LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15272, 23 June 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is the 29th birthday of H.R.H. Edward Albert Christian i George Andrew Patrick David, the Prince of Wales, who was born at White Lodge on June 23, 1894. It was snowing in Mamaku yesterday. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by Frank Rose, builder, of Hamilton. The schedule shows the amount owing to unsecured creditors to be £370. The assets are valued at £l3, the deficiency being £357. “Did you arrive by boat?” Cr. Stopford was asked on his late arrival at the Matamata County Council meeting yesterday. The remark was most fitting as the roads around the district are at present in a very wet state. Cr. Cox jocularly remarked that he had to leave home on Wednesday to get to Tirau for yesterday’s meeting. A new dairy’ factory at Mathura, capable of handling 15,000 gallons of milk daily, was opened yesterday. It-is the most up-to-date in the South Island, as well as being'the largest single-roof factory in the island. The output for the present year was 11,000 crates of cheese, i The Northern Company’s newlyacquired steamer Mourilyan, which is due at Auckland from Sydney on Monday, is to be renamed the Matangi. Her .first commission in the Auckland Coastal trade will probably be to relieve the Ngapuhi in the Tauranga service while that vessel Is laid up for overhaul. ' ■

A public meeting will be held in the Town Hall, Hamilton, on Thursday next, June 28, at 8 p.m. sharp’, when the following deputation from Auck-. land will attend and give addresses: The Hon. Geo. Fowlds, Dr. A. Challinor Purohas, Rev. P. S. Smallfield, Adj. Gordon of the S.A., and Mrs Fry, inspector for Auckland Society. The. object of the meeting is to establish a branch of the Society for the Protec- . tion of Women and Children and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The » members of the deputation are coming at their own expense and the publio are urged to attend. Thames Valley sub-Provincial executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union met on Thursday, when there were present, Messrs J. B. Thomas (presiding), R. G. Allen (Morrinsville), W. H. Allen (Tirau), F. Golheck (Morrinsville), G. Horne (Elstow), and F. Golbeck (secretary). It was decided to discontinue regular activities of the executive, but to retain organisation in case it is required at any time. It was stated that it was difficult to have meetings in one cen T tre, and the endeavour to hold meetings in different centres had not been satisfactory, owing to the bad state of the roads in back districts. It was thought the executive could keep in touch with members by other means. The twelfth annual meeting of the Te Awamutu Municipal Band was held in the Town Hall on Thursday evening when His Worship the Mayor (Mr L. G. Armstrong) presided over a good attendance. .The annual report and - balance-sheet showed that the band finances were in h healthy state, and. was duly adopted. The principiil officers elected were:—Patron, the Mayor, Mr L. G. Armstrong; president, Mr J. C. Monteflore; vice-presidents, Messrs G. G. Downes, J. Middlebrook, and J. T. Lees; hon. sec., Mr A. G. Warburton-; bandmaster, Mr A. Newsome. The retiring officers were accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The Mayor congratulated the members of the band oil their organisation and the general conduct of its officers, and assured them that the Borough Council, as the controlling body, appreciated all that the band had done. . The band has improved so much of late that quite recently a movement has been started with the object of sending the band to the next contest to be held.

On Thursday the Baptist choir presented a very good programme of sacred music to an appreciative audience. The choir rendered four anthems —“ Walk About Zion,” “ The Lord is My Shepherd,” “ Incline Thine Ear,” and “What are These?” The soloists were Mesdames Beebe and Lonsdale, Messrs Hague and Mason. The ladies’ solos were sung very sweetly, and were evidently mueh enjoyed/ Mr Hague, a new arrival from Scotland, possesses a very fine baritone voice, and his two solos, “It is Enough,” from “Elijah,” and Llddle’s “ Abide With Me,” were a treat. Mr Mason’s fine bass voice was, heard to advantage, particularly in bis second solo, “ The Mighty Deep.” Needless to say the soloists were encored. Mrs Lonsdale opened the second part of the programme with a pianoforte solo in her usual superior style, which left nothing to be desired. The male members of the choir contributed two choruses. The concert will be repeated at an early date. q’enders are invited for the purchase for removal of the teacher’s residence at the Hamilton East School. Messrs House and Daking, Ltd., announce that their big semi-annual clearance sale will commence on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. Following this firm’s usual policy all items have been reduced to a bonafide clearance price, and record business as anticipated.* Let us banish the frictions which sever By relaxing; tho bonds which restrain. Sovereign States sealed in union Tor evep. Like links in a flawless chain, Let the. ties or proud kinship still bind n» J British glory and strength to assure, And the aliments or winter remind u or Woods' fires* Peppermint , ,