LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16800, 19 May 1926, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

V The holding of a public inquiry into the affairs of the Auckland Hospital Board is advocated by the board. Messrs Dalgeiy and Company, Ltd., have been advised from London that maximum prices for frozen meat and dairy produce will remain in force until further notice. The Education Department has notifled the Board of Managers of the Hamilton Technical High School that a grant hud been approved for Ihe installation of a hot water heating system in the school. Instructions had been given for the installation of the, system.

Under the Influence or a cyclone high tides are undermining the foreshore at ttie town of ICirra Beach, in the far north of New South Wales, and arc threatening ttie public buildings. Barricades were erected hut they were swept away. Gangs of men arc feverishly erecting fresh barricades.

Interest in the annual meeting of the Auckland Licensing Committee, to be held on* June 2, centres around the disposal of the license rendered vacant by the demolition of the Thames Hotel. There are two applications for the license, one for the Ambassador Hotel, which it is proposed to establish in Quay Street, and the other on behalf of Kenilworth House, a small building in Shortland Street, which has been conducted as a boarding house for many years. At a meeting of the Council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce a letter from the Auckland Master Grocers’ Association dealing with country race meetings In the principal centres was read. The' letter stated that thesj meetings were contrary to the best interests of the retail trade. The letter also deplored the demoralising effect upon the community of art unions, it asked the Chamber to support tnc Association in representations lo be made to the Minister of nlcrnal Affairs on the matter. The council decided to support the sentiments expressed regarding country taco meetings.

In explanation of the proposal to suspend the daylight limited express service the Railway Department states that traffic has shown a considerable drop. There has been much more spare room on the other two trains. The department considers that the night limited must be maintained as it is pre-eminently a business train. Therefore, the daylight train had to he discontinued. The slow train leaving Auckland at 7.40 p.m- will be kept on because it serves a greater area of country owing to its more numerous stops. In a letter to a South Canterbury resident, a runholder in the Virginia county of North Canterbury, describing some excellent sport recently obtained with wild boars, states that he recently had the pleasure of dscpatching what he considers was one of the largest, boars ever bagged in North Canterbury. The animal, he states, measured 7ft 2in in length, was 2ft Sin in height, and 4ft tin in girth. The weight was estimated at over 4ewt. It was also stated that the pig had been responsible for killing quite a number of young lambs and hoggets caught in lawyers, etc., and in consequence had been hunted for years. Strange to state, the pig had kept within a mile or two of the house during that time, hut had always managed to evade capture. The fact that the discontinuance on June ID of the daylight Limited express between Wellington ancl Auckland will mean the cud of the present 12-hour trip between New Plymouth and Auckland was quickly recognised by Ihi Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, which at once put the position before ’the Railway Board, says an exchange. A reply was received indicating that a new train was to be run-north from Fraukton, which would give a suitable connection with service cars, and that passengers for the south could catcli the, ltolorua express at Auckland and then take the train at Fraukton for Te Kuiti. The president or the Taranaki Chamber- of Commerce (Mr G. Fraser) stated that the service north will thus bo maintained, and the arrangements made were, on the whole, considered very satisfactory.