LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18113, 2 September 1930, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mails which were despatched from Auckland on the 29th ultimo, per R.M.S. Niagara, via Vancouver, were received in London on the 28th instant. In the first six months of this year 188 people were killed and 3895 were injured in motor accidents in New South Wales. Of the total fatalities 107 occurred in the metropolitan area. The profit from Music Week, held in Auckland between August 16 and 23, will amount to over £250, according to a statement made at a meeting of the controlling committee last evening. In connection with the “drive” inaugurated by the Optimists’ Club on behalf of the needy, farmers are notified that parcels of produce, etc., can bo left at the Y.M.C.A., Bryce Street, any day this week. The opinion that there is power in law lo admit medical students to St. Helens hospitals is expressed by the Minister of Health, the Hon. A. J. Stallworthy, in a written reply to a deputation of women which recently waited on the Prime Minister, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, and himself, protesting against the admission of the students. In the course of a visit to the match factory in Wellington it was explained that wooden safety matches were not yet made in New Zealand, as the demand was not yet sufficient to justify the installation of one unit, - which would produce 20,000 boxes a day. It is steadily approaching that number, however, and it is hoped to install one of these machines in Wellington in about a year. All wax matches and the containers are wholly made in New Zealand. Selling out from Dunedin at 8 a.m. on .Sunday with the intention of walking lo the Chalkies, beyond Flagstaff, four young men had trying and, at times, exciting experiences before they returned to their homes shortly before noon yesterday. They spent the night in the" open under the most unpleasant conditions. The party consisted of Messrs J. Collier and F. McCullough, members of the Union Football Club, Mr J. Ovens, of the staff of the Commercial Bank, and Mr 11. Edwards, of the staff of Messrs Murray, Roberts and Company. AtS’CHOh Butter— always freshly churned.

The freight carrying capacity of the New Zealand Railways increased by 1,453 tons during the year ended March 31. On March 31, there were 657 engines in service on the New Zealand railways. During the year ending at that date, sixteen engines were written off, and one sold. Charged with converting a motor car owned by James Richardson to her own use, Annie Chambers, aged 75, was remanded at the Magistrate’s Court, Hamilton, to appear at New Plymouth on Friday. The value of stores, material, and plant, owned, by the New Zealand Railways, and on hand at March 31 at the various stores, depots, and sawmills, amounted to £1,033,311 as against £1,065,115'0n the same date last year. A large audience is expected at the picture evening, organised by the Waikato Social Welfare League, to be held In the Theatre Royal to-morrow night. A particularly good programme.wall be submitted, and there should not be many empty seats- The total proceeds will be devoted to the relief of distress in Hamilton. Of the total purchases made by the New Zealand Railways for the year 1930, amounting to £2,570,357, the purchases made within the Empire totalled £2,525,514, or 98.2 per cent., while products from the U.S.A., chiefly oils, amounted to £44,843, or 1.8 per cent. There were 11 bankruptcies in the Auckland district in August, bringing the total for the current year to 88, compared with 90 for the first eight months of 1929. The total for the month shows a decrease of four in comparison with the preceding month and an increase of one on the total for August last year. The sum of £120,000 was spent in re-forming main highways in the South 'lsland as the result of last year’s earthquake damage, stated Mr M. H. Wynyard, a member of the Main Highways Board, addressing Hamilton Rotarians at yesterday’s luncheon gathering. Mr added that this had not been a charge on the North Island but had come from the South Island highways fund. In our issue yesterday we reprinted an extract from a Christchurch paper, which was forwarded to this office, and which stated that Mr F. McNatty, of the Public Trust Office staff in the southern city, had been promoted to take charge of the Hamilton district. Enquiry locally show's this to be eroneous. Mr McNatty will be relieving at Taumarunui during the absence of the district manager there on sick leave.