LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19900, 1 June 1936, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thurman High Sohool.—The Jubilee of the Tauranga District High School \z'gll be celebrated from August 19 to Jutland Anniversaryp—To-day is the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Jut—land when the late Earl Jellieoe engaged the German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea. niokens’ Books for Library—Com—prising 29 volumes. a complete set of the works of the late Charles Dickens has been added to the juvenilesection of the \Vanganui Public Library. British Treasury Bllls.—The total amount applied for last week in ten—ders for £50,000,th0 worth of British Treasury bills was £67,935,000. The average rate per cent for bills at three months was its 5.5 m. against its 0.47 d a. week ago. King’s Birthday Hellday-—Many people appear to be under the im—pression that there will be a public holiday on \Vednesday, June 3, the birthday of the late King George V. The holiday, however, will be held on June 23, the anniversary of the present King’s birth. An Alrman'a Estato.—-The late Mr J. T. Pethybridge, who was co-pllot with the late Sir Charles Klngsford Smith in his last tragic flight, left an estate valued at Mill). The airman died in— l testaie, and an application for letersl of administration on behalf of his widow has been made to the Probatel Court in Sydney. 1 Albertinnd Settlera.—The 74th fifl‘l niversai‘y oi the sailing 6f the shipl Matilda \Vattenbach from London with l the first party of settlers for the‘ Albertiand settlement on the Kaipara‘ Harbour was celebrated at. the Porti Albert Public Hall on Friday There} are still a few left who came to New! Zealand as children, and several were present at the function. Confidence in Woo I.—“ 0n recent experience, an occurrence approach: ing a catastrophe would he needed to; ‘ upset the wool market to any markedi . extent." states a report by Winchom'be. l Carson, Limited, Sydney. "On pre-i sent indications the confident feelings“ of graziers may be fully retained inf the outlook for the sale or the grow,Vlng elip." Encouraging Touristo.—The forma-‘ tion of an association to develop tourist traffic in the South Island and Stewart Island will he considered at a confer— ‘ ence to be held in Christchurch inl June or July. It is proposed to calli the organisation the South Island Travel Association of New Zealand and it will be modelled on the Australian National Travel Association. Westport Rail Link.—The proposed] Inangahua-\Vestport railway is to be. completed by the Government and iii is stated that a start will he made. with the work within the next fort—l night. Ofilcials of the Railway De—l pariment and Public \Vorks Depnrtrj ment. inspected the proposed route this week. The distance between lnangu-I hua and Westport is 28 miles. I Meat Export Season.—-\Vith the ex-l ception of chilled beef and frozen: pork, smaller shipments oi ii:(‘(-.t hairc‘ been made from New Zealand during the current season than in the 1935i--35 season. Killing figures to date re~ reveal an increase in chilled heei’. but‘ a decline in frozen. The figures for. wether mutton are higher, but kill-l ings of ewes have been reduced. re-i suiting in a net decrease for mutton.i Lamb killings are a shade lower, butf killings of porkers and baconers havei expanded. New lealand cyclist in Australia—l A young New Zealander, Mr llay Dixon;l arrived at Sydney by push-bicycle on! Saturday from Melbourne. Mr Dixon: has already toured \Vestern Australia and is now making for Queensland. lie l has previously travelled about 20,00“ miles on his cycle. In his travels, Mr. Dixon has delivered short, lectures onl New Zoniand. \thn fully equipped he carries a load of 2~i.’iih., which ln— l eludes 21 wireless sot “melting:l 631]). In spite of this weight he can average about 60 miles :1 day, and ills recordi for one day is 127 miles. I Power for West Coast—ln an in-I terview lilo 11-on. I}. Sample. Minister; of Pulilio \Vnrks, referring“ to the sup-' ply of power on the \Vrsi (Joust. said the transmission line from Coleridge,l to n control, point on the coast was estimated to Cost iii-15.000 and for the load in sizht in the immedinlo future he allowed an additional 1 £20,000. lie had no hesitation in re('onmlondlug lidhinoi to adopt the lirnuslnlss'ion proposal, whit-1; would 3provido :1 larger amount of power at considerably less cost. ; l Flying In Australia.—“ Auslrnlinn 1 iiyin]: is making very rapid strides,“ ‘stntmi 311‘ 11. natty. tho \\'f‘llvl{ill\\\'il ‘nvizilor. “ho urrivrwi at Auckland on ‘mp Montnrov on Fnlurdu)‘. “Tin-y ‘ hrm‘ n rmllo-hr‘ncon operating hotwoon Cnnlmrrn :Ind Sydney. and are moi:— im: :1 similar installation on lht‘ timi—-liorrn-.\ll'llm\u'uu run. l.ulrr lllt‘y are going in pul. in radio and lie-hi lwnroih on the olhrr routes. I’rnhloms~ urn lwlnt: ldi'lilwl St‘ll>ll)l)‘. hull llH‘)’ urcmnhing n iliw joh ni' :uvintiou, t‘FliiSiilr; orlnv: tho limited moons oud [ml-salini‘li :i\':lil.\lll"." ‘ Raliear Trials.~-§urrrssml trinis \\"l'v‘ l'.il'l‘lt‘il lull 11l lllv‘ \\l‘x'l\z|‘nil with tln- first l.|' lll‘ ll:li'\\ l)‘ ll";ill'lllliill -: “my In‘trni ill'l\i‘|l i'.|'l":il's. .\i'll"* |~.l\~ Eu: llir llufl nurlisliuim lllt' i'tll‘ \ms [ultr'il t\\i|‘l‘ durin: lllt‘ tl'l)’ for 1i run ’llli tho llull \‘llilv‘j: liul'. .uul )'l‘\'ltl'il.l}' mrrird it full runlplumv'nt oi‘ piswpgpi‘g from 'l‘horudon to i’.dnn'l'~tuu North and lmrh. via the .\l.\iu ’l‘runk 11111:. (In Si‘\i‘l'lil DCl‘ns‘lnilS. where the li'm‘l: was suitable. the our reached it speed of up to no miles an hour without the engine liningr l‘ullv opened up. till one stretch the shred of 60 miles ‘an hour was exceeded.

Bankruptcles.—Only two bankrupt—cies were recorded in Auckland last month, making a total of 16 for the War. At Palmerston North one petition in bankruptcy was filed. School May Be Closed—Shrinkage of income and accumulating loss may force the Cathedral Chapter to close! the Cathedral Grammar School at the end of this year, says the Christchurch Press. This is one of two alternatives. the second of which is a considerable increase in the fees required from paying students. The Ketch Idle Noun—The 32ft. American ketch, Idle Hour. one of the‘ crew of which is the Aucklander, Mrt Ivan Palmer, arrived at Townsvillefi North Queensland, yesterday afternoon after a good trip iirom Sydney. The ketch was hecalmed for five days and then had strong, i‘air winds. The \‘oyagcra saw the American writer and deep-sea fisherman, Mr Zane Grey, taking a, film of the Barrier Reef. Juryman's Absence.—Failure to answer his summons to attend to—day‘s sitting of the Supreme Court at Hamilton as a .iuri‘man, resulted in a i bus driver of Hamilton, being fined £2 iby His Honour Mr Justice Fair this i morning. Less than five minutes later. I an harrassed juryman came before His i Honour to explain a misunderstanding of the time and the fine was remitted. Competitions and Children.—Dissp—moral or primary school children atitending musical, elocutionary, and dancing competitions in the school lholidays “as expressed in a motion put to the \Vellington Education Board by a member. The motion was lost, the majority of members holding that the competitions did the children no harm, lihough several members said they felt .caro should be taken to see that the children were not forced beyond their labilities. . Higher Profits Expected.—-The direc'tors of the Dunlop-Perdriau Rubber Company, Limited, Melbourne, announco that indications are that the ,protit for the current trading year ! ending on June 30 will show a sub—|stantial improvement over last year. Last. year the company reported profits I of £143,016, 3. reduction of £144,913, and the dividend on ordinary shares was passed. Since then the company has been reorganised. Levy on WOOL—The principle of a ilevy on wool for propaganda and re—search purposes provided it was defi[nitely understood that the fund should .be directed mainly to propaganda was lapproved by the Southiand provincial iconierence oi the Farmers‘ Union. i’l‘he conference discussed suggested imethods of applying the levy and dejcidcd to recommend that the charge be levied on a weight basis and that it tshould be limited to 2d per 10011), ‘that the fund he subsidised by the ‘ Government and that the growers should have the chief voice in the selection of the governing committee. l i Atrocities by‘Abyaslnlam.—-—Tne Ital:ian Consul for New Zealand states: “.By the Note of May 9, the Italian Under—Secretary for Foreign Affairs has informed the Secretary-General of the League of Nations that the italian Government was aware that for some time agents were working in Egypt in order to invalidate the declaration made by some members of the Egyptian Medical Mission in Ethiopia regarding the atrocities perpetrated by the Abyssinian troops against ltalian prisoners“ Those agents tried to get the members who signed the declaration to retract their statement, threatening them with accusations of falsehood and dishonesty, and further tried to obtain from them contradictory denials. However, 20 members of the mlSsion have confirmed by declaration the information given oi the crueltles to which Italian prisoners have been submitted. A copy of their declaration has been sent to Geneva." m:-