LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19888, 18 May 1936, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

British War Loan.—British War loan, 3£ per cent, was quoted in London on Saturday at £lO5 18s 9d, compared with £lO6 5s on Friday.

Farewell to Long Tack Sam.— The Long Tack Sam company entertained two large audiences (matinee and evening) in Hamilton on Saturday, and left for Wanganui last night.

Conscripts to Be Liberated. —’The French Cabinet has decided to liberate the 1933-34 class of conscripts who were called to the colours to reinforce the frontier when Germany occupied the Rhineland.

Australia Day.—The Commonwealth Government has issued a gazette notice calling January 26 Australia Day so far as the Federal capital is concerned. The Prime Minister, Mr Lyons, hopes that the States, which call it Foundation Day, will fall into line.

Loss on Year’s Working.—A loss of £232 9s lOd over the year’s working is disclosed in the annual report of the Southland Acclimatisation Society. The sale of Ashing licences has fallen off by the considerable sum of £127, against which there is a satisfactory increase in game licences of £4O.

War Risk Insurance Reduoed.—The New Zealand Dairy Board has received the following cablegram from its London office:—War risk insurance reduced to 5d per cent net for shipments after the Rotorua, subject to alteration without notice. The Rotorua will leave Wellington for London on Thursday. The previous rate was lid per cent.

Domestics 1 Union.—-Steady progress in the formation of a uinion of domestics in Auckland was reported by Mr H. Campbell, secretary of the Painters’ Union, addressing a meeting of workers in Hamilton yesterday afternoon. Mr Campbell said a meeting had been held to draw up rules and constitution but application for registration had not yet been made.

Defunct Rugby League.—When the activities of an incorporated society gradually cease it is liable to catch the eye of the assistant registrar of incorporated societies, and if he is satisfied that it is no longer carrying on operations he formally dissolves it. The recent Gazette notice of such dissolutions contains the name of the Hamilton Rugby Football League.

British Health Services.—ln a speech at Bournemouth, the British Minister of Health, Sir Kingsley Wood, said a great advance had been made since the Great War in the provision of health services in rural districts. This was illustrated by the amount of loans sanctioned to rural district councils, which totalled £3,078,000 in the last financial year. This figure was more than half the total sanctioned in the period of 10 years from 1901 to 1910.

Wrapping Lamb Caroases.—Further experiments are being made by Dr. W. A. Bowie, of Gisborne, with a new bag of his own invention for wrapping carcases of lamb for export. Two hundred Southdown lambs have been slaughtered at the Kaiti freezing works for the purpose, 100 carcases to be enclosed in the new bag and 100 to be used as controls. They will be kept in the freezing works for two months before export.

A Family Reunion.—A happy family reunion was held outside the Central Post Office, Auckland, yesterday, one member having been separated from the others for 33 years. Travelling specially from Dargaville, Mr and Mrs J. E. Dobbs went to Auckland in order to meet their four daughters, Mesdames S. Webb and J. Stuart, of Hamilton, W. West, of Raetihi, and L. Lowrle, of Milford. Mrs West had not seen her parents nor any of her sisters since leaving the family home in Hawke’s Bay in 1903.

Theft and False Pretences.—Appearing on two charges of false pretences and theft James Ormsby alias Mita Ormsby, was sentenced at Kaitaia to three months’ imprisonment with hard labour, the term to be concurrent with a sentence of 15 months’ imprisonment imposed at a previous sitting of the Court on five charges arising out of the same dealings. It was alleged that Ormsby represented that he was the agent for an Auckland Frm, and received deposits for new motorcycles and took old cycles as a tradein for the new.

Meat Export Season.—Further decreases in exports of all classes of meat, with the exception of chilled beef and pork, during the seven months of the current season, are shown by returns compiled by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board. Shipments of lamb were 4,543,609 careases, as against 5,219,982 carcases in the same period last season. A total of 106,512 quarters of frozen beef, compared with 174.164 quarters, was shipped, and 995.799 carcases of mutton, compared with 1,140,473 carcases. Boneless beef shipments decreased from 125,804 bags to 117,455' bags. The increases were again in chilled beef, 80,985 quarters, against 28,415 quarters, and pork, 393,249 carcases against 362,619 carcases.

Improving Trout Streams.—ln order to determine whether Lake Taupo and adjacent streams are carrying any large proportions of degenerate trout, investigations will be made this winter, stated the lion. W. E. Parry, Minister of Internal Affairs, in a message given at a meeting of the Upper Waikato and Tongarlro Anglers’ club at Tokaanu yesterday. The Minister said trials were being made to ascertain whether koura was plentiful and in spite of transport and other difficulties, Mr A. Kean, conservator of fish and game, had succeeded in getting smelts down to Lake Taupo. Smelts had been established already in Lake Okareka and Lake Tarawera and fish which were being taken from both these lakes, particularly Tarawera, were beautiful specimens, both in size and condition. Mr Parry gave an assurance that the interests of both Dominion and overseas anglers would always be watched by his department.

In the Dress Department of Hooker and 'Kingston’s this week thousands of yards of materials are being featured for “Home Sewing Week.” Smart Tweeds and Worsteds for costumes, lovely coalings, charming silks for evening wear, together with expert advice at the counter as lo how to make these materials up with the help of the McCall patterns. Decide on making you new garment up this week for a special concession of one penny in the shilling discount will he allowed on all purchases of dress goods during “Home Sewing Week” at Hooker and Kingston’s, now on.**

Air Mall Due.—The Wanganella, which left on Saturday night for Auck - land, carries the London air mail despatched on May 3, states a Wellington message.

Warships’ Cruise.—On an extended cruise to the islands of the Pacific, the Imperial sloops Wellington and Leith will leave Auckland on June 17. They will return early in October.

Estate Worth £151,304. —The late Sir Francis Newdegate, formerly Governor of Tasmania and Western Australia, who died in London on January 2, left an estate valued at £151,304.

British Treasury Bills.—The total amount applied for last week in tenders for £45,000,000 worth of British Treasury bills was £75,580,000. The average rate per cent for bills at three months was 10s 5.98 d, against 10s 5.91 d a week ago.

Reduction of Capital.—The following notice appears in an Auckland paper:—Thames Fisheries, Limited (Auckland). —Capital reduced from £30.000 to £IO,OOO in 900 A shares of 10s each, 28 B shares of 10s each. 16,935 C shares of 10s each and 10,700 C shares of 2s each.

Sunshine League Concert.—The weekly concert held by the Sunshine League at the Waikato Hospital was a great success. Contributors to the entainment were Miss Kathleen Rapps, elocution; Mr Eric Houlton, cornet solo; Mr Keith Church and Mr McLennan, songs. Mrs Kear was accompanist.

Attacked by Boar.—A severe gash In the leg was received by Mr Russell Francis, aged 21, a farm hand, who was attacked by a boar on his employer’s farm at Otorohanga yesterday. He was admitted to the Waikato Hospital but his condition is not serious.

Sale of Shipping Assets.—A cable message from London states that the first reports of the Royal Mail Realisation Company, which was formed to liquidate the assets of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Group, show that important sales produced over £3,600,000.

Oamaru Woollen Mills.—Oamaru Worsted and Woollen Mills, Limited, has declared an interim dividend of 2* per cent. The company was formed last year to take over the Oamaru Woollen Factory Company, Limited. A dividend of 4 per cent was paid out of capital profits in December, 1935.

Officers In Camp.—A course of training for officers and non-commis-sioned officers seeking promotion to commissioned rank is being held at the Hopu Hopu camp. The camp will extend over a week after which the candidates will be examined. Major H. B. McHugh, M.C., is ofllcer-in-charge.

Bank of Fog.—A heavy bank of fog shrouded Hamilton yesterday morning but when it cleared gloriously fine weather was experienced. Again at night foggy conditions prevailed and motorjsts had to proceed with caution as vision was considerably restricted. There was another fairly heavy fog this morning and five degrees of frost were registered at Ruakura.

New Presbytery Opened.—The Otorohanga Roman Catholic community was well represented at the ceremony at Te Kuiti yesterday afternoon, when the newly-erected presbytery was officially opened by the Rev. Father Bleakiey, of Hamilton. On behalf of the Otorohanga Catholics Mr Frank Corboy handed in a cheque for £75 as a donation towards the cost and furnishing of the building.

The Shooting Beason.—Some good bags of pheasant and duck were secured during the week-end by district and visiting shootists, writes our Otorohanga correspondent. Messrs Murray Pratt and Thom McCready, of Otorohanga, shooting along the upper reaches of the Waipa River, in company with Messrs McKenzie and Newcombe, of Auckland, had a particularly successful trip.

Riband of 0.8. E is intended to change the colour of the riband of the Order of the British Empire. The question is being examined by the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, the secretary of which is Registrar of the Order. The riband, under the present statutes of the Order, is dark purple for the civil classes and dark purple with a vertical red stripe for the military. It is understood that some .lighter shade is being looked for.

Insurance and the State.—A suggestion made in certain quarters that the Government proposes to take over from insurance companies all third party risks and workers’ compensation cover was denied by the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. M. J. Savage. It was pointed out to him that rumours along these lines had been freely circulated, chiefly in Christchurch, and that there was said to be a consequent tendency for insurance shares to weaken.

“Our aim is to leave matters in the hands of private enterprise until it can be shown that private enterprise has failed. That is the time for the State to step in and assume control,” he added.

Land Settlement In Hawke’s Bay.— Thai, closer settlement on the East Coast railway line will be one of the objectives of the Government was indicated at last week’s meeting of the Wairoa County Council when a letter was received from the chief surveyor of the Hawke’s Bay Land District enclosing a blue print of the proposed Kakariki Settlement Road planned to give access to the Kakariki block in preparation for sub-division of the land for closer settlement. The land, which is owned by the Lands Department, comprises some 7000 or 8000 acres located on the Mohaka River. The likelihood of the Kotemaori block in the same neighbourhood being opened for settlement also during the next few months was mentioned.