LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 114, Issue 19013, 2 August 1933, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Price of Gold.—Gold was quoted In London yesterday at £6 4s an ounce, •the same price as on Monday. Hamilton Luncheon Club. The guest and speaker of .the Hamilton Luncheon ' Club to-morrow will be Rev. H. K. Archdall, M.A., principal of King’s College, Auckland.

•Peaoe Cup Train Arrangements. — Particulars of excursion fares and train arrangements In connection with football match, Thames v. Morrinsville, at Morrinsville, on Saturday, August 5, are advertised in this Issue.

Broken Hill South. —Broken Hill South, Limited, Has advised tlie Stock i Exchange Association that a dividend of one shilling a share has been declared. It Is payable in Melbourne on September 22.

Price of Bread Raised. —Most of the grocers and bakers in Christchurch yesterday sold bread at Id a loaf dearer. The price charged was iOd In the shop for a 41b. loaf, and lid delivered.

Export of Sovereigns. —The Commissioner of Currency shipped by the Oakbank to London 85,000 sovereigns hitherto retained as a guarantee fund but now being sold to be invested in British securities.

Looal Automobile Patrols. —At present the Automobile Association has one patrol stationed at Hamilton, but according to a statement at the meeting of the Hamilton branch last evening an additional one is to be appointed in the near future.

Bankruptcies In Christchurch. — Five petitions in bankruptcy were filed In Christchurch during July, compared with six in the same month of last year. So far there have been only 24 failures this year, as against 42 in the first seven months of last year.

Prosperity Week. —The Prosperity Week campaign organised at Auckland for the purpose of raising funds for the relief of unemployment /and social distress Is in full swing, and already about £SOOO has been subscribed.

Severe Head Injuries. A Hindu, Sukha Poona, aged about 40 years, a fish vendor, of Paeroa, was admitted to the Waikato Hospital last evening, suffering from head Injuries sustained when the light van he was driving collided with a lorry near Te Aroha. His condition is fairly serious.

Woman Still 1 Missing. —Although a systematic search for the body ol' Mrs. C. Attewell, of Dpotiki, who is believed to have been drowned in the Waloeka River, has been made, so far nothing has been discovered apart from the hat and coat found on the wharf.

. Hamilton Operatic Society. —• The Hamilton. Operatlo Society is making excellent progress with the rehearsals of “Firefly." Last night the extremely difficult finale to the first act,, which makes exceptional demands upon principals and chorus, was taken. Members of the society are very much Impressed by the colourful music of “Firefly."

Glaring Head Lights. —Acting on the suggestion of the local patrol, Mr N. E. McAdam, the Hamilton agency of the Automobile Association at its meeting last evening decided to recommend to the parent body that the present motor regulations should be altered to provide that headlights strike down at a defined angle from the horizontal. It was considered that this would obviate glare.

Busy Policemen. —During the last few days members of the Hamilton police force have evinced the greatest enthusiasm selling tickets for the Police v. Law football match next Wednesday, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the Social Welfare League. One constable is said to have collected over £2O.

End of the Depreaslon. —When a list of resignations of teachers was being read at a meeting of the Southland Education Board, It was mentioned that one female teacher was getting married. “ Good luck to her," remarked Mr. F. G. 'Stevenson amidst laughter. “ It’s a sign we’re around the corner."

Breaking and Entering. —A verdict of guilty was returned by a jury In the Supreme Court at Auckland, yesterday, when Leonard Otto Hardy, aged 26, labourer, was charged with breaking and entering the warehouse of Tyler’s, Limited, with Intent to commit a crime. On a second charge of wilfully placing explosives in the warehouse with Intent to damage a safe, accused was found not guilty. Accused was remanded for sentence.

Wielding Tremendous Power.' —“l wish to appeal to manufacturers and retailers to use the advertising columns of the newspapers to the limit," said Mr J. L. Hay, a wellknown Christchurch citizen recently, addressing a meeting of business men and others concerned with the organisation of New Zealand Shopping Week, which was held in Christchurch last month. “I know advertising costs money," Mr Hay went on, “but the newspapers wield tremendous powerThey have given us the fullest help in their news columns, and :f we follow it up with liberal advertising (lie success of our shopping week should bo assured."

Heavy Motor Traffic. —A reduction in the number of road motor transport services was urged by the traffic inspector of the Waikato, Walpa and Raglan County Councils, Mr. W. E. Nicholson, at yesterday’s sitting of the No. 2 Licensing Authority in Auckland. “ County engineers state that more than half road maintenance costs is caused by heavy motor traffic, half of which comprises freight services,” he said. The taxation revenue from freight services was £120,000 a year, while their share of actual damage amounted to £750,000. In 1931 freight services running parallel with railways decreased In tonnage, but increased in mileage, and services away from railways decreased both in tonnage and mileage.

Flag at Half-Mast. —Till! Ilttg At the Central Post Office,' IlfimUlon, Ih being llown at Ixall'-mant to-tlay on account of the death of Mr. J. McUomba, M.P., for Lyttelton.

Teaoher Appointed. Among the teaching appointments made by the Auckland Education .Board to-day was that of Miss A. S. Barr as assistant-mistress at Ilamltlon Westside School.

Reciprocal Trado Federation. A representative meeting of business men and farmers was held In Whakatane to hear an address by Mr W. Gcodfellow on the newly-inaugurated New Zealand Producers’ Reciprocal Trade Federation. It was decided to form a branch of the federation in Whakatane.

New Zealand’s Gloomy Sundays.— At a travellers’ club In New Haven, United States, the following reference to Sundays in New Zealand was found in the “advice book” Sunday a radio mourning day; a gloomy day generally; politicians afraid to strike out for liberty; even a charitable euchre party an offence; bookmakers must not even be mentioned; ‘spinning jinny’ at a sale Is a crime; few games on Sunday.

Naval Changes. Overhauled j and repainted, 11.M.5. Diomede, which has completed her biennial refit at the Devonport naval base, will be commanded by new officers from tomorrow, when she will complete to full complement. Captain V. A. C. Crutchley, V.C., will hand over the command of the cruiser to Captain Cosmo Graham, who, with other officers and a number of Imperial ratings, will arrive at Auckland by the Rangitane.

Unproductive Work. —"I do not know what you give your unemployed to do in Wellington,” said Mr F. J. Nathan at the'Wellington Rotary Club’s luncheon, “but I do know what they do in Palmerston North. They are asked to clip the grass by the roadsides—grass that will be up again in a couple of months. Surely we can find something better to give them to do than that, something which if it does not benefit us to-day, may be of some material benefit to the generations that will follow us.”

King Country Small Farms. —King Country advisory committees under the Small Farm Scheme are engaged in making Investigations regarding surplus lands suitable for small holdings. A qamp has been established at Rangitoto and 40 men are engaged clearing property in that district! It is expeoted that 100 men will shortly be engaged clearing up land In Rangitoto and In roading works. Properties have also been inspected at Malroa, Pio Pio, Kopaki, and Aria, with a view to subdivision. >

Claim for a Kilt.— A olaim for possession of a Scottish kilt or its value, assessed at £5 !los 6d, was brought In the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court before Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M. yesterday, by a married woman against a Maori, his wife and daughter. Plaintiff’s evidence disclosed that she lent the kilt to the defendants for amateur theatricals. The girl admitted borrowing the kilt, which was subsequently lost, and she offered to refund its value before proceedings were taken. After further evidence the Magistrate ordered the girl to return the kilt or its value, and gave judgement, for her parents, whom he absolved from all liability.