LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17413, 28 May 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A fall of 1.84 inches of rain was recorded in Hamilton yesterday.

Mr T. .1. Edmonds has presented to Ihn city of Christ church, to mark the Diamond Jubilee, a band rotunda valued at £.'looo.

The school choirs' competition which is being conducted hy the Waikato Winter Show Association will be heir) in the- Slrand Theatre at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.

A well-developed apple from a second crop from a local orchard has been brought to the Tiroes office. We have also seen excellent specimens of Black Hamburg grapes from a second crop..

The Education Department's architect has taken measurements at about 2ft schools in Auckland district with a view fo providing separate rooms where two teachers are now teaching in the same room.

An explosion occurred in a fireplace at the residence of Mr P. W. Roberts, New Plymouth, on Friday evening, and scattered sparks and embers about the, sitting-room. Four further explosions occurred. A hole described as about 12in. in diameter had been made on the concrete bed of the fireplace.

Judgment for £125 damages for loss of pigs was given in the Bulls Court in a case in which Archibald Yardley sued the Parewanui Dairy Company. Defendant claimed that his pigs had been killed by caustic’.contained in the W’hey from the dairy company.

A total eclipse of the moon will occur during the night of June 3, y and if the sky is clear it should he visible throughout New Zealand. At 0.4 S p.m., the earth’s shadow will make its first contact with the lunar disc.

The late Lord Dalziel, formerly president of the International Sleeping Ca.r Company, who died on April 18, left an estate valued at £2,274,000. The death duties amounted to £865,000. The remainder was all bequeathed to deceased’s widow.

“What do you do with your wages'?" asked Mr F. W. Platts, S.M., in the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court this morning, when a young man was charged with allowing his maintenance payments to get into arrears. “Oh, the money just goes, - ’ replied accusetl.

On and afler June 1, the office of H.M. Trade Commissioner will he situated on the third floor of the new I’. and G. Building, Grey Street, Wellington. The offices contain a well equipped library of directories, commercial and statistical publications, which will be freely available to enquirers.

It was stated at a meeting of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board that the danger of t”ees growing alongside the power lines was more serious than was generally recognised (reports the Manavvatu Evening Standard). To date several animals had been electrocuted through the lines being broken by branches, and it xvas said to he quite likely that human life would be endangered. It was decided to take action where necessary in having trees cm down by property owners.

A few years ago, when the country became “motor mad,” a great many tractors were purchased for farm work, and the plough horse was superseded on many farms, large and small, by the mechanical drawer of plough, harrow’, and reaper. For three or four years there was a great drop in the sales ot harness for farms and plough collars, and Lames and chains became a drug on the market. This year, however, the retailers of these articles say that farm harness has again come into sharp demand, which suggests that mechanical traction lias its limitations.