LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17447, 6 July 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A total of 58 assisted immigrants arrived at Auckland by the Arawa from Southampton yesterday.

Ripe plums were picked in the Poverty Bay district this week—six months ouL of season.

The petition bearing some 16,000 signatures, in favour of the construction of a bridge across the Waitemata Harbour, is to be presented to Parliament this session.

Twenty-seven English schoolboys arrived at Auckland by the Arawa from Southampton yesterday and will be placed on farms under the Church of England immigration scheme.

Burned and abandoned by the thieves, the motor car belonging to Mr Arthur Ripley, which was stolen from outside the IYA broadcasting station, Auckland, on Tueday evening, has been discovered at Whitford.

The new St. James Theatre in Auckland was opened last night by the "Archie” .Company. The theatre, seating over 2000, was crowded, and there were scenes of great enthusiasm.

It was decided at the Waikato subprovincial district branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union to-day to forward a protest t.o Wellington against the re-enactment of the Daylight Saving Bill.

The Wellington Diocesan Synod last evening passed a resolution expressing the opinion that the time was at hand when tlie Maori Mission throughout New Zealand should be conducted with, the activities of the Board of Missions.

On the grounds of mutual separation for a period exceeding three years, Marmaduke Archer Hunter, bank manager, was granted a divorce in the Supreme Court, Auckland, yesterday from Wynuie Hunter.

The number of cases of infectious diseases notified to the Health Department in June was 253, of which 135 were from the central Auckland area. Tlie distribution according to districts was as follows: —North Auckland, 34; Central Auckland, 135; South Auckland, G 4; Coromandel and Opotiki 20.

At a meeting of the Rotorua Chamber of Commerce mention was made of the proposal of the Health Department to reduce to a minimum the provision at King George V. Hospital, Rotorua, for the treatment of infantile paralysis. It was decided to write to the Minister of Health asking him to reconsider the matter.

The first, of the material for use on the Rotorua-Taupo railway arrived at Rotorua from the Bay of Plenty last evening. A commencement is being made immediately with the construction of huts on the outskirts of the town to accommodate tlie 50 men who, it is expected, will he working within a fortnight.

That the bowling clubs are particularly interested in tlie fate of the Daylight Saving Bill is evidenced by the amount of discussion on the subject at the annual meetings. Practically every club (says a Wanganui paper) has expressed Us complete appreciation of the measure. More time can be given to the- game, and it is said by tlie clubs that the measure has been directly responsible for increases in their membership.