Henning, Ltd., R. Farrell, F. Grant, R. W. Loughlin, and Dr. Joseph, Hamilton; J. Lamsden, Ohinewai, and Lindsay Johnstone, Whatawhata. Regulations for the organisation of local committees to deal with epidemics of infectious diseases have been drawn up by the Health Department, and these are now being circulated amongst local bodies. Hamilton Council received a copy last night. Instructions for the prevention and destruction of rats have also been issued by the Department. The Mayor (Mr J. R. Fow) told the Council last night that the Citizens' Committee had made themselves conversant with the organisation details in case of any probable future epidemic. The instructions regarding ra: destruction were referred to a comri.tftee. Whether the expense warrants the holding of a dog section at the forthcoming Waikato Agricultural Show, was doubted by Mr W. Newell, at a meeting of the Show Association, to-day. There was now a KennJ Club formed in ttie district, he said, bu! the Association would have to become affiliated with the Kennel Club if the dog show was to be held under kennel club rules. To accommodate the increased number of dogs, many more boxes would be required, and these would run into a good (leal of expense. The dogs were usually placed beneath the stand, and during the jumping exhibitions they howled and barked, and were more nuisance than they were worth. A small committee was set up to confer with the Kennel Club officials on the advisability of erasing the section from the schedule altogether. . Taking advantage of the visit of the Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister of Health, to Te Awamutu, the hospital committee conferred witli him on certain details surrounding the maternity hospital proposals. The interview was an unofficial one, but the points raised were in furtherance of past communications, and had to do with the question of subsidy and the future control of the institution. Mr Parr repeated his assurance that the subsidy of 2 is in the £ on voluntary donations would be forthcoming, and that a system whereby a locally-elected committee would work in conjunction with the Health Department for the control and maintenance of the hospital would be adopted. It is understood that the committee is formulating definite proposals for consideration by the public. Why not make your own frocks and dresses this summer., Willi the aid of pictorial review paper patterns it is easy. The details of the cutting is so fully explained and a construction guide furnished with every pattern that even a child can lay out successfully a pictorial review pattern. Hooker and Kingston are the sole agents for these patterns and carry over 10,000 of the latest and newest fashions in stock. Ask for our monthly fashion book, it is free. Patterns range from Is to is 6d each; none higher.* For innuenza take , Woods' Greai Peppermint cur»

"I'llc annual meeting of the WaiKato Cricket Association will bo held in t.ne Mhrary to-morrow (Friday) evening at 7.30.

An application by Mr !!. Pemberton, secretary to the Hamilton Technical School, for free water to the school, was referred by the, Hamilton Borough Council last night to the Waterworks Committee.

Since the Hamilton Council purchased its stone-crusher, nearly two years ago, it has been given very little work, and the Council decided last night to sell it in preference to allowing it to remain idle longer. At the Matangl Public Hall to-mor-row (Friday) evening, a programme of recitals, dramatic and humorous, will be rendered by Rev. E. 0. Blamires. He will be assisted in the programme by Miss Pickthall (Auckland), Miss Purdom and Mr W. B. L. Williams, soloists.

The proposed work at Cemetery sully is being held over by the Hamilton Borough Council and will become one of the important works to be con-rdered in the new financial year. This derision was come to by the Council last night in view of the difficulty of arranging a satisfactory contract for the work.

Mr Don May, son of Mr S. May, of Cambridge, is the first man in that tewn to attempt launch building singlehanded. Our correspondent has been shown the launch, which is now almost complete, and which will be launched in the river at Cambridge shortly. The launch is 18 feet in length, and is built on the latest design for speed.

Twelve residents of St. Olphert's Avenue, Claudelands, asked th°, Hamilton Counciljast night to put the street in order, ciean out the waiertables. form the footpaths and erect a light at the corner of Te Aroha Street. Thc_ matter was left in Ih-e bauds of Ihe ?ipe»* >gt and chairman jf Ue \V',rk? Committee.

For nearly 40 years the gravedigging fees at Hamilton have remained the same, despite, the fact that labour has quite doubled in cost. The fees at present are 7s for children up to 12 years, 10s for persons over 12 years. On the Town Clerk's recommendation the fees were last night increased to 10s and 15s respectively. Cr. Barton remarked that it was not the cost of living that" had gone up in this case, but the cost of dying. It is understood that something definite in the coal mines dispute can be looked for within the next day or two. According to an authority, a proposal that would mean the regulation of conditions in the industry by local agreements, framed by conferences between the owners and the miners' union in the various districts, has been submitted to the various miners' unions for approval. It is stated that an Oriental has this week been endeavouring to secure land or premises for business in Te Awarnutu, and several local returned soldiers, whose comrades throughout New Zealand are generally opposed to Asiatic immigration, have expressed hostility to their obtaining a footing locally. A motion in that direction was passed by the last annual meeting of the Returned Soldiers' Association. A request by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce to the Borough Council to improve the method of carting meal, was commented upon by Cr. Brind last night as having been made as the resalt of ignorance. The people who made the complaints, he said, knew nothing about carting meat. The meat already passed three inspectors, and surely that was sufficient inspection. The speaker added that he had noticed that the men who usually brought up these small things had no stake in the town. Tlfe Council took no action, in view of the fact that the carting is under Government inspection. Mr J. P. Strang asked the Hamilton Council last night to . arrange for the full completion of the septic tank contract at Claudelands ,or, in the alternative, to see that the excavation is fenced as a protection to the public against accident. The Borough Engineer explained that the excavation was done when it was in order to get the spoil away while the opportunity offered and before the adjacent property improvements were carried out. The work at present done would assist the ultimate object. The Council gave instructions to carry the trunk sewer across Strang's property, and, if necessary, through McKinnon's and Dingle's properties. It was further decided to fence in the excavation on Strang's and Odium's side. Mischa Levitzki brings news of an amazing electric pianoforte, whicli not only plays music correctly, but which reproduces in a wonderful manner the interpretive graces of the original maker of the record. The new device takes a record of a soloist's performance by a register electrically controlled, which records every nuance and delicacy of shading native to the player, and from the master record perforated copies are made which may be reproduced. Whilst Mr Levitzki confessed himself as surprised and delighted with the new invention, which he heard in America, he did not think it would sound the knell of virluousi of the pianoforte. After all, the invention would be of little value without artists to make the original records.