Untitled

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20952, 3 November 1939, Page 4

Hamilton Weather The following temperatures were recorded in the hall of a private residence in Hamilton last month:— Highest day, 68 degrees; lowest day, 52; highest night, 58; lowest night, 47; average day, 64; average night, 52. The average day temperature for October, 1938, was 65 and the average night 53 degrees. October records for the period 1922-1938 are as follows:—Highest day, October 31, 1932, 73; lowest day, October 13, 1926, 55; highest night, October 9, 1932, 63; lowest night, October 16, 1928, 43.

Patriotic Maoris Many cases have occurred in which two or three from one family are offering their services in the Maori battalion. The record of one family, however, is outstanding, no fewer than 10 members having enrolled for service. This is the Te Hau family, of Muriwai, East Coast, which was represented by four sons in the Maori pioneer battalion in 1914-18. One son was killed in action and of the three who returned two survive. Both have volunteered again, and with them are eight brothers or nephews.

Interpreter For Malay Mr A. N. Campbell, of Wanganui, who was a magistrate and district officer in British North Borneo for four years, was called on to act as interpreter in the trial of a Malay who was charged with wounding with intent to do bodily harm in the Supreme Court, Wanganui. Mr Campbell can speak both the Malay and Mohammedan languages. The Malay did not enter the witness box to give evidence, so it was not necessary to administer the oath, which would have been sworn on the Koran. He could not read or write Malay but could understand English sufficiently well to know most of what witnesses said, and the services of the interpreter were only availed of when the Malay could not understand some part of the evidence. A jury brought in a verdict of not guilty.