LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19634, 22 July 1935, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

World’s Walking Record. —Walking 3000 metres in 12m 38 l-5s A. A. Cooper established a new world's record, says a London cable message.

Staples’ Brewory Dividend. —The directors of J. Staples and Company, Limited, brewers, Wellington, have declared an unchanged interim dividend of 24 per cent. Payment will be made on August 7.

The Stranded Maheno.—lt is reported that the Japanese captain of the Oonah intends to salvage everything of value from the stranded Maheno. The latter now has a list of 12J degrees toward the sea at Fraser Island, and shore anchors have been dropped in order to keep her upright.

Distressed Areas In Britain.—The report of the Commissioner for the Distressed Areas in England and Wales, Mr Malcolm Stewart, Avhicli contains proposals for assisting areas Avhicli have suffered most severely in the depression, is to be debated in the British House of Commons to-morrow on a Labour motion.

The Worst Offender.—ln respect of broken glass about the borough roads a councillor at Patea said he thought Palea must be “ the vvorst offender in New Zealand.” Comment upon this menace was made at the council meeting, and the supervisor Avas instructed to see that the streets were swept at least tAvice a week.

Gift of a Church.—The Bishop of Portsmouth, Dr. Neville Lovett, announced last month, that Lady Harrison had decided to bear the cost of tiie erection of a new church in one of the new housing areas near Portsmouth as a memorial to her late husband, Sir Heath' Harrison, Bt., a leading Liverpool shipowner, Avho died last year.

Ban on Women’s Smoking.—Women students at Auckland University ‘College have reluctantly accepted the ban placed by the Professorial Board on Avomen smoking within the university preclnots. In spite of information from southern colleges that smoking in the women’s common rooms there is an accepted practice, the Professorial Board has officially intimated that the discussion may now he considered closed from its point of view.

“ Lean-to ” as House. —Following the complaint of the Kakepuku School Committee that its teacher's residence was almost a lean-to bach, advice has been received in Te Awamutu, through. Mr W. J. Broadfoot, M.P., that the Minister of Education, the Hon. S. G. Smith, has authorised additions to the ■building. It had been stated by the committee that the children of the district had been penalised as the result of highly-qualified teachers declining appointment lo the school.

Drainage at Te Kawa.—'Die authorisation of further work in Hie Government Te Kawa drainage scheme lias followed some months of negotiations between the settlers of the district and the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. J. Bitchcner. Following further representations from Mr W. J. Broadfoot, M.P., the Minister lias agreed to have the extra length of drainage performed if the settlers contribute £SO ■ towards the cost, which is estimated at £250. The £SO lias now been paid into the Public Account, and the work will be proceeded with.

Big River Gold Mines. —The following report has been presented for the week ended July 18: No. 4 South Drive: Advanced 6ft.; good track in face. No. 4 North Drive: Driven 2ft.; work stopped temporarily. North Stope; This stope is rapidly cutting out; stone 2ft. wide, length 10ft. Rise Stope: Stone 4ft. wide, length 15ft.; going strong. South Stope: Filling in stope in progress. North Winze: Sunk 4ft., total 9ft.; follOAving full face of stone in sinking winze. Shaft: Good progress being made. Battery: 78 tons of ore sent to battery.

Sport at Chateau Tongariro.—Excellent conditions for skiing obtained on Mount Ruapehu during the week-end, and more than 200 people went on to tiie mountain yesterday io take advantage of the favourable circumstances. A fairly heavy fall of snow on the higher levels on'-Friday morning contributed to Hie good conditions offering to climbers. Tiie fall on the lower altitudes was light and quickly disappeared There Avas no snow actually at the Chateau during the week-end and the means of transport have not been interrupted in any degree. The weather yesterday was clear and bracing and many parties were out.

Scraps of Paper. —Many curious articles are found on people who come under Ihe notice of I lie police, some valuable and others very invaluable. A crumpled and raiher grubby piece of paper, once while, of which a prisoner was relieved in Wellington on Monday might easily have hern overlooked. If it had been seen in any Wellington street (says Ihe Evening Post) no one would have given it a second thought, and hut for Ihe curiosity of a police otlicial Hie records referring to (lie prisoner would merely have said:

“Effeels, nil.” His effects were, in fact, £l2 ss. Two dirty pieces of paper—a second slip was also found—were each Bank of England notes for £5, each worth £6 2s Gd In New Zealand. Everything you need to replace in Die linen cupboard you should secure (Hiring Hooker and Kingston’s Great Winler Sale. The lime to really save on your purchases. Puce linen tea towels usually 1/3 cadi, Sale Price 2 for I / I t Ail. ItaiTOCkses’ Pure Pillow Slips, usually l/11, Sale Price l/r, pair. Horrorkscs Pure Sheets in double bed 80 x 2:,’. usually 10/0, Sale Price. 15/6 pair: Osman while towels usually 3/11 pair. Sale Price 2/11 pair. Damask Gloilis coloured borders, 51 x j i, usually 5/0, Sale Price 4/6. Serviettes to match. Sale Price !>d each, and many oilier necessities at equally substantia! reductions. The Store for Belter Bargains, Hooker and Kingston

World’s Record Baby? —To Mr and Mrs George Browning, of Elloree, United States, has been born a son, weighing 16 pounds, possibly a world's record.

Baby Born With Teeth. —An American paper states that a daughter, their third child born with two front teeth, lias been born to Mr and Mrs Buck Lock Yew, Chinese residents of Babylon.

British Treasury Bills. —The total amount applied for last week in tenders for £40,000,000 worth of British Treasury bills was £67,685,000. The average rate per cent. . for bills at three months was 12s 2.84 d, compared with 12s I.GOd a week ago.

Novel Mode of Travel. —ln these days when there are so many varieties of travel It remained for two youths to blaze the trail between Gore and Mataura per medium of roller skates. A distance of eight miles was accomplished in the good time of 35 minutes, the bitumen surface being declared “ reasonably " smooth over the entire. journey.

Another Wheelbarrow Event.— Amid cheers of 2000 people, Mr William Darwin, a member of the municipal council of Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne, who is the drum-major of the Brighton Municipal Band, set off on Saturday afternoon in an attempt to push a fellow bandsman, Mr William Amiguet, from Brighton to Sydney In 10 weeks. The distance is 600 miles. There is a £IOO wager in connection with the event. The barrow being used is 'Stream-lined and fitted with a wind-screen.

Skated Round Egmont. On Saturday evening Stanley Mockford, of Tuakau, Auckland, completed his circuit of Mount Egmont on roller-skates. The journey of over 100 miles on bitumen roads was covered within four days. . Mr Mockford had intended to sleep in sheds or in the open, but people along the route took a keen interest in the exploit and provided him with food and shelter. The difficulty of descending .the steeper hills wars solved by the skater securing a heavy pine branch, which he straddled and used as a brake.

Maori Hospital Patients. —A report presented to the Cook Hospital Board showed that Maori patients last year were charged £1256, but only £96 was collected. The information was supplied as a result of a discussion at the recent Hospital Boards’ Conference, when it was contended that boards with large Maori populations were unfairly penalised, and it was urged that some special assistance should be given. In previous years, it was stated, the collections at the Cook Hospital had never exceeded 12 per cent, of the total charged. It was decided to forward the information to the DirectorGeneral of Health.

His Good Deed. —At least one resident of Westland did his good deed the other day. He was out motoring, south of Holdtlka, with his wife, when they saw a lad trudging along the road (says the Grey Star). The car was stopped, and the lad gratefully accepted a lift. Conversation showed that he hailed from Christchurch, was sixteen yearj- of age, had been working in the Nelson district, had walked to the West Coast, and was in search of work. Later, while the lad enjoyed tea, provided by another good Samaritan, the telephone was used by the motorist, the upshot being that he succeeded in finding employment for the lad, and look him to the employer that evening.

Where Is Awakino? —"Where is Awakino?" asked Mr Menuhin, senr., father of the great violinist, and he and his son told the story of a gesture of appreciation that had pleased them both more Ilian any of the adulation of people of wealth and position. "We were walking up on Mount Eden when a man came up to us," said Mr Menuhin. “He was a man who commanded respect by his sheer physical strength and ruggedness. ’He told us that he had waited eight years for Yehudi to visit New Zealand. He had promised his wife that they would take the honeymoon denied them in their youth when Yehudi was in New Zealand. So lie and his wife had left their home at Awakino for a fortnight to attend all three concerts in Auckland. He was just a baokswoodsman with no musical education, beside the appreciation native to him. He told Yehudi that he loved ills Bach. No finer compliment could have been paid to Bach or Yehudi.”