LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20576, 13 August 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Currency 'ln London 4ine gold was quoted in London yesterday at £7 2s 8d an ounce (£7 ~ s 4id on Thursday), the dollar at a.o.i (4.87|) and the franc at 178 i (178 13-16). Conscience Money T|iis week’s Gazette acknowledges receipt of conscience money as under: £l '2 to Land and Income Tax Department 10s to the Post and Telegraph j Department, and 5s to the Customs Department. School Holidays Primary schools in the Auckland Province will close for a fortnight for the term holidays from Friday of next week. Practically all the secondary schools will close on the same day for three weeks. Motor-car Wrecked Messrs Ernest Terence McGlynn '25), a salesman, and Samuel Hollidy '42) were injured, the formed severely, when a car in which they were travelling collided with a pole in Mount Eden Road, Auckland. The car was almost completely wrecked. Donation Refused The Whangarei County Council decided yesterday that because a donation made to the Wilson Home for Crippled Children could not assist northern children in need of treatment, no contribution should be made to the fund by the council. Auckland Tug Preparations to lift the Auckland Harbour Board’s tug Te Awliina, which was sunk after being struck by the Essex’s propeller on Thursday, were continued yesterday, but it* is expected that the vessel will not be' raised until next week. Air Mall Delay The cargo steamer Kairanga, with the first Empire air mail despatched from Southampton under the “all up” scheme will not reach Auckland until 8.30 p.m. to-day, which means that the mail will not be distributed until Monday, is days after its despatch from England. Air Base Terminal Wellington’s claims as the base for the trans-Tasman air service are unanimously supported by the South Island. The only two organisations objecting previously were the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce and the Southland Progress League. They have, however, withdrawn their objections and decided to support Wellington. Praise for “The Vagabond King” Before leaving Auckland for the south, Mr E. J. Tait, consulting man-aging-director for Australia and New Zealand Theatres, Limited, took the opportunity of congratulating the Auckland Amateur Operatic Society on its production, “ The Vagabond King.” Mr Tait said the production impressed him highly. Dealer’s Death A verdict of suicide by drowning was returned by the coroner at Auckland yesterday at the inquest into the death of Mr Lionel Benjamin Taylor (43), of Mount Eden, whose body was found in the sea at Waiheke Island. Evidence was given that deceased, a farm-machinery dealer, had business worries but was not in llnancial difficulties. Value of a Wife In a divorce case at Auckland yesterday iu which Basil Quinton Gimblett, hairdresser, of Newmarket, was granted a decree nisi against his 'wife, Ada Ellen Gimblett, Tom Sullivan, niii'hand, of Taumarunui, being cited as co-respondent, the jury had to decide the value of the wife. The jury returned a verdict that adultery had been committed by Ihe respondent and iwarded the petitioner £l5O damages, Ihe full amount claimed, against the co-respondent. Eczema In Stock “That the Government be again urged to encourage more co-ordina-tion among the various departments of research, and that the necessity for extending the activities of the departments concerned with mineral deficiency and food research be emphasised.” This was the text of a resolution passed at a meeting of the Franklin sub-provincial executive of the Farmers'‘Union at Pukekohe yesterday. A motion that the Government statistician be asked to compile the definite morlalily figures in <•<•„- nc •i‘’ii I 'i• ■ facial eczema outbreak was defeated. During the last few days of Sale throughout ail department-, and Kingstons. Exceptional Barga.n * m Real Down Quilts. A ! BJdU*eia iurther reduced. Underwear Tnusl be cleared and in many cases hundred of lines of new seasons goods arc marked down half, llookei w Kingston are noted for reliable and dependable merchandise, anu at the Sale now on tremendous savings are there iGr every thrifty buyer.*"

Four Vehicles Collide A collision involving four motor vehicles, two trucks and two cars, occurred in Whangarei yesterday, and although all the vehicles were damaged no one was injured. Gold Dredging Shares Shares iu New Zealand river dredging companies were quoted in London on Friday as under:—Glutha River Company, buyers Is ‘Jd, sellers Is ibid; Molyueaux River Company, buyers yd, sellers Is. Musicians’ Agreement A complete agreement has been reached in the conciliation council in the New Zealand musicians’ dispute. I’his announcement was made by the parties in the Arbitration Court at Auckland yesterday. £2105 Damages Awarded General damages, £2ouo, and special damages, £IUS 12s, were awarded Herbert E. U. Trafford in the Supreme Court at Napier yesterday. The claim w ;is the sequel to an accident at liayviow when plaintiffs son, aged six, was seriously injured by a car driven by Raymond L. Puddle. Dog’s Narrow Escape Only the prompt action of a passerby saved a Hamilton family from being robbed of their pet last evening when a young dog strayed on to the railway tracks on the Hamilton railway bridge. Tlie dog appeared to be taking no notice of an approaching train and a pedestrian, seeing his predicament, climbed over the handrail and chased him off the track in- the nick of time. Woman Shoplifter Taking into account the fact that the woman had young children dependent on her, Mr C. R. Orr Walker, S_M., in the Police Court, Auckland, yesterday*, admitted Nellie Josephine Magill to two years’ probation on strict terms for shoplifting. On two previous occasions she had been before the Court for that offence. Counsel said accused's actions were caused through poverty. Overtime Dispute Because of a dispute over the payment of overtime to a fireman, the steam trawler Futurist, owned by New Zealand Fisheries, Limited, which was to have left Wellington for the fishing grounds early this week, has not yet put to sea. The amount of overtime involved is 5s 6d. The employers claim that the fireman's demand is contrary to the award. Newspapers Praised A motion of thanks to the newspapers for their services to the sport during the year was passed unanimously at the* last meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Association. In moving the motion, Mr B. McCarthy said that the association was indebted to the newspapers for the help given to Lhe sport, and on behalf of the association he would like the papers to know that this assistance was heartily appreciated. Gloves and the Oaths A person with gloves on cannot be sworn to give evidence, and the attention of the Magistrate's Court at New Plymouth was drawn to this. A woman witness had just taken the Bible in her right hand when the clerk asked her to remove her glove. Could she not hold the Bible in her ungloved left hand? interjected counsel. Custom necessitated the use of the right hand, replied the .magistrate. Whatawhata Road Mishap Driving home to Whatawhata last evening after attending a theatre in Hamilton, Mr Richard Tamati, Maori labourer, was dazzled by the headlights of an approaching car some' three miles outside the borough and. iu pulling in to pass the other car, his own ran into, a ditch by the roadside and overturned. The car was only slightly damaged and the three occupants escaped with slight abrasions. American Expedition A study of marine life at Mayor Island and the Bay of Islands will be undertaken by an expedition from the American Museum of Natural History which is to arrive in Auckland oil January 20. The formation of a New Zealand section in the huge oceanic hall of the American Museum of Natural History at New York is envisaged by the news. The,visitors will endeavour *to obtain specimens of New Zealand's large deep-sea fish, and will seek the co-operation of Government and museum authorities. Leprosy in Islands Concern at the incidence of leprosy in the Solomon Islands was expressed by the Bishop of Melanesia, Rt. Rev. W. H. Baddeley, in an interview at Wellington. He said that two years ago Dr. Clifford James had been alarmed at the number of lepers entering the hospital on Malaita Island and had made a survey. The population was about 40,000. and Dr. James had estimated that there were about 400 cases of leprosy. It was later found that the total was nearer 600. Until then the presence of the disease had not been suspected. Backblock Roads “ The Minister of Public Works, the lion. R. Semple, has stated that the five-vear-plan would be completed within 3£ years, and then there would not he a single unmetalled road in the backblocks,’’ stated Mr J. A. S. MaeKay, chairman of the Whangarei County Council at a meeting yesterday of the council. “ That is what the public is asked to believe, yet we know that on many roads a start has »< : yet been made. ’ Mr Mac Kay said Hie council had applied for the gran's promised by the Government, but could not get any. Prisoner Thanks Judge The unusual spectacle of a longterm prisoner thanking the judge who sentenced him was witnessed in the New Plymouth prison when M; Justice Blair visited the institution. A prisoner paid a striking tribute to His Honour, and in his reply, lhe judge not only expressed thanks for what was said, but complimented the man upon his courage. The man, who was serving a sentence oi seven years, said he was satisfied that the judge had done his duty though the sentence had seemed hard a; the time. He would have completed his term in a few weeks and lie added: “1 will then be free and a changed man.” "Zobby Calf Business T s b to drive me mad before I am finished,” eel in i Mr P. Skog Transp"ri. Licensing Mithorriy. last week, during a sitting in Palmerston North. “The sooner those in authority take this matter in hand and get il properly organised the better i? will be for everyone. •’ he added. Mr Skoglund was dealing with an ar plication for a license to carry b-ffiby calves and he went on to say that as mailers stood he could not refuse such apjdi- ... .