LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19945, 23 July 1936, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Air Mall In Landon.—Alr mull des—patclled from \\'ellinglon on June 30, arrived in London on July 20, states at Wellington message.

Telegrams for Spatn.——Tlle Chief Postmaster at Hamilton, Mr \\'. P. Aldridge, advises that until further notice telegrams in code language will not. he admitted for Barcelona and the rest. of Spain.

Currency In London.—l“iuc gold \\'as quoted in London on \\'edne-eday at £6 135 Nd per uz.; the dollar all 3.02;: and the anc at 75 29—32; Lhu prev—ious day’s figures were 3:0 185 Bd, 5.025(1 and '7?) ‘29—32 l‘especth'cl)‘.

Proposed New Tonnla Courts.—-Plans submitted for the erection of “111 m chip tennis courts on Jesmuud Park were approved at a meeting or the Hamilton Beauliu-ins Society last evening. _

Trees for Schools.—At a meeting at the Hamilton Beauttfying Society lam evening it was decided to purchase four dozen native trees to be supplied to schools throughout the district I‘ol planting under the Arbor Day scheme.

Taxl Drivers’ Llcensos.——-Applicalions for licences to drive taxis, applled for by Mesars K. Lindsay, \7. Ll. \\'illiams and P. Balm, were approved at the fortnightly meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council last evening.

Moro Under-Socratnrles.—With a view to eusing the heavy load 01: ad. ministrative work devolving on Cabinet Ministers, the Government propuscs to make additional appointments of mum» beys or Parllament to act as undersecretaries.

Club’s Appreciation.——-A langlble ex—pression of their appreciation 01‘ Mr and Mrs Snrgeant's hospitality during the year was given by members or the Hamilton Motor Cycle Club ut the club‘s annual meeting last evening, when Mr Sergeant was presented wlth a framed painting.

Blcyolo Rack at. Frankton.-—Autho~ riiy was given the borough engineer to asphalt the urea in front 01' tin: Library at Frunkton and erect a. cycle rack there, at a meeting of the Hamil—ton Borough Council last evening. It was reported that the total estimated expenditure would be £l2 105.

Telephone Exchange Inspected.— Members of the \Vaikalo Society of Model and Experlmental Engineers and members of [he \Vaikato branch of the New Zealaml Association of Radio Transmitters were shown the operating or the Hamilton telephone excllungu system lust ewnlns.

Oonoultn'lon Wlnners.—ln a. recent Tasmanian consultation the fourth prize of £IOOO was “on by ticket No. 132530, “ Last. Pop Syndicate," Kelso. Diago; the seventh prize or £250 by No. 6480‘.) "AIR." Mutuwai, Glsbornc; and the ninth prize 01' £250 by .\‘u. 163481, “Jack's \\'in," Dunedin.

Placement Bcheme.—*Tnc efforts of the Labour Department under its placement. schrme, to 11nd positions for skilled workers are meeting with success. Already 1210 men have been found permanent work, 801 temporary positions and 211 casual employment. In Hamilton ‘l9 men were placed permanently and 15 temporarily.

'Flrst Distance Fllght.—:\lthough many dirigibles had safely taken the air as far back as the eighteenth cen—tury, it is only within the last thirty years or so, that the powered acro—piane came into use. The first flight 01‘ any distance by plane was ac—oomplished by Louis Bieriot, a French—man, on July 23, 1909, 27 years ago to-day.

Mam-la and the Xingu—An assurance of loyalty and ‘an expression 01‘ thank—lulness at. the King‘s escape from peril were e-mbodled in a resolution pre—sented on behalf of several Maori tribes at. a slttlng of the Natlvc Land Court, at Tauranga. The resolution was forwarded to the Prlme Minister, who replied that, it had been conveyed to the Governor—General.

Crippled chlldren Fund.—When u letter asking for a. donation from the Hamilton committee conducting u campaign for the Wilson Home En—dowment. for Crippled Children came before the Hamilton Borough Council last evening it \\'as pointed out that the council had donated £2O last year and had intimated that it would donate this sum each year, so no action was taken.

Ereotlon of Bus Shelters.—~An intimation that the Bus Company had provided 5225 of the money required to erect bus shellm's at. Uoundul'y Mum] and M. the \\"alk‘dto 1105mm] \\‘as l‘u—uehcd at the l'orlnighlly meeting of the Hamilton Borough Counch last evening, and it was decided lo instruct the borough engineer 10 have the shelters, CI‘CCICLL It was also decided to thank [llO company for their generous offer.

Trees on sweeter—At the fortnightly meeting of the Hamilton Borough lloum‘ll last evening 1‘! \\us decided that. Messrs \V. 80-m'no and 1". Best. with [he borough ungiueer, should compriso the cummittce in net \\'llll the Buuulil'ung Society's represcnlutiveindenlln: mm trees on tho streets. 1!. was also decided to in—slrucL Hm cnginnex' lu pruuecd with the work 01' rcmuving the dangerous branches on the trees in Hamilton Enst‘

Legislation Condemned.—Thc im—position of umnnulsory increuws in wages illltl shorter hours was tron--Llemnud at a. well—attended meeting of Christchurch retailers )‘L‘stri'tluy us oppressive. Thu n‘icrting, \\'hirh rum~ prism] practically all the employing parties to the shop assistnnis‘ award, missed a). rrsnlutinn expressing this critirism and “ingesting that the effect of the new industrial conditions shnnlti ho. observed for at period before tho compulsory ishoi‘trning of shunning hours “as imposed. ' State Housing Scheme.«ln 2m in—tm‘vivw yesterday thu Prime .\linistrr. tilt‘ Might lion. M. .i. Sung-c, :m» lltJllilL'L'tl thv intrntinn til" the tim‘crnment to establish at director of housing and it sprriul til‘]tlti'lilll‘lli lllltlt'i' tinDominion—“hit: housing srhmnv. Mr Savage, ilittlll: it ulrur that although :1 relatively moderate start would he made with the scheme ultimately thousand; or homes would he built. In districts throughout the Dominion. “hero the HL‘CtI for houses was most urgent. ’l‘hv Vittluf—‘t' stuntiurtl rather that the construction of littts \\ouiu ht;mncu at.

Frost. In Hamllton.—Frost in Hamilton to—day registered 6 degrees, while at Buakura the reading \\'as (1.1 de» grees.

British War Loam—British \\'2ll’ Imm, 35 1191' cam, was quoted in Lon—don yesterday at £lO6 65 3d, ‘com—pared with £lO6 ‘25 6d on Jul)v 17‘

Intoxicated sorvlce-oar brush—M Auckland yesterday, Andrew James .\larkey. a service—car proprietor, was fined £2O, in default one‘ month's inr prisonment, his license being man—called for 18 months. on a charge [lf being intoxicated whilst in charge or a ‘car.

Raconou‘rao Improvement.—-Au early start. has been made with the construction of the new members’ grandstand at Te ”am. This morning the partial demolition of the present structure was commenced and a start made with the necessary excavation \\‘ol‘k.

Radlo wrench—The Prime Minister states ilml scores of implications have been received for ihc [msiliun 01' Director (if Bl'muluusting, onu coming by cable from Scullund. The date for receiving upplivaiions will not Pxpii'c for another week and it is expected that many more will be received,

The All Blacks.—After playing the Australians at \\'ellington on Septem—ber .3, the All Balck team will he kept together for the second match at Dunedin on September 12‘ The New Zealand Rugby Union has decided that the team should play a game against South Canterbury at Timaru on September 9, on its way to Dunedin.

Caught In a Slip—As a motorist was proceeding from Rotorua to Napier he had an alarming experience. After crossing the )lokai IliVer bridge a slip descended and buried his car to the top of the mudguards. W'llilst he was endeavouring to extricate it an—other slip came. \\’th the combined efforts of 11': men the car was eventually pulled out 01‘ the. mud.

Grey Street Crossing—Lin the motion 01' Mr .1. li. ’l‘idd, the Hamilton Borough Council decided last cunning to ask the electrical engineer to quote the cost 01' the erection of at light hi the Grey Street railway crossing. Several speakers referred to the num—erous accidents that have occurred at the crusslng‘, stating that a lighl would be a great help to motorists at night.

Sunshine Languo.—'l‘he annual meeting of the \\‘aikato Hospital Sun—shine Lem-sue will be held tu-night In TOOl'ult tjluunbel‘s. For some years the Sunshine League has rendered val—uable servicc to the town in attending to many or the needs of patients 01' the \\'aikuto llospital‘ Regular visits are paid to the hospital and tobacco. Inuit and literature are distributed. It. is huped that there \xlll be a. gooll at—tendance of members at the meeting to enable the work to be continued.