LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19597, 8 June 1935, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mataki Gold Dredging Limited. —The following is the official return: Hours worked, 135; yardage treated, 13,400; yield, 25 ounces.

Jubilee Stamp Issue. —The King’s Silver Jubilee stamps of the Ad, Id, and 6d denominations placed on sale by the Post Office on May 7th are shortly to be withdrawn. The issue appears to have been exceedingly popular with the public.

Address at Y.M.C.A.— Dr. A. B. Pitt, Professor of Education, Auckland University, will give an address on “The Needs of Youth To-day,” at the Y.M.G.A. oil Monday. All interested in this vital question are invited to be present.

Steel Agreement.—' The British steei delegation has reached a three years’ pact with the international cartel. Imports to Britain have been fixed at 670,000 tons for the first year, and 525,000 tons in the two following years.

Currenoy In London. Yesterday fine gold in London was quoted at £7 Is 9£d per ounce, the dollar at 4.93 7-16 and the franc at 74 9-16. The previous day’s quotations were respectively £7 Os 7d, 4.951 and 75±.

Crime In a Subway. —ln a orowded subway car in New York yesterday a bag containing 2100 dollars, carried by a woman clerk, was snatched from her hands by one of two youths while the other kept the guard and the passengers quiet. When the train stopped at a station the bandits disappeared.

Improvement In Business. —Speaking at the annual meeting of Anthony Hordern and Sons, Limited, Sydney, the chairman of directors, Sir Mark Sheldon, said that profits and turnover had increased during the financial year and the increase had been maintained in the three months since the closing of the books.

No Change In Dividend. —The accounts of Gordon and Gotch (Australasia), Limited, Melbourne, for the half-year ended March 31, disclose a net profit of £31,660, 'compared with £33,028 earned in the previous halfyear, and £30,828 in the period ended March, 1934. The ordinary dividend has been maintained at 5 per cent.

Many Cars Change Hands.— The Transport Division of the New Zealand Post Office during May dealt with the notification of no fewer than 11,000 changes of ownership of motor vehicles. Although there is a* constant turnover in this respect, the May changes exceeded any previous month’s record by 2000 notifications

Gorman Debts to Britain. — On the recommendation of. the German Debts Committee in Britain, the chairman of which Is Lord Plender, the Reichsbank has been asked to proceed with the third distribution, in accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-German payments agreement of November 1, 1934, of 20 per cent, on all outstanding debts.

Television Station In London.— London’s first television station will he situated at Alexandra Palace, North London, 306 ft. above sea level. A 300 ft. mast will be erected. I*t Is considered that the combined height should enable a liigh-deflnltion television service to he provided for the London area.

New Browery Company. —The following new company has been registered: North Canterbury Brewery Company, Limited, brewers, Christchurch. Capital: £12,000 in 12,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Dunedin—J. Richardson, R. E, .B'urrowes. Rangiora—H. B. Archer, G. E. J. Sturgess, W. E. Sturgess. Christchurch—ll. N. Anysley, A. C. Simmons, all one share each.

Dairy Board Salaries. —At a ward meeting which was held under the auspices of the Dairy Board, several speakers referred to the question of the board’s honoraria, and emphatically stated that in their opinion the amount paid in the first instance of £3OO was in no way excessive, In view of the important activities the board was called upon to undertake and the greater area members had to represent.

Instructors’ Licenses Obtained.— Three pilots from the Waikato district were successful in obtaining their instructors’ license at a recent special course held at Christchurch. Messrs S. J. Blackmore, of Hamilton, G. M. Firth and E. B: Firth, of Rangiriri, who have been prominent in New Zealand aviation for some years were the only pilots from the Auckland Province to undergo the course, and they all gained their certificates.

Dunedin Winter Show Takings.—

When the Winter Show of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association was closed at Dunedin on Wednesday night it had been visited by ’approximately 35,000 people, who paid in admission fees a total of £l3ll 11s. This compares with £2600 19s (practically double), taken at the Winter Show in Hamilton. Last year the Dunedin show was attended by about 30,000 people and the takings amounted ta £I2OO 16s Gd.

Grand Opera Society.— The newlyformed New Zealand Grand Opera Society carried its project of establishing grand opera as a permanent institution in. the Dominion a step further this week, when the first general meeting of members was held. The society’s intention is to form branches in other centres, commencing with Dunedin. Already 150 singers have enrolled in Wellington. The first presentation will be a triple bill comprising the first act of “Faust,” the ballet from “La Gioconda,” and Mascagni's “Cavalleria Rusticana.”

Half-yearly Poll. —An inquiry into the question whether the recent poll held to determine the slalutory weekly half-holiday In Wnipukurau should be declared void was held on Thursday before Mr J. Miller, S.M. It was alleged that there Ivvere irregularities in the counling of votes, that the exercise of the full rights of scrutineers was not allowedi, (hat jo or tain company voles were not in order, that votes by proxy w-ere irregular, and, further, that certain persons did not possess the required qualifications of electors. After hearing evidence the magistrate reserved nis decision.

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Society Disbanded. —Having attained its majority and the primary reason for its existence having practically disappeared, the Waipukurau Patriotic So'ciety decided to disband at the 21st annual meeting.

Air Mail for New Zealand.— Advice has been received that the air mail which was despatched from London on May 25 will arrive at Auckland on Monday by the LMonowai.

Jubilee Commemoration Medals— The special silver medals struck by the Rpyal Mint in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of His Majesty King George to the throne have been made available to the public in New Zealand through the Post Office, Which reports that at the end of May over 2200 had been sold.

Whitsuntide Festival. —The movable feast of Whitsuntide, which falls each year seven weeks after Easter, is recognised the world over this weekend. In the Dominion the occasion is of purely nominal significance, and the fact that It commemorates the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles has become almost unknown. The festival is now observed only by Conformist churches.

Success of Wanganui Competitions. —At a meeting of the executive of the Wanganui Competitions Society it was stated that the festival promoted last month had made a profit of £8 12s 4d. The chairman said that the support accorded the festival in such bad weather proved the Competitions were coming back Into favour. He felt sure that when the next festival was promoted the Society would receive even greater support.

Dominion Air Foroe Band.— A mace made of Australian woods is to he sent from Australia to the newly-formed New Zealand Air Force Band. Sir Charles Klngsford Smith and FlyingOfficer Sheil have inaugurated the mace fund and it is expected that subcriptions will be forthcoming from the majority of the 27,000 former New Zealand servicemen residing in Australia.

Daylight Saving. —A remit suggesting that summer time should be continued throughout the year was heavily defeated at the annual conference of the North Canterbury Farmers’. Union. The chief argument against the remit was that some school children already had to leave for school at 7 a.m., and.that it would not he reasonable to ask them to get up earlier.

Shortage of Houses.— -The difficulty in finding houses to let, particularly in the more favoured residential suburbs of Christchurch, was stressed by a city estate agent, says the Christchurch Sun. There were many inquiries, and any bungalows that were offered were soon taken, he said. He had let 34 houses in May and seven already this month, and lie could increase that number if there were more offering. It was certain that rents had an increasing tendency, he added.

Recruits to Police Force, —lt has been the practice of the New Zealand Police Department, during the last two years, to require that recruits joining the force shall have attained at least the sixth standard stage of primary school education. Before that the passing of the fifth standard was all that was deemed necessary. The result of the change, said the commissioner, Mr W. G; Wohlmann, had been that a very fine type of young man had been appointed. Within the past two years, said tho commissioner, between 60 and 80 young men, all fulfilling the exacting physical and higher education standard, had been recruited. A number had attended high schools, and some a university college for a period.

New Zealand Progress. “What strikes mo particularly about New Zealand Is that you have been able to work out the very best in government from a new start,” said Mr G. A. Bucklin, United States Consul-General in New Zealand, in an interview in Dunedin reoently. “Hero you are not handicapped by those traditions that often prove a handicap to older countries. I like your country very much indeed. It has the most progressive legislation in the world, and as a result you do not have the pronounced labour difficulties of those older countries. In Its legislation the United States has been copying the Dominion in many respects.”