LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19765, 21 December 1935, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Price of Silver.— Silver was quoted hi London yesterday at 22 3-16 d an oz. spot and 23 15-lGd forward, compared with 23d and 24 13-16 d the previous day.

Loans Conversion Orders. This week’s New Zealand Gazette contains notices regarding loans conversion orders of the Matamata Borough and the Taupiri Drainage and River Board.

Selection by Band. —• Weather permitting the Waikato Regimental and Municipal Band will play Christmas carols and other popular selections hy the Institute _at Frankton on Sunday evening, at 8.15.

Road Accidents In Britain. Road accidents in Great last week resulted in 128 people being killed and 3843 injured, • compared with 167 killed and 4195 injured .in the corresponding week last year.

Currency In London. —Gold in London was quoted yesterday at £7 Is lid per oz., the dollar at 4.93, and the franc at 74 11-16, compared with £7 Is Id, 4.92 and 742 respectively the previous day.

Hlghv.'r.jf Improvement. —Very favourable comments have been made by motorists on the improvement effected to the Eureka Avenue. Two coats of tar-sealing have been applied and a perfect surface has been obtained.

Final Sale of Year. —Yesterday’s stock sale., at Morrinsville was the final sale of the year and it -also marked the completion of the first year of weekly sales. Previously, sales were held only fortnightly.

A New Company. —The following private company has been registered in Auckland: Fowler’s 'Bargain Stores, Limited, Hamilton. Capital, £ISOO in £1 shares. Subscribers: Arthur Charles Fowler, 1490 shares; Francis Marion Fowler, 10.

Egg and Egg-Pulp Stocks. —Stocks of eggs and egg-pulp in cold storage in tho Dominion arc assessed by the Government statistician as follows: — Eggs in shell, 65,127 dozen; egg-pulp, 501,4631 b.; frozen whites, 22041 b.; egg-yolk, 1551 b.

Lord Nuffleld's Benefactions. —Lord Nuffield has given £125,000 to establish an organisation to deal with the early discovery of curative treatment for children who are threatened with being crippled. Lord Nuffleld’s benefactions now total nearly £1,000,000.

Main Highways. —According fb the New Zealand Gazette the following roads have been declared main highways:—Taupiri, Morrinsville, Ngarua-wahia-Whatawhata-Te Rore, Ilamil-lon-Tauhei via Gordonton, NgateaWaharoa via Morrinsville, and Matamata station highway.

Shopping In Frankton. —Christmas shoppers were in large numbers in Frankton last night. “Father Christmas" was' drawn through Commerce Street op a sleigh and he distributed toys to the children. A musical programme was broadcast by a public address system. Melanesian Mission. Among the passengers on the Maunganui which sailed from Sydney for. Wellington on Thursday, are JSIr John Wilson, son of Bishop Cecil Wilson, of Bunbury, West Australia, and Tasiu Henry Maabe, a native of Malaita. The pair will confer with the Bishop of Waiapu on Melanesian Mission affairs. Locked In Safe. —The unwelcome prospect of spending a night in an office safe was faced by a clerk in a large Hamilton office yesterday. At tiie conclusion of the day’s activities the safe was locked as usual and the keys taken home by an official. However, muffled thumpings made others in the office realise the clerk’s predicament but it was over an hour before the keys could be obtained to release him. Garden Place Praised Unqualified admiration for Garden Place, especially Ihe ornamental (lower bed skirling the footpath, was voiced by one of the Australian tourists who passed through Hamilton this morning en route to Rotorua. “Some towns I know in Queensland would give thousands of pounds for a fine open space like that in the middle of the town,” he said. “The same remark applies to your beautiful river."

Oversight of Pupils. —Parents must accept full responsibility for their children’s behaviour if they are permitted to attend school earlier than a quarter of an hour before the beginning of school, according to a decision of the Wellington Education Board, whop it adopted a recommendation to this effect by (ho executive committee. While the hoard was not prepared lo take special action restricting the time at which children could arrive at school, it considered parents should he informed that the teacher's supervision could not he guaranteed earlier than a quarter of an hour before the beginning of school.

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Gold Shares in London. New Guinea gold shares sold In London yesterday at 4s 9 3-Bd, as compared with 4s 9d on December 17.

Company Legislation. —The Mercantile Gazette records the following local registration:—Hamilton Land and Finance Company, Ltd., registered as a private company, December 7; office, 90 Victoria Street, Hamilton; capital, £IOO of £1 each. Subscribers: A.' T. Clemett 50, R. D. G. Kemp 50; objects, land and finance, etc.

Accountancy Examinations. —A continual stream of enquiries into the sub-editors’ and reporters’ offices of the Waikato Times to-day signified the anxiety of students in the Waikato for the appearance of the list of passes in the Accountancy Professional Examinations before the weekend. Details of the passes are expected to be published throughout the Dominion on Monday.