LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17224, 6 October 1927, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Borough employees are working in Knox Street, regrading, where they are reducing the camber.

The building figures in Auckland are £962,795 this year and £1,173,885 in 1926, a decrease of £211,090.

A young native named Hui Kai Rahu was remanded, before Mr. C. J. W. Barton, S.M., at the Hamilton Court, to-day on a charge of allegedly obtaining £2 by means of a valueless cheque at Te Awamutu. He will appear before the Hamilton Court again on Monday next.

The Borstal inmates at Waikeria were entertained by a Hamilton party on Tuesday evening. The musical programme was contributed by Mrs Morton (pianist), Miss Webster and Mr Morton (soloists). Mr F. A. de la Mare gave a recitation, and Mr N. M. Richmond a lecture on Bernard Shaw, with a reading.

Over 10.00 entries have been received in the Auckland Province for the junior national scholarship examinations. The entries came from the following schools: Primary, 756; secondary, 218; private, 36; total. 1010; junior free place, primary, 117: secondary, 0; private, 1; total, 123.

The question whether resident teachers may let the houses attached to the schools in which they are teaching was discussed by the Auckland Education Board yesterday. It was decided that in future advertisements inviting applications for vacancies must announce I hat successful applicants will not be permitted to Jet their residences.

Bishop Cherrington, in opening the sale of work at St Peter's Hall this morning, announced that he had decided to open a small theological school in Hamilton to prepare youths for matriculation with a view to their entering St. John's at Auckland. He appealed to church people to contribute to the furnishing of the house which he was obtaining for the school. Seven young men desired to take the course.

Advice of a grant of half the cost of erecting a three-roomed building for tiic accommodation of a secondary department on the new school site at Te Arolia was received from the Education Department by the Auckland Education Board yesterday. The board agreed to pay the balance of of the cost. The tender of Mr G. R. Stewart, at £27Ci, was accepted for the work.

The Postmaster-General, Hon. W. Nosworthy, announced yesterday that he had authorised a departure from the existing policy in the Post and Telegraph Department, whereby all construction work in the country districts was clone by officers of the department. The Minister stated that whenever opportunity offered for the construction of new telegraph or telephone lines, he would have tenders called for the work and later have a comparison made with similar classes of work already clone by the department.

Importers of British chocolates and confectionery arc protesting against the additional 5 per cent, duty which it is proposed to levy beyond the increase brought down in the revised tariff two or three weeks ago. They say that while it is a serious blow to the business in British goods it may act as a detriment of New Zealand confectionery manufacturers. It is further stated the consequence will be that the public will in future pay 25 per cent, more for English chocolates.

The Wellington Show Association has decided to proceed at once lo raise the necessary loan to erect a building and carry out roading and other works in readiness for the next winter show. The building which is to be erected now will cover approximately 94,000 square feet on one lloor, and will have a mezzanine floor for tea rooms, a dance hall of another 13,000 square feet, and approximately 20,000 square feel, in the basement. This will give a total floor area of 127,000 square feet. The cost of Lhe present proposals, including roads, excavations and fencing, is approximately £48,000.