LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15034, 4 September 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

By Order-in-Council the Te Aroha Borough Council is authorised to pay up to 6 per cent interest on a loan of £7OOO to extinguish its antecedent liability. A large number of Hamilton people took advantage of the fine weather at the week-end and visited Raglan. The West Coast seaside resort promises to be more'extensively patronised than ever this season. A notice in the Gazette Axes the closing hours for grocers in the Borough of Hamilton on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 5.30 p.m., and on Fridays at G p.m. The notice shall operate as from September 7.

Negotiations are still proceeding in reference to the proposed purchase of the Kelburn Tramway Company’s cable tramway by the Wellington City Council. The Council has not yet received a definite reply to its offer of £45,000. The Northern Union Cup won ny the South Auckland League team from the holders, Auckland, on Saturday, is at present on view in Mr F. T. Wilson’s window in Victoria Street. The trophy is worth lOOgns., and is a magnificent specimen of the silversmith’s art.

The Band of the 4th Battalion A.1.R., under the baton of Lieutenant A. Salter, visited the Waikato Hospital yfesterday afternoon. A large crowd of promenaders and the patients thoroughly enjoyed a programme of music which was capably rendered. The Band members were laler entertained to afternoon tea by the matron and staff.

In accordance with a petition presented to the Minister of Labour, the following will be the closing hours for drapers’ and clothiers’ shops in the Borough of Morrinsville as from September 7: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 5.30 p.m.; Fridays, 9 p.m. Should Anniversary Day, Anzac Day or the birthday of the ruling Sovereign fall on a Friday, the shops will remain open the preceding day, and also on the day before Good Friday, till 9 p.m. This is just the time that everyone is thinking about new curtains and we believe that when you see the new designs and fabrics and the new prices that Hooker and Kingston’s will he the one store where you will buy them. The new Madras muslins are opened in either plain, smart-lace, or Insselled edge, and the new values make the furnishing of your windows this season less expensive. Charming Madras muslin at 2s 7d, 2s 9d, and 3s lid per yard. Double width lace nets, a new production, at 3s 3d, 3s Gd, and 3s 9d per yard. The popular easement cloths in creme grounds and thoroughly washable coloured borders in an extensive range of colourings, Is 4t(i per yard. Hooker and Kingston’s, ilie famous store for curtain 'Slue, Hamilton.*

rallies and r,f>nt!einen: Tfie whiteness of your linen Is an absolute triumph for "Xo-Rubbins” Laundry Help.—D. XV. Harvey. .(10)

It is expected that the present session of Parliament will terminate about October 20, and that the elections will take place during the last week in November or the first week in December.

At the Magistrate's Court, Hamilton, this morning, W. Milner, of Auckland, was ordered to pay maintenance at the rate of 12s 6d per week in respect of his illegitimate child, and expenses-£lB 10s incidental to the-birth of the child, being also ordered to find security of £BO. In addition defendant was told he must pay past maintenance, £3, 9s. Speaking at New Plymouth, Mr J. Caughley, Director of Education, told the members of the Taranaki Education Board that in his tour of inspection of the New Plymouth schools he had seen more new buildings than were to be seen in the whole city of Wellington, where the house shortage was so acute. _ The effect was to cause congestion in the local schools, which was so apparent at present. “Before pedestrians in Christchurch keep to the left,- I think ii, will be necessary to hang a sign on to everyone’s nose,” said Councillor W. H. Winsor at a meeting of the City Council (relates the Lyttelton Times). Councillor J. R. Brunt asked if anything was being done to put the bylaw in force, as the public were not taking any note of it. In Wanganui there was a white line down the middle of the footpath. It was stated in reply that signs were to be placed or: the footpaths in various .places. The unemployment problem is much more serious in Hawera than most people seem to imagine, if subscriptions to the fund that has been opened can be accepted as an indication of public feeling (says the Star). The unemployment committee have on record the names of about 50 men, all of whom are hard pressed and are whiling to accept work on Turuturu-Mokai at 11s per day, and the committee are unable to cope with the situation.

Apparently there is a promising opening for a glazier at Wakefield (says the Nelson Mail). It was stated in the report of the architect submitted to a meeting of the Nelson Education Board that there w-ere 26 panes of broken glass in the local Technical School building. It was pointed out that the school' was close up to the playing area of the public school, and that the damage was caused mostly by footballs and cricket tails. The Board has decided to place wire over the windows to avoid such destruction in future.

As instancing the appreciation of the young New Zealander of .the facilities afforded for education, Mr J. Caughley, Director of Education, stated, in a lecture he gave at New Plymouth, that we have in New Zealand the largest proportion of university college students. He could not find any country which had so many students in proportion to the population as we ha/1. The proportion was considerably more than double that of New South ! Wales and Victoria. A •third of the students received their education free of cost, and some of them besides received money grants. It was mentioned incidentally by Mr G. B. Sinclair at a meeting of the Nelson Education Board '(states the Nelson Mail) that Cap e Foulwind objected to the sohool examination being held on Saturdays, as usually there was a big football match on on that day, and it caused great inconvenience. said Mr Sinclair’s remarks reminded him of the story of an itinerant preacher who went to a place, and on being told that services were never held there, offered to hold one. “Yes,” was the reply, “we will be very pleased, but don’t come on a Sunday, as that is our busy day.” “An inefficient fire brigade is an abomination to God and man,” said Superintendent Rogers at the Castlecliff Fire Brigade banquet the other evening (states the Wanganui Herald). The speaker went on to say that continuous alerlriess and vigilance had to be observed 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. “Competitions cut no ice.” Ho believed in brigadesmen being taught to do what they would be called upon to perform at a Are, whereas at competitions all sorts of tricks were resorted to, which were of very little avail in a ca-se of emergency. The most important thing for a brigade to acquire was accuracy of drill, which at competitions was often sacrificed for maximum speed.

On the grounds that the weight of evidence was against the verdict brought in by the jury in the case of Annie Olive Jones v. Norman Taylor, trading as John Henderson, house decorator, Mr A. H. Johnstone, with Mr Butler,’for the plaintiffs, moved for a fresh trial, and this was granted at the Supreme Court, Auckland, on Saturday by Mr Justice Stringer. Mr Anderson, with Mr Endean, asked that the reasons for his Honor’s decision to grant a new trial be given in writing as it was intended to take the matter to the Court of Appeal. The claim, which was heard some time ago, is one which arose out of the recent scaffolding fatality at Endean’s Building, the plaintiff’s husband, George William Jones, being one of the four men killed.

From 1902 to 1009 the buyer for one of the best-known firms of dairy produce merchants in London came regularly to Taranaki in tiic month of August, and left for home in December, after having secured the main portion of Taranaki’s huge output (slates an exchange). lie thus enjoyed 16 successive summers, and brought much of our staff of life to his firm’s warehouses. So firmly was he regarded as an institution, and a .monopoly, that on one occasion an animated discussion during the annual meeting of suppliers brought from this genial buyer of butter the retort: “GerAlcmen, any more of this kind of talk and I will refuse to handle your output.” Peaceful negotiations were at-once restored, and the deal was consummated. Bible Glass matters in connection with the Methodist Church are advancing rapidly, and a still further move forward was made in the South Auckland district on Saturday last, when representatives of the Young Women's Bible Class movement assembled at Hamilton and the South Auckland district was constituted a sub-union, with Hamilton as headquarters. The executive of the Young Men’s Union, which has been in existence for the past two years, met at Cambridge in the evening, when important business was considered and arrangements made to visit classes throughout the districj, m llie hope of stimulating interest*’in the Bible Class movement. Tills meeting was followed by a big combined rally in the Cambridge schoolroom, when visitors were present from all parts of the district and a very pleasant'and beneficial evening was spent. Since the introduction of “Fairy Wonder” Dry Soap on the market it lias done quite a lot towards ameliorating the “help” problem by making tilings so much easier on washing day. A judicious use of this marvellous washing powder positively cuts washing day in half. Ask your friends about It. All grocers stock, it.* " \

The vital statistics for Carnbridge for last month were: Births 15 (8); deaths 10 (2); marriages 4 (5). The figures in parenthesis are those for the corresponding month of last year. At the Cambridge Town Hall on Saturday, Selbit successfully performed an illusion of sawing through a local lady (Mrs W. R. Edwards), before a packed house.

A Sydney cable states it Is understood that the High Court will be approached for the purpose of restraining the British and Australian Wool Realisation Association from distributing any assets in view of its intention to reduce capital. At the Ferry Bank rotunda yesterday afternoon the Hamilton Municipal Band submitted one of its season’s promenade concerts. There was a large attendance of the public, and the band, under the baton of Conductor Croxford, rendered the various numbers in a pleasing manner.

At last Saturday’s meeting of the Morrinsville branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, Mr Hume moved that the following remit be forwarded to the Provincial Executive: “That steps be taken to amend the present Branding Act, and that this branch suggests that the branding consist of two letters and a number.” This was agreed to.

At the Police Court at Hamilton this morning, before Mr H. A. Y’oung, S.M., Harry Escrett was fined 10s and 14s 6d costs for failing to notify the change of ownership of a motor cycle. Senior-Sergeant Mathew, who prosecuted, said that defendant had admitted the offence.

Speaking to a press representative in Wellington, Mr R. A. Armstrong, Dominion secretary of the New Zealand Moderate League, said that there appeared to be some confusion In the public mind as to the issues that were to be voted upon at the forthcomings licensing poll. There would be three'" issues as Gin the last occasion, and . those electors who wished to record * their opinions against prohibition, but who did not favour the existing condition of tilings, w'ould have the opportunity of voting for State Control.

A meeting of those interested in the formation of a soft goods manufacturers’ association was held at Christchurch on Saturday. There was a good attendance of manufacturers, and 'a close scrutiny of the aims of such an institution was made. It was stated that the association was not for the purpose of inflating prices or sweating employees, but to govern judiciously all matters appertaining to the future of manufacturing. It was decided to form an association to be called the Canterbury Soft Goods Manufacturers’ Association. The Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company are to be congratulated upon the excellence of the butter at present manufactured by them, latest Eutrices being to the effect 'that the wheats Output from the Company has been graded superfine. It is believed that such a result (having the whole output graded superfine) is better than that obtained by any factory in the Auckland Province. A further compliment to the Cambridge Company is paid by the fact that Mr Thornton, the Government Dairy Grader (Auckland), has ordered a box of their butter for hi 3 own private use. The war memorial campaign is now in full swing at Thames. A parade w ? as held on Saturday afternoon. The procession, headed by the sßeglmental Band and fire brigade, marched from Shortland through the streets of the town to the High School grounds, where various items of sport and amusement were carried out. - Good business was done at the stalls. The chief sports event was a Rugby football match between returned soldiers and college old boys, which was won by the former by 15 points to 6. A Tauranga professional man, who is an active member of the local branch of the Auckland Railway League, states that a day or two ago he w'as assured by the Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister for Public Works, that the construction of the Waihi to Katikati section of the East Coast main trunk railway line would be pushed on speedily, and be completed by the end of December, 1923. The completion of this section will be of no small importance to Waihi, as direct communication by rail may be expected to materially increase trade between the Katikati district and that town.

The work of the special committee set up to deal with the question of herd testing, the elimination of the scrub bull, etc., having been completed, Mr P. S. Philpot, chairman of- the Morrinsville branch of the Farmers’ Union (also a member of the special committee), said, at last Saturday’s meeting, that Mr Hume, the convenor, had worked “tooth and nail,” and was greatly responsible for the work accomplished. “I," he said, “only opened the doors and turned the lights on” (laughter). A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the members of the committee.