LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19942, 20 July 1936, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Towllno Savant—When the Union Company‘s Kahngo, which is towing the hulk Rosamond from \\'ellinston to Auckland, was between Cape Run—away and White Island the towline broke. A heavy sea was running at the time but as the mishap occurred 18 miles from land there was no dan—ger of the hulk drifting ashore, and It is hoped to make a connection as the weather has moderated.

Dargavllle Rallway.—-On his return to VVeilingion yesterday after a visit to the South Island, the Hon. 1L Semple, Minister of Public Works, said he was satisfied the Dai‘gaville railway line was a work which should never have been stopped and he hoped to have the question of completing it before Cabinet at an early date.

New acumen—The trials of the new liner Awatere. built at Barrow in Furness, by Vlckers Armstrong, Limited, for the Union Company‘s intercolonial passenger and mall service, are to be held 011 the Clyde from July 25 till July 28. The Awa‘lere, which will provide accommodation for 1:00 firstclass, 160 toux‘lst, and 110 third—class passengers, is expected to reach \Velllnglon about September 2.

Supply of Farm Labour.—The Min—ister of Public Works, the Hon. 11. Sample. stated in Christchurch that there, will he no competition between the Public Works Department and farmers in enjoying labour. The aim of the Department will be to engage men from the ranks of the unemployed and if those engaged in farm labour think they are all going to set the jobs of those who have long been out of work they “will get a rude shock. Anything like that wlll he stopped. If it slion‘s up we will tread on it good and hard."

Labour Policy Atuoked.—”l believe," stated the Hon. A; Hamilton, .\I.P. for \Vallace, speaking at Dunedin. “ that the Labour Government will (All first or all in the handling of our money. Money and the payment of interest is anathema to Labour men. I am sure it Labour is the Government for three years it will add at least £20,000,000 to our national debt without any assets. The Labour Party made many election promises. Some are hard to till: we all find that out. However, it is wise and tactical to Yul»fll election promises, and some of them are causing embarrassment, io-day."

Moat Board Elootlon.—The Poverty Bay FarmenS' Union decided by 9 votes to 2, to recommend the Gisborne members of the electoral committee of the Meat Board to urge the institu—tlon of the ward system of electing the board members to replace the present college method. Mr J. C. Field said Glsborne had previously recommended the ward system of electing members or the board and he maintained that the American college system of electlon, which was new in vogue, was not suitable for this country. The system had failed and had been the cause of “liters“ being on the board.

Royal Show It christohurohr—The Royal Show will be ‘held at Christchurch this year. This information was re-oe‘lved from the Central District Council or the Royal Agricultural Society and confirmed at a meeting of the General Committee of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. The secretary (Mr M. E. Lyons) said the Royal Society would have a small amount of mone’y to spent and would be able to make suggestions. The running of the Show. however, would be in the hands of the local association. A recommendation to the incoming committee. that the Royal Show 'hu' hold on three days was carried. The Fhorthorn Society of Great Britain and Ireland advised that it would present a gold mortal for competition.

Joke Factory In Abordoen.—\\'rll,insz‘ to a friend in Hamilton. a resident of Edinburgh. Scotland, mum—“ln inuny ways Scotland is much more progres—sive than England. but most English people I find have the \'aguest ideas of Scotland. Education in Scotland is in a class by itself and there is much loss snnblwry and class illslinvlion than in England. Scallisli people are linrrlnr in knmv, I admit. but there is If‘ss Slmernvinlily nnmngsl. us. For a while there was a Hrnrr danger of Scnllisli tradition and i‘liiii~zii~loi‘isllus dyingr oul. and Scotland becoming: a mc'rn “suburb“ nf England, but now ”10 intere'sl. in Srnllisli Nationalism is growing daily, llmugh it still has n lam: way in .zrnl 0f r‘nnrsv {More will never br‘ lhr‘ troublv lwrn [lull thorn was in lrolnnd. innl .\‘mtlnnil will always remain :1 purl of the lli'ill<li l-Zmpirn. A Int 01' pcnplo fill'h'hll‘ Frollnml lwlleve all Hmso ‘lnkr‘s' zilmut llm ‘meminr‘ss‘ and ‘thi'lfl‘ ni‘ llw [\‘rnt. lillle ronlisinn- that mosl 0f lhr jokes originate in Sonllund, ln Aberdeen tbcy have a juke factory!" 1"lll'lllifl‘ innrli-ilnwm niul gronli-r szu‘iugrs llinn r‘n‘r nll HIIS \\'r‘nk nl llnnlwr .Q Klngslnn‘s \\‘inli-r Snlc. .\ :‘rr-ul L'ruululm: nt' llzulies‘ Fur ’l'i'innnml (junk usually Til/U in iii: » in clmr 3'.) I‘l. l..ilnlil~,~“ Smart valy in \\'L‘nr l‘l'lls usually tl/ll :nnl IBM} in olvnr fill/(L Ladies' Finnrl llmul." liuwus in all \\'uul ilnnnn‘l usually 29’“ nnd fl3/~ l 0 rli‘nr ‘33/—. Ceylon Flannel Sliirllng and Pnnnm (llnlh usually 3/6 to cluar l/ll ym'rl. l'lnulilc l'lml Rance ‘llillll‘l‘5\".~‘ \\‘l‘ll ililril, u.~unll}' «if. '— la rlcnr 3.31- and innuy HHlL‘l‘ will linvw :iwnlnulnlml during lbw (\'.iln Hint musl bu .-lu:lrrwl. Hi‘llikl‘i' ii Kingaluu, Llnnlcd, {or Ucllcr Um‘gluum "

Devll’s lsland.—M. Mount, Frem‘h Minister for the. 1101011105, mmnunrcs mat. the (im’m‘mnr‘nl is considering the abolition of the famous pcnal cstalr liahmcnl Devil's Island.

Educatlon of Prlosu.—.\ir Franck Loahy, of New Brighton. has left 11w rnsiduF or his estate. valued at £500“. fnr edm‘atin‘; priests for Ft. Bede's and other colleges ronducted by {llv Sucicly of Mary.

Orphans' Gosiuro.——At the opening of the Orphans‘ Club on SaturdaF m‘ening. prior to the singing 01‘ the National Anthem, pleasure at Kin; Edward's recent escape from injur}~ was expressed by the chairman.

Oyollsts Wlthout nghts.—-—For riding cycles at night Without llghLc Thomas Crawford. Charms Downi‘i and \\'Hliam Hharlvs Lovell \\’cr‘n o-"H‘h flnvd 105 with .1 Similar sum in wits luy .\h' S. L. Palm‘son. 5.31.. in tlw Magistrate‘s Guurt a! llamiltuu lo—da)‘.

Church Bazaars an Abomlnatlon.“ln my “pinion church bazaars arejm alumninatlon," declared 1110 “M. F. H. Gardiner, View of St. Auguslinu‘s (Llnu‘ch, Napier, at a meeting of par—lshionm‘s. “As often as nol. the games of .~lqill arc games 01‘ chance. and, personally. I would l‘alhel‘ be without a bazaar as a means of raising funds.”

Guaranteed Prioes.—'l'he attitude or the farmers towards guaranteed prices was discussed by the North 'f'aranaki Provincial Exev‘utivc ot‘ the Farmers' Union, the opinion being expressed that an effort was being made to make the union the catspaw of political farmers Some of the speakers expressed the View that while they were opposed to the principle of State control of produce the farmers should state their opposition, leave it at that, and then assist the Government.

Air Mail Misses acumen—The Empire air mail which was despaiched from London on July 31 and was sched—uled to reach Sydney on Friday did not connect with the .\laruma, which left Sydney on Friday afternoon and is due at \Veilingion io—lnurrow morning. In addition to Australian mail the Maranm has only the southern portion of the air mail which \\‘as (iespatchcd from London on July 14 The norihcrn per—Lion of the same air mail‘ reached Auckland from Sydney by the Niagara this morning.

Sequel to Chimney Firm—A fire in the chimney of a house in Grey Street, Hamilton East, had a sequel in thv Police Court at llamiltnn io—dai' when Ethel Melvor was charged with permitting the outbreak to take place. Constniln‘ H. M. Kirby said the brigade was called to extinguish the out break and defendant had admitted that the chimney had not been cleaned for two years. A line of 105 with a similar sum in costs was imposed.

Newspapers In New Zealnnd.—After a long trip abroad, in which he visited many countries, Mr H. Chapman, 01' Christchurch,. is convinced that New Zeuiand is well served by its news—papers. “After seeing the general run of newspapers in England, Scotland. and America.“ he said in an interview.

“I cannot speak too highly of the newspapers we have here.” Except—lng in some of the larger papers in London. there seemed to be compara—tively little general news. and the methods of setting out did not appeal as New Zealnnd methods did. “We certainly have cause to be proud of our ue\\'spapers," he said.

Loudamotor Tests.—“ The accuraoy of loadameters has been discussed on several occaslons and they have al—ways been found to be accurate." stated Mr S. L, Paterson, SAL. at the Rotorua Magistrate‘s Court when the main highways inspector, D. M. Ford, proceeded against G. T. Lodge, contractor, of Rotorua, on a charge of exceeding the classification on the Mannku Hill Road and also of having an in—sufficient license to cover his load. Mr Paterson said his experlencc was that loadamelers usually weighed slightly lighter than \\'ei’gh—brii‘lges. Ile riirl not think counsel could bring a scale of computations 0r specialised evidence against accurate recordings taken by means of these devices.

Italian. MistakenP-A London cor—respondent. writes: "Perhaps only a rude awakening could now shake the Italian popular conviction that we shirk a conflict with Mussolini, The’ Latin temperament falls to understand that our inactivity during the Abyssinian affair was due not. to funk, but to fidelity to League principles. This unfortunate impression may have been confirmed when we sent our Fleet into the Mediterranean but made no attempt to use it. It is con—ceivable that even Mussolini himself shares this View. It it is shared to any extent by his military advisers, the fact would surprise our own mili—tary experts. The key position is fairly patent. \Vhereas Italy cannot possibly use her air squadrons with any effect on this country, \'ital parts of Italy are within easy reach by our Mediterranean air squadrons‘ not to mention the guns or our Fleet. And this takes no account of the financial backing needed for any serious war. Nobody in this country wants trouble. but it is just as well that popular opinion in both countries should realise the palpable facts."