LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19913, 16 June 1936, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Poet Offloa.——The Post—-master-General, the Hon. F. Jonesv announced yesterday that plans have been Prepared for an enlarged postDfllce at Thames, and tenders will be called for the work in the near future.

Currency In London.—Fine gold was quoted in London yesterday at SB 185 9d an ounce (£6 185 6h! on Friday), the dollar at 5.021: (503), and the franc at 76 9—16 (7613-32).

New Hotel at Tauranga.——A tender has been accepted for the erection of the new Tauranga Hotel on the corner of Strand and Harrington Streets, the site of the former hotel which was destroyed by fire in February.

Arrears of Rates.—-—Arrears of rates lotalling £1303 85 were written off at the monthly meeting of the \Vaipa County Council at Te Awamutu yes—terday.

Bank Ghanga-over.——Members of the staff of the Hamilton branch of the Commercial Bank of Australia. will transfer to the company's new building in Victoria Street on Monday, July 6, stated the manager, Mr E. P. J. Trevena, to-day.

llaokflah Stranded.—Blackflsh continue to be stranded on the East Coast. 011 the Mikaka Beach, opposite Uriti Hill. upwards of 230 specimens, val‘ying from Mt. to 16ft. in length, are lying high and dry and other-s are drifting ashore, Maoris have commenced oil—saving operations by boiling down the flesh.

Woods on Farms.——Conslderahle amusement was caused at a meeting of the Waipa County Council yester—day when the noxious weeds inspec—tor, Mr G. M. Wall. ln presenting his report. stated that a farm was often regarded by the owner in the same light as the Englishman whose “home was his castle." Several members stated that the “castles" had reached a very untidy condition and badly needed attention.

Future nghways cantrol.—“l think he has taken a very sensible and fair view of the matter." said a councillor at the monthly meeting of the Waipa County Council at Te Awamuttu yes—terday, commenting on the Hon. R. Semple's statement regarding the future control and upkeep of highways as presented to a recent confer—ence of the Counties‘ Association. Members were of the opinion that the Minister had dealt With the question very fairly and comprehensively, and the statement was approved.

1 Work at Y.M-G.A.——ln referring to ‘the work of the Y.M.C.A. for the wei—-la.-re of youth, in an address to the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday. Mr F. E. 5, Long stated that 1050 young people attended the Hamilton Y._\l.CiA. rooms each week. Some of them came two or three times a week. There were lbetween 5000 and 0000 people in New Zealand participating in the physical culture classes and between 13,000 and 14.000 in athletic clubs as—sociated with the Y..\I.C.A. There were also religious study groups, summer camps and literary and debating societies.

Aucklnnd Olty Flnanooa.—A deficit of £65,209 is shown in the Auckland Clty Council‘s financial statement adopted last evening. The year‘s opening deblt was £33,999 and the overdraft at March 31 was £79,284, stated to be the largest for many years. A deficit of £71,886 at March 31, 1937, was budgeted for, to offset which there are outstanding rates, most or which are belleved to be col« lectable, amounting to £157,901. Rates totalling 33 lléd, an increase of id on last year, were approved. The increased rate ls due wholly to a higher levy .imposed on the city by the Auckland Hospital Board.

Mllk Thistle Menace.——ln moving that the silyhum thistle (milk thistle) should he declared a noxious weed. Mr D. B. Livingstone, at a meeting oi“ the \V’aipa County Council yesterday, stated that the weed had already made an appearance in the district. and it it were allowed to gain a hold it would almost force the occupiers oilf the land. Last year he had noticed four plants on his land and had treated them with sodium chlorate Al~ though the thistle had not had a chance to seedi in the following .\‘eeu‘ the Aplants had been more numerous. The chairman. Mr S. {l. Macky. said now was the time to combat the pest, and the clerk was instructed to take steps to have the thistle gazetted a noxious weed.

Oil From Coal.—A report issnerl by Low Temperature Cm‘honisntion, Limi—ted, England, states that the whole 01' the plant at Barugh and Askern has been kept at full production. The company‘s coal petrol is now rm sale at over 100 filling stations, and orders have been received already for pumps for a further 200 stations. A contract has been entered into with imperial Chemical Industries, Limited. for several million gallons of coal oil suitable for the hydrogenation plant at Billingham. The new Diesel oil pmnt at Barugh, the first of its kind in the country, was started up on April 20. Two further plants for developing oil and chemical processes are being erected.

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Opossum Season.——Good prospecis are 119141 for the opossum trapping 595}sun. which opened yesterday 111111 “'1“ close on September 1.

Lantern Lecture to Students.—A highly intm‘csting leciure on the great Buulder Dam in America illustrated by lantern slides of the Colorado (15111:

.\onvxms gi:;n wink}: ‘Xffinjce last night, to the students attendmg the farm school at Ruakura.

Preparing for Band Contest.—The \\'anganui Garrison Band is already planning to attend the next New Zealnml hand contest, to he held in N9l— An expert resident in \V‘ellington has been engaged to make a Complete overhaul of the band's instruments.

Wrestling Baum—The return pro—fessional wrestllng contest between ”Lofty" Blomfleld, of Auckland. and Paul Boesch, of America. staged at the Auckland Town Hall last evening, was \\‘on by Blomfleld by two falls to one, the bout ending in the seventh round‘

Welfare of Vouth.——”VVe have In this club,“ stated Mr F. E. S. Long. in an address to the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday, “ a man whose name is known throughout New Zealand for his splendid example of service [ol' the welfare of youth—Mr D. \'. Bry—ant."

Pom-alt of Queen Mum—A declslon to launch a national campaign for subscriptions from women for the presentation of a portrait of Queen Mary to the National Art. Gallery was made at a large meeting of women in \\'ellington yesterday.

Huge Profits.—Net profits of the Dunlop Rubber Company, England, for 1935 were. £1,288,244, compared with £1,687,687, in 1934. The dividend on the ordinary stock is maintained at. 8 per cent, the level to which it. was raised for 1933, although allocations are smaller.

Audaclous Thleves.—’l‘hieves en—tered a tailor‘s 51101) next door to the Taraualii Street Police Station, \Vellingion, yesterday. They removed a dinner jacket from the window. sought out the trousers belonging to it, and made them up into a parcel with other things. Evidently disturbed, they de—parted without their booty. the only article missing being an overcoat.

Tramway: Deflolt.—A deficit of £16,187 on the year‘s working was shown in the accounts of the Amokland Transport Board for the year ended March 31, presented at the an—nual meeting yesterday. The deficit the previous year was £8351, and the estilllalk'd' delleit for the year just ended, £14,249. Accumulated deficits now total £130,834. The chairman, the Hon. H. (j. R. Mason, said it should be made clear that the debit balance included substantially increased sinklng fund payments.

Erection of Post. Whom—A resolution requesting the PostmasterGeneral, the Hon. F. Jones, to proceed as soon as possible with the erection of the new Post Office was carried at a meeting of the executive of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last evening. It was pointed out by Mr B. H. Andrews that Mr C. A. Barren, M.P., had stated that the old courthouse site had been selected and that a start would shortly be made in the preparation of plans and specifications.

Road Reoonstruotlon. —— At the monthly meeting of the Waipa County Council yesterday it. \\‘as reported that the Mam Highways Board had accepted tenders for tar-sealing work on the Great South Road from Taylor's Hill to the southern boundary of the county. The successful tenderers were Messrs \V. S. Goosman and 60., who had already completed the Na—-ruawahia-Hamilllon section, and were now engaged on the Ohaupo—Te Awa—rputu section.

Er Flra Near Gasworks.—llalf an hour of excitement and some anxiety for the residents of Miramar. Wellington, living in the‘ vicinity of the gaswox‘ks we’re caused last night by a fire which seriously damaged a concrete blockmaliing factory situated beside the gasometer. Dense clouds of smoke poured from the building. enveloping the gasometer, against the sides of which the flames and sparks were playing. The fire, which could be seen from all parts of the district, did ex—tensive’ damage.

Big-game Flahlng.—At the annual meeting of the Bay or Island-3 Swordfish and .\lako Shark Club in Russell. the secretary reported that in spite of the fact that there had been a great deal of unfavourable fishing weather, the number of big—game fish caught and officially weighed totalled 178, be—--1:: 31 in excess of the number raught last season. The fish comprised:— Black marlin, 10; striped marlin. 88; make sharks. G 3: thresher sharks, ‘2; hammer—head sharks, 6; klngflsh, 4; and other varieties, 5.

Alr Llner In Pom—The Union Air—ways aii‘ liner Korimako was a little more than an hour late in arriving at \Vigram Aerodrome yesterday, because of fog, and 20 minutes of delay was involved in circling about Christ— Clull‘cl‘l waiting for the fog to clear so that the pilot, Mr A. G. Gei'rand. could see the landing ground. The machine could be seen and heard from the ground and was in constant two—way radio communication with the aerot‘li‘oma it. finally made a perfect landing by taking advantage of a break in tho ion, The machine later left for D unc‘din.

Hamllton Roads Crltlclsed.—-—Thai the Main Highways Board could do better work in road reconstruction than borough councils was the opinion expressed by Mr T. Church at the monthly meeting of the \\'aipa County Council mslerdny. As an illustration of his statement, Mr Church spoke of the, romlilion of the roads in the llmnillon Borough “\\‘hcn you leave tho Ngarumx‘uhia llond at llamillon you strike bun‘nvs and do not leave them again until you get on to the new road south of Hamilton." he said. A traveller from \\’ellington had tohl him that the best road was the sec—tion between Olmupo and Ngnrua\\‘ahin. [\xmnnting the Hamilton Doraugh roads.

Subway at. Frankton.—The replacement. of ihe overhead bridge by a sub—\\a}' from High Street to the Fi’ankton railway station platform \\‘as a sug—gestion brought forward ‘l7_\' Mr B. It. Andrews at a meeting of the exocuthc of ihe llnniilion Lilininlwr nt‘ Commerce last. evening. .-\t an earlier meeting the chamber made representations to the Minister of Railways, the tion. I). h. Sullivan, requesting inmrowmcnts to tho, I‘nrilitiCs iii l’i';iiil(tnii. No re» I'in to the letter was received last evening and it. was resolved to bring; ihe Minister‘s, notice again to the posi—tion. "Unless \\'o press for better conditions we shall get nowhere," ob—served .\lr Andrews when he advocated the cunstrur‘tion of a subway if it were not pixiciicahln fur the Government to carry out extensive improvement: at. lthe station.

Frun Out of Salaam—Ripe strawberries were on sale in Auckland this week. wherries and apricots. imported from California, were also procurablc.

Diamond Jubllee of Church—Tho diamond jubilee celebrations of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Palmerston North. are to he held shortl." over a period of five days.

Alr Service Farm—Permission in Cook Strait Airways. Limited, to raise its {are between \\’ellington and Blen—heim from 255 to 275 6d, has been given by the Minister of Transport. the Hon. H. Sample. The company has always maintained that the Trauma port (10-ordination Board fixed the original price at an uneconomic level.

Church And Wan—A discussion on the church‘s attitude to war took place at a meeting of the Bay of Plenty Presbytery in Vs’hakatane. The Rev. J. Crawford .\lcCaw, of Te Puke, mod—erator, presided. It was decided that the presbytery should support the attitude that Christian men and women should seek by every en'ort to make and maintain peace. but that if war is forced upon them they should take up arms.

Fog in Hamllwn.—Establlshing itself before 7 p.m.. when motoring conditions became extremely difficult, a fog grew increasingly dense in Hamilton last evening until midnight when a shower of rain dispersed it. An om—cer of the Automobile Association re—ported that throughout the district the sound of brakes was continually heard, but no mishaps occurred. Shouting operations at Frankton Junction railway station were delayed. The rainfall at the Ruakura Farm for 2'; hours ended 9 am. to-day was .‘ZOin.