LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18343, 1 June 1931, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Hamilton Fire Brigade received three calls during last month. Two Avere to actual fires, one of which was beyond the board's area, and one was to a chimney fire. In the corresponding month last year there were five actual fires. The Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Bledisloe, has presented to the Imperial Fruit Show a silver challenge cup, valued at GO guineas, for ihe best exhibit of New Zealand apples at the spring show on June 2. While playing for Pirates against Hinemoa In a hockey match at Steele Park on Saturday afternoon Jack Clark collided heavily witli another player, and received injuries to his shoulder. An X-ray examination disclosed that his right collarbone was cracked. Distributors announce an increase of Id per lb in the price of first grade and second grade butter as from today. 'The prico of finest grade is to remain unchanged at Is 4d per lb. First grade is now to sell at Js 2£d wholesale and Is 4d retail, the same prices as for finest, and second grade at Is lid wholesale and Is 3d retail. An estimate of the amount spent on liquor in New Zealand in 1930, as compiled by Mr F. B. Adams, of Dunedin, on behalf of the New Zealand Alliance, gives the figure as £7,710,606. Of that sum £2,658,392 is estimated to have been spent on spirits, wines £396,754, imported beer £66,766, and New Zealand beer £4,588,694. The figure of £7,710,606 shows a decrease of £406,288 over the expenditure fur 1929, and an increase over the money spent on liquor in 1928. The estimated total expenditure for the past three years is thus £23,393,732. A sensational selling of Ladies’ smart Tweed Coats again . demonstrates that ayc " Sell for Less." These coats arc made in New Zealand and are all pure wool. Cut on the latest smart tailored styles and the designs arc correct in every detail, for this winter's demands. There arc’ five distinct styles, all fully lined Avltli art. silk and belled. Some have roll and step collars, others storm and roll collars. You will make a phenomenal saving on your new coat if you purchase now, for the range is complete and if wc offered this line under usual conditions oiir price would have been 65/- to 75/-. 'But owing to the exceptional terms under Avhich we pur- * chased, our sensational .selling price is only 37/6 and 42/. Shop where your money “goes further.” Hookeand Kingston, Ltd.**

Twenty permits for buildings, valued at a total of £1237, were issued in the Hamilton borough last month, compared with 23 permits at £7281 foi May, 1930. Births in Wellington In May numbered 192, against 214 in May last year; deaths, 86, against 87; marriage notices, 110, against 123; marriages by registrar 45, against 30. The Waikato Regimental and Hamilton Municipal Band, under the baton of Mr A. E. Savage, rendered an en- j Joyable programme of music at Garden Place yesterday afternoon. The residential clubhouse erected by the Auckland Aero Club at the Mangere Aerodrome was opened by the Mayor, Mr G. W. Hutchison, on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a large assembly. Fourteen cases of infectious diseases were notified in the Hamilton Borough last month, as against four cases in the corresponding period last year. These included: Dlptheria, 3; scarlet fever, 4; pneumonio influenza, 6; erysipelas, 1. The Customs duties collected at Auckland last month amounted to £80,676, as against £147,840 in May, 1930. For the first five months of the year the revenue collected at Auckland has declined by £309,198, to £583,242, In comparison with the corresponding period of last year. A net profit of £11,230 is shown In the annual report and balanoe-sheet of the Devonport Steam Ferry Company, Limited, for the year ended April 30. An Interim dividend of 3J per cent, absorbed £5625, and the directors recommend a final dividend of 3i per cent., making 7J per cent, for the year. Economic conditions in New Zealand were dealt with by Mr G. R. Ritchie, who presided at the annual meetng of the Trustees, Executors and Agency Company at Dunedin. Mr Ritchie said there were hopeful signs. The wool market improved toward the end of the season, and what was equally pleasing was the rise in the price of mutton and lamb during the past few weeks. He had every confidence that the farmer and the country would pul], through. The unusual incident of an address from a “ talkie ” screen being applauded took place at the Strand Theatre on Saturday night. In one of the Gazettes a Canadian public man was explaining what was being done in his city to provide work for the unemployed. He urged people to spend more freely, stating that one of the causes of the depression was that money was locked up, and if everyone in the country spent a few shillings more it would mean employment for a great many extra persons, and go a long way towards solving the problem.