LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20523, 13 June 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Oattle Running Loose.—For allowing cattle to roam loose on the roadway at Fairfield, William Waite, carrier, was fined £i 10s and costs by Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, Hamilton, to-day. Inspector G. G. Winter, who prosecued, s‘ated that he had twice before warned defendant.

Lunar Rainbow Observed. At about 3 o'clock this morning a lunar rainbow was observed by several people from Hamilton. The eastern sky was brilliantly lit up with all the colours of the ordinary rainbow but this morning's phenomena did not last as long, disappearing in a few seconds.

Mall Bag Missing.—A registered mail bag, the contents of which are believed to be of considerable value, disappeared while in transit from Wairoa and Morere. The driver of the mail truck placer] ilie bag on the seat beside him, and upon reaching Morere before delivering the mail went for a cup of tea. Upon returning the bag was missing and has not yet been recovered.

Co-operation Needed. —The need for even greater co-operation among acclimatisation societies throughout the Dominion was stressed at the duck dinner of the Hamilton Acclimatisation Club on Saturday evening by Mr A. E. Missen, member of the Auckland Society Council, when replying to the ioast to that body. There was still a tendency in some bodies, he said, toward a parochialism which militated against a solution of sporting problems.

Bush Area Refused.—McKenzie Bush, Waipa, comprising about 250 acres, upon which a young kauri bush is growing, some of the trees being 50 years old, was offered as a gift to the State but the Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation, the Hon. F. Langstone, has refused to accept it. The Whangarei County Council at its last meeting expressed surprise at the refusal, and has decided to request the Minister to reconsider his attitude. An anonymous donor has offered £SO towards fencing the area.

Bhorter Anzac Day.—The idea of declaring Anzac Day closed at noon was brought forward at the annual meeting of the Brooklyn auxiliary of the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association. Mr F. Scott said that if the day was finished at noon business cculd resume in the afternoon, as was done in Australia. Mr E. C. Hale, a member of the committee of the Wellington R.S.A., said that it was now' too late to take the matter to the R.S.A. conference this year, but It could be referred to later.

Department’s Offer.—Replying to criticism of the pheasant breeding and liberation work of the Department of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, speaking in Hamilton on Saturday evening, said that the department would in future provide free of charge to any sportsman in its area as many preasant eggs as he felt he could rear. When the eggs were hatched the department would allow sportsmen to liberate the birds where they wished, though precautions would be taken to see that they actually were liberated.

Centennial Tournament. —“l trust that {when the Centennial arrives we may be able to arrange an international clay-bird tournament," said the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. K. Parry, speaking at the duck dinner of the Hamilton Acclimatisation Club on Saturday evening. He felt sure that there were shots in New Zealand that could hold their own with -the best from anywhere in the world and if the gun-clubs and acclimatisation societies of the Dominion desired to arrange such a tournament they could count upon the Minister’s active support.

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Catholics In Austria.—All Catholic student organisations in Austria have been dissolved and their funds have been confiscated. Olympic Flame.—The Olympiad Committee has approved a suggestion that relays of runners shall take the Olympic Flame, from Athens to Tokio. Bitterly Cold Weather. —Heavy topcoats and thick woollen wear were in evidence everywhere in Hamilton today when bitterly cold weather made conditions particularly unpleasant out-of-doors. Jn many homes fires were burning throughout the day. Compulsion Refused. —Fearing that new members brought into the Farmers’ Union by compulsion measures might be numerically strong enough to outvote the present membership, the Southland provincial conference of the Farmers’ Union defeated a remit that compulsory unionism should be adopted. Hotel Purchase.—An important hotel transaction was completed in Palmerston North last week, negotiations for a change of ownership of the Grand Hotel being completed between Mr E. L. Barnes, its present owner, and Mr J. P. Hoare, of Wanganui. The sum involved is understood to be more than £30,000.