LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4306, 19 August 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Rivers Commission has arjourned until 11 a.m. on Thuisday, ’ September 1.

The Postal Department advises that the mails which left Auckland on July 12, per R.M.S. “Makura,” via Vancouver, arrived at London on the 16th inst.

At the recent election for seats on the Directorate of the N.Z. Cp-00. Dairy Co., Ltd., for the Thames Valley ward, Messrs G. Buchanan, F. W Walters, and F. C. Hansen were .elected, Mr Buchanan heading the list.

“We are faced with the uncomfortable fact that cancer is the most frequent cause of death in New Zealand to-day, and I doubt very much whether there is any other conn,try in the world-where cancer is the chief causa of death,” stated Dr. W. E. Herbert to the Red Cross Society in Wellington.

' The annual meeting of shareholders of the Thames Valley Co-opera-tive Dairying Co., Ltd. (In liquidation), called for Monday morning nex-.,' will be the final meeting of a company which has held a premier position in .the butter world for the past 20 years.

Of the three candidates entered for the Trinity College musical examinations by Miss A. McGrue-, A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., held in Te Aroha on 18th inst., the results were: Higher Local Pass, Joyce Shaw, 63 ; Senior Honours, Muriel Taylor, 57; Senior, Muriel Wells, 77. AU three obtained honours for pieces.*

The social and euchre tournament inaugurated by the supports of the sports queen, which was held last night, proved a very successful and enjoyable' function. The hall was well filled with dancers and eleven tables wore occupied by euchre player's. Excellent dance music was played by Mesdames Budd and W. Pennell, and during the evening a song was contributed by Miss Patterson, jf Te Aroha. The winners of the euchre were Mrs J. White, three sacks os coal; Mrs Troanor, pair slippers; Mrs Roach, vase; M. Crosby, three sacks of coal: Mr Fallon, thermos flask ; and Mr Smith, pipe. The win-

ner of the table centre was Mr W. Bain, who guessed the exact number of peas contained in a bottle, namely, 344.

The Thames Chamber of Commerce strongly opposed alteration of the traimservice suggested by Hamilton. It is contended that if the departure of the Thames-Auckland express were postponed till mid-day the Department would cut out the afternoon train, and. that this would be detrimental to Thames business. The proposed delay would mean a two days' journey from Thames to Rotorua. At present passengers connect with the first Auckland-Wellington express. The Chamber decided .to oppose the alteration and secure the co-operation of local bodies in making joint representations on the subject.

Good news is to hand from San Francisco for the stalwarts who are fighting for recognition of the equality of the sexes. On a recent . summer evening Carl F. Kroenke, of San Francisco, arrived home from work, to find dirty dishes in the sink. As sometimes happens in such circumstances,’’he scolded'his wife, the outcome being that the quarrel developed and was carried to [the Divorce Court of Judge Flood. Here the wife (who was also a wage-earner in the employ of a film company) took the offensive by arguing that dish-washing was as much Carl’s affair as hers. The Jlidge thought so, too, and she won a decree handsomely.

“The Right Hon. W. F. Massey, Prime. Minister of New Zealand, combines the charming breeziness of the Dominion farmer with the serious air of the statesman,” says the London '-.‘Democrat.” “One glance at .this big. burly man, with the white hair, rosy cheeks, and fatherly air, convinces you that he is a man of character. Two minutes’ conversation reveal his broad-mindedness. That he is a diplomat is evident by the courteous way in which he manages to avoid political questions, and that he is a thorough sportsman is shown by his enthusiasm in our national games... . . This big New Zealander te a statesman, a democrat, human, and a sportsman.”