LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20891, 24 August 1939, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Unlicensed Radio Charged before Mr ?. L. Paterson, ~.M.. ill I In' Magistrate's Court. Hamilton. todav will) operating a radio without a license. Utley MacHardie was convicted and ordered to pay costs. Cyclists Fined For riding unlighted bicycles, John Boyt and lan Neil MacLachlan were each lined 10s and costs by Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, Hamilton, to-day. Hamiltonian at Wellington. Mr Keith Priscott, of Hamilton, who won the negro spiritual at the N\ ellington Competitions on Monday, was second in the Scottish folk song 16 entries) and popular song hit .eight entries, yesterday. Limited 40 Minutes Late Speed restrictions on weakened parts of the main trunk line are still affect- ( ing the running of trains, although j there have been only minor delays. I The early morning express from the \ south due in at Frankton at 4.30 was j on time to-day, but the WellingtonAuekland limited express was 40 minutes behind schedule. Spanish Refugees A request that the Government should admit a quota of Spanish refugees into New Zealand was contained in a question addressed by 12 Labour members in the House of Representatives yesterday to the Minister of Customs. Admission of Spanish refugees was urged on the grounds of humanity and because there were among them many skilled tradesmen who would assist to overcome the shortage in New Zealand. Brothers as Life Members There was a unique position at the annual meeting of the Cambridge Trotting Club Jast night when two brothers became the only life members of the club. They are Messrs \Y. and J. McMillan. They have been associated with the sport of trotting in the district for about 50 years and were among the foundation members of the club in 1921. Mr \Y. McMillan was elected the only life member of !lie club Iwo years ago and Mr J. Me- j Miilan was elected to a similar position last night. Tomatoes for Sauce Representing an increase of £1 a ton on last year’s prices, Auckland district growers of tomatoes for sauce manufacture will receive £3 a ton for their crop throughout the approaching season. Dissatisfied with rates which have been ruling since before the depression, growers recently met the manufacturers’ offer of £7 HJs a ton wRh a request for £9 Gs Bd. In the subsequent negotiations, Government mediators assisted the parties to reach the compromise of £8 a ton. Petition To Parliament The misfortune of a young woman of Cromwell, Otago, Williamina M. Rowe, who had saved £2O to pay for an operation and then had the notes destroyed in a fire, was referred to in the House of Representatives yesterday, when a favourable report of the Public Petitions Committee on her petition for compensation was presented. Mr W. A. Bodkin (Opposition —Central Otago) said the young woman had ail her personal effects destroyed when her father’s home was burned down. She had proved to the satisfaction of the committee that the notes were included in her loss, and had she been able to supply the numbers the bank would have made a refund.