LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19450, 14 December 1934, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Currenoy Id Loudon. —Fine gold was quoted in London on Thursday at £7 Os Bid per ounce, the dollar at 4.94 ami the franc at 74 5-16. Wednesdays quotations were £7 Os sd, 4.95 3-16 and 75 1-16 despectively.

Servloo on Sunday, —Permission to hold a service on Ferry Bank at 3 p.m. on Sunday was granted to "Uncle Scrim," of the Friendly Road, at the fortnightly meeting of the Hamilton Beautifying Society last evening.

Power Shut Off. —The eleotric power was shut off In the Cambridge district about midnight on Wednesday. The manager of the Cambridge Power Board explained that the power had been shut off from Horahora, owing to urgent repairs having to be carried out.

Broadoastlno Board. —The current three-year terms of two members of the New Zealand Broadcasting Board, Mr. G. R. 'Hutchinson, of Auckland, and Mr. L. R. C. Macfarlane, of 'Canterbury, will expire on Tuesday. No announcement has yet been made as to whether t'he two retiring menrbers will be reappointed.

Applications for Nursing. —A list of applicants for positions as probationer nurses was tabled at the monthly meeting of the Waikato Hospital Board yesterday, the list containing 193 names.- These names have been submitted since January, 1932. During last month there were ten applications for positions as probationer nurses.

Births at Waikato Hospital. —The daily average number of patients in the Waikato Hospital during -last month was 298. The number of operations was 200. In the CampbellJohnstone Maternity Ward 26 patients were admitted. There were 19 babies born comprising ten females and nine males.

Air Mall to England.— When the Monowai sailed for Sydney from Wellington yesterday afternoon she carried 1400 letters to connect with the air mail service. Letters for 31 different countries were contained In the air mail bags, although -the great majority of the mail was for destinations in Great Britain.

Oars Beflagged for Duke. —“lt is desired that all cars in the city during the visit of Prince Henry should carry flags or red, white and blue ribbons,” said the Mayor of Auckland, Mr G. W. Hutchison, at last night’s meeting of the council of -the Automobile Association (Auckland). Members agreed that -it would be a suitable way for people to show their loyalty to the throne and the suggestion was approved.

Saving# Bank Concession. —The P6st Office Savings Bank has made another move to bring itself in line with ordinary banking practice. The New Zealand Society Of Accountants has been informed that filled books will on request, be returned to depositors after such boks have been submitted to the head office for audit purposes. The society states that this conoessidq will be appreciated by members who,on many oocasions, have found it necessary to refer to old Post Office Savings Bank books. z

Company Legislation. —Members of the New Zealand Society of Accountants are taking a keen interest In the prospective amendments of the Companies Act, to .provide additional safeguards for theAnvesting public. At a recent meeting of the Society’s executive the president (Mr IF. Valentine) and other members remarked that the high rale of commission (in some cases up to 50 per cent.) on the Belling of shares in certain concerns had been largely reponsible for the promotion of schemes which Involved the public in big losses.

Proseoutlon Follows Accident. —In the Magistrate’s 'Court at Te Ku-It'l, the Railway .Department claimed from Robert Ernest Steele £4O, being damage caused to a locomotive and- railway •signal caused through a -crossing collision with -defendant’s truck. The court found for pla'lnt-iffs in the sum of -£-4-5s damage to the locomotive, £6 8s damage to the cattle stop, £T2 13s 7-d for destruction of a Blgnal post, with a -further allowance -of £8 8s per day for loss of service of the engine for two days, while under repairs.

Art In Waikato. —“f should like to say, in passing, how pleased I was to see the establishment a few months ago of a Society of Arts in our town,” commented Mr E. Wilson, principal of the Hamilton High School, at the annual prize-giving ceremony yesterday. “It will, one hopes, lead In due course to the establishment of a fullyequipped School of Art, where those who have taken, a preliminary course may receive more advanced instruction in drawing and'painting and allied arts than is possible in our primary or secondary schools. There is a fruitful field for good work in Hamilton.*’

Popularity of School. —“Boys and girls these days have shining morning faces as in Shakespeare’s day,” said Mr E. Wilson, principal, in his report given at Lite annual breakinp-up ceremony of the Hamilton High School yesterday.. “But they no longer creep unwillingly to school. Hard and accurate work and careful attention to ' details are expected, but repression and severity have gone. The school is a happy little world of its own. and children value its citizenship and are full of regrets when the time for leaving comes. The happy change that has come over our schools dueling the lasi 30 years is due in the main to more efficient teaching and to a finer form of discipline, induced not by repression and harshness, but by kindness anil understanding.”

Tovland at its brightest Ibis Xmas, and what a wonderful collection to select from at Hooker ami Kingston, Ltd. Strongly made Wooden Toys, beautifully finished, plain or painted, make a most useful toy for Boys and Girls. There are Rocking Horses. Lorries in three sizes. Carls, Wheelbarrows. Engines and many other lines to be seen in the collection. For Ibis week we have made great price reductions of all wooden Toys. Have a look now and secure your needs for Ifie Prices are ridiculous. Have you had that ride In the Rig Monoplane.to see Father Xmas. Open every afternoon for young and old at Hooker‘and Kingston, Ltd., the Read Xmas Store.**

No Sunday Tennis. —The Auckland City Council last night declined to grant permits to play tennis at Victoria Park on Sundays.

Christmas Recess. —A press message slates that the House of Commons will adjourn for Christmas recess on Friday, December 2.1 and reassemble on Monday, January 28. • \ Injured Naval Offloere. —The two naval officers, Sub-Lieutenant H. R. A. Kidston and Paymaster-Lieutenant J. G. Bennett, who' were seriously injured in a motor accident near Mercer on Tuesday evening, are reported to be progressing satisfactorily.

Busy Tourist Season. —“ I am pleased to be able to state that it is clear that the tourist traffic to New Zealand will this year show a large increase over the figures of the last four years,” isa'id the Minister in Charge of the Tourist and Publicity Departments, the Hon. A. Hamilton.

Ngaruawahla Bohool Excursion.— -At a meeting of the Ngaruawahla school committee It was decided to hold the annual school excursion on Wednesday, February 20. It was agreed that an excursion to Motuihi Island would be preferable to visiting Tauranga, on account qf the length of time taken up In the train journey on tile latter trip.

Proposed New Library. —The Wellington City Council decided to make application to the Local Government Loans Board for authority to place before the ratepayers the question of raising a loan of not more than £60,000 for the purpose of building a new central library.

New Zealand Rope. —The Port of London Authority will in future use ropes and cordage made of New Zealand hemp. Experiments have proved that their average breaking strain is equal to that or ropes made of foreign hemp. This is the outoome of the Admiralty’s policy to give preference to Empire products so long as supplies are obtainable at satisfactory prices.

Benefit Concert.— -A concert In aid of the funds of the Cambridge Competitions Society was held in the Town Hall last night. The programme was given by past and present competitors of the society, the performers coming from all parts of the Waikato. Such a magnificent programme deserved a better attendance of the public.

Coneert at Hospital —The patients In the Bailey Ward at the Waikato Hospital were entertained on Wednesday evening by a concert party organised toy Miss Mavis Laurenson. An excellent programme was given; and the entertainment was greatly enr joyed by the patients. The items inrcluded tap dances toy Misses Alice Shaw, Rose Stuart, Jean Edgar, and Mr. I. Smith (Auckland), toe dance, Miss.Noia Davidson, song, Miss Joan Laurenson, and recitation, 'Miss Lorna Rridges.

Eoho of Recent Trial.— -An application for the remission of Court fees payable in connection with the production as a witness of Frederick Owen Murc'h, a prisoner in Mount Eden gaol, was granted by Mr. Justice Herdman in chambers in the Supreme Court, Hamilton, yesterday. Murch was produced by the defence in the recent case In which Henry Tod Scott was charged with burglary. Murch admitted that he committed the- offence and Scott was released.

East School Gala. —One of tlie principal events of the year, at the Hamilton East School will take plade tomorrow afternoon, when the annual gala day will be / held at the school. A big programme, including sports, competitions, model aeroplane displays, and a baby show, has been drawn up, and In addition t/ere will be stalls. During the afternoon, the sports trophies and other awards will be presented.

Useful Prizes. —There was marked utility, with an accompanying air of industry, about some of ,the prizes that were awarded to pupils of the Hamilton Technical High School, at the breaking-up ceremony yesterday. For excellence In woodwork, two boys were awarded saws, one a hammer and another a chisel; good work in the engineering workshop earned another pupil a drill, a second a torch and a third a spanner. The climax came, however, when'a rural course student was called to the platform to beai away a spade as an award for his excellence in dairyworlt.