LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18350, 9 June 1931, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Dunedin Operatic Society’s six nights’ season of “A Country Girl” realised £llsO. After paying expenses and accounting for a debt of £250, the society has £2OO in hand. The Secretary of the General Post Office advises that mails which were despatched from Auckland on the sth May, per R.M.S. " Niagara," via Vancouver, were received in London on June 6th. Particulars of the issue of holiday excursion tickets and train arrangements made in connection with the Waikato Racing Club's meeting at Te Rapa on 13th and 15th inst., are advertised. The Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association, in order to curtail expenditure, has decided to make a general cut of '25 per cent., In prize moneys except in some of the jumping classes. This decision, together with other economies, is expected to result In a saving of £373. Members of the Board of Managers of the Hamilton Technical High School spoke in warm terms last evening of the school exhibit at the Winter Show. It was stated that the handiwork had been a constant source of interest to visitors and had been favourably commented upon by master craftsmen. A handsome, two-storey, roughcast building, the new boarding-house and headmaster’s residence at the New Plymouth Boys’ High School is nearing completion. For some time, says a New Plymouth paper, the school has been urgently in need of better accommodation for its boarders, and the new building, while not increasing the accommodation, at least provides very comfortable housing for the boys. A touch of novelty w r as added to the Court at Christchurch yesterday, when the chief traffic inspector, Mr 11. Macintosh, made a voluntary appearance to answer a charge of driving without proper number plates on his car. “I suppose a fine of £lO would meet the case,” said the magistrate, smiling. The penalty, however, was the payment of 3s and costs, the magistrate remarking that defendant was " taking his gruel like anyone else." If a Christchuroh tramwayman succeeds in a claim for moneys in Chancery, ten New Zealand members of the family and a branch In California will benefit from a fortune running into over seven figures. Mr Clarence Pentecost, of Linwood, is contemplating taking action for the recovery of the money. A huge fortune was amassed toy a Mr John Meek, an Englishman, who died in 1811. On his death the money went into Chancery.

Accounts of Gordon and Gotch (Aust.), Limited, for the half-year to March 31 disclose a net profit of £27,892, after providing for taxation, which contrasts with a profit of £41,678 for the corresponding period of last year. The dividend has been maintained at 8 per cent, per annum, absorbing £24,000. The sum of £17,198 is carried forward, against £13,306 brought into the accounts. General reserve remains at £211,094, apart from provision for contingencies and taxation.