LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17836, 8 October 1929, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Summer time in England ended at. 3 a.m. on Sunday, when the clocks were set back to 2 a.m.

A committee, with the Rev. Odell as chairman, and Rev. Hughes secretary, has been set up to advance the Boy Scout movement at Te Aroha.

Last season the Hamilton Rowing Club obtained 25 first and 14 second prizes. This is considered to be a New Zealand record.

At present there are in camp at Trentham about 200 trainees, drawn from various districts. They are signallers who are undergoing their annual signalling course, and the training is expected to last for 14 days.

The X-ray iplant ordered some time ago, after being principally subscribed for by the public, lias arrived at Te Aroha and is to be installed by fhe Tourist Department without undue loss of time.

An effort is being made by the Te Aroha Aero Club to obtain the use of I lie racecourse for a landing place. The centre portion of the properly contains ample room, and the situation is considered ideal.

Petrol tax collected in Timaru for the quarter ending September 30 amounted to £1872 17s 9d, compared with £844 IGs 3d for the corresponding period last year, while the tyre tax totalled £594, against £325 9s in 1928.

The Te Aroha school comrrtittee has applied to the Education Board for an additional piece of land, under a quarter acre, in order to complete its ground improvement scheme. It is confidently expected the application will he granted.

During last- week 42 unemployed registered at the Napier office of the Labour Department, this total including six new registrations. Twentytwo of those registered are married men with dependants and 22 are single men.

During thirteen weeks, sixty-six tons weight of Erich Maria Remarque's “All Quiet on the Western Front” were dispatched from Putnam's office In London. A great worker for peace made the comment, “And each ton is worth its weight in gold.”

Last year complaints were made by various wool brokers that the dust from the roads at Port Ahuriri entered the wool stores and, becoming mixed with the wool, decreased its saleable value. This year the Napier City Council proposes to bitumen the streets complained of so as to obviate the dust nuisance in future.

On the Great South Road to the north of Iluntlv there is a narrow culvert which causrs a distinct bump for motorists traversing it. Mention was made of this at the meeting of the Hamilton agency of the Auckland Automobile Association last evening. It was decided to take no action, as it was stated that plant was on Hie site in readiness to improve the culvert.

It was decided to thank the Borough Council for the improvements promised to the motor camp for Hie coming season a }. the meeting of the Hamilton Agency of the Auckland ‘Automobile Association last evening. Members agreed that the camp was one of Hie most attractive in New Zealand to visitors.

"I am entirely in favour of compulsory military training,” said the Very Rev. Ur. Scott-West, senior chaplain of New South Wales, in an interview yesterday at Auckland. "1 have been astonished at the support accorded conscientious objectors by part of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. The objecting students appear to be seeking cheap martyrdom, and that is not in keeping with Presbyterianism. There has been nothing of this sort of thing in Australia. There, the idea would be that such youths would greatly benefit by some discipline under a sergeantmajor in camp. In the interests of the boys themselves they should not be allowed to escape what to my mind is an essentially Christian duty, and that is to prepare to defend their country, and to defend it if tiie occasion arises.

Anniversary Week at Hooker and Kingston's is planned to show their appreciation of the liberal support Pie public of Hamilton and surrounding districts have accorded them during tiie fourteen years of business. one penny in every shilling discount will be allowed off all purchases during lids great attraction period. Dress Fabrics, Silks, Fashion Apparel, Millinery, Hosiery, in fact everything in our up-to-date stock is priced at special anniversary values. Smart ready-to-wear hats at 18/C; art. silk frocks at IT/G each; worsted and repp coals, 47/6; natural fugi 1/94 yd..; cream art. silk laces, 3in. wide, 1/4 yd.; Osman sheets for double beds, 22/G per pair; Axminstcr runner, 13/6 yd., are amongst the greater values at the Store that Value Built.—Hooker and Kingston, LtcL *

The vital statistics for Te Arohajn the last quarter were: —births 50, deaths 7, and marriages 11. Those for the same period in 1928 being 36, 9 and 11 respectiveely.

The return of vital statistics for Timaru for last month showed a decrease in births as compared with the corresponding month of last year, hut a slight increase in deaths and marriages. The figures are as follow 7 , those for September 1928 being shown in parentheses:—Births, males 23 (29), females 17 (21), total 40 (50); deaths, males 10 (9), females 6 (6), total 16 (15); marriages, 17„(16).

“I do not propose to say very much at this late hour,” said Mr W. E. Barnard (Labour, .Napier) when he rose to speak on the Imprest Supply Bill at 12.30 a.m. the other day. “Oh, it is all right—we are out for the night,” interjected Mr \V. D. Lysnar, Reform member for Gisborne. Mr P. Fraser (Wellington Central) : “I wish you were out for good!”

Whether or not it was a sequel to the allegations of the Rev. H. G. Gilbert, of Hamilton, to the effect that Sunday drinking is very prevalent on the West Coast, is not recorded, but the fact remains that the Greymouth police spent a comparatively busy day last Sunday (says the Star) visiting several hotels. It is reported that the uniformed “Ushers of men” secured a good bag.

“The judge’s decision was not surprising," remarked Mr. J. F. Strang at the meeting of the Hamilton agency of the Auckland Automobile Association last evening, in referring to Mr. Justice Ostler’s reserved judgment delivered yesterday in which he quashed parts of the borough by-laws relating to the definition of a motoromnibus. “After all, the by-law came into force before the Omnibus Traffic Act was Operative,” he added.

The Byrd Atlantic expedition ships at Port Chalmers will soon be getting ready for their next trip to the South. About the 'beginning of November they will go into dry dock for cleaning and painting. After the compasses have been adjusted the sailing vessel City of New York will come to Dunedin to load stores and leave for the South, it is expected, about the middle of December. The steamer Eleanor Bolling will leave for the Arctic early in January and will also take stores.

The average member of Parliament suffers from a kind of mental indigestion, said Captain H. M. Rushworth, M.P., speaking at Hamilton last night. They had to jump from one subject to another. For instance, after discussing the signing of the Optional Clause for the settling of international disputes they might have to decide whether the police station at Waikiclcuparow should be painted. He almost had a heart attack when the division bell rang; for he was not in the fortunate position of those members who had simply to ask the party whip, “Which lobby shall 1' go into?”