LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17133, 21 June 1927, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is stated the date of the official opening of the broadcasting station 2YA, Wellington, will be July IG.

The central executive of the Country Political Party, which includes delegates from the branches throughout the province will meet, in Auckland on Thursday. The principal business will be to draw up the platform.

A mouth-organ band has been formed at Timaru. The movement lias the support of Die Timaru Competitions Society, and Mr D. W. Osborne, wellknown band conductor, has been offered the conductorship of the new body.

At the Piako County Council meeting on Monday at Tc Aroha, Cr. Walters referred to Dio matter of the purchasing of calves. He contended that it would be of great benefit to the district, for the company will he paying at least Is per head for calves over that paid by the purchasers of skins.

Following considerable rain in the past 48 hours a heavy slip came down in the Matahoura Gorge, five miles on the Napier side of Waikarc, last c\cuing. completely blocking the NapicrWairoa road. Public Works employees will make a start on clearing the road to-morrow. The motor services arc interrupted.

The day popularly regarded as the shortest of the year, falls to-day, sunrise at 7.3 a.m. and sunset at 4.42 p.m. There is very little difference in the actual hours of daylight for some days. The days start to lengthen on Friday, when sunrise is at 7.4 a.m. but sunset is still at 4.42 p.m.

A London correspondent writes that Mr A. L. Ward, the famous glass painter, has- completed the tenth stained glass window for the War Memorial Chapel of King's College, Auckland. The window is dedicated to the memory of Ronald Douglas McLean and Joseph Fleming Keith Hunter. Mr Ward is also doing the east window for the Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton.

“Are you in favour of closing hotel bars at the hours when other business premises close?” was a question asked of Mr J. A. Young, Minister of Health, at Hamilton, last night. The Minister replied that he saw no reason why hotel bars should not close at the same hours as other businesses. A voice: And have a late night on Fridays. (Laughter.)

The Hamilton Shakespeare Club will give a reading of “Mollentrave on Women,” by Alfred Sutro, on Thursday. The cast will be:—Mr Mollentrave Mr E. Bouillon; Sir Joseph Balstead, Mr E. Wilson; Everard Swenboys, Mr W. C. S. Leys; Lord Contarccn, Mr W. L. Raristead; Mr Dexter, Mr 1L F. Morton; Mr Noyes, Mr R. Ranstcad; Lady Claude Derenham, Mrs Bouillon; Margaret Messilent, Miss E. Bowie; Miss Trcavle, Airs M. Bey; Mrs Martclli, Mrs Kabcr Harrison.

That within ten years light aeroplanes will foe as popular in New Zealand as motor cars was the opinion advanced by Captain J. L. Findlay, olhcer commanding Wigram Aerodrome, when speaking at the monthly mess dinner of officers of Hie Fourth Cadet Battalion, Canterbury Regiment. Captain Findlay said that there. are no more accidents in civil aviation than there are in other forms of transporlalion. Accidents occur in military aviation in England because pilots have to take more risks in order to be able to manoeuvre tlieir machines in warfare.

With frequent police raids being carried out, rumours of -raids arc circulating freely, and an amusing instance is told in Ashburton (says the Guardian). A uniformed policeman, having business lo transact, visited a shop in Burnett Street the other day, accompanied by another limb of the law, also in uniform. As their visit coincided with the visit of a well-known lawyer and justice of the peace, the story went the rounds (with the rapidity with which rumours fly), that the shop had been raided. The proprietor of the shop thinks the story is excellent advertising propaganda.

Those who have been waiting for Hooker and Kingston’s sale to open were well rewarded on llic opening day, for there were bargains offering that had not been |cen in Hamilton for many a day. All new goods, too. Yes! All this season’s. Beautiful coals in velours which were usually £7 IPs Gd, going for 59/6. Smart knitted wool' coats, Dos to £8 Ss, are going out for IPs 7d. Five hundred pairs of Towels arc being thrown away at half-price, and the evening frocks—well, you should sec them. Lovely goods, just landed in the store from Paris at £G Gs to £lO 10s, going out for SP/G and -69/6. Crepe de chines, all colours, 2s 11 Id. Every day will bo a busy day at Hooker and Kingston's colossal mid-winter sale *

Here arc the detailed gate takings at the National Dairy Show at Palmerston N. last week, with the figures for flic previous year in parenthesis:— Tuesday, £73 3s (£43 10s 6d); Wednesday, £SBO 7s 3d (£420 17s lid); Thursday, £521 14s lid (£506 4s 6d) ; Friday, £309 8s (£494 4s 4d) ; Saturday, £309 12s 3d (£313 2s Gd) ; total, £IBOO 5s 5d (£1779 19s 9d).

The following private company was registered in Auckland yesterday: The Hamilton Vacuum Gleaner Agency, Ltd. Objects: To acquire Die business of the Hamilton Vacuum Cleaner Agency, Ole. Capital: £520,' in £1 shares. Subscribers: H. H. Parranfc and A. Dixon, 2GO shares each.

While the Dominion Museum and gallery must be built some day and can be waited for in perfect confidence, it is sufficiently clear that the public would prefer them to be built independently of any war memorial scheme (states the Christchurch Sun). The Citizens' Committee would therefore make swifter progress, and the progress the public wishes for, if if conferred with the Government about a complete change in the scheme for a national war memorial.