LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17384, 21 April 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Waikato Times will not be published on Wednesday next (Anzac Day).

The membership of the Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association is 850, an increase of 207 on that of the previous year.

The Postmaster General has placed a ban on correspondence in connection with the Athlone Sweeps, Athlone, Ireland.

(Plum trees are blossoming again in Hamilton. This, no doubt, is due to the long run of fine weather.

A meeting of the Legion of Frontiersmen will be held on Thursday in the Town Walt. Colonel Claude Weston will be present.

The properly of Dwan Brothers, next to the Grand Hotel. Willis Street, Wellington, with a frontage of 37.9 ft. to Willis Street, was sold by auction yesterday for £3"),500, about £BB7 per foot.

The Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia, Dr. Eduard Benes, has arrived, in London on a private visit. He will see the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, next week.

This week the first lambs of the season in the Weslmere district appeared on the property of Mr R. Laird (says the Wanganui Chronicle). A notable feature in connection with their appearance is the extreme carliness of the season.

Monday will be St. George's Day, and will be observed as a holiday by the banks. Other business houses will be open as usual on Monday. Wednesday, Anzac Day, will be observed as a close holiday by all businesses and industries.

Owing to complaints of unfairness regarding the gallery queue at His Majesty's Theatre,. Auckland, the management has decided to place the arrangement of the queue under supervision each evening. Mr .1. Farrell, manager for .1. C. Williamson, Limited, interviewed yesterday, said the practice complained of. namely, Ihe reservation of front places in the queue to those patrons who purchased a box to si 1 . upon, had been carried on without the permission and without the knowledge of the management. He understood the occupants of an adjacent refreshment shop rented wooden boxes "t threepence each to any person in Ihc queue who wished to avoid the discomfort of standing.