LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20692, 30 December 1938, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Waikato Times There will be no publication of the Waikato Times on Monday, which will be observed as New Year’s Day. Death at Trots Mr 'William Frederick Bailey, an elderly married man, collapsed on the lawn at Alexandra Park. Auckland, yesterday afternoon and died. Hlkurangi Mine Through the burning out of the motor driving one of the pumps being used in efforts to unwater the flooded Hikurangi coal mine the work has been delayed. Gaol for Motorist At Whakatane yesterday gala Paisoiam. an Indian labourer, was sentenced lo one month's imprisonment for being intoxicated in charge of a motor-ear. It was his second offence. Crushed by Tractor Mr Clifford John Utting (31), a contractor, *of Birkenhead. Auckland, suffered broken ribs and a fractured collarbone when he was crushed underneath a tractor which overtured on a hill. Yacht’s Departure In continuation of a world cruise, the 73ft ketch-rigged yacht Yanora leii Auckland for Chile yesterday afternoon. The yacht, which is owned and navigated by Mrs Marion Rice Hart, has been at Auckland for over two months. Rangitata Robbery Exhaustive inquiries have been made by the police in all parts of the Dominion and in many Australian cities and towns, but so far no reliable clue has been found regarding the theft of £I6OO from the captain's safe on the liner Rangitata while berthed at the Central Wharf, Auckland, at the beginning of the month. Little Holiday Crime “This year, in spite of reports from various parts of the country about the activity of pickpockets, Auckland has been comparatively free from them,” stated Mr IJ. C. Fraser, superintendent of police at Auckland, yesterday. The city and suburbs, he added, had been free from serious crime over the holidays. ' Rain in Hamilton Holidaymakers were perturbed last evening when, after two days’ fine weather, a slight drizzle started in Hamilton. Fairly heavy clouds banked up early in the evening and it appeared that another wet week-end would be experienced. To-day's forecast was for fair weather with rain following. Escape from Stray Bullet A narrow escape from serious injury was experienced by Mr J. Heath, the Forestry Department’s lookout at the look-out station on the top of the Rainbow Mountain, about 20 miles from Rotorua, on Boxing Day, when a bullet from a heavy calibre rifle shattered one of the windows of the small hut in which he was silting. It is not known whence the bullet came. Indigestion at the Zoo Vandalism, often unintentional, has been causing digestive ailments and other troubles among the animals at the Auckland Zoo. Last week a valuable spider monkey was ill because it had eaten a cigarette end while icecream has been given by visitors to polar bears with unhappy consequences. Chocolates, which are fed indiscriminately to many animals, have been found to disagree with them. Frost at Gisborne The weather in Gisborne recently has been marked by unusually low grass temperatures, according to observations taken at the Gisborne aerodrome meteorological station. A frost of 6.3 degrees was recorded on Wednesday morning, while last Friday the grass temperature was even colder with a frost of 7.3 degrees. The heaviest frost experienced in Gisborne during the winter was 6.3 degrees.

Stolen Explosives The theft, of explosives from the Napier Harbour Board’s magazine is giving rise to anxiety among property

owners and residents of Hawke’s Bay among whom the theft has become known. Whether the removal of the explosives was carried out with criminal intent, or merely as an act of mischief, there is a real potential danger in the explosives being in unauthorised hands.

Many Lost Bicycles During the last two weeks more than half-a-dozen bicycles, which have been found, have been delivered to the Police Station at Hamilton and remain unclaimed. Some are men's machines and others women’s. During the year many bicycles have been found in Hamilton and taken to the Police Station but usually their owners soon take possession. However, accumulated in the shed at the rear of the station are dozens of cycles, which have remained unclaimed during the past twelve months.

Victoria Street. Hamilton, will be en fete to-night for New Year’s Eve. The centre of festivities will undoubtedly be Hooker and Kingston, Ltd., where holiday apparel and necessities are showing in choice profusion. A special attraction is Father Time in his Magic Cave, distributing New Year Gifts to both young and old. Visit the Gave to-night and see “The Crazy School’’ and “Hi-Diddle-Diddle.” Join the gay crowds to-night at Hooker and Kingston’s, both for pleasure and ideal shopping. The store will also be open on Saturday morning from 9 a.m. till noon.