LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18622, 28 April 1932, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rain at Ruakura. —At the Ruakura State Farm .11 inches of rain was recorded in the 24 hours up to 9 o’clock this morning.

Relief Wage Cut. —The Minister in Ch’arge of Unemployment, the Right I-lon. J. G. Coates, has advised the Hamilton Borough Council that the protest by the Mayor, Dr. F. D. Pinfold, against the cut in this week’s allocation for relief workers will have "every possible consideration.”

Window In Auckland Broken. —A large plate-glass window on the Queen Street frontage of the shop of Horace Bull, Ltd., Auckland, was broken by a stone thrown by a man about six o’clock last evening. The pane was one that was put into the window last week to replace a sheet broken during the rioting. The incident was seen by a constable, and he pursued a suspect, and later made an arrest.

Escaped Prisoner. —Several Otorohanga residents declare that the escaped prisoner, Charles Bennett, was seen in Otorohanga on Tuesday evening. The escapee knows the district thoroughly, and could probably avoid arrest for a considerable period by taking to the scrub or forest-clad hills.

Claim for Compensation. —ln the long-standing action, Cleland v. the Otorohanga County Council, a claim for £l5O, for land taken under the Public Works Act, and affected by loss of metal, shingle, and sand royalties, the specially set up Assessment Court have awarded the claimant £GO, with £3 3p. for each assessor, each party to pay individual costs.

Unemployed Demonstration.—Members of the Unemployment Workers’ Movement in Hamilton are preparing for celebrations on Sunday, which is May Day. At the Theatre Royal on Sunday evening addresses will be given by -Mr W. Lee Martin and Mr A. Lees, of Orlni. The new relief rates of pay will be discussed at a meeting called' for to-morrow evening.

Interim Dividend Deferred. —Owing to the unsettled state of the timber industry, the directors of the Ley-land-O'Brien Timber Company, Ltd., decided yesterday to defer payment of an interim dividend until the full year’s accounts are available. Last year the company paid 5 per cent, on its capital of £120,000, of which 7d a share was distributed as an interim dividend in April. On the Prosperity Path. —Mr Samuel Milley, for 29 years a member of the Newfoundland Legislative Council, who is on his 85th visit to England, said to a reporter:—“l am keenly impressed by the revived confidence of British business men and the unmistakable indications of improving trade. Business men in Newfoundland and Canada are emphatically of the opinion that, at long last, Britain is starting on the path back to prosperity.

Motor Speed Records. Official confirmation of Mr Norman Smith’s world’s land speed record for 10 miles at 164.084 miles an hour has been received from the Royal Automobile Club, London, by Mr H. J. Butcher, chairman of the Auckland Automobile Racing Club. Officials of the club left for Awanui this morning. They will spend to-morrow testing their apparatus in preparation for fresh runs on Saturday if the beach is suitable.

No Order Made. —No order is to be made by Mr Justice Smith in the Supreme Court to determine the future use of the church at the corner of Mount Eden and Valley Roads, known as “the Mount Eden Free Methodist Church,” Auckland. _ His Honour had before him on April It the petition of the sole surviving trustee of the property, Edward Charles Frost, for an order approving of his scheme to hand over tlie church and section to the Salvation Army. “in my opinion," said His Honour, “no such order as is sought ought to lie made at present—if, indeed, it ever ought to be made. 1 base my view upon the history of the matter, the Issues arising thereon and my opinion as to the proper procedure for determining those issues.”