LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21217, 13 September 1940, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tc Aroha Frost Six degrees of frost were registered in Te Aroha yesterday morning. Early tomatoes and potatoes in exposed positions clearly showed the effects of the cold snap. Nurses’ Medals Acting upon the suggestion of the Lady Superintendent, Miss D. E. Menzies, the Waikato Hospital Board decided yesterday to supply its nurses with registration medals. The cost of the medals is 5s each. Trout For Liberation The Otorohanga branch of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society has liberated 40.000 brown trout fry in the upper reaches of the Mangapu and Waitomo streams, and 40,000 rainbow trout fry in the Taurarua ancl Waimahoro streams, at the foothills of the Rangitotos. Butter and Margarine “When I was in England in May, margarine was not rationed, but butter was rationed to a quarter of a pound a week for each person,” said Mr W. A. Simpson in his talk to the Wellington Rotary Club. ‘‘Margarine was then selling for 8d a lb. and butter for Is 2d a lb.” Paths at Hospital “ I can now say that the paths at the Waikato Hospital are in good order. This has been a tremendous improvement.” commented the chairman of the Waikato Hospital Board, Mr F. Findlay, at the meeting yesterday. The sealing of the private roadways and footpaths at the hospital had been undertefeten by the Hamilton Borough Council for the board at an estimated cost of £342.

Severe Frost Wintry conditions were again experienced in Hamilton this morning, when 7 degrees of frost were registered at Kuakura. The Hamilton reading was 6 degrees, which was 2 degrees heavier than yesterday morning. In Cambridge there was a slight frost to-day but yesterday’s was more severe, doing considerable damage to gardens. After the chilly morning the weather was again perfect to-day with clear blue sky and warm sunshine.

Aircraftsman’s Death The Air Force trainee Aircraftsman Arthur Jessop, aged 22, who was killed in an accident at the Ohakea aerodrome on Wednesday night, was well-known in Cambridge, as he was employed by a firm of motor body builders there before his joining the Air Force. Aircraftsman Jessop was very popular in sporting circles, and had played as half-back for the United Senior Rugby team in Cambridge. His parents resided at Rongotea, near Palmerston North. Native Church Board The Bishop of Aotearoa, the Rt. Rev. F. A. Bennett, accompanied by Canon W. G. Williams, presided at a meeting yesterday of the Native Church Board of the Tauranga Archdeaconry. These gatherings corespond to an annual synod of the Maori clergy and laymen from each archdeaconry. The gathering generally lasts for one or two days and the proceedings are conducted in the Maori language. Bishop Bennett and Canon Williams will go tomorrow to Taupo. where a confirmation service will be held. Camp Turns Out Every man of the Ist Battalion, Wellington Regiment, turned out on Tuesday night when a general alarm was sounded in the mobilisation camp on the Wanganui racecourse as a result of threatened damage to marquees and tents by a heavy gale, accompanied by rain. The alarm was given at 6.45 p.m., when the large Y.M.C.A. recreational marquee, containing indoor sports and reading facilities, partly collapsed. The contents were removed and the marquee let down.

Trout Liberations Trout liberations in the Waikato in preparation for the fishing season are being undertaken and some thousands of fry will be liberated during the next few days. In the Punui and Kaniwhanawhana streams 15,000 brown trout fry will be released, in the Mangatapu and Waitomo streams 20,000 fry, in the Lower Waihou 15,000, and in the Pokaiwhenua Stream 20,000. The Hamilton, Cambridge and Huntly clubs will liberate 100,000 fry in the Waikato River between Horahora and Huntly. Rainbow iingerlings will be released later.

Bartholomew Timber Company The 35th annual report of the directors of the Bartholomew Land and Timber Co.. Ltd., for the year ended July 31, shows that there was a constant demand for timber throughout the year, with increased sales. Additional taxation, however, more than offset the extra gross profit. The total profit on the year’s transactions was £3049. After the payment of a final dividend of 2i per cent., making 5 per cent, for the year, and a bonus of 1 per cent., the company has a balance of £5,523 to be carried forward.

New Company The following company has been registered in Auckland:—Private: Transport (Waikato), Limited, general carriers. Capital, £16,877, in £1 shares. Subscribers: Claude Kendall, Limited, 3488 shares; Ernest George Bogun, 2033; William Henry Bates, 1863: Edward Woodward, 1403; Fred-" eriek Patrick Ladd, 1356; Andrew Haitly Burn. 1171; William Edward Rothwell. 1068; Harold Daniel Desmond, 808; Sidney Thomas Marsom, 665; Richard Claude Evans, 561; Edward William Hopkinson, 495; Nicholas Owen Gibson, 493; Harry Deverell, 438; David Joseph Mathieson, 325: John Jebson, 300; Patrick Alfred Clarkin, 220; Egbert Reginald Davey 190. Black Friday To-day is a day that is greatly feared by the superstitious. The coincidence of Friday and the 13th day of the month is supposed to have a particularly dangerous influence, but those who dislike this day can take solace in the fact that it never occurs more than twice in one year. The only occasions in 1939 when these two factors coincided were in January and October. As well as today, December of this year will have a Friday the 13th, but the only time it will occur next year is in June. The baneful effect that this day is supposed to bring, with its ill-luck, deaths and accidents, has been referred to in literature, notably in the play, “ Friday, the 13th.” Both superstitions have a religious origin, ill fortune being associated with Friday because that w r as the day of the Crucifixion, and with 13 because that number partook of the Last Supper.