LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21532, 22 September 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Daylight Saving in Canada A message from Ottawa says daylight saving time will continue in force in Quebec and Ontario throughout the winter. Women Demand Equality Prominent women speakers addressed a meeting in Trafalgar Square, London, demanding equal air raid compensation for men and women. The meeting passed a resolution calling on the Government to introduce equality, as women are exposed to danger equally with men. “V” Sign to Fore at Sea A British ship that has reached Sydney has extended the “V for Victory” sign to the sea. Officers made a “Victory” flag and fly it with the other flags and ensigns as they enter port. The flag, flown from the bows, has a white ground with a vivid red “ V.”

Golfers Assist Funds Over £l5O was raised at a patriotic rally held on the links of the Lochiel Golf Club on Saturday, when mixed foursomes were played over nine holes. Many novel methods of raising money were adopted, a bridge to the links, for instance, being converted into a toll bridge and toll fee of 6d charged. Car Overturns When the car in which they were travelling overturned on the corner of Naylor and Galloway Streets, Hamilton East, on Saturday afternoon four territorials from the Cambridge military camp had a narrow escape from injury. The car rolled over three times and was badly damaged, but all the occupants escaped injury. No Prayer Before Meetings The Westport Borough Council, at its last meeting decided not to adopt the suggestion of the Mayor, Mr J. M. Robertson, to begin with a prayer for Divine guidance. Councillors said that such a practice would be hypocrisy on the part of those who did not believe in prayer. The Mayor was the only one to vote for the motion. Old Boys in Forces “It has not yet been possible to secure a full register of the number of old boys serving in the three branches of the armed services, but from the information we have there are about 300 serving,” said Mr R. J. Bollard, president of the Hamilton High School Old Boys’ Association, at the annual reunion dinner on Saturday night. New Cheese Factory The new modem cheese factory at Fencourt is expected to begin receiving supplies of milk this week. The factory has been built for the Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, to replace one destroyed by fire. It will relieve congestion of supply at other factories in the Cambridge district. Cheese Vat as Swimming Bath Children at a country school in Taranaki had been taught to swim in an old cheese vat, which, he understood. had made a splendid swimming bath, said Mr H. W. Insull, secretary of the Taranaki Education Board, during a discussion on the provision of facilities at schools for the teaching of swimming. Assaults on Taxi-Drivers

Several taxi-drivers in Sydney havfe been assaulted and robbed by “fares” recently. One elderly driver reported to the police that after driving two men to a suburb he was knocked on the head and robbed, and then one of the men wanted to shoot him, but was prevented from doing so by the second man, who said: “We don’t want a murder.” “The first man was undoubtedly a killer,” said the taxi-driver. Ideal Week-end Although the weather was threatening on Saturday morning, when .02in of rain was recorded, there was an improvement early in the afternoon with perfect out-of-door weather. Apart from some cloud in the mornjng, yesterday was an ideal day and a real fore-taste of summer. No frosts have been recorded in Hamilton on the past three mornings, but a small one of 0.1 degrees was recorded at Ruakura this morning. Men Leave for Camp Drafts men from Hamilton and neighbourhood for service overseas assembled today at the Drill Hall en route to Papakura and Trentham mobilisation camps. The men for Papakura left by train this morning and they will be joined at the camp by drafts from the King Country districts and from Rotorua. A train with men from the Bay of Plenty : passed through Hamilton this afternoon. The men for Trentham are to parade this evening. Sunspot Phenomena j Observations made by a Hamilton j amateur astronomer during the weekend revealed that the large sunspot, I which caused interruptions to cable I and radio services last week, has now broken up into a cluster of about two dozen smaller spots. There have been no displays of the Aurora Australis, such as frequently accompany the phenomenon. Sunspots, which occur at irregular intervals, are carried across the disc by the sun’s rotation and will not reappear until the sun has completed its rotation, a period of about 25 days. Smoking Room Wanted

A plea for a room at the Wanganui Hospital where nurses may smoke was made by Mrs J. J. Scott at the monthly meeting of the board when reporting on an interview she had with the matron, Miss M. J. Hunter, on the subject. The question was referred to the House Committee. Mrs Scott said she was a non-smoker, but believed that provision should be made for a room where nurses could smoke. The matron, however, objected to girls smoking. “I told the matron,” Mrs Scott added, “that it would be far better for the girls to smoke openly than do it behind her back and be deceitful.” The matron had also said there was no room which could be used for this'purpose, but Mrs Scott suggested that it would be a good idea if one or two of the senior sisters could live out, and thus make more accommodation available.