LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17243, 31 October 1927, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-morrow will be the last day on which holders of 5 per cent, war loan stock maturing on November 15 may apply for repayment. / Mrs Fenton, who was injured in the recent London Street bus collision, has been discharged from hospital. There were 543 men on the unemployed register at Auckland on Saturday, compared with 619 at the end of the previous week. A reduction of 2s a ton in the price of household coal and Is a ton in kitchen coal, to take effect from tomorrow, November 1, is announced by the Auckland Coal Dealers' Association. The body of an elderly man, Charles Henry Seymour, who had been missing for several days, was found on Saturday at the foot of a cliff in the Waitakere Hills. Death had apparently occurred some days ago. of the preivous week. The Government has approved of the erection of a new technical college hostel at Wanganui. The work is to proceed without delay. The hostel will cost about £16,000 and will be one of the most up-to-date institutions of its kind in New Zealand. It seems that the man behind the hcrey tank is as important in his job as the expert behind the butterchurn. He can make the money gvanulate quickly or slowly—if he knows how. He can make it " come " in coarse granules or fine ones (the fine ones ranking "superfine" on the market). And according to a surprising article in the New Zealand. Smallholder, he can govern its behaviour by borrowing a wrinkle from the cheese makers and yeast makers, and using a " starter " This expert reveals that the speed and quality of the granulation of honey can be regulated by adding some crystals from the previous make of extra quality honey. This week's special attraction at Hooker and Kingstons is the opening of over two hundred Children's School Blazers. They are of a special quality being made of pure wool navy doctor flannel. Quite an assortment of coloured cords for trimmings, including all school regulation colours. Remember! Blazers made of "Doctor" Flannel wash well, keep their colour and do not shrink—and you'll pay less for Blazers' at Hooker and Kingstons, —\o specialise in childrfn's wear.

Ratepayers of the Mount Roskill Road district on Saturday defeated* the proposal to amalgamate with the city by 926 votes to 887.

The Chief Postmaster, Hamilton, advises that mails which left Auckland on 27th ultimo per R.M.S. Niagara via Vancouver, arrived in London on the 28 th inst.

The conference of the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers at Hamilton lias ended. On Saturday morning the members inspected the borough works and showed considerable interest in the sewerage scheme.

The Boys' Band, under the baton of Mr T. Donovan, played at Rotokauri yesterday afternoon. A prominent musician who heard the baud refers in very complimentary terms to its playing, and says the boys are doing very well.

Extensions to the Hamilton substation, building will be necessary to deal with the power developed at Arapuni, and tenders are being called for the work by the Public Works Department. The additions are in connection with the transformer station and switching structure at Claudelands.

It has been said that the aviation spirit is undeveloped in the Dominion, but the response from territorials who desire to take advantage of the chance offered by the Defence Department to enter the Air Force shows that there is a keen desire among the youth of the country to take up aviation (stales the Christchurch Sun). In Christchurch alone there were over 200 applications for the vacancies for 10 cadet pilots and 20 Air Force craftsmen. Most of the applicants want to be pilots.

The trading results of Nestle's and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co. (Australasia), Ltd., yielded a net profit for the year ended June 24 of £287,164, against £280,656 for 19251926. Preference shareholders receive 8 per cent, and £87,500 is absorbed by a dividend of 3£ per cent, on the ordinary share capital, leaving £26,800 to be carried forward, against £20,0000 brought into the accounts.

Referring to the anxiety of some retailers to increase sales at all costs, Mr A. J. Sinclair, in an address to Te Awamulu Chamber of Commerce, stated that many retailers were led astray-by the fact that a larger volume of sales usually meant larger gross profits. Cross profit, he said, meant nothing, and had been aptly defined as: "A term invented by accountants to hide the inefficiencies of business men." The volume of a business meant nothing, he said, and gross sales meant nothing. Profit could never be gross, and must always be net.