NEWS AND NOTES

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17502, 8 September 1928, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES

The Railway Department proposes to commence running daylight expresses between Auckland and^ -lington on Monday, December 3. As in previous years the service will operate during the summer months only. The express from Wellington, arriving . at Auckland at 11 p.m., will take the place of the present night train from Frankton, which arrives at Auckland at the same hour. Statistics show 7 Hamilton to be very high on the list of healthy towns and in no small measure is this due to the extensive used of the Premier Duplex Electric Vacuum Cleaner. One cannot hut have a healthy home with the use of this superior product. Test it yourself at the .National-Elec-tric and Engineering Co., Ltd., vie toria Street. An unusual position has regard to valuations at Raetihi to be dcilt with by the Assessment Court The Borough Council has objected to everv valuation on the grounds that they are too low 7 , and the ratepayers have objected because they are too high. The Wanganui City Council has approved the plans for the new National Bank, to be erected on the former site of Chavanne’s Hotel, which is now being demolished. Tire plans provide for the setting back of 3ft 7in at the corner. The new building will be a handsome addition to the city, and wni be three-storey.

Come early and have the benefit of wider selection of new ' spring materials just landed to 11. Fort* Tailor, South British Buildings, Hamilton.

There are at present 35 names on the unemployment register at-the Wanganui Labour Department, as against 111 two weeks ago. During the last fortnight the department has assisted 20 men to employment.

Service cars stop by the Marble Bar, Victoria Street, where a good menu including dinners and teas, is served promptly.

It was stated at the final meeting of the Wanganui Unemployment Relief Committee that the estimated total revenue was £IO2O and the estimated expenditure £1570, leaving a balance of £4l. The committee lias disbanded owing to no further funds being available with which to provide work for unemployed.

School bells rang out their call again this week and children once more settled to study. Those two weeks of frolic and boyish pastimes prove very hard on clothing, and your attention is directed to the Boys Fox Serge Trousers in all sizes at Robson and Co., “The Don,” corner Ward and Victoria Street. These are priced at 5/11.

The annual collection of books and magazines by the Wanganui branch of the Women’s Division of the farmer-. Union met with considerable success the other day. In all 1040 books ano about 1000 magazines were sent m, which will allow of a wide distribution of good reading matter among backblocks families.

Irresponsible boys have been practising with air rifles or shanghais on the windows of the new museum at Wanganui, and three expensive panes of glass have been broken. “Boys will be boys, but I wish they would choose a less expensive form of amusement,” said a member of the museum board.

Langsford’s Special Display of new sleeveless cardigans for early spring and summer sports wear, indicates the styles that will be the vogue. Priced 12/11, 10/11, 18/11 and 21/9. Buy yours now from the new Helix erics.

Langsford’s Specials.—2oo dozen fancy printed lawn handkerchiefs, usual price 6Jd each. Now half-a-dozen for 1/6.

Once again the increasing popularity of motor traction as against horse power was emphasised at tHe meeting of the Wanganui Agricultural Association, when it was stated that a class for horses at the show had been won by the same animal, practically without competition, for several years m succession.

A large increase is shown in the number of eggs received by the Stratford Egg Circle for the month ended August 25 when compared with the corresponding month of last year, there being 4836 dozen on this occasion as against 2800 dozen.

Langsford’s Specials always interesting. Consider an embroidered crepe de chine cot quilt, 34 by 26 inch, in dainty soft shades, when the price is only 14/11.

What every farmer wants when he buys farm machinery is an article with efficiency, durability and service. In some cases he gets this or part of it but when he buys a "Diabolo Separator he will get efficiency, durability and service to the full extent.

Local daylight saving was supports at a meeting of the New Plymout. branch of the Public Service Associatiou.

Mr W. T. Douglas, of Landsend, Wairarapa, states that he has decided to acquire a Moth aeroplane, which he intends to use in going to and from Wellington, and also in flying over lus own property. This is a new departure so far as the" Wairarapa is concerned.

There is only need to try out the “Diabolo" to see that this Separator will skim clean; for the durability stands the “Diabolo" Separator Company’s Ten Years’ Guarantee; and for their service in the Auckland Province the well-known firm of D. McL. Wallace, Ltd., Hamilton, and branches are endeavouring to give every satisfaction.

At a novelty fair held at Dunedin to assist the fund for the erection of the new Caversharn Presbyterian Churc.i the minister read a letter from Mr l\ K. Sidey M.P., in which he said that the time’ had arrived for him to fultli his promise to make a donation of £IOOO, for which sum he enclosed Ins cheque.

As the . Separator is one of the most important items on the farm it would pay to buy an efficient, durable “Diabolo,” which will insure for you expert service at all times.

“He had been to a dance, and-that accounts for hjrn being abroad at such an hour," said counsel'in speaking for a motor cyclist who was charged in the Police Court at New Plymouth with making an undue noise by his machine being in a state of disrepair. “He was taking someone home from the dance, Sir, —a man," added counsel, which provoked a smile around the court.

ITEMS FROM MANY SOURCES,

The annual report of the Wairoa Racing Club shows that in the past year a profit of £164 was made.

The secret -of an attractive appearance is attractive hair. The secret of attractive hair is a permanent wave as performed by Michell’s, Corner Victoria and Ward Streets.

“Why did you first select a perfectly respectable land agent of New Plymouth from the identification parade held at the police station this morning?” asked Mr A. K. North when a witness had related in the New Plymouth Court how he had pointed to a man as one of two who were accused of the theft of parts from a burnt catstanding on the roadside at Uruti. On a closer inspection, however, he had altered his opinion. The parade was comprised of nine men, seven of whom had been selected by a constable in the street.

Daniel Webster wrote many years ago “Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth all its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great Interests, to see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something to be remembered.” If all our politicians would adopt this slogan and cease their battle of words for place and power, while neglecting the great \ital interests of the Dominion, unoccupied land and consequent unemployment would disappear. This is the principle lving behind the groat service that Messrs J. Gilbert and Co., Land Salesmen of Hamilton, render to the farmers of the Dominion.

The world's gold reserves are estimated at £2,516,800,0-00, the Principal holders being America, Britain, France and Japan.

Many a Hamilton man is proud and also pleased (from a po-cket point of view) that Ills wife should have selected her requirements of Miss Wittner, Furrier and Costumier, < -i Victoria’ Street, opposite Collingwood Street. At such remarkable savings ttie -opportunity waits for you to secure values that stand well ahead of competition.

H.M.S. Caradoc is to take the place on the West Indies station of H.M.S. Dauntless, which was damaged by grounding at Halifax, Nova

James Watson, aged 28, of Grimsby, was at Hull charged with breaking into the house of a Hull prison warder and stealing clothing, which tic was alleged to have been wearing when arrested, and money. The warder’s house was next door to a policeman’s, and a ladder which Watson was alleged to have used to get through the warder’s bedroom window was found in a detective’s garden. Watson was remanded.

“It was just toy accident I -left my shoes to be repaired at Les. Jones, London Street, next Dairy Company Buildings, but I’ll tell you I’ve never gone elsewhere since. /

Twenty-eight senior cadets from Pangbourne Nautical School visiled Southampton at the invitation of the mayor, and after louring flic docks inspected the White Star liner Majestic.

Home furnishing is an inexpensive operation at the Mart of J. W. Belz, 233 Victoria Street, Hamilton, where selection and quality have built a reputation. This week the Robertson Sewing - Machine is being featured. This attractive well-built machine will take Singer parts and sells for £ll/ii cash, or £l3/13/- terms.

Great Britain has £4,000,000,000 invested in foreign countries; the figure for the United States is not much more than half this.

Dairy farmers in the Waikato are particularly concerned over the new malady affecting members of their herds, and we have instances where a number of deaths amongst valuable herds of stock, have taken place. When taken in time, we can assure you good results, one drench usually being sufficient. A trial will convince. Manning’s Ltd., Chemists, ’phone 1328, Hamilton.

It is reported that the Dannevirke Hospital authorities arc experiencing some difficulty in dealing with the public who on visiting days approach too closely the isolation ward ihc Hospital Board recently decided that the public should not He permitted closer to tlic isolation block than the lawn outside the men’s ward, Hut the nurses find difficulty in enforcing tins order.

Influenza has been more prevalent this winter, than since the 1918 epidemic. It is quite impossible to throw off the after effects without the assistance of a good invigorating tonic. Manning’s, Ltd., have the Ideal Remedy. Their Triple Tonic is the invaluable After Hu Tonic. It ■lightens fatigue, removes depression, increases the nerve force and imparts vitality.. This renowned tonic is procurable at Manning’s, Ltd., Chemists, 85 Victoria Street.

Excavations in Transcaucasia, Pussian Armenia, have brought to light a prehistoric mammoth’s claw 9 feet m length, with a sharply hooked tip. It is the seventh claw of a mammoth to be found in Armenia in the past decade. The jaw of an animal of the bovine species twice the size ot Hie present-day cow lias also been unearthed. The theory advanced is that lliese monsters were overwhelmed in a Hood.

Entire Waikato will acclaim next Tuesday as an unparallelled epoch in the history of Hie Great Bargain Stores. Suffice to say, this home of unrivalled value will be ready to cater for ils usual hundreds who arc quick lo realise the meaning of value and the opportunity to save shillings as against pence elsewhere.

In order to obtain the views of members of the legal profession and c. their employees on tbc question or local daylight saving the Southland District Law Society recently issued a circular to legal offices in Invercargill, ;md as a result of the replies received Hie voting was as follows: Practitioners: For local daylight saving 25, against 0. Employees: For 49, against 3.

The spring window display by Miss Bcrrv, Wesley Buildings, Victoria Street, will gladden the heart of every woman. Originality, style and personality in every article.

q’lic Napier Park Racing Club at present lias a membership of 203. Four of these are life members.

Brazil nuts, new season’s, M- per pound at ft- Pike's, Grocer, .ill Victoria Street North. A line line and full of milk.

There is nothing so good for cleaning tiles as kerosene. Hub a little over the tiles wilh a piece of soft rag, uild ooiish with soft paper.

A deputation has been arranged by the Palmerston North Borough Council to meet the Prime ■ Minister and the Minister for Health on September 13 in reference to Hospital finance as it affects local bodies.

E. G. Scrimshaw, Undertaker, Hood Street, Hamilton, 'phone 2182, night 2286.

Forty years have passed since the sign of H. H. How-den w 7 as first placed before the Waikato public and from then the firm has been noted for_ consistently honest and reliable business. The slocks of this firm incorporate every taste. Your inspection is invited. 11. 11. Howden, Jeweller, Victoria Street, Hamilton. ’Phone 1554.

“When a farm dairy instructor recommends any improvements suppliers in some districts think they arc unnecessarv, will be too cosily, and will result in a direct loss,” remarked Mr G. Purvis, dairy produce grader and instructor, of Gisborne, in an address to dairy farmers, when commenting on the value of the system of farm dairy instruction. He added that what was advised was in the farmers’ own interests, and the farmers would reap the benefit in the end.

Battery trouble in any form quickly located and remedied by an expert at Ford Sales, Ltd., Coliingwood Street, Hamilton. Take advantage of this service.

J .Tebson, Carrier, Hamilton Express Company (office) Ward Street. Remember to ’phone 2419 when you require the services of a dependable carrier.

Cream in everything—cream with everything. This apparently is the new "fash lon in the States. According to Mr A. J. Mills, head of the English firm of A, J. Mills and Co., Uncle Sam, in His craze' for cream, is drawing so heavily on his own resources and those of his neighbour Canada that the butler production of belli countries is being affected. This, of course, would be good for New Zealand in two ways it tended to eliminate both countries as competitors in butter, and also opened up prospects of new markets in these lands.

The value of a photograph increases each day. Regrets are born of delay and carelessness, and your only ineffaceable link with past days is a photographic record. The work of y. C. Dobson requires no introduction and you are invited to inspect and discuss at his studio, King’s , Buildings, Victoria Street, 'phone 129 i.

Customs revenue totalling £lpl-> is 3d was collected in Blenheim last month while the beer duty amounted to £175 2s 7d. In the preceding August the Customs revenue was £1383 12s 8d and tlic beer duty £‘~oo 3s Gd.

We are sole Waikato Agents for Avery Scales. Any class of scales adjusted or repaired; reasonable charges Frankton Junction, ’phone 2857.

Mr Isaac Wilson, a wealthy Mitcham, Surrey, property owner, lias given £20,000 to Die Cumberland villages o, Milton (where He was born), Brampton Farlarn, and Dancrcost. It is to bo used to build 30 cottages for poor people. Tile Wilson Collage Hospital, a £60,000 gift to Mitcham from Mr Wilson, will be opened in October. L wilt be Mitcham’s first hospital.

It’s preity hard to swallow some of tlic fables about the fox, but it’s extremely easy to swallow and enjoy “Blue Fox” Pickles. Ask your grocer.

It is understood that the Government lias agreed to provide a grant of £4OOO for additions to School House at the Wairarapa High School or at all events that such a grant is being considered, subject to the Wairarapa Secondary Education Board finding interest on the amount. It is stated that although a larger amount could have been used with advantage the sum mentioned will cover tlic cost of the extensions most urgently needet. and relieve the present overcrowding of School House.

Dressmaking and Frocks cut and fitted by first-class expert at the Beehive, next Haereniai Tea Booms, Victoria Street. .

The well-known products of the Alliance Electrical Company, Wellington, -arc represented by T. L. JUillar and Co., Electrical Engineers, 227 Victoria Street, Hamilton.

“It is 48 years this year since I started farming in Kaupokonui," said Mr W. T. Wells at the annual meeting of the factory, "and I do not remember a season when everything in fat mil.g looked so promising as to-day.” lie added that he belonged to the first dairy company operating in the distiicl, and he was the only one h-'lt to-day out of directors, managers, and suppliers.

What a pity so many people neglect denial treatment nowadays, and as a consequence suffer loss ol good appearance and sound health. Don t put this subject aside. Act immediately and communicate with Pillar and Gresham Times Buildings, Hamilton. ’Phone 2977. A full denture for £2 2s. Gentleness, care and confidence. A 2/4 tin Holfe’s Wax contains as much as three 1/- tins. The famous Emperor’s carpet, made it ;i Persian Court factory about aOU voars ago, realised £23,100 at Christie's rooms, in King street Eon don. The bidding resolved itself mtu a duel between Mr Salomon, ot the International Art Gallery, of London, Paris, and New York, and Mr ParishWatson, a New York dealer, Mr Salomon being ultimately declared the purchaser. When ironing lace place a piece ot flannel underneath the iron on the wrong side. This will bring the pattern up. The only time the average wife listens to her husband is when he talks in his sleep. English Stainless Cutlery and Table ware has a well-deserved reputation for beauty and many years of service. “Choysa” Tea offers a full range "free."

Dr. Annie Desant, president of the Thcosophical Society, was hissed and frequently interrupted by a woman when she"gave the third of her lectures on “A Federation of Free Peoples,” at Queen’s Hall, London. When Dr. Besant said, “India docs not want to break with England, but she is reaching the point where she feels she would rather break away than be broken,” the woman cried “Shame!” Later she shouted “Traitor to England! Remember you are in London now, not India.” Finally she hanged down her seaL and left the halL

Mr Harry George Younger, ’of Benmore and Ivilmun, Argyllshire, a cousin of Lord Younger and chairman of Messrs William Younger and Co., the Edinburgh brewers, has presented the residue of his estate to the British Forestry Commission, reserving only for his private use Eckfc-rd House, a small villa on the roadside, and the River Echaig. In February, 1925, Mr Younger presented his estate of about 10,000 acres at Benmore to the Commission as a national gift for afforestation purposes. Spring blossoms, bridal veils, halos and coronettes. adorn Miss Beagley’s windows at present. Brides to be will do w 7 ell to inspect this comprehensive display arranged in both pink and white. Corn sufferers write for a bottle of Horsley’s Corn Cure. Absolute Cure. Price i/6, post free. Horsley, Chemist, 94 Queen Street, Auckland. A fire broke out at Darlington fair ground, one show being burnt out and another almost wrecked to prevent the spread of the flames. The spectators escaped without injury, hut live other persons received minor injuries. Twenty-two monkeys were liberated and recaptured, and boxes containing snakes were removed from the. burning tent. The Para Rubber Co., Ltd., Hamilton, are ttie largest dealers of finest quality rubber goods in the Waikato.

Liquid Granite, the most lasting of all Varnishes for wood floors and linoleum. Obtainable Oil and Colour Merchants and Stores, or direct from \V. V. Wilson and Co., 390 Queen Street, Auckland.

At a meeting of the Cowes Harbour Commissioners attention was called to the alleged excessive speed through the Solent on July 6 of the Gunard liner Mauretania. It was complained that ttie liner threw heavy seas on the Cowes front, where pedestrians and children bathing were endangered, and into tlic streets, Hooding premises. This, it was reported, was the third complaint against the same ship, and a protest is to be sent to tlic Gunard Company.

An Australian visitor who has been touring New Zealand, placed an order in Hamilton for a suit, which was to be called for on return from Rotorua. This lie did and his expressions of satisfaction .were most flattering. You are sure of correct fit when it’s made by R. Higgott, Tailor, Victoria Street.

Many a man who is a big noise in the office is only a little squeak at home.

.In Tuesday’s Times appeared the decision of Hamilton motorists to ask the Railway Department to instal a wig-wag system of signalling on tlic Victoria Street crossing. This crossing is dangerous and there is no doubt that every motorist, when near the crossing concentrates on the attractive window displays of F. G. Keep, Footwear Specialist, Victoria Street.

Woman’s fondest hope is that she will he weighed and found wanting.

The finest selection of furniture is at Warinan and Sons, Victoria Street, Hamilton. All the originality and skill of the Dominion’s best craftsmen are embodied in our products.

Every cloud has a silver lining—and even an old suit lias its shiny side.

The snap and pep of springtime makes man jump with pleasure for new clothing. Without it lie feels out of season. Right now at the start of the season, there is a great selection for you at the shop of Alick J. Connell, 54 Victoria Street, Hamilton.

Canadian doctors report an amazing case ol' an insane woman with an abnormal appetite. Alter an X-ray examination no fewer than 2533 different pieces of metal and glass were recovered from her body. The list included A)47 bent pins, BGS pieces of bent wire, 191 pieces of glass, 17G parts of safety pins, 58 tin tacks, 28 parts of garter fasteners and such miscellaneous objects as screws, beads, nuts, washers, broken keys, money, and cuff-links. The history lesson was in progress and the teacher was testing the pupils by inquiring the important events, occurring in certain years. “1707 ?” he Hashed to a small boy. “Please, Sir, ■that's Ireland and Hum’s telephone number. We get our coal from them.” As teacher uses Puke Coal no punishment was indicted. Often when oonscionce tries to speak it finds the line bus). What does page 20 of the Telephone Directory tell you? What does cvcrvone tell you? Forsythes Vigor Tonic stands alone as a general pick-me-up. 2/0 and 1/0. Some women acquire companionate husbands, and some marry golf play ers. If vou want your suit really to. belong 'to vou it must be tailored by experienced men. We have a splendid range of rich English W oralt b •m S t arrived from London. W invite you to call at 94 Victoria, street, Hamilton, E. 1 iiornas.