LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 101, Issue 16947, 9 November 1926, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-day is the 24th anniversary of the wreck of 7 thc Iluddart-Parkcr steamer Elingamitc, in a dense fog, at the Three Kings. Members of the Main Highways Board will make a tour of Waikato towards Iho end of the month and will discuss matters of interest with various local bodies.

A petition in bankruptcy has been tiled by Charles Dale Chapman, millhand, Hamilton. A meeting of creditors will be held on the 22nd inst., at 10.30 a.m.

It was said that before the box plan opened at Auckland there were two thousand applications for seats at His Majesty's Theatre on the last night of the New Zealand Beauty Competition. Tho attendance at the schools in the Wellington district for the September quarter shows a falling-off of nearly 800, although the average roll number increased by about 400 over the same quarter of 1925. The average roll number last quarter was 27,201, and the atlcndanco 23,076. Last year's figures were 26,824, and 24,438. The decrease is attributed principally to the epidemic of inilucnza experienced recently. The Minister of Defence, Hon. F. J. Uolleslon, states that a general training course will be held at Trentham at the end of this month for the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the permanent force. The training will last about a fortnight. The general officer-command-ing, Major-General Young, will be in command and will be present in camp during the whole period. In his reply to the civic welcome accorded him by a representative gathering of Wairoa citizens in the Borough Council Chambers, the MinIstor of Agriculture, the lion. O. J. Hawken, sounded a warning to farmers, stating that public and private expenditure was growing Devonu income, and there seemed to be a champagne expenditure, on a beer revenue.

At this season of the year the man with a neglected vegetable or flower garden who knows its value, finds a household supply of that delicious green vegetable the "rauriki," much prized by the Maoris for its healthgiving properties (says a North Island exchange). No pakcha cabbage can compare with its tender green shoots when boiled or steamed. A letter received by a Hamilton resident by this week's American milt shows how accounts of a disaster are magnified in the first few days of horror. The writer, referring lo I lie Florida hurricane, which had taken place a few days earlier, said: "The whole city of Miami and other adjacent towns were wiped off the map, and 50,000 people were kilb'l." Later cables told us that the casualties numbered about COO.

"If dairy produce is not graded as cither superfine, first grade, or second grade, it cannot bo exported, and we unfortunates in New Zealand get it," remarked Mr A. W. Blair In the Wellington Supreme Court. Mr Justice McGregor: At the same price, too? Mr Blair: It is a question of the water content. Wo take more water with ours 1 A Wellington taxi-cab company has installed a number of neutrodync receiving sets and loud-speakers in its taxi-cabs. The aerial consists of a sheet of metal on the outside of the top of the vehicle. On a recent afternoon (says the Dominion), quite a small crowd assembled around one of the taxis in the city listening to music from the loud-speaker. The broadcast receiving installations have already proved io be an attraction to people who take runs in the taxis at night time, and are thus entertained while a vehicle is in motion.

The chairman No. 2 District Council, Main Highways Board, advised the Waipa County Council yesterday that the members of the main board would be making an inspection of roads in No. 2 district towards the end of this month. They would be in To Awamutu on November 27, and hoped to meet the county council at 1.0 a.m. on that day to discuss mailers of interest.

A big seven-days' s.r.o nf furnishings is tiow on at Hooker and Kingston's during the progress of anniversary. All iloor-cpvcriugs, including carpets, linoleum squares, bedding, curtains, blinds, etc., are showing substantial reductions, and as this is a most suitable lime for replacing many requirements for the home, everyone would be wise, in taking advantage of these bargain days. Always famous lor good values, this seven-days' sale of furnishings at Hooker and Kingston's means tremendous savings for .the horns.*

The two Rhode scholars for 1927 will be selected on November 26, when the committee is to meet in Wellington. The Taranaki Oil Fields report that preparatory work at Waiapu No. 2 is well in hand, and 30 tons of equipment arc at the site.

The Waikato County Council have been advised by tho Valuation Department that it is proposed to revalue the counly as at March 31, 1927. The directors of the Mosgiel Woollen Factory Company recommend a dividend of \ per cent, and a. bonus of 2 per cent., making a total for the year of 10 per cent.

The police at Hamilton and Ngaruawahia are to be asked by the Waipa County Council to prosecute motorists travelling at a greater speed than 25 miles an hour along the HamiltonNgaruawahla Road. The Anglican city mlssloner. Rev. Jasper Calder, will require to rest during the present week as a result of a somewhat painful injury which befell him on Saturday morning, when a heavy piece of iron fell on his foot.

A special order was made by the Waikato County Council this morning, at the request of the Stock Department, declaring gorse, ragwort, hakea, foxglove, broom, blackberry,_ sweet briar and wing- thistle noxious weeds.

The AustrSlian cricketers were the guests of the Auckland Racing Club at the concluding day of the spring meeting at Ellerslie yesterday. The members of the party sailed for Sydney by the Aorangi to-day. The lour has involved an absence of nine months from Australia.

It came as a surprise to Dannevirke councillors when the town clerk mentioned that there was no by-law prohibiting the discharge of firearms within the borough. "I did not know we could discharge firearms in the borough, otherwise there would be fewer cats in the Avenue," remarked the Mayor, amidst much merriment.

A lad, the son of a Waikato farmer, has been "missing from his homo for the last day or two. His parents are anxious concerning him and would be pleased of any information as to his whereabouts, which could be forwarded to box 21, Hamilton, or telephone 2155. The lad has dark eyes and brown hair, and is aged 15 years and 7 months.

Quite a panic was caused the other day through the appearance of a wild bull of more than ordinary size, which must have come down with the quiet cattle from Tauhara Mountain (writes a Taupo correspondent). He was reported to have charged an elderly native in his gig and also some children whilst on their way to school, who, however, fortunately escaped with nothing more than a fright. The Maoris went out lo hunt and kill the beast, but failed to locate him. Consequently the Natives were so scared that Lhcy slopped children from going to school. The bull was sighted byMr T. A. Grace and his boy whilst out rounding up their cattle. They immediately returned to Taupo, secured a rifle, and returned to where the bull was and shot it after a very exciting chase. He turned out to be in excellent condition and was carted home by the Maoris for consumption.