LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18777, 27 October 1932, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

First Meeting In Borough Buildings. —The meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council last evening was held in the new buildings.

Tokyo Strike Averted. —The Chief of Police, Tokyo, lias invoked the Labour Mediation law, thus averting a transport strike. However, the trouble is not yet settled.

Judicial Proceedings Bill. —The Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Bill (Mr. P. Fraser) was read a second time pro forma in the House of Representatives yesterday and referred to the Statutes Revision Committee.

Fishing by Eleotrlolty. Electric fishing provides a new Russian “sport." Fish arfl stunned by a» electric current and rise to the surface, whereupon they are caught easily by hand. Plans are being made to catch White Sea whales in a similar way.

Inoreaso In Profits.—A net profit of £1124 is disclosed In the 19th annual report of the directors of the Dominion Picture Theatres Company,, Limited, Auckland, for the year ended September 30. This compares with £lllO for the previous year.

Heavy Rain In Canterbury —Heavy rain has fallen in Christchurch for four days, the spell being the wettest in the spring season for several years. Most of this heavy rain was badly needed, .but for the present the fall has been rather more than required and the last Inch has done more harm than good to wheat crops and pastures.

The Shearing Season. —Shearing is in full swing in the Auckland Province, and when the first wool sale of the season is held on December 2 it is anticipated that there will be a heavy offering. The season this year is regarded as early, but the sale is later than last year, the date being fixed to suit the convenience of buyers.

Borough Relief Workers. —There are 212 unemployed relief workers engaged in the Hamilton borough this week. - This total comprises 41 fourday men, 134 three-day, 18 two-day, and 19 single men. A “cut” in working time of !J hours lias been found necessary this week.

Reunion of Churches. —Authorised by representatives of the Lambeth Conference ol' the Church of England and by the Council of the Free Churches, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, and tbo Rev. W. Lewis Robertson, secretary of the latter, have issued a letter urging the importance of the reunion of the Churches concerned.

Gisborne Town Clock. —A plan prepared l'or the erection of a tower over the Kaili Bridge to carry the town clock, removed in the demolition of the post olllce tower, is to be considered by the Works Committee of Liie Gisborne Borough Council. The plan provides for the erection of a steel and wood tower of handsome design, the four legs of which would siand on piles on either side of the bridge, but separate from tho structure itself.

Wool at Gisborne Show.— A feature of the Gisborne Show is the fleece section, which Professor Perrin, of Masso.v College, one of the judges, declared’ to have the largest number of entries he had seen in any part of the North Island. The wool, said Professor Perrin, was in fair condition, hut was affected by reccnl rain, the outbuilding weakness being broken hacks, which emphasised the. importance of breeding fleece that would shed Hie weather. The champion lleoee was a beautiful even-grown fleece, with broad staple, evenness of crimp and plenty of character, combined with good weight.

Gold Quotation. —On Wednesday gold was quoted In London at £6 4s 3d an ounce—a drop of Is id on Tuesday’s figure.

Fall from Dray. —A farmhand of Otorohanga, Patrick Doyle, aged 28 years, was admitted to the Waikato Hospital last evening suffering from injuries’ to his neck received through falling from a dray. The extent of his injuries will not be known until an X-ray examination is carried out.

Motor Firm’s Losses. —* A loss of £349,914 is disclosed in the accounts of General Motors-Holden’s, Limited, Australia, for the year ended June 30. This is the second year of operation since the amalgamation of the two companies, the loss In the first year being £516,473.

No Further Reduotlon In Salaries.—The North Canterbury Hospital Board decided yesterday to make no further reductions in wages and salaries of the staff owing mainly, it was stated, to the staff’s 'co-operation in keeping down expenses. The financial statement for the six months indicated that the board’s budget would be balanced at the end of the year.

Bible In Sohool. —A decisive majority in favour of religious instruction in the Otahuhu Junior High School was recorded in the second plebiscite of parents taken by the school committee. It was reported at the committee meeting that 362 parents had favoured the proposal and 65 had opposed it.

Air Fatalities In New Zealand. — The deaths of two Wellington Aero Club pilots as a result of a crash near Tawa Flat on Tuesday bring the total number of lives lost in flying accidents in the Dominion to 20 since 1919, when the first fatal accident In New Zealand’s aerial history occurred at Christchurch.

Upkeep of Title. —In his will the late Viscount Brentford (formerly Sir William Joynson Hicks), whose estate has been proved at £53,247, requested his widow to establish a further £25,000, additional to the sum he had already provided, for the upkeep of the title, which was oreated in 1929. Lord Brentford died in June. He was a baronet for ten years before his elevation to the peerage.

A “ Not Wanted. ” —Trebitsoh Lincoln, formerly a member of fthe British House of Commons and afterwards a notorious German agent in the war, is to be expelled from Belgium. He will not be permitted to go to France, and consequently will return to Cologne. The passport issued by the Shanghai Municipal Council describes Lincoln as without nationality, and bears his Chinese name of Chao Kung.

England to Australia. —Jack Ormston, captain of the English speedway motor-cyclo team which is to tour New Zealand, proposes to start in November in a low-wing monoplane on a solo attempt upon the record to Australia. Ormston engaged In aviation after his return from Australia, and is confident of suooess. He has not divulged the make of his maohlne, but it has special features for longdistance flight. Ormston toured ,Australia in 1929.

Shining Cuckoo In Hamilton. —The notes of the shining ouokoo were heard several times yesterday In the trees near the Hamilton pumping station. Several men. who were working in that vicinity heard the bird, whose notes are easily distinguished. No other instances of the bird having been heard in the borough have so far been reported, so it is assumed that yesterday’s visitor is the first of the season.

Sanders Cup. —The discovery of the Auckland Yachting Association that Sanders Cup boats built to the standard Rona type plans decided on In 1923 were built with an error in measurement In a certain section of one of the moulds, was discussed at a meeting last evening of the Canterbury Yachting Association. Members were definitely in favour of coming to a compromise by allowing both types of boat to compete. It was mentioned that the error in measurement was not big enough to affect sailing power. It was decided to recommend that the 1933 contest should begin on February 1.

Wanganui Punished. —Extending a welcome to the members of the J. C. Williamson Grand Opera Company at a social gathering at Wanganui, Mr Louis Cohen said that the city's welcome was no less warm though Wanganui had been punished in only getting one opera while Hastings had got three. (Laughter). He was prepared to believe, however, that the company was on an educative mission and that while Wanganui did not need education in respect to opera, perhaps Hastings did. If that was the case he trusted that the company’s missionary work would be entirely successful. (Renewed laughter).