LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18023, 19 May 1930, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Croydon bowlers beat the Australian bowlers by 109 points to 107.

In their billiards match, Davis, with a score of 20,918, defeated Newman, 20,117.

The Wanganui “show boat,” the Waione, is being converted from a steam to an oil vessel. She is also Undergoing several alterations.

The Presbyterian Social Service Association will receive approximately £7OO under the will of the late Agnes Finnie Harper, of Dunedin.

The frost recorded at the Ruakura State Farm this morning was very light, the indicator showing .6 degrees.

The Northern Steamship Company’s 49th annual report shows a profit of £13,181.' A final dividend, makingeight per cent, for the year, was recommended.

Work in connection with the waterworks scheme is steadily progressing, and a start will he made today on the concrete foundations of the big reservoir.

From 9 a.m. on Saturday till 9 a.m. on Sunday .22in- of rain were recorded at Ruakura. From 9 a.m. on Sunday till 9 a.m. on Monday .04in. were registered.

A movement for the establishment of a school for deaf and dumb children in Auckland will be set on foot on Thursday evening, when a meeting will lie held to consider the placing of definite information before the Minister of Education.

At last Saturday’s meeting of the Fabian Club, Mr W. Jordan, M.P., gave an interesting address, entitled “The World At a Glance.” Speakers taking part in-the discussion following were Miss Greville, Mr Lee Martin, M.P., Messrs Prenton, Lewis, McCracken, Boswell aiicj Eastwood.

The 12 jurymen engaged in the Munn murder trial were in the members’ stand at Eden Park, Auckland, on Saturday afternoon. The jurors must have found the atmosphere of a Rugby arena vastly different from that of the Supreme Court. Of course, they were not allowed to speak to anyone outside their party, the seats which they occupied being roped off.

A survey of part of the route of the proposed Paeroa-Pokeno railway, referred to in a recent statement by the Minister of Public Works, Hon. B. A. Ransom, is being conducted by the Public Works Department and will shortly be completed. The entire route has been previously surveyed, but the section now being investigated is a proposed detour in the vicinity of Kerepcchi. A full report on the project is to be prepared, and a statement concerning the Government’s intentions will 1 probably be made in the near future.

.With the object of furthering the policy of the New Zealand Land Settlement League, a delegation consisting of the chairman, Mr W. J. Holdsworth, Mr N. G. Gribble and Mr R. Glover-Clark made a lour of North Island centres last week, returning to Auckland on Saturday evening. The delegates expressed great pleasure at the results of the tour. Other centres have yet to he visited and at the conclusion of the Dominion tour the delegates hope to make a public announcement at a meeting in Auckland.

The seventh annual report of the directors of New Zealand Perpetual Forests, Limited, for the year ended March 31, 1930, states that the profit for the year, after making ample provision for depreciation and maintenance of forests, is £18,873 18s 4d, an increase of £823 14s 3d. After adding the amount brought forward from last year, transferring £SOOO to special reserve and making due provision lor income tax, the balance available for divilend amounts to £20,069 13s Od. Out of this the directors recommend the payment of a dividend for the year at the rate of 8 per cent., absorbing £14,738 18s 3d, leaving to carry forward £5930 15s Id.