LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18405, 12 August 1931, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Music Week in New Plymouth last week resulted in a profit of £l5.

At a meeting of the Old Boys’ Association of King’s College, Auckland, last evening, it was decided to make efforts to hold reunions of old boys at Hamilton and Whangarei. The president, Mr F. E. McAllum, urged the attendance of as many city old boys as possible at country reunions to ensure their success.

The Director of Education, Mr T. B. Strong, has advised the chairman -of the Waihi Schools’ Committee, Mr J. B. Beeche, that his report on the proposed establishment of a Junior High School at Waihi has -been sent to the Minister of Education, Hon H. Atmore, making recommendations along the lines Indicated at a recent conference with the committee. Immediately Mr Atmore approves the department's proposals the Auckland Education Board will be communicated with, with a view to starting the erection of a building.

The balance-sheet of the Marlborough Aero Club discloses that the Club's share of the proceeds of the recent “Black Cat" art union, after deducting all expenses, was £9711 Ils sd. The Club has no liabilities, and, apart altogether from its assets in the way of an aeroplane, buildings, stocks of petrol, plant, and so on, it has £10,167 on deposit and £142 In hand in cash, as well as certain liquid assets. This is in spite of the fact that during the year the cost to the club of the Training Scholarship in flying was £lOB 12s and the recent pageant resulted in a loss of £247. The club has now turned out 39 "A" pilots, two of whom have since secured their “B” licenses as commercial pilots.

The men of the Chilean training ship, now In Auckland, take great pride in explaining the meaning of their flag, which comprises a lower horizontal stripe of red and an upper stripe, partly blue and partly white. The blue section, which is smal'cr and nearer the pole than -the white, also bears a white star. “The blue represents the skies of Chile —always blue,” explained a midshipman. "The white represents our mountains crowned with snow. We have tn Chile, Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in all America, north or south. The red represents the blood shed for freedom. The star represents the unity of Chile; it is one State."

No reduction in the retail price of petrol is being made in Wellington, according to a statement Issued by the petrol section of the Wellington Motor Trade Association. Explaining why the rebate of Id a gallon, made by wholesalers, was not being passed on to the public, the association says that in November retailers reduced the price by Id without receiving a commensurate reduction from the principal oil companies. Many slations found it difficult to carry on at this price with Hie altered trading system recently introduced by companies, whereby credit terms were reduced to a half-monthly basis. Therefore, retailers find it impossible to pass on the recent reduction made in the wholesale price. Some service stations, however, are advertising a reduction.

Trout stripping operations at the Tongarlro hatchery, on the banks of the Tongarlro River, are now well in hand, and over 3,000,000 eggs have been collected to date.

Shortly before the R.M.S. Nilgara left Auckland for Sydney last evening Mrs N. Taylor fell down a com-panion-way and broke her collarbone She had been bidding farewell to friends on board.

A verdict of not guilty was returned bv the jury in the Supreme Court at Auckland yesterday at the conclusion of the second trial of Cyrus Lamson Smith, aged 57, manager, who was charged with having negligently driven a motor car so as to cause the death of Harry Levitt Parker, on June 8.

Yesterday was ‘‘Gift Tuesday” in Hamilton. Although a number of articles were discovered it is not too late to win a prize, for the reason that three still remain to be claimed. These gifts, which bear a free ticket on them, will continue to be displayed until such time as they are claimed. Visit Hamilton, therefore, to-morrow, and endeavour to find them.

Mention was made at the reception to Miss Hunter-Watts and Mr Allan Wilkie at the Victoria League, New Plymouth, of the design of the new memorial theatre at Stratford-on-Avon. It provides for two stages, one small and the other large. This recalled to the mind of Mr Wilkie the great fuss which was made some years ago In London at the opening of the Coliseum Theatre over a provision of a revolving stage. Later he was visiting Japan, and saw a theatre with a revolving stage that had been In existence for over 400 years I