LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 117, Issue 19600, 12 June 1935, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Spring Bulbs at Lake. —Some 7000 bulbs, presented to the Hamilton Domain Board toy Mr R. W. Forster, have been planted at the Lake Reserve, near the golf links, recently.

Pea-Rifle Discharges. —As the result of a pea-rifle exploding, Mr S. Walker, aged 28, of Te Poi, received severe injuries to his hand last evening. He was admitted to the Waikato Hospital, where his condition is regarded as satisfactory.

Tennis Club Leases. —Applications for the lease of the Rosstrevor Street courts were received from the Hamilton Lawn Tennis Club and other clubs at a meeting of the Domain Board last evening. The matter was referred to the committee appointed for the purpose, with power to act.

Sales Tax Returns. The total amount of sales tax collected in New Zealand in April was £191,607, compared with £179,568 in March and £168,318 in April, 1934. The total is the highest since January and indicates an increasing volume of wholesale trade.

Sliver Jubilee Coins. —ln addition to the special Silver Jubilee £SO gold pieces for collectors, five similar ones have been struck in Britain. One will be presented to the King, and one each to the Mint Museum, the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, at Oxford University, and the Goldsmiths Company.

Portrait of King for Australia. —A South African millionaire, Mr T. B. F. Davis, has made a presentation to the Australian Government of a fulllength portrait of the King in naval uniform. The presentation was made in memory of Mr Davis' son, Howard, who was killed in the war, and also in appreciation of the part taken by Australia in Imperial affairs.

Wellington Easter Show Profit.—• In a report adopted by the executive of the Wellington Show Association the iinance committee stated that the profit to May 13' was £1467 5s Id, as against £1275 at the corresponding date last year (the financial year does not end until September 30). It is anticipated that the year will show a profit at least £2OO over that of the preceding year, and that the accumulated cash balance will amount to £3500 at the end of the financial year

Dunedin Vloe-Regal Home. —A definite announcement with regard to the Dunedin City Council’s intentions in the matter of the utilisation of Littlebourne House, the residence of the late Sir John Roberts, which was offered as a gift to the city, has been made by the Mayor, the Rev. E. T. Cox. H said it was proposed to use the building as a Vice-Regal residence and that a committee was at present at work raising funds for its proper furnishing.

Australian Price of Gold. —The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended May 31 was at the rate of approximately £8 0s 8d a standard ounce (22 carats), equal to a premium of 106.32 per cent. Payment is made according to the assay value of gold, The price was Is id higher on the week. The price an ounce fine was £8 15s 34d, a rise of Is 2Jd on the week.

Imprisonment for Theft. —Charged with the theft of bicycles in the streets of Te Awamutu last week, a Maori labourer, Claude Wikawana, aged 30, was sentenced in the Te Awamutu Magistrate’s Court yesterday to six months’ imprisonment. A younger companion, Sam Rapana, was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within sjx months. The accused, who both pleaded guilty, were arrested at Kihikihi.

The New 2YA Station.—Tenders are to close next month for the contract to erect a new national broadcasting transmitter near Wellington. With an aerial power of CO kilowatts, it will be the most powerful station in the southern hemisphere. The general manager of the Broadcasting Board, Mr E. C. Hands, said yesterday that the site of the new station had not been determined.

Slip Near Ongarue. —The train from Frankton, which reaches Taumarunui at about 7 p.m., ran into a minor slip on the Main Trunk line a short distance soeuth of Ongarue, last evening. The slip was a little nearer to Taumarunui than the scene of the Ongarue disaster some years ago. Mud splashed the engine, but the train managed to force its way through without mishap, and no damage was caused to the line. A gang of workmen was immediately despatched from Taumarunui, and the Wellington express, t which left Auckland at 3 p.m., proceeded without delay.

Paid £IOOO a Oonoert. —The highest fee ever paid to any concert artist to visit New Zealand has been guaranteed to Yehudi Menuhin, the young violinist, who is to visit New Zealand next month, according to Mr Claude Kingston, concert representative of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., who arrived from Sydney by the Monowai to make arrangements for Hie violinist’s Dominion lour. During the Australian lour Menuhin had been guaranteed £20,000 for 20 concerts, and his remuneration had been fixed on the same basis for his New Zealand lour, so that he would receive at least £OOOO for the ll've weeks lie spent in the country.

Life of Isolation.—Lives of complete isolation on Sunday Island, the largest of the lonely and uninhabited Kermadec Group, have been chosen by Mr Alfred Bacon, of Dcvonport, and two companions. Mr Bacon was one of the three New Zealanders concerned In the last tragic attempt to settle the island in 1020, when one of a party of three died from tetanus. Ever since liis return, however, Mr Bacon lias cherished the idea to return to the island and spend the remainder of Jus life there. Equipped with some corrugated iron with which to construct a shelter and a fair quantity of supplies, Mr Bacon and his party set off for the island in the yacht Ngataki about eight weeks ago. Alsatian dogs were taken and if is expected that these animals will prove invaluable in helping to exterminate the particularly large species of rats which at present over-run the land.

When buying blankets for Winter look at the size, the finish, the weight, and most important be sure that the Best of New Zealand wool is used, which gives that pure soft cosy finish. Hooker and Kingston's blankets have all these special features, because Ihsy are bought only from the leading New Zealand Mills lo our special order. One of the best is Kaiapoi stooksd in three sizes for single beds. 19/6, 22/6, 29/6 and 35/- per pair. Eor three-quarter beds 24/6, 27/6 and 39/6 pair. Double beds 29/6, 35/-, 4 4/6 and 54/6 pair. All In true full sizek. —Hooker and Kingston. Ltd., “Noted for uua.'wi'.* r

Found Bicycle.— The police desire (o get into communication with the owner of a bicycle which was found abandoned in Gee Street in the middle of October, 1934.

Currency in London. Yesterday fine gold in London was quoted at £7 Is lOd per ounce, the dollar at 4.91 7-8 and the franc at 74 5-16. The last quotations were respectively £7 Is 9id, 4.93 7-16 and 74 9-16.

Season of Film Postponed. —Owing to its tremendous success and extended seasons in other centres the Hamilton season of “Roberta,” which was to have commenced at the Theatre next Saturday, has been postponed for a week.

Power Board’s Consumers. —Reviewing the progress of the board’s reticulation schemes, the engineermanager, Mr J. R. Ellis, told members of the Central Waikato Electric Power Board to-day that there were now’ 4808 consumers receiving supply, while the connections included 1348 water heaters, 1315 milking motors 814 pump motors, 405 industrial motors, 352 ranges, 335 separator motors, and 44 domestic motors.

Local Unemployment Committee. — “It seems the proper course to take the initiative and save the board any embarrassment In having to Intimate that local committees are not now required," said Mr R. W. D. Robertson, in tendering his resignation to the North Taranaki Unemployment Gommittee at New Plymouth this week. As the result of the latest policy of the Unemployment Board, whereby the functions of local relief committees appeared to be automatically determined, and as for the present at least there was no business for such committees to consider or decisions to make, added Mr Robertson, he had decided to resign. -