LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 104, Issue 17533, 15 October 1928, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The British Government last year helped 63,000 people to settle overseas. '

For breaking his prohibition order Hujrh Richard Finnester was to-day flned 10s, with costs at the Hamilton Magistrate's Court.

William Henry Bryce had to contribute 10s to the revenue to-day for not having an adequate silencer on his motor-cycle at Hamilton.

In addition to paying full market values for pigs supplied, the Inglewood Co-operative Bacon Company has paid out £4300 in bonuses during the past year.

Dates for payment, of land and income taxes have been fixed by Order-in-Council. The former will be payable on November 7 and the latter on February 8.

For failing to produce a motor-car license William James Trainor was fined 20s, with 10s costs, in the Hamilton Magistrate's Court this morning.

In the Magistrate's Court, Hamilton, this morning William Henry Price pleaded g'lilty to a charge of riding a motor-u/cle without a proper silencer attached. He was fined 10s.

The Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department advises that mails which left Wellington on the ilth ult., per the R.M.S. Makura, via San Francisco, arrived in London on the 10th inst.

Although the boisterous weather during the weekend was not conducive to good fishing some fine schnapper were caught off the main wharf at Raglan by a Hamilton fisherman, Mr. A. Barker. The fish were in excellent condition. During the weekend the sea was very rough and much discoloured by the presence of debris brought down from the hills by the many streams which flow into the harbour.

The loss of the French submarine Ondine, which was sunk with all hands by a Greek steamer, has aroused much soreness in Paris, as the captain of the steamer did not wait till daylight to make a starch. It is also thought that the ship should have put into Vigo to report instead of proceeding to Rotterdam, which meant a delay of eight days.

Somewhere near bottom in the scale of morals has surely been reached by the person who would rob a Dr. Barnardo collection box. Such a happening has just occurred in Tiniaru, this being the third lime the same thing has occurred in Timaru during the past three years. In the latest instance the collection box was stolen from the counter of a local business house, and after breaking it open and stealing the contents the thief threw it away.