LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21242, 12 October 1940, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Perfect Weather Another beautiful day was enjoyed in Hamilton yesterday and the weather was fine and warm. With the barometer at 30.20 and rising, a perfect week-end seems probable. Waipa Rabbit Board It is notified in the New Zealand Gazette that Messrs E. W. Alderson, G. B. Melrose. A. S. Clarke, £. G. Ham, W. A. Henderson and A. M. Thomson have been elected members of the Waipa Rabbit Board. Caught in Circular Saw A timberworker of Matamata, Mr Norman Frances Coles, received lacerations to his hands when be was caught in a circular saw. The in- j jured man was admitted to the Waikato Hospital and his condition today was satisfactory. Trade In Auckland Wholesale grocery merchants in Auckland report that business is keeping up surprisingly well. Orders are coming in freely and in fairly good quantity, and the summer season promises to commence very satisfactorily. Fall Out of Car A remarkable escape from serious injury was experienced by Ellen Lear, small daughter of Mr a’nd Mrs E. Lear, when she fell out of a car in Claudelands last night while on her way home. The back door of the moving car flew open and the girl fell on to the road. She received cuts on the face, body and arms, but was able to proceed to her home after medical attention. Back in Prison The four men who were recaptured after escaping from the Auckland prison on the night of Tuesday, Octoj ber 1, left the cells at the central j police station, Auckland, yesterday afternoon and were taken in the police van to the prison, where they will remain until the authorities are ready to prefer charges against them. The police took every precaution when the time came for them to leave the cells. Each prisoner came out with a police officer, and before the van door was locked extra officers joined the escort. Applause At Picture Theatres There was much applause at the Regent Theatre last night when war films were shown. “ London’s Reply to German Claims ” showed a neutral observer’s tour of the heart of London and proved beyond doubt the falseness of the Nazis’ stories. A special coloured interlude, “ The Army, the Navy and the Air Force,” aroused enthusiasm, and the views of attacks on Italian warships and a British convoy were also very interesting. “ London’s Reply to German Claims ” was also shown at the Theatre Royal and the Roxy Theatre. Camp At Cambridge The training of the'lst Battalion, 16th Waikato Regiment, in camp at the Cambridge racecourse has proceeded to schedule during the week. Another 100 men have entered camp during the week. Apart from colds and minor sickness as the result of the change to camp life and the changeable weather, the health of the troops is good. There has been no spread of measles, and the few cyses previously were contacts from other camps. On Sunday tne camp will again be open to visitors in the afternoon, and the Caledonian Pipe Band will pay a visit. Popular Officer “John Ledgerwood, whom you will remember as Y.M.C.A. secretary in Hamilton is attached to this battalion and does absolutely marvellous work,” states "a letter from an officer in Egypt to a friend in Hamilton. “Unquestionably he is the most popular man in the show. He has had a couple of close shaves from bombing when going up the coast on his rounds. John goes to no end of trouble to get all sorts of comforts I for the boys, and knows everyone in | the shooting match by his Christian name. If he does not have a string of medals as long as your arm pinned on him, he deserves them anyway.”