LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18229, 17 January 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An outstanding anniversary in the Dominion history falls to-day. On January 17, 1853, the Governor, Sir George Grey, proclaimed the Constitution Act, passed by the Imperial Parliament the year before, by which the colony obtained representative institutions. The Waikato Regimental and Hamilton Municipal Band, under Mr A. E. Savage, will render a programme at the Waikato Hospital to-morrow afternoon, and in the evening will play at the Ferry Bank. The 9-tpn yacht Oimara, with a crew of five, is to start to-day from St. Hilda, Melbourne, for New Zealand. It is expected to reach the Dominion in 14 days. Mr F. J. Bennell, the owner, is the skipper. The directors of the Northern Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Company, have decided that they should substantially reduce their honoraria and ali salaries, including that of the managing-director. The men working under Arbitration Court awards will not be affected. Good progress is being made with the construction of the additional storey on the Nurses’ Home at the Waikato Hospital by the contractor, Mr H. B. Martin. When completed, the building will have three storeys and will probably be the most handsome in appearance at the hospital. The Leader of the British Conservative Party, Mr Stanley Baldwin, speaking at Birmingham said that when he took office most of his money was invested in the iron trade. Shares then worth 60s were now worth only 20d. Included in the cargo of the lonic, which arrived at Auckland yesterday, is part of the Wellington war memorial carillon of 25 bells, which is to be erected in front of the proposed site of the National War xMemorial Museum and Art Gallery. A meeting of the Music Teachers’ Registration Board will be held in Christchurch on January 26, when more than 500 applications for registration will have to be considered. This is an abnormal number for any one meeting. The applications which have been received by the board to date total about 1400. Ail this week a. special sale of Charming Frocks ana Silk Coats is taking place at Hooker and Kingston’*, yj wonderful model garments ami ail new season's goods are being offered this week at amazing values in order lo reduce slocks. Wonderful frocks at six and seven guineas are priced at 59/6 and 69/6. Model silk couis ai eight to ten guineas are being sold at 63/- to 95/-- Don’t delay seeing these special goods for they are lower this week than sale prices will ever be. Hooker and Kingston’s is where thf <=ale of frocks is taking Diace.**

'Sixty-three applications were received by the Kereone School Committee for the position of assistant teacher at the school. Hamiltonians on holiday in the Rotorua district report a scarcity of trout. One sportsman said the green beetle on the surface of the water was inducing the fish to remain well submerged. With the double object of economising in the consumption of coal on 1 locomotives, and enabling a larger variety of grades of New Zealand coal to be used, the Railway Department is embarking on a large-scale, experiment in the use of a British invention known as the Danger, which is ciaimed to greatly improve combustion. Intimation was received at the Te Awamutu Jersey Club meeting on Friday evening that a conference of representatives of Jersey Clubs in the South Auckland district would be held at Hamilton on Thursday, February 5, to consider making arrangements for a Jersey bull sale next spring. It was decided to co-operate, and Messrs H. Allen and C. Parker were appointed delegates. During a discussion at the Te Awamutu Jersey Club meeting on Friday evening on the subject of standardised cheese, it was stated that Kakepuku Co-operative Dairy Co. has reverted to the manufacture of full-cream cheese. It was added that the Government’s action in' requiring a fuller percentage of fat in cream had made the margin between standardised cheese and the full-cream article to small that it did not warrant factories continuing the manufacture of the standardised article. As a result of conferences held some months ago, the New Zealand Government has agreed to suspend the existing tariff on cinematograph films and to exempt such ‘films from duty under the British preferential and general . tariffs. An Order-in-Counoil to this effect appears in 'the current issue of the Gazette, and states that the suspension of 'the tariff will take effect from July 1, 1930. The Or-der-in-Council cuts out the present duty of Id a foot on imported films, but the film hire tax will still stand. Traffic tallies taken by the Matamata County Council on main highways at Mamaku, Lichfield and Kaimai during the holiday period give the average daily figures as follows: Mamaku —motor cars, 300 (277 in 1929-30); service cars, 17 (20); motor buses, 5 (2); motor lorries, 8 (7); motor cycles, 23 (21); total motors, 353 (327 in 1929-30). Lichfield—motor cars, 115 (112 in 1929-30); service cars, 2 (5); motor lorries, 11 (13); motor cycles, 12 (11) ; total motors, 140 (141 in 192930). lvaimai—motor cars, 118 (90 in 1929-30); service cars, 4 (4); motor lorries, 6 (5); motor cycles, 10 (5); total motors, 138 (105 in 1929-30).