LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22611, 16 May 1945, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Shooting Accident While out shooting yesterday, Earle James Collinson-Smith, of Otorohanga, received gunshot wounds in his chest. He was admitted to the Waikato Hospital, where his condition is reported satisfactory. Memorial Chapel Fund The street collection in Hamilton yesterday to aid the fund for erecting and equipping the Waikato Hospital nurses’ memorial chapel raised £366 11s with some small returns yet to be lodged. Frankton- contributed £4l 10s of this amount. Hundred Thousand Petition A meeting of those interested in the One Hundred Thousand Petition was held last- night. Mr W. H. Thompson presided, and the programme as outlined by him, which included the immediate circulation of the petition to all county councils in the Dominion, was approved. Borough councils and town boards will also be circularised. The main objective of the petition is to support the expressed wish of county councils in the Auckland province to ensure that the Reserve Bank will be used to finance rehabilitation and all approved national and local body undertakings interest free at the source. Copies of resolutions passed by the Bay of Islands, Waitemata, Horson and Mangonui County Councils were read at the meeting, each proffering its support and help to the petition. Film Group’s Evening The film group organized by the Adult Education Committee held its first meeting on Saturday evening, when the Hamilton High School assembly hall was well filled A number of interesting English and American documentary films were screened and Dr. W. G. Airey of Auckland University College, gave an address on “The Film.” He said that the film was a branch of art just as literature or music. It was vitally necessary that people should see and discuss the artistic products of the cinema. The film group would fill this need and would screen films of all types that could be classed as art and were not the artificial, starstudded diversions that formed 90 per cent of commercial films. The next film evening will be held in two weeks’ time.