LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17787, 12 August 1929, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

France has cancelled her entry in the Schneider Cup race.

The International Cycling Union, with headquarters at Zurich, has agreed to New Zealand’s being affiliated to it.

In the chief male choral contest at the Liverpool Eisteddfod 10 choirs competed, of 100 voices each. The Nelson English choir was first and Swansea second.

The number of unemployed registered at the Government Labour Bureau at Auckland last week was 850, a decrease of S 3 on the total for the previous week.

During July the sum of £9 12s was collected for admission to the Napier Municipal Baths, being £2 7s more than the amount collected for the corresponding month of last year.

At the last meeting of the Wanganui and District Development League Mr W. H. Ward reported having signed up 90 new members in a portion of the business area.

The scheme for a municipal milk supply for Christchurch is believed to have been dropped. A local Bill is required, and the City Council lias allowed the time limit fir introducing such measures Ibis session to pass without taking action.

“I believe I am expressing the views of the Magistrates of New Zealand when I say that I abhor technicalities. This court is a people’s court and is not the Supreme Court. I must confess that I always look upon technicalities as a sign of the weakness of the case of the individual who raises them.” Thus Mr A. M. Mowlem, S.M., in the Napier Magistrate’s Court, giving judgment in a civil claim in which an extremely technical. point was raised for the defence.

Now is the time to recover your floors with high grade floor coverings, for this week Hooker and Kingston, Ltd., the Big Busy Drapers, are offering amazing carpet squares, linoleum, pabcolin, and linoleum square reductions. All new designs and colourings. To give you some idea of this exceptional offer; English linoleum, usually 8s 6d, will he sold for 6s lid yard; Pabcolin squares, size 9x6, usually 29s 6d, sale price 2-ls 6d. See the new advertisement on page 9 for the full list of bargains.*’

Owing to the fact that the French cruiser Tourville leaves Wellington for Brisbane on Friday the proposed flight of the amphilbian machine to Christchurch has been cancelled.

Proposals for the organisation of another band in Palmerston North were discussed at a meeting held last evening, when it was decided to proceed with its formation. Mr H. Jackson was appointed conductor.

The Hawke’s Bay County Council to-day urged the imposition of a uuversal income tax in preference to the graduated land tax. It was contended that it is unfair to make a farmer showing a loss pay tax on land covered by a mortgage.

“Farmers generally look upon instructors as collar and cuff men," remarked Mr H. C. Sampson, president of the Taranaki Agricultural Society at Kaimata. In Mr J. M. Smith, of the Agricultural Department, however, they have a man who not only knew his work but was not above “getting into it” and actually doing it himself.

Hamilton Airways’ Gipsy Moth was towed behind a truck from the aerodrome at Rukuhia into a garage in town, a distance of approximately 7 miles, during the week-end. The ’plane is receiving a cleaning and a complete overhaul.

Mr. A. G. Hales, Australian novelist, has written to a Sydney newspaper inquiring for news of his four sons Wallie, Loyloa, Roy and Eric. When he last heard from them they were in New Zealand in the zone of the recent earthquakes. That was before the disturbances occurred.

The annual tournament between the Auckland and Wellington Training Colleges will be held in Auckland for three days commencing to-day. About 70 Wellington students arrived in Auckland yesterday. The secretary of the Hamilton West School Committee, Mr D. G. Cook, has obtained 13 barrels of a certain mixture from the Auckland Education Board, together with a sum of money to provide sand and labour, for asphalting the schoolgrounds. The mixture lias arrived at the school, and the secretary hopes to have the work done during the coming vacation.

During the 12 months to March 31. 1928, the population of the North Island increased, according to the Government Statistician’s estimates, by 11,763, and that of the South Island by 3191. This year’s estimates at the corresponding date showed an increase in the North Island of only 2056, as against 14,200 in the South Island.

“Have you any expectations?” asked the Deputy Official Assignee at Wanganui of a bankrupt who stated that he would be leaving his present occupation in a day of two. “Yes, was the reply. “Work?” queried the Assignee. “No; I wish it was,” said the bankrupt. "What then?" was the next question. “Another one in the family,” was the enlightening reply.

Professor W. Riddet of the Massej Agricultural College, Palmerston North, is to give an address at Hamilton under the auspices of the Rotary Club next Monday evening. The club expects to entertain some 70 or 80 local farmers on that occasion. Promotion of undeistanding between town and country has been ad pted as the chief activity of the local Rotarians for this year.

Scenes of enthusiasm marked the closing stages of the Auckland Grammar School jubilee celebrations. A record gathering of over 2000 persons inspected the school in Mountain Road on Saturday afternoon, there was a large attendance of old boys at the reunion supper in the evening, and yesterday morning 800 old boys and friends went to divine service in the school assembly hall. To make permanent recognition of the jubilee the Old Boys’ Association decided to erect a school library to house the line collection of books possessed by the school.